Toxic by design

Digital, data, and technology (DDaT) are increasingly being misused to create a 24×7 surveillance society, behavioural manipulation and, in some countries, institutional discrimination and subjugation. This surveillance increasingly

‘Tales of the Riverbank’—a novel

My new novel, ‘Tales of the Riverbank’, has been published. It’s a first, tentative step back into creative writing for me—a return to the days

Future Shock | After Shock

It’s 50 years since Alvin Toffler‘s ‘Future Shock‘ was published in 1970. I remember first reading it some time later, in a battered, orange-coloured paperback

‘London Streets’ interactive app

Just a reminder, my free app London Streets is now available — for both Apple and Android devices. (Windows Phone 8x is on the way

free interactive London app — London Streets

I’ve been taking some of my earlier research into techniques for interacting with the past of place and moving them into the mobile domain. The

from Phidgets to Kinect

Some of my earlier research into user interaction with sound and images of the past of place developed a prototype interface using Phidgets — some

augmented reality – from lab to app

Going through my research material, I stumbled across some of the prototyping I’d done with augmented reality and layers of the past of London. This

2005 Speaker Abbot Award

To my old stomping ground, the House of Commons, courtesy of an invitation from the Speaker and the Parliamentary Press Gallery: many thanks to Rob Gibson and