September 26, 2008
Myself and Aislinn left the wellies at home and enjoyed a nice day out at the world’s biggest agricultural fair – the National Ploughing Championships – in Kilkenny this week.
In between gawping at giant tractors and high-tech slurry spreaders, we conducted interviews with farmers and other agricultural professionals. Our aim was to gather perceptions about the utility of the web to their trade. Continue reading
September 26, 2008
I accept air fare add-ons on Ryanair’s website as a dismal fact of life. In fact, I grudgingly admire them. But please, if you’re going to fleece me, at least tell me why, however implausible the explanation. Just to be … Continue reading
September 26, 2008
Our turn to provide some tips on getting by now that the “Big R” us upon us! Last summer at the Festival of World Cultures, I was introduced by a good friend to Joerg Steegmueller, friendly German (but adopted Irish!) dude, … Continue reading
September 5, 2008
I met one of the other Dublin visitors to MobileHCI today. She is Karen Church from UCD, who came to Amsterdam to present a paper on mobile search behaviour in Europe. These are some of the things she and her … Continue reading
September 5, 2008
Following on from an earlier post by Shane, I thought this cool video of Clodagh Kelly jumping out of a plane last week was worth sharing. Clodagh has recently taken up skydiving as a hobby, and is jumping almost on … Continue reading
September 4, 2008
The opening keynote at MobileHCI ’08 was about persuading with technology: can we persuade people to eat healthier, or to be more energy efficient, using technology deployed on a mobile phone? We are all in the persuasion business, even if … Continue reading
September 2, 2008
I’ve changed Dublin’s rain for Amsterdam’s (even more) rain to attend MobileHCI. Today was tutorial day: 6 presentations that tried to summarise the evolution of the field over the last 10 years. A few quotes that will make me think … Continue reading