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Pair working: why it should be used more across digital projects
By Fiona Roberto and Alyson Fielding
Pair working is common in certain disciplines, such as development and increasingly in content teams, but it’s not as common in other areas of digital work.
Remaking the LightBook: Fairy Tales
This is the latest iteration of the LightBook, made as a present for a friend.
Moving of the book controls the tiny lights on the front cover. When the book is picked up, the blue lights on the cover fade up to full. When the book lies flat, the lights turn out.
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A handful of tiny projects
I’m working on a few tiny projects at the moment.
Stand Clear of Doors is a collection of signs and instructions.
Words on Pavements is a collection of messages found scribbled underfoot.
Both are ongoing projects.
Over summer 2014, I ran a small project in response to a pack of prompt cards created by Giles Turnbull. Write it on a Train is collection of 50 responses to 50 randomly-shuffled prompt cards, played out over 50 days.
QCon London 2014 Conference: True Mobile & Beyond
In March, I’ll be on speaking in the True Mobile & Beyond track at QCon London 2014. It’s an exciting opportunity to take part, and I’m hugely looking forward to hearing and learning from the other speakers on the track: Halle Winkler; Mo Ramezanpoor; Jaimee Newberry; and Hannah Dee.
Black Tonic: collaboration, funding and opening the box
In the past couple of sessions for our CATH project, we’ve refined ideas further, talked lots and sketched and drawn. We’ve now come up with a core idea we’re working on for the remainder of the time on the project.
Digital adventures in theatre
Last month, I spent a day at Birmingham University’s newly opened Prototyping Hall to begin a new piece of work exploring digital experiences in theatre.
Show and tell: the talking book
I’ve had a couple more talks / demos confirmed this year for the gesture-responsive book. I’ll be at iOSDevUK 3 in Aberystwyth, Wales in September, presenting the project with Mo Ramezanpoor. Mo will be talking in more detail about his work on the project to interpret 3D gesture data.
Then in November, I’ll be talking about combining Arduino and books at the Handheld Mini / Port80 event in Cardiff on the 27th. Tickets for this event are free.
Do come and say hi if you’re attending either event.
Talks and demos: Library of Lost Books
A few quick updates on show & tell events for the gesture-responsive storytelling book project:
In March I was invited to talk at The Electric Bookshop in Edinburgh, where I did the first public demo of Treasure Island, our little prototype of the book we’re making for The Library of Lost Books.
Modifying Treasure Island
One weekend in the middle of February, we ran a hack session to make a first useable prototype of our book for the Library of Lost Books – a talking, gesture-responsive book.
Our aim was to put together the elements we’ve each been working on: story and audio; Lilypad Arduino; gesture detection; getting iPhone and Arduino talking to each other to share data – and to combine them in a physical book.
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