Brendan Mitchell blog

Category: Tech Stuff

  • Connection, Communication, Consolidation, Convergence, Context

    Last week I was presenting my thoughts & ideas on future tech & trends with a client, so I thought I’d share them here… but let’s look at where we’ve come from, where we are now & where we appear to be heading. Connection: Advent of the internet; Arpanet (1969), email (1972), internet mainstream (circa…

  • Now That’s A Touch Screen!

    When you think “Touch Screen”, you’d imagine a screen you touch, but what if you could use it to touch something else? Normally you use augmented reality by utilising real world objects to manipulate virtual objects, but here it is in reverse!

  • It’s The Way I Roll

    What do you get when you take a musician, his band, a friend with a cool central London rooftop pad, a couple of digital cameras, and a very (VERY) hot sunny afternoon? Answer: a photo-shoot and two music videos! Tech has totally changed the photography & video landscapes, it’s a far cry from the 20…

  • What iWant iWatch To Be, Not a Watch!

    While very beautiful, the image above is not what I want a wearable from Apple (or any other manufacturer) to be, and I very much doubt Apple would produce it, not because they couldn’t, but because it doesn’t make sense, it doesn’t serve any additional purpose, users already have an iPhone in their pocket, why…

  • Creating Software With a Soul

    I’ve been asked a few times before to explain the difference between UI & UX, but I think this amusing little video says it perfectly “Creating Software with a Soul” by Lyle

  • Envisioning the Near Future of Technology Infographic

    This is such a wonderful infographic Michell Zappa you should follow me on twitter here

  • Cash is For Squares

      Square https://vimeo.com/63784924

  • WiFi Visualisation as You’ve Never Seen it Before

    “In order to study the spatial and material qualities of wireless networks, we built a WiFi measuring rod that visualises WiFi signal strength as a bar of lights. When moved through space the rod displays changes in the WiFi signal. Long-exposure photographs of the moving rod reveal cross sections of a network’s signal strength.” YOUrban.no…

  • Daisy Disk Sunburst UI

    I stumbled across this app a few days ago and purchased it, not because I needed or would likely use the app that often, but because I simply loved the User Interface… and while it’s beautifully executed it’s not a case of form over function, this UI is a really elegant solution and works brilliantly……

  • One For The Ladies

    Here’s a novel way of positively implementing facial recognition software for an advertising campaign by Plan UK. If the poster recognises you as a woman (90% success rate), then it displays a video highlighting how women around the world are denied choices based solely on their gender, with a call to action to become engaged…