For the past few weeks we have slowly been trying to build a proper interaction design hardware lab-space. At the same time there has been an interesting test run of the formal procedure of applying for having a Ph.D defense. It involves things like suddenly collecting all course-work, writing a proper Ph.D plan (final one, […]
About the experience of giving blood. Well, since it was my first time it is of course a test run. But then I have no problem with either needles or the sight of blood so it seemed like a very good idea. Foremost, its just one small way of helping others and one of those
I finally made up my mind and got myself a pair of barefoot running shoes. It was a nice experience trying them out in the outdoor sports shop. It immediately felt right and for a second the social awkwardness didn’t exist. The finger socks felt kind of interesting, and when I bought a few pairs
Exploring the Shadows Läs mer »
Yesterday was day zero in terms of doing any kind of directed effort regarding my own bodily physical activities. I am interested in how technology could subtly encourage overcoming this threshold. What is needed for someone (like myself) to take the step and go out and take a fast walk/jogging/running session? Anyway, I put on
Today we got the Oculus Rift dev kit delivered to us at Mobile Life @ SICS. I met Thomas in the elevator and got updated on the fact that there were quite a bit of research in the VR area carried out at SICS in the 90’s. He would go and look for some old
Oculus Rift Unboxing Läs mer »
Me and sports have a platonic relationship. We don’t cross path that often and it was quite a long time since I put on my jogging shoes. Anyway, after talking to Jordi last week about running barefoot, I felt that there is an opening to how to approach the concept of sports without entering it
From Tinkering to Sports Läs mer »
The final seminar will take place in two weeks from now. I’m gonna need a long vacation this summer, but there is much that has to be done before that. We need to find an opponent for the dissertation, a committee and not the least get the text ready for print in early June. Today
Preparing for my Final Seminar Läs mer »
Reading about the recent events concerning Aaron Swartz, and how an industry, organization or even government can dehumanize someone, made me think about an old rule of thumb that I have been pondering. We cannot ever allow organizations to be the opponent in cases like this. Reading Lessig’s view of what happened made me both