27/07/07Maverick Machines Exhibition
Giles Lane and I have created a set of StoryCubes for the Maverick Machines exhibition. Curated by Richard Brown, Maverick Machines shows work by artists who have been inspired by Gordon Pask, a cybernetician he worked across disciplines from learning, art, architecture, theatre and analogue computing. Images on the StoryCubes are courtesy of Richard Brown, Paul Pangaro and Jasia Reichardt

Maverick Machines runs from 24th July to the 10th August at the Matthew Gallery, Edinburgh School of Architecture, Minto House, Chambers Street; opposite the Royal Museum. Opening times are 10am-4pm, Monday-Friday.

27/07/07IEEE Pervasive Computing; Urban Computing Special
Our paper 'Underground Aesthetics; Rethinking Urban Computing' is in the latest edition of IEEE Pervasive Computing, an Urban Computing special. Here is the abstract:An ethnographic study and design proposal for a situated music exchange application suggest how explicitly foregrounding the experiential qualities of urban life can help rethink urban computing design. You'll need a login to read the article.

15/02/07Woo! New site online at last
I finally put this site online. There's no info on the projects here yet. Which some might say is the most important part, but I'm working on it..

13/02/07CHI 2007 Submissions Update
Arianna, Johanna and I have had our experience report accepted for CHI 2007 in San Jose. We wrote about the workshops we ran last year, 'Why Wait' and 'Betwixt' in a paper titled 'In-between Theory and Practice: Dialogues in Design Research'. We got a 5, a 4, two 3's and a 1 from the reviewers so it could be a lively discussion. Come and hear us. Giles Lane and I also had a submission accepted for the Shared Encounters workshop in which we wrote about public authoring in Urban Tapestries. Finally, Arianna and I had our submission to the Imaging the City workshop accepted. (Ari will go to Imaging the City, I'm going to Shared Encounters. In case you were curious about the practicalities..)

21/11/06Shared Encounters Workshop
I've been invited to take part in the Shared Encounters workshop at CHI 2007 as a member of the programme committee. The organisers are Katherine Willis, Konstantinos Chorianopoulos, Mirjam Struppek and George Roussos. See the call for participation

30/10/06undersound Blogged
Our undersound project has been picked up by literally hundreds of blogs in the last week. I was most excited by being featured in New Scientist and Rhizome.

16/09/06Betwixt Workshop in California
I am a co-organiser of this workshop which will explore the transitional spaces of Orange County and consider how they are shaped by cultural practices, values and attitudes.

17/09/06Accepted for Exurban Noir Workshop
Arianna and I were accepted for this workshop with a submission called 'Exploring the In-between-ness'.The workshop is run by Ken Anderson, Eric Paulos and Amanda Williams and participants ' will collectively undertake this challenge of understanding the relationship between future technology comforts and social discontent.

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