tourism
“LiveGuide: An Online Guided Tour” Goes Live
Thursday, September 4th, 2008
After many months of development, I am pleased to announce that my latest project - “LiveGuide” - is finally online.
LiveGuide is a new design of online tour, intended to more closely mimic the features of a real world guided tour of a location thank traditional virtual tours. In particular, LiveGuide focusses on the narrative and […]
translating reality into the virtual
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
It is really quite odd to consider what elements of real life people choose to translate into their virtual existence on the Internet.
We have translated the “Christmas card” - a symbol of former friendship and regard – into the badge of appearing on someone’s “friends” list, receiving cursory updates and greetings from acquaintances/former friends who […]
the strangeness of this side of the pond
Monday, October 1st, 2007Where else in the world would they advertise a version of Monopoly that uses credit cards instead of cash? Or have tanks of liquid nitrogen standing innocently on street corners? Or pelican crossings that make a “cuckoo” sound as you cross? In America - of course!
Very strange. Possibly too strange for […]
a grockle in new york
Sunday, September 30th, 2007Well, I have to say, it finally got to me: the grockle tendency which inhabits all of us when we travel. I have the camera, the hat, the armful of leaflets, the suncream that smells of dulux… all one really needs to be a tourist. A grockle, as those in the West Country […]
