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Messages and Means: Muriel Cooper at MIT

Muriel Cooper (1925-1994) was my advisor when I was a graduate student at her Visible Language Workshop at the MIT Media … More

Columbia University, David Reinfurt, design research, MIT, MIT Media Lab, Muriel Cooper, Robert Wiesenberger, VLW

Is Low-Res the new Black?

Somehow, I’ve ended up with a handful of browser-based links — a mix of retro, low-res, and stuff that made … More

emulate, nostalgia, retro

Interview: Jorge Almeida (Star Trek Into Darkness)

I’m a massive Star Trek fan. So I’m super-excited that Jorge Almeida took some time to discuss his work on … More

Feature, interview, Jorge Almeida, movie, science fiction, Star Trek, Star Trek: Into Darkness

Goodbye Minitel

Sorry for not posting lately, I’ve been surprisingly busy. I’m off to Paris for the long Thanksgiving weekend – and … More

France, Minitel, videotex

Digital Archaeology

Sometimes it takes me a while to get through my old bookmarks. And sometimes I discover something unexpected and comforting. … More

Antirom, cd-rom

Do You Want Google Goggles?

Google Project Glass got a lot of buzz a couple months ago when it was first announced. The idea of … More

augmented reality, IBM, moderated reality, Project Glass, Steve Mann, That Starner

Artport

Dont’t bother reading this post. Just head over to Artport and take a look around. “Artport is the Whitney Museum’s … More

archive, art, new media artists, Whitney Museum

Xerox Star

At one of my first summer college internships, back in the 80’s, I briefly used a Xerox Dorado workstation. It’s … More

gui, Macintosh, mouse, Smalltalk, Xerox Alto, Xerox PARC

Reducing Pain with SnowWorld

One of my favorite pieces at the Cooper Hewitt 2006 National Design Triennial was ”SnowWorld.” It was beautiful, absorbing, and … More

Cooper Hewitt, games, health, healthcare, virtual reality

Crazy UIs

Generated Crazy I started the day reading a fascinating article on generative interfaces, “Can Algorithms Help Design the Ultimate Gestural … More

Bill Buxton, chord kayboard, Donald Norman, gesture, gesture-based interfaces, Jakob Nielsen, Matt Ruby, Microsoft, Sketchpad, synesthesia, usability

Gadget: Invention, Travel and Adventure

When the iPad was released last year, there were several titles that had strong echos of earlier days of interactive … More

Alice, Auteur Theory, cd-rom, games, Harukiko Shono, Japan, L-Zone

Jim Campbell’s Reactive Works

Back in 1997 Art Center‘s Williamson Gallery housed the exhibition “Memory, Reflection and Transformation, Reactive Works by Jim Campbell.” I … More

artists, installation, Jim Campbell, new media artists

Underworld’s DVD-ROM

In the late 90’s, Underworld was super-popular among my graphic design and new media friends. It wasn’t just Underworld’s music, … More

Antirom, cd-rom, DVD-ROM, music, Tomato, Underworld

StarFire

Last week Microsoft demoed Surface 2, the new version of their Surface table. It has some pretty cool features, particularly … More

Bruce Tognazzini, future vision, Microsoft, Microsoft Surface, PixelSense, scenarios, StarFire, Sun, SunSoft

Desktop UI/OS Design History

The earliest OS I ever used was the Apple II (my first computer as a kid), but quickly moved on … More

Amiga, Apple, gui, Irix, NeXT, OS, SGI, Smalltalk, UI, Xerox Alto

The Humane Interface

In 1993 Jef Raskin wrote the article Down With GUIs! in which he decried the state of user interfaces. He … More

design research, Jef Raskin, keyboard, keyboards

Happy Birthday Media Lab!

Today, the MIT Media Lab starts its big 25th anniversary bash. And I’m sad that I’m missing the event. But … More

anniversary, celebration, Connection Machine, David Small, design research, Jacqueline Casey, mission statement, MIT, MIT Architecture Machine Group, MIT Media Lab

Post 119!

Look! Look! Look! My friend Keith Knueven has created a new logo for this blog! Take a moment, visit his … More

119, blog, Inventing Interactive, Keith Knueven, logo, TDOOKK

Musical CD-ROMs

In the mid 90’s there was a mini-boom for pop-music CD-ROMs. Unlike early titles from Voyager, which tended towards intellectual … More

Bad Day at the Midway, cd-rom, Eve, Laurie Anderson, Peter Gabriel, Prince, Puppet Motel, Sting, The Residents, Voyager, Xplora1

Space: 1999

When I was a kid I loved watching the 1970’s tv show Space: 1999. For some reason it was only … More

science fiction, tv show

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This is a blog about the past, present, and future of interactive media design.
 
I'm David Young. As Triplecode I work at the intersection of design and emerging technologies.

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