1 Million Workers. 90 Million iPhones. 17 Suicides. Who’s to Blame? | Magazine

1 Million Workers. 90 Million iPhones. 17 Suicides. Who’s to Blame? | Magazine

Interesting article.

Another beautiful day..

Wow..the weather has been great all week, clear blue skies really help to lift the mood and give the body much needed energy to get through the volume of work in the course..it's all coming to an end soon, at least the taught elements are, then onto the summer for the final semester when the thesis and project will be created. Fun times ahead... ; )

We had another class with Ruth Crean on Thursday last where we were taught the basics of sewing using scrap fabric and re-using old materials such as buttons to make an item. It was a thoroughly enjoyable experience and I designed a small bag with the materials she provided ...pictures to come soon...

Shan Zhai

Came across this term today researching my project..never heard it before..it was mentioned in a product teardown that had some nice features I would like in my own project..very interesting..!

Shan Zhai

Got this today..another book to read.

Lots of reading to do...

Digital Technologies and the Museum Experience: Handheld Guides and Other Media

Slide on Handheld devices from Slideshare

Interesting points made here:

The eyes want to have it.

Although I would argue a case for 'The ears want to have it.'  I believe in  viewing the actual object in its natural state where possible, and not on a device.Although control through a screen I believe is important.

Project is back on track...

Project is back on track...need to tweak some elements of it though... a description of it will up soon ;)

Mark Weiser was recommended to me today, I like his idea that    'The best computer is a quiet, invisible servant '


The Computer for the 21st Century

Project Proposal

We finally received some feedback on our project idea's today..looks like I may need to completely re:think my original idea and make it more interactive...My thinking cap is now firmly on to consider the implications of this...lots of research to do...

Upcycling !

Nice talk today by Ruth Crean, she is the designer from Nice Day Designs. She designs a lot of her clothes on the idea of Upcyclimg, something which we have to do for the Contemporary Art module.

The idea for us is to pick something from the Hunt Museum in Limerick city and make a model of it using old electronic parts etc..should be some interesting results...!

'Net Book Pro'

My Asus Eee Pc 901 was gathering dust, so I decided to figure out how to install Apple OS X and turn it into a small 'net book pro'...not too difficult any more following tips on Insanely Mac.

It works great so far..a few niggles but when I have more time I will sort those out ;)

Limerick Barbootsale

There were some interesting things here on Saturday...had my eye on a nice set of bongos but a bit skint atm so left them there...

Facebook link:  Barbootsale

Limerick City Sound Walk

Finally finished editing this...but not mixed yet...

Recorded back in October 2010..using Zoom H4n. Over an hour edited down to 10 minutes. Use Headphones..!!!

 10 min sound walk - Limerick City by Sifter