2007 June | Steelso V6.0

Plug

Couple of new websites that have been pushed out of our collective womb. I have no idea what I’m talking about.

Koncept Homes. Showing off lovely new house development in the East Coast of Scotland.

Taylor Clarke. Releasing potential in people and organistions.

Awww. Shiny.

steelso :: Jun.26.2007 :: Web Launches :: 2 Comments »

Sports

Sports day here at GRP. I wasn’t around for long but I did capture the hero that is Marc Love assaulting the bouncy assault course. Fearless!

steelso :: Jun.25.2007 :: GRP, Video :: 4 Comments »

Aye

I want convergence

The next week is going to be iPhone daft. Friday 29th at 6pm geeks will go bonkers, the world will change and a new love affair with mobile technology will begin.

Do I want one? Oh yes.

But.

The iPhone is a convergence, a single device that does a lot of stuff. It brings your camera, iPod, phone, diary, etc, etc into one single unit.

I haven’t had a great experience with convergence devices. In theory my N80 covers all the bases. It plays music, diary, 3Mp camera. It’s not a bad phone at all but as soon as you start you use the additional features then you feel it’s all a little compromised. The camera’s not as good as my Canon, the data entry for my diary is a nightmare, playing music is hellish, the radio needs a dongle to work.

So I go back to carrying my objects. The iPod, my N80, my Canon are all used as the best of breed tools. I’ve never seen a convergence device that’s been even just acceptable on all levels. The balance between convenience of having every that I like to use in one gadget, being happy with the experience using one gadget and then getting results that I am happy with has been impossible for me to get with any convergence device.

Will the iPhone change that? It’ll be interested to see how people find the phone after the gloss and gleem of using a fancy pants touch screen was worn off a little. It looks great, it does beautiful visual effects. But is it a great camera, phone, music player, video device, PDA? Or will I be still be packing the best of kit to get good results?

I can’t wait to find out.

steelso :: Jun.22.2007 :: iPhone :: 9 Comments »

links for 2007-06-18

Stefan Sagmeister: Yes, design can make you happy

Happy!

(tags: happiness design inspiration reference technology video ted)

steelso :: Jun.18.2007 :: Everyday Stuff :: No Comments »

Marvellous

Falling in Love

i love this and the rest of the site. It’s just so perfect and special. It brightened up my whole day. That’s right, my whole day. In a good mood this morning.

Thanks to the Opinionated Sod.

steelso :: Jun.14.2007 :: Cool, Creative :: 3 Comments »