Archive for January, 2007

Colourising Images and Movies With Squiggles

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

Okay, this is cool. The coulourising is done using MATLAB, the “flagship” product made by the company I work for. Though, I wouldn’t post this unless I thought it was cool.
Basically, this allows you to take black & white images and movies, add a few coloured squiggles to the areas of the picture […]

Job Opening: Optimal Usability

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

Speaking of close, personal friends…. these ones I’ve actually met and are actually friends. :)
Optimal Usability is a web and, of course, human-focused consulting and services group that is looking for a full-time usability consultant to base out of Wellington, New Zealand.
I’ve met both Trent Mankelow and Sam Ng and know for a fact they […]

SURLy Research Released

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

It’s that time of year again. For us Northern Hemisphere folks it’s cold and while the sun is staying around a bit longer each day, the darkness still holds enough sway that most of us should not be listening to The Wall.
But why huddle next to the radiator when you can warm yourself with […]

HCI Masters Degree — Where Can We Do the Distance Thing?

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

I wrote a post a couple of years ago about a presentation at UPA 2004 on HCI Masters degree programmes.
I received a new comment on that post last night, and being a good blog owner responded to the question on the post. But I got to thinking that it might be time to […]