I found a striking bit of cultural conditioning in my head today. I watched Apple's introductory video about iOS 7. That's this one: If you haven't seen it already, and have some minutes to spare, watch it now. The first half is narrated by Jony Ive, Apple's (former) top hardware designer and (now) chief Designer… Continue reading Can the American be trusted?
Tag: places
Porto
Earlier in October, along with a great number of other people from my research group, I went out to the ISMIR 2012 conference in Porto. (I was helping to present a tutorial; you can watch a screencast of my segment of the tutorial here, though I warn you, in this format, it even sends me… Continue reading Porto
Japan
I've just come back from a conference in Kyoto. I've never been to Japan before, so although this was a very brief visit—the four-day conference wasn't quite enough to get over the jet lag—it was always going to be an interesting one. Inevitably my perception was coloured by comparison with Taiwan, a place I've been… Continue reading Japan
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