Michael Voong HCI Researcher @ Birmingham University

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Posts from March 2007

Posted
22 March 2007 @ 9am

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Google’s New Personalisation

Anyone who uses Google’s personalised homepage might have noticed they added a feature enabling people to select 6 new themes for their page. The cool thing: the background image changes according to the weather in your local region. Instant, non-distracting, ambient information!
I tested this out, and I can surely say that the feature is cute, [...]


Happy Birthday to You - Royalties?

I was listening to the Engadget Podcast 102, where it was mentioned that the song “Happy Birthday”, the most popular song in the English language, cannot be broadcasted without royalties being paid to “someone”. That “someone” turns out to be Warner Chappell Music, but according to Wikipedia, the current copyright status is unclear. Can you [...]


Two People and Communication

I’ve been looking at a paper called “Grounding and Communication” by Herbert Clark. I don’t know if I’ve been reading a bit too much…
It takes two people working together to play a duet, shake hands, play chess, waltz, teach, or make love. To succeed, the two of them have to coordinate both the content and [...]


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