Text is not a good interface for detail

On Threads, Rotomonkey, a professional Environmental Technical Artist, has critiqued this new Sora generative AI video clip. Not so much on the realism of it, but on the usability of the AI system within a production process of image imagination, option creating and editing of possibilities. The mixture of art and management that underlies the […]

Somewhere to put your dreams and fears

This is a post about making and offering accessible maps but, more fundamentally, it is about creating a space for people to put their dreams and fears. Humans create cognitive maps within themselves. They imagine, learn and perceive so much and need some way of creating patterns to find meaning and intention for action. This […]

Do Personas block Systemic Change?

It is the political party conference season in the UK. Each party gets a week to meet up and get media attention for their policies (especially important this year with a General Election due in 2024). The Conservative Party has spent some time preparing with announcements that cut back Climate Crisis policies and cancel pro-Net […]