Every so often I go to the monthly talk hosted by BayCHI. It’s free and is at PARC, which is conveniently located a mere 200 meters from the company where I work. This months talk on February 12th caught my interest because it gave a brief taste of Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp).
Mike Kuniavsky gave a short presentation on his “sketching” development style he uses at ThingM. It’s actually just Rapid Prototyping, but I shouldn’t pick too many nits because I wasn’t there to study his development style. Actually, neither was he. He mainly went through a bunch of his new prototypes like the BlinkM (a RGB LED module with a simple interface to allow people to incorporate them into any project, quickly) and the WineM (Light colorcoded catalogued Wine rack). The whole time I daydreamed about new ideas and projects I’d like to work on. That’s the kind of talks I like… ones that keep your mind churning away spitting out new ideas.
Keep an eye on Mike. He brings together some new concepts and wants to help bring new technology to everyday people. Technology should be everywhere.
Mike also contributes some articles for Make Magazine, one of my favorite Magbooks.