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The Tools We Use May 11, 2020
This Too Shall Pass March 31, 2020
Design in Interesting Times March 29, 2019
Stories and storytelling May 17, 2018
DVD commentary for music May 10, 2018
Trusting Google Duplex May 9, 2018
My Creative Mornings talk March 4, 2018
Design in the Age of Entanglement June 8, 2016
Design is a Conversation November 30, 2015
Invisible Design March 3, 2015
Peak Flat January 21, 2015
Comparing the Android Wear and Apple Watch UI Guidelines November 30, 2014
To Recap October 9, 2014
Lens of the Future February 13, 2014
Finn February 6, 2014
Yearnote January 5, 2014
I made a Monkey Island computer October 27, 2013
Kaeng Karp July 15, 2013
Inward and Outward May 21, 2013
thoughtwax is back May 15, 2013
Men's 100m sprint world record progression August 4, 2012
A Year of Ideas, Volume Three December 17, 2011
Don't expect a punchline December 2, 2011
Steve October 6, 2011
Mistakes we made along the way September 2, 2011
Jerusalem April 4, 2011
Jerusalem March 28, 2011
Thailand February 1, 2011
The Way Out July 25, 2010
Chasing a Sound in your Head July 25, 2010
The Universe Or Nothing May 5, 2010
Running, hunting April 13, 2010
Creation : Consumption March 14, 2010
Things Unblogged December 5, 2009
Zürich September 22, 2009
Published August 3, 2009
Interface nostalgia July 28, 2009
Layers of change in Ireland March 27, 2009
Instapaper (analogue edition) March 5, 2009
Burn Your CDs January 23, 2009
Trailers Objectified January 21, 2009
The Touch of Evil memo January 15, 2009
TTTTUMBLWAX! December 30, 2008
View From a Park Bench November 13, 2008
Ambient software November 7, 2008
A Year With Swollen Appendices by Brian Eno October 31, 2008
Triathlon September 22, 2008
How Buildings Learn documentary August 5, 2008
California July 6, 2008
Join the dots June 13, 2008
Plug May 7, 2008
1000 bookmarks April 13, 2008
The Mezzanine March 30, 2008
1,000 True Fans March 11, 2008
1B7731 February 17, 2008
The enduring mystery of corrugated roads January 29, 2008
New Zealand January 13, 2008
Slow Blogging December 4, 2007
Holiday reading coincidences November 25, 2007
Errol Morris on Roger Fenton October 18, 2007
Adaptive Spaces October 14, 2007
Idea: The Album Song September 22, 2007
Why I don't have a job writing for The New Yorker September 20, 2007
Prosperity September 11, 2007
Outside Lies Magic August 22, 2007
Reading live data from a Garmin GPS unit on OS X August 19, 2007
Pace July 29, 2007
He's writing about cycling again? July 29, 2007
Recycled feeds June 16, 2007
The Books May 19, 2007
A more reliable Twitter badge April 23, 2007
Morocco April 17, 2007
The cup or mug equation April 6, 2007
Between photographer and subject, there has to be distance. April 6, 2007
San Francisco March 17, 2007
Thoughts on city cycling (winter edition) February 27, 2007
Russell Schweickart on the Whole Earth February 21, 2007
Books, mapped January 31, 2007
I went snowboarding January 30, 2007
Wii code January 30, 2007
The Beaver Kid January 15, 2007
Me too! January 9, 2007
I missed my true calling as a hawker January 7, 2007
Three word reviews: latest books January 4, 2007
Welcome to Emmet's homepage January 2, 2007
Electroplankton December 13, 2006
Computers set to destroy the earth December 7, 2006
Emulating the past. Or, nostaligia isn't what it used to be December 1, 2006
New camera November 10, 2006
Travel November 6, 2006
Linutop: less is more November 3, 2006
Slovakia by bus November 1, 2006
"It’s actually no trouble to walk around" October 8, 2006
Sunday afternoon odds and ends October 8, 2006
When Dublin developers roll, they roll big September 26, 2006
I'll send you a link September 26, 2006
Dublin's architecture... in the future! September 17, 2006
Cycling in Dublin September 10, 2006
Local history September 10, 2006
Theirwork at RGS 2006 September 10, 2006
The image of the city, then and now August 13, 2006
On Vox August 9, 2006
Florence Rasmussen, the old lady that appears halfway through Errol Morris' "Gates of Heaven" July 30, 2006
Video games and psychogeography July 29, 2006
... and we're back. July 26, 2006
But is it Art? July 11, 2006
What next for online gaming? July 9, 2006
Comments are back June 20, 2006
Bukes May 30, 2006
latests May 30, 2006
The environmental impact of thin client systems May 2, 2006
Peter Schwartz on the geography of the future April 17, 2006
Temporary workstations and OS polygamy April 17, 2006
Summer in Dublin April 17, 2006
Upping sticks March 11, 2006
The intonation of hyperlinking March 11, 2006
Burn on Demand? March 1, 2006
Beneath the pavement, a blog! March 1, 2006
Berlin, London, Dublin February 12, 2006
The Prophet February 1, 2006
Mapmaking and the archeology of the future January 27, 2006
Come home and make this place poor again January 21, 2006
A new January 18, 2006
Web 2.0 Ireland November 21, 2005
En route from Iraq November 11, 2005
Jake and George November 4, 2005
Map of Free WiFi in Galway November 2, 2005
Wabi-Sabi October 31, 2005
Spam brings me joy, Vol. 2 October 31, 2005
Maria Turner and Sufjan Stevens October 24, 2005
PHP Suggest October 22, 2005
TechCamp October 17, 2005
Lego and Adaptive Design October 11, 2005
Activity update September 26, 2005
A haiku September 19, 2005
Adaptive Software September 1, 2005
Reverse Psychogeography August 25, 2005
On the design of useless Irish things August 22, 2005
Four Tet live in Galway August 14, 2005
Adaptive Architecture August 6, 2005
Meta-metadata August 4, 2005
Vista and the Open Source opportunity July 31, 2005
Collected situationist quotes July 31, 2005
Progress Marches On July 28, 2005
25/07/2005 July 25, 2005
06/07/2005 July 6, 2005
04/07/2005 July 4, 2005
03/07/2005 July 3, 2005
28/06/2005 June 28, 2005
21/06/2005 June 21, 2005
14/06/2005 June 14, 2005
29/05/2005 May 29, 2005
24/05/2005 May 24, 2005
17/05/2005 May 17, 2005
09/05/2005 May 9, 2005
04/05/2005 May 4, 2005
20/04/2005 April 20, 2005
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06/04/2005 April 6, 2005
01/04/2005 April 1, 2005
18/03/2005 March 18, 2005
03/03/2005 March 3, 2005
26/02/2005 February 26, 2005
23/02/2005 February 23, 2005
21/02/2005 February 21, 2005
16/02/2005 February 16, 2005
08/02/2005 February 8, 2005
19/01/2005 January 19, 2005
17/01/2005 January 17, 2005
05/01/2005 January 5, 2005
16/12/2004 December 16, 2004
11/12/2004 December 11, 2004
09/12/2004 December 9, 2004
30/11/2004 November 30, 2004
23/11/2004 November 23, 2004
17/11/2004 November 17, 2004
15/11/2004 November 15, 2004
12/11/2004 November 12, 2004
09/11/2004 November 9, 2004
06/11/2004 November 6, 2004
01/11/2004 November 1, 2004
30/10/2004 October 30, 2004
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26/10/2004 October 26, 2004
20/10/2004 October 20, 2004
13/10/2004 October 13, 2004
12/10/2004 October 12, 2004
05/10/2004 October 5, 2004
01/10/2004 October 1, 2004
28/09/2004 September 28, 2004
27/09/2004 September 27, 2004
20/09/2004 September 20, 2004
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13/09/2004 September 13, 2004
08/09/2004 September 8, 2004
07/09/2004 September 7, 2004
06/09/2004 September 6, 2004
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02/09/2004 September 2, 2004
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30/08/2004 August 30, 2004
27/08/2004 August 27, 2004
25/08/2004 August 25, 2004
24/08/2004 August 24, 2004
12/08/2004 August 12, 2004
11/08/2004 August 11, 2004
10/08/2004 August 10, 2004
04/08/2004 August 4, 2004
26/07/2004 July 26, 2004
19/07/2004 July 19, 2004
14/07/2004 July 14, 2004
08/07/2004 July 8, 2004
30/06/2004 June 30, 2004
29/06/2004 June 29, 2004
28/06/2004 June 28, 2004
22/06/2004 June 22, 2004
18/06/2004 June 18, 2004
17/06/2004 June 17, 2004
09/06/2004 June 9, 2004
08/06/2004 June 8, 2004
20/05/2004 May 20, 2004
18/05/2004 May 18, 2004
17/05/2004 May 17, 2004
15/05/2004 May 15, 2004
13/05/2004 May 13, 2004
11/05/2004 May 11, 2004
06/05/2004 May 6, 2004
27/04/2004 April 27, 2004
19/04/2004 April 19, 2004
13/04/2004 April 13, 2004
01/04/2004 April 1, 2004
31/03/2004 March 31, 2004
23/03/2004 March 23, 2004
19/03/2004 March 19, 2004
29/02/2004 February 29, 2004
28/02/2004 February 28, 2004
27/02/2004 February 27, 2004
25/02/2004 February 25, 2004
24/02/2004 February 24, 2004
This Too Shall Pass March 31, 2020
Design in Interesting Times March 29, 2019
Stories and storytelling May 17, 2018
DVD commentary for music May 10, 2018
Trusting Google Duplex May 9, 2018
My Creative Mornings talk March 4, 2018
Design in the Age of Entanglement June 8, 2016
Design is a Conversation November 30, 2015
Invisible Design March 3, 2015
Peak Flat January 21, 2015
Comparing the Android Wear and Apple Watch UI Guidelines November 30, 2014
To Recap October 9, 2014
Lens of the Future February 13, 2014
Finn February 6, 2014
Yearnote January 5, 2014
I made a Monkey Island computer October 27, 2013
Kaeng Karp July 15, 2013
Inward and Outward May 21, 2013
thoughtwax is back May 15, 2013
Men's 100m sprint world record progression August 4, 2012
A Year of Ideas, Volume Three December 17, 2011
Don't expect a punchline December 2, 2011
Steve October 6, 2011
Mistakes we made along the way September 2, 2011
Jerusalem April 4, 2011
Jerusalem March 28, 2011
Thailand February 1, 2011
The Way Out July 25, 2010
Chasing a Sound in your Head July 25, 2010
The Universe Or Nothing May 5, 2010
Running, hunting April 13, 2010
Creation : Consumption March 14, 2010
Things Unblogged December 5, 2009
Zürich September 22, 2009
Published August 3, 2009
Interface nostalgia July 28, 2009
Layers of change in Ireland March 27, 2009
Instapaper (analogue edition) March 5, 2009
Burn Your CDs January 23, 2009
Trailers Objectified January 21, 2009
The Touch of Evil memo January 15, 2009
TTTTUMBLWAX! December 30, 2008
View From a Park Bench November 13, 2008
Ambient software November 7, 2008
A Year With Swollen Appendices by Brian Eno October 31, 2008
Triathlon September 22, 2008
How Buildings Learn documentary August 5, 2008
California July 6, 2008
Join the dots June 13, 2008
Plug May 7, 2008
1000 bookmarks April 13, 2008
The Mezzanine March 30, 2008
1,000 True Fans March 11, 2008
1B7731 February 17, 2008
The enduring mystery of corrugated roads January 29, 2008
New Zealand January 13, 2008
Slow Blogging December 4, 2007
Holiday reading coincidences November 25, 2007
Errol Morris on Roger Fenton October 18, 2007
Adaptive Spaces October 14, 2007
Idea: The Album Song September 22, 2007
Why I don't have a job writing for The New Yorker September 20, 2007
Prosperity September 11, 2007
Outside Lies Magic August 22, 2007
Reading live data from a Garmin GPS unit on OS X August 19, 2007
Pace July 29, 2007
He's writing about cycling again? July 29, 2007
Recycled feeds June 16, 2007
The Books May 19, 2007
A more reliable Twitter badge April 23, 2007
Morocco April 17, 2007
The cup or mug equation April 6, 2007
Between photographer and subject, there has to be distance. April 6, 2007
San Francisco March 17, 2007
Thoughts on city cycling (winter edition) February 27, 2007
Russell Schweickart on the Whole Earth February 21, 2007
Books, mapped January 31, 2007
I went snowboarding January 30, 2007
Wii code January 30, 2007
The Beaver Kid January 15, 2007
Me too! January 9, 2007
I missed my true calling as a hawker January 7, 2007
Three word reviews: latest books January 4, 2007
Welcome to Emmet's homepage January 2, 2007
Electroplankton December 13, 2006
Computers set to destroy the earth December 7, 2006
Emulating the past. Or, nostaligia isn't what it used to be December 1, 2006
New camera November 10, 2006
Travel November 6, 2006
Linutop: less is more November 3, 2006
Slovakia by bus November 1, 2006
"It’s actually no trouble to walk around" October 8, 2006
Sunday afternoon odds and ends October 8, 2006
When Dublin developers roll, they roll big September 26, 2006
I'll send you a link September 26, 2006
Dublin's architecture... in the future! September 17, 2006
Cycling in Dublin September 10, 2006
Local history September 10, 2006
Theirwork at RGS 2006 September 10, 2006
The image of the city, then and now August 13, 2006
On Vox August 9, 2006
Florence Rasmussen, the old lady that appears halfway through Errol Morris' "Gates of Heaven" July 30, 2006
Video games and psychogeography July 29, 2006
... and we're back. July 26, 2006
But is it Art? July 11, 2006
What next for online gaming? July 9, 2006
Comments are back June 20, 2006
Bukes May 30, 2006
latests May 30, 2006
The environmental impact of thin client systems May 2, 2006
Peter Schwartz on the geography of the future April 17, 2006
Temporary workstations and OS polygamy April 17, 2006
Summer in Dublin April 17, 2006
Upping sticks March 11, 2006
The intonation of hyperlinking March 11, 2006
Burn on Demand? March 1, 2006
Beneath the pavement, a blog! March 1, 2006
Berlin, London, Dublin February 12, 2006
The Prophet February 1, 2006
Mapmaking and the archeology of the future January 27, 2006
Come home and make this place poor again January 21, 2006
A new January 18, 2006
Web 2.0 Ireland November 21, 2005
En route from Iraq November 11, 2005
Jake and George November 4, 2005
Map of Free WiFi in Galway November 2, 2005
Wabi-Sabi October 31, 2005
Spam brings me joy, Vol. 2 October 31, 2005
Maria Turner and Sufjan Stevens October 24, 2005
PHP Suggest October 22, 2005
TechCamp October 17, 2005
Lego and Adaptive Design October 11, 2005
Activity update September 26, 2005
A haiku September 19, 2005
Adaptive Software September 1, 2005
Reverse Psychogeography August 25, 2005
On the design of useless Irish things August 22, 2005
Four Tet live in Galway August 14, 2005
Adaptive Architecture August 6, 2005
Meta-metadata August 4, 2005
Vista and the Open Source opportunity July 31, 2005
Collected situationist quotes July 31, 2005
Progress Marches On July 28, 2005
25/07/2005 July 25, 2005
06/07/2005 July 6, 2005
04/07/2005 July 4, 2005
03/07/2005 July 3, 2005
28/06/2005 June 28, 2005
21/06/2005 June 21, 2005
14/06/2005 June 14, 2005
29/05/2005 May 29, 2005
24/05/2005 May 24, 2005
17/05/2005 May 17, 2005
09/05/2005 May 9, 2005
04/05/2005 May 4, 2005
20/04/2005 April 20, 2005
19/04/2005 April 19, 2005
06/04/2005 April 6, 2005
01/04/2005 April 1, 2005
18/03/2005 March 18, 2005
03/03/2005 March 3, 2005
26/02/2005 February 26, 2005
23/02/2005 February 23, 2005
21/02/2005 February 21, 2005
16/02/2005 February 16, 2005
08/02/2005 February 8, 2005
19/01/2005 January 19, 2005
17/01/2005 January 17, 2005
05/01/2005 January 5, 2005
16/12/2004 December 16, 2004
11/12/2004 December 11, 2004
09/12/2004 December 9, 2004
30/11/2004 November 30, 2004
23/11/2004 November 23, 2004
17/11/2004 November 17, 2004
15/11/2004 November 15, 2004
12/11/2004 November 12, 2004
09/11/2004 November 9, 2004
06/11/2004 November 6, 2004
01/11/2004 November 1, 2004
30/10/2004 October 30, 2004
28/10/2004 October 28, 2004
26/10/2004 October 26, 2004
20/10/2004 October 20, 2004
13/10/2004 October 13, 2004
12/10/2004 October 12, 2004
05/10/2004 October 5, 2004
01/10/2004 October 1, 2004
28/09/2004 September 28, 2004
27/09/2004 September 27, 2004
20/09/2004 September 20, 2004
19/09/2004 September 19, 2004
13/09/2004 September 13, 2004
08/09/2004 September 8, 2004
07/09/2004 September 7, 2004
06/09/2004 September 6, 2004
05/09/2004 September 5, 2004
02/09/2004 September 2, 2004
01/09/2004 September 1, 2004
30/08/2004 August 30, 2004
27/08/2004 August 27, 2004
25/08/2004 August 25, 2004
24/08/2004 August 24, 2004
12/08/2004 August 12, 2004
11/08/2004 August 11, 2004
10/08/2004 August 10, 2004
04/08/2004 August 4, 2004
26/07/2004 July 26, 2004
19/07/2004 July 19, 2004
14/07/2004 July 14, 2004
08/07/2004 July 8, 2004
30/06/2004 June 30, 2004
29/06/2004 June 29, 2004
28/06/2004 June 28, 2004
22/06/2004 June 22, 2004
18/06/2004 June 18, 2004
17/06/2004 June 17, 2004
09/06/2004 June 9, 2004
08/06/2004 June 8, 2004
20/05/2004 May 20, 2004
18/05/2004 May 18, 2004
17/05/2004 May 17, 2004
15/05/2004 May 15, 2004
13/05/2004 May 13, 2004
11/05/2004 May 11, 2004
06/05/2004 May 6, 2004
27/04/2004 April 27, 2004
19/04/2004 April 19, 2004
13/04/2004 April 13, 2004
01/04/2004 April 1, 2004
31/03/2004 March 31, 2004
23/03/2004 March 23, 2004
19/03/2004 March 19, 2004
29/02/2004 February 29, 2004
28/02/2004 February 28, 2004
27/02/2004 February 27, 2004
25/02/2004 February 25, 2004
24/02/2004 February 24, 2004