Went to @LibertyLondon and got a lipstick @HourglassMakeup lipstick. Lady behind the counter had one job, so of course, she gave me the wrong lipstick.
One job!
Got a reminder of this from my #SIGCHI co social chair (@abdoelali) from 2023 - fun times at Hamburg... thinking of @acm_chi coming to one of my favourite cities (Barcelona) in 2026.
ALT Title says: I was a dark and stormy night
Main body of writing says:
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Image poster for CHI 2023 on a mainly white background with text printed in chi colours (maroon, dark blue and yellow) with a footer banner with "CHI23 Hamburg, Germany | Hybrid" above a stylised skyline of Hamburg.
I love when people notice the secret sauce that is: things should just work!
@jetscott:
“I lifted my hand off the mouse, hand tracking was instantly back in action. Android XR made to whatever inputs are available: hands, eyes, voice, keyboards, mice or connected phones” 🧵
Android XR is coming in 2025, with developer preview announced now. And Samsung’s making a Vision Pro-like headset, and glasses after that. I wore the headset and Astra prototype glasses with displays…and all-seeing Gemini AI is the center of it all. cnet.com/tech/computing/i-tr…
[An enjoyable read - playing the long game and all that jazz]
How a stubborn computer scientist accidentally launched the deep learning boom
arstechnica.com/ai/2024/11/h…