I like to talk endlessly about anything related to the design and development of websites and mobile apps, technology, and the creative industry, which may tickle your fancy.

bunkercollective:

Science has given us this substance known as graphene which is far too technical to understand for us laymen. It’s essentially a sheet of pure carbon 1 atom thick. So what does it have to do with wifi performance? Well, according to Dr. Ian F. Akyildiz, director of the Broadband Wireless Networking Lab at Georgia Tech, quite a bit.

His group is working on making wireless router antennas out of graphene which they claim can move electrons with almost no resistance; 50–500 times faster than silicon. According to their calculations, at a range of about 1 meter graphene antennas can shepherd data wirelessly at 1 terabit per second. And at a few centimeters? A whopping 100 terabits per second.

The challenge? Manufacturing. They note that when graphene comes into contact with other materials its properties change.

So the logistics are a little sticky, but the concept is pretty awesome. Good luck, Ian and team. Bring on the data-transfer heat!

bunkercollective:

So this guy John McGuire and his small team in Ireland get this idea about a golf product like nothing else yet realized. So they move to San Fancisco and buddy up with Fuse Project to make it a reality. They call it Game Golf and it looks super impressive.

In talking about the concept behind Game Golf, John notes:

There are lots of technologies out there right now, and many of them…they get in the way of your round of golf. Why would you create an application where you have to enter information while you’re golfing? Play your round of golf, and we will do the rest.

Now that is how you aim high when designing a new product or technology. Don’t just be creative—solve a problem in the easiest possible way for the person who’s going to use it.

So what does “we will do the rest” mean? Fit each of your clubs with a small tag that respectively identifies it, then tap your club to the device on your belt before each swing. The GPS and club-matching record your location and strokes into the device. The data can then be pushed to a mobile device for sharing, analysis, etc.

When I opened the doors to my studio, Mark Wyner Design, nearly a decade ago I made a conscious decision to work with contractors rather than employees for a number of reasons. During that time I’ve had the pleasure of working with a number of very talented individuals—some daily, others infrequently, and a handful only once or twice. Together we’ve accomplished a lot.

But there was always something missing. Something not quite right. As complicated as teams are, they’re awesome. And even though I have technically been working as part of a team on every project my studio has hosted, the teams weren’t as close knit as I would like.

The process of creating something new or solving a problem takes the mind on amazing journeys. And as most creative professionals would attest, we could sail through our own minds for hours, sowing the seeds of fantastic visions or almost anything to delight the soul. But when we sit down together and visualize externally…that’s when the magic happens.

One person says something that triggers all sorts of electricity in the surrounding minds. This in turn triggers rebounding thoughts which are also vocalized. And the circle continues until something is born. Something awesome, something useful, something mature.

So after nine successful years, I have closed the doors to my studio and opened the doors to a new agency, Bunker, with two fine gentlemen who have been doing this for as long as me. And we’ve even been doing this together for over ten years, working together in various capacities. So, really, we went from dating to getting married. Figuratively.

I have been and will continue to post pretty much the same thing I have been publishing here—only on the Bunker Tumblr instead. So if you follow me here because you like what I write (and not just because my beard is awesome) we would love to have you following us over there. So…maybe head on over to the Bunker Journal and click that little “follow” button.

And that just leaves the word on what I’ll continue to post here. As of yet, I’m not quite certain. But I guess we’ll know soon enough.