Jen Quinlan

Google Glass: Simulator Tool

dragqueenpug — Mon, 13 May 2013 23:02:59 -0500

Don’t have $1,500 to drop on Google Glass but have a nifty idea to share with the community?...

"If you want to change the way you approach a creative problem, then you need to change what you are..."

dragqueenpug — Mon, 13 May 2013 08:56:14 -0500

“If you want to change the way you approach a creative problem, then you need to change what...

"Limitations foster creativity. Twitter is the standard for this concept: hard-coded limits force you..."

dragqueenpug — Mon, 13 May 2013 08:53:06 -0500

“Limitations foster creativity. Twitter is the standard for this concept: hard-coded limits...

Google Glass: Why Consumers Won't Bite

dragqueenpug — Fri, 10 May 2013 08:46:00 -0500

There is a love affair at the moment between technophiles and Google Glass, but we’re a long...

Preventative Health Care: The Rise of Sensors

dragqueenpug — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:51:40 -0500

Sensors coupled with mobile devices will transform health care as we know it. Plagued by a...

Oculus Rift sounds like a nemesis in Transformers. Don’t...

dragqueenpug — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 09:43:00 -0500

Oculus Rift sounds like a nemesis in Transformers. Don’t be mistaken though, because these virtual reality (VR) goggles are taking the gaming industry, and potentially interactive industry, by storm.

Successfully funded through Kickstarter to the tune of $2.4M, Palmer Luckey started Oculus Rift to serve the following market need: to revolutionize the way people experience interactive content.

Why should you care? With wearable technology at the forefront of where “mobile” is going, Google Glass, Nike Fuel and Pebble are just the start. Technologies like immersive googles with options to toggle between full virtual reality versus augmenting the user’s reality will transform how people interact with their environments as we know it.

Why Tablets Matter in the Classroom

dragqueenpug — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 22:07:30 -0500

Chalkboard. Paper. Pencils. Pull-down maps. Posters tacked to walls. Classrooms haven’t...

Made with Love: Chrome to Pixels

dragqueenpug — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 10:35:00 -0600

This past October my husband and I were in San Diego for a wedding. We stayed near Mission Beach...

2013: When The Enterprise Goes iBook

dragqueenpug — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 11:55:00 -0600

The Enterprise iPad Tsunami As of April 2012, 94% of Fortune 500 companies and 70% of Global 500...

A Sales Guy's Best Friend: The Prototype

dragqueenpug — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 10:16:00 -0600

Sales people - your neck is constantly on the line. It’s a complicated art to say the right...

BendDesk is a research project by Malte Weiss, Simon...

dragqueenpug — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 09:49:54 -0600

BendDesk is a research project by Malte Weiss, Simon Voelker, Jan Borchers from the Media Computing Group, and Christine Sutter from the Department of Work and Cognitive Psychology. It is funded in part through the German B-IT Foundation. Learn more here: http://hci.rwth-aachen.de/benddesk#

"If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” - Albert Einstein"

dragqueenpug — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 07:26:19 -0500

““If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” - Albert...

Visual Metaphors & UI Design: Our Roots

dragqueenpug — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 19:14:00 -0500

When the first graphical user interface (GUI) hit the mass market, to drive adoption the user...

iPads for Enterprise: Users Driving Demand

dragqueenpug — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 12:05:00 -0500

While iPads were first positioned as a product for the consumer market, the Enterprise is seeing the...

Intelligent Photos: Meet Stipple

dragqueenpug — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 22:05:00 -0500

Almost ten years ago Aaron Goldman shared an article with me. It described the future of...

Interactive Retail: Pump Up the Savings Jams

dragqueenpug — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 07:49:00 -0500

Earlier this week Macy’s announced the roll out of Shopkick’s mobile application...

WIBNI: Smartphone = Computer Mouse

dragqueenpug — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 23:06:28 -0500

When I lived in Albuquerque, for three years I held many roles at a small agency. One of which was...

Portfolio building for marketers? Following creatives' lead.

dragqueenpug — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 10:02:00 -0500

For industry creatives, their career equals their ‘book’. A book can literally be a...

Agencies: Size Matters

dragqueenpug — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 08:51:00 -0500

You’re client-side. You manage marketing programs, and you’re tasked with also driving a...

Breaking into Digital: Tips for Interns

dragqueenpug — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:32:00 -0600

Kudos to University of Texas at Austin, because they are producing a lot of passionate and...