Don’t worry, this blog isn’t dead – just sleeping. I have no WiFi in my new home yet, which isn’t quite an excuse for not updating. I took a week-long break to move into my new flat, and have been amiss from most other social things too – with the exception of Playful last Friday. (See Roo Reynold’s excellent notes here.)

I’m very excited about version 2 of Trutap (keep an eye open for the launch announcement). Trutap has been taking up most of my time at Future Platforms since I joined in March. The new version was demoed this morning in the office at Future Platforms, and it’s looking great. It’s a great feeling to see all of our collaborative hard work pay off! Trutap has been a great project to work on, and is a real example of synthesis of content and digital tools. I learned a lot about visual design and interaction design in the process. I will write more about this later.

Apart from Trutap, here are other things occupying my mind and time:

• Writing. I’ve been thinking up possible proposals to submit to Eye Magazine. Writing is something I love doing and it has always been one of my ambitions. There was also a culture for writing about design at Reading University, and practitioners are also expected to be able to write and research: something I regard highly.
• Language. Stephen Fry wrote this great, meandering blessay on language, which got me thinking. I loved the introduction of translation: “English (Pirate)” on Facebook, which made me wonder if language used online is a little too sterile. Stephen makes excellent points. I’m not sure what my point is yet, but I’ll come back to it…
• Mobile design. Bryan Rieger, who I worked with at Future Platforms, and is now at Yiibu, has just launched Mobile Design UK. The aim: to be an “open forum for UK designers working with mobile technologies to share knowledge, encourage exploration of technologies, tools and ideas, and showcase the UK as an influential hub of mobile design to the world.” Exciting stuff, and I’m looking forward to being involved. If you’re a mobile designer in the UK, you should be involved, too!