Yesterday I found out the news about Bradley Wiggins' road accident from The Sun newspaper. It's not a publication that I bought - but at Waterloo Station in London there are large digital display screens that at the moment have the latest headlines from The Sun newspaper. Except, of course, because it's live and it's digital, … Continue reading What is a… newspaper?
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I was presenting at an event a few weeks back alongside someone whose business is focused on advising people about media intellectual property rights, particularly in the film sector. She gave an interesting analysis that the traditional Hollywood model of "release windows". It used to be the case that the sheer cost of duplication of … Continue reading What is a… Cinema?
Achievements this week included: - final cut of the When to app framework for next week's Huddle - and prep for a few of the other events I've got coming up - good catch up with @andrewdotcom (he always likes a mention ;o)) - and further conversations about how the agency work moves forward Next week: event-o-rama
I remember many years ago my father prophesising that one day TVs would become componentised in the way that hifi systems were, with a separation of modules to be able to allow people to buy the functions that they needed. Dad's maybe not ill-placed to have made such predictions, with the first part of his career spent … Continue reading What is a… TV?
The work I did last week with Marks & Spencer got me thinking about how many of the things we have in our day-to-day lives have, in the past 10 years or so, dramatically shifted in their even if, on the face of it, they seem pretty much the same as they ever were. This … Continue reading What is a… shop?
Achievements this week included: - an action plan for the next three months - first take on developing a "When to App" workshop - a fun evening delivering the keynote at the M&S Hackathon - developing slides for the Metaphwoar event - and also for the Housing Association event I'm presenting at next month Next … Continue reading Weeknote 120: no such thing as a free launch
Achievements this week included: - Great fun presenting at the Mortimer Spinks' Technology Event, vaguely in the presence of Ben Affleck... - ...and a good session with the ladies and gentlemen at Imagination - Good catch ups with Richard at Cloud Origin... - ...and Euan Semple before he heads off on his world tour - … Continue reading Weeknote 119: back to the floor
And the final shot of the series showing my ten years of digital photography was taken by my eldest son. Who's two and a bit. It's not the greatest photo in the world; it's probably not even very good. But he loves taking photos, and they all come from his unique, slightly down on … Continue reading digita10: 2012: Teddington High Street
Continuing the short series celebrating my 10 years of digital photography... As if to prove the point about kids taking over one's photos, in 2010, one year, one month, one week and two days after his brother appeared on the scene, our second child Milo was born. Here he is in the arms of his … Continue reading digita10: 2010: Milo
Continuing the short series celebrating 10 years with digital photography... I remember going on holiday with a couple with kids in 2007, and Gill commenting that the only photos that she was then taking were of her kids. When Oscar arrived in November 2009, I started to understand what she meant.
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