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Thursday, September 4th, 2008
After many months of development, I am pleased to announce that my latest project - “LiveGuide” - is finally online.
LiveGuide is a new design of online tour, intended to more closely mimic the features of a real world guided tour of a location thank traditional virtual tours. In particular, LiveGuide focusses on the narrative and […]
NLab Social Networks Conference - Panel
Monday, July 7th, 2008
The conference concluded with a panel session consisting of Roland Harwood, Chris Meade, Vijay Riyait, Andrea Saveri. Here is a brief summary of the questions raised and some of the responses…
o. How do you get people to see that these tools are not just time wasting devices?
- more conferences
- more opportunities for people to get […]
NLab Social Networks Conference - Jim Benson
Monday, July 7th, 2008
The concluding keynote for the day came from Jim Benson, who discussed how to get the most from your social media experience – given that small businesses do not need more stuff to do!
He used a flow diagram to demonstrate that if you want benefits out of a community, you have to put stuff in. […]
NLab Social Networks Conference - Ken Thompson
Monday, July 7th, 2008
I was very interested to hear Ken Thompson’s talk, having read his white paper about the concept of Swarm Teams and explored his website, which goes into the biological parallels of his system in more details. Swarm Teams is a text message-based system, similar to Twitter, but based on the way teams work in nature.
He […]
NLab Social Networks Conference - Andrea Saveri
Monday, July 7th, 2008
Andrea Saveri from the Institute for the Future had so many fascinating things to say that my note-taking rapidly descended into desperately trying to write down everything she was saying.
Her theme was the amplified individual: the superheros within organisations. She also explored how the practices of amplified individuals and the tools they use can […]
NLab Social Networks Conference - Roland Harwood
Monday, July 7th, 2008Harwood’s whirlwind talk collected together lots of thoughts, research and parallels considering the question: “Are social networks the new cities?”, a title which Harwood noted is more than just a metaphor. Social networks are already starting to fulfil some of the functions that grow cities – creating a networked business economy and fostering public […]
NLab Social Networks Conference - Steve Clayton
Monday, July 7th, 2008
Steve Clayton is the author of the “Geek in Disguise” blog and works as Software + Services lead for Microsoft. He opened his keynote by verbalising what many of us feel when considering social networks – we are reaching information overload!
The main theme of his talk followed on from this by discussing ways to make these experiences […]
NLab Social Networks Conference - The Opening
Monday, July 7th, 2008Well, it has taken a little longer than I anticipated to formulate my account of the recent NLab Social Networks conference, held at DMU on 19th June, following the IOCT Salon. However, I have finally made sense of all of my notes! So, without further ado, as they say….
The Opening Address
Professor David Asch opened the […]
IOCT Salon - 18th June 2008
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
The recent IOCT Salon was a great opportunity for students from the Online MA in Creative Writing & New Media to show case their most recent work. It featured inspirational performances from Chris Meade and Christine Wilks, fascinating talks from Toni Le Busque, Claudia Cragg and Alison Norrington – and a bit of waffling […]
Moving On From Manvers Street
Monday, May 5th, 2008I have recently launched my digital documentary Moving On From Manvers Street as part of my ongoing studies in New Media writing at DMU. The trailer is very tongue in cheek, but that is characteristic of the tone of the whole piece.
The documentary focuses on using Web 2.0 principles to present the story of the […]
