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Disruption from the bottom up
We hear a lot about the internet causing “disruption”, i.e. radically shaking up and undermining established ways of doing things. I’ve been thinking about some real disruption being led from sources which might seem unlikely. Now, I’m a great believer … Continue reading
Posted in Broadband, Digital Inclusion
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Sponsorship Needed for UK SnowCamp and Hackathon
It’s three years (and more) since I wrote this post about making use of the internet to carry on working on snow days, and, frankly, I don’t see any change. Snow still seems to take everyone, particularly employers by surprise. Now, I … Continue reading
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More about Storytelling
You may remember I wrote this post about Storytelling after I delivered a workshop on Digital Storytelling for One Blackpool in January. Since then, Storytelling has become something of a theme for me, and I have returned to it for presentations … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Inclusion, Social Media, Story-telling
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Conference Venues and Connectivity
I’ve been prompted to write this post by my experience live streaming Commscamp yesterday in Birmingham. It was an illustration of my frustrations with the inability of many conference venues to offer decent connectivity. I know it is a frustration … Continue reading
Posted in Broadband, Social Media
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Communicating the pace of technological change
Returning to my theme of that murky world I inhabit a lot of the time between the uber-geeks and the digitally excluded, I want to focus in how people view the pace of technological change. A couple of things have … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Inclusion, Older People, Rural
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Missed opportunities for Co-creation
On of the changing facets of modern life which encourages me is the tendency for more people to become creators rather than consumers. New technologies and social media have been important tools in this new environment. More young people are … Continue reading
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Let’s tell a story
I’ve been working in Lincoln quite a bit recently. A couple of weeks ago, I walked past a branch of Cash Converters in the city and noticed 2 mandolins in the window. I thought this was a bit unusual, so … Continue reading
Posted in Story-telling
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Our Digital Planet – Phase 2
Our Digital Planet Phase 2 is now in the planning stage. We are looking for cities, towns, neighbourhoods and organisations to come forward to host the Our Digital Planet 2013 tour. We can offer the opportunity to be part of … Continue reading
HS2, don’t scare the faster horses
Henry Ford said that if he had listened to what the public wanted he would have made faster horses. This is exactly the thinking that has gone into the Government’s decision to invest £32bn in the folly that is HS2, … Continue reading
Posted in trains
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Let’s use technology to unlock ingenuity
My friend Abi Manifold reminded me, through a post on Twitter, of Sugata Mitra’s inspirational TED talk about how he had embedded computers in walls in Delhi which children had used to educate themselves. I think there are so many … Continue reading
