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digital mission

@Opencast at Hoults Yard

July 16, 2009

Intro A post looking at Hoults Yard on Tyneside, and recent activities there: A recent Digital Transport event, run by Newcastle University A stop of the Digital Mission UK tour And the latest Think and a Drink event Hoults Yard This bit of the post is a quick write-up of a visit I made to [...]

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Session One: (Present at the Creation) #TDC

May 14, 2009

Panel Paul Miller, School of Everything Harry Drnec, former CEO, Red Bull UK Dr James TerKeurst, The Institute of Digital Innovation Mike Southon, The Financial Times Live blog Session One: (Present at the Creation) Technorati Tags: north east england,gateshead,education,ideas,thinking digital,media,innovation

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SCL & Thinking Digital (including Live Blogging info) #TDC

May 11, 2009

I thought I should post before the conference about what I’ve been up to in connection with Thinking Digital (TDC), and how you can follow proceedings through the SCL website. Consultancy role I have been advising TDC on Social Media strategy Working with the conference producer, and PR chief to explain the possibilities of Web [...]

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My views & feedback on SXSW

April 14, 2009

This post sets out my observations of the South by South West (SXSW) interactive festival (http://sxsw.com/interactive), in March 2009. I attended as Ambassador to Thinking Digital (http://thinkingdigital.co.uk/). Reflections Overall, it was a fantastic experience, not overwhelming I don’t tend to overdo things, so didn’t "burn the candle at both ends" too much! I found it [...]

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Are Virtual Worlds a Refuge from the Recession?

March 17, 2009

PRESENTERS Lauren Bigelow – WeeWorld Maura Welch – WeeWorld DESCRIPTION Virtual worlds could be recession-proof because the economy won’t change the fundamental desire users have to evolve their identities and express themselves creatively. Virtual worlds allow this in ways never before possible. Some claim that virtual worlds are in a recession, based on low currency [...]

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Cloud Computing: Defending the Undefinable

March 17, 2009

PRESENTERS Kevin Gibbs – Google App Engine Yousef Khalidi – Microsoft Werner Vogels – Amazon.com DESCRIPTION The brave new world of cloud computing is radically changing how we build web applications. What is a platform, what is a service, and how will the future of web applications be built? More importantly, how do these various [...]

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Are Women Taken More Seriously On The Web?

March 16, 2009

PRESENTERS * Blagica Bottigliero – Edelman * Karen Chu – PlayFirst Inc * Laura Roeder – roederstudios.com * Carly Kocurek – University of Texas at Austin DESCRIPTION Women used to have to get our foot in the door THEN prove that we deserved to be there. With blogging and social networking, we’re now able to [...]

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From Flickr and Beyond: Lessons in Community Management

March 15, 2009

PRESENTERS Heather Champ – Flickr Mario Anima – Current TV Matthew Stinchcomb – Etsy Inc Jessamyn West – MetaFilter Micah Schaffer – YouTube DESCRIPTION Companies across industries are developing and fostering online communities, recognizing the benefits of connecting with customers on the Web. Unfortunately, not all communities thrive to become a successful vehicle for businesses. [...]

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Is Spec Work Evil? The Online Creative Community Speaks

March 15, 2009

PRESENTERS Mike Samson – crowdspring.com David Carson – davidcarsondesign Jeff Howe – Wired Magazine Jeffrey Kalmikoff – skinnyCorp/Threadless Jeremiah Owyang – Forrester DESCRIPTION The ‘no-spec’ movement has long held sway in the design community but the web has created a new model for design that allows a freer exchange of ideas and inspiration, and more [...]

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Designing for Irrational Behavior

March 14, 2009

A live blog from SXSW PRESENTERS * Peter Whybrow – UCLA Semel Institute * Robert Fabricant – Frog Design Inc * Jeffrey Bardzell – Indiana University * Jen van der Meer – Drillteam DESCRIPTION The core of sustainability efforts is behavior change, understanding patterns of behavior and developing models for motivating sustainable behavior change. This [...]

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