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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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Transatlantic Troubleshooting: Getting into Europe’s New Media Market

March 14, 2009

Live blogging session, flying the flag for the Brits (any other European peeps on the panel?) PRESENTERS Mike Butcher – TechCrunch Mike Teasdale – Chinwag/Harvest Digital Stewart Townsend – Sun Microsystems Aleks Krotoski – Chinwag/UKTI Nigel Eccles – Hubdub.com DESCRIPTION The European market with over 500 million citizens is an enormous single market, with the [...]

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That Doesn’t Suck! Inspiring Creativity With Spore

March 13, 2009

A post about the game ‘Spore’, using Live Blogging tool – CoverItLive PRESENTERS Caryl Shaw – Maxis DESCRIPTION Spore took the concept of creating and sharing User-Generated Content in video games a step farther than any other game. The creation of multiple in-game editors that were easy (and fun) to use and the sharing of [...]

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SXSW preparations

March 8, 2009

A post reflecting pretty much what it says in the title -  I’m trying to get my ducks in a row for SXSWi. Key things have been: Deciding what to pack Getting the logistics sorted Working out what I’ll be doing when I get there Doing my best to fit in with Digital Mission Sorting [...]

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SXSW x SCL

March 5, 2009

I’m delighted to announce that I’ll be headed to Austin, Texas next week for the South by South West Interactive Festival (SXSWi), which: “celebrates the creativity and passion behind the coolest new media technologies. In addition to panel sessions that cover everything from web design to bootstrapping to social networks, attendees make new business connections [...]

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Web 2.0 articles in bdaily #8 – Conclusion

March 2, 2009

n.b. This was originally published on bdaily. Photo credit to bootload “Web 2.0: Conclusion With Justin Souter of Souter Consulting Part 4 [sic] of a series of articles on the application of Web 2.0 In writing this conclusion, I first would like to thank you for staying with me since January, and for your comments [...]

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NewcastleGateshead in Second Life

February 16, 2009

This post is a chance for me to kick-start my interest in virtual worlds / metaverses. It is also a chance to show off my in-world photography skills but – more importantly – it is a chance to bring to a wider audience the great work by Celia & Shaun at Vector 76 on a [...]

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Visit to Core Music, Hexham

February 11, 2009

This post is about a rather fab music resource close to me in the Tyne Valley. You may have read my blog post about Tynedale Enterprise (TE). When I attended the TE meeting, there was a round of introductions, and I mentioned I had just set up my own business, and was looking for some [...]

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Ear to the Groundswell: Get Satisfaction trial

February 2, 2009

Improving what SCL does, and how we do it, is of paramount importance – because we can better serve our Customers. Getting feedback from interested parties is vital, and can help set up a positive feedback loop. Using online tools to do this has two functions: To demonstrate / experiment with these tools, so this [...]

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Tynedale Enterprise

February 2, 2009

This post is about a network of people & organisations in the northern part of the Tyne Valley, and is based in Hexham: “We are a community based group dedicated to supporting and encouraging economic growth and activity within Tynedale. Our basic principle is that the future of every community lies in capturing the passion, [...]

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