Archive for the ‘Identity’ Category

GSK and the exporting of mental illness

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010After writing about Naomi Klein yesterday and the superbranding of politics. I came across a thought piece in New Scientist called Invasion of the mind snatchers by Ethan Watters.His story is one that around the world in different cultures, we ...

Was the promise made good for society through 2.0?

Friday, January 15th, 2010Mr. Lanier, a musician and avant-garde computer scientist — he popularized the term “virtual reality” — wonders if the Web’s structure and ideology are fostering nasty group dynamics and mediocre collaborations. His new book, “You Are Not a Gadget,” is ...

Its not online or offline, it’s blended reality

Thursday, January 14th, 2010We acknowledge that digital communication tools, fixed broadband, mobile, convergence, open source, cheap production tools have changed our world. And we have shown that we are reluctantly accepting that by using the word digital ever more frequently.Digital natives vs. digital ...

A life better lived by Katie Ledger

Thursday, January 14th, 2010When I started my career, I remember standing in the offices of Bartle Bogle Hegarty. As a young creative looking for a job I had my portfolio with me – a creative director was looking through my work. Definitely an ...

Alan Moore speaking @ sxsw 2010

Monday, January 11th, 2010This weekend I was invited to give a keynote @ sxsw 2010 based upon my submission in August last year. (watch the 2.5 minute film)The topic is Straight Line Thinking Stops Here, something that I covered at The Do Lectures ...

Mobile futures

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010I was asked whether I would like to make a few predictions around mobile, networks, commerce and culture by Rudy de Waele. I joined a very interesting collective to share my views and I was fascinated by what everyone of ...

Alice Taylor a Doer speaks @ Do

Sunday, December 20th, 2009Alice Taylor commissions cross-platform educational content for 14-19 year olds, aiming to get useful, life-helpful information to teens via their most favoured platforms and formats. She specializes in videogames and virtual worlds, and Channel 4 Education’s 2009 slate includes Routes, ...

War * Culture

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009Found this on Flickr today[caption id="attachment_4824" align="aligncenter" width="368" caption="http://www.flickr.com/photos/18382722@N00/118539502"][/caption]Each circle represents an individual with an outmodel (M) that represents its individual view of the world (color). The outmodel of each individual is heavily influenced by the outmodels of the individuals ...

What has happened to creativity?

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009Something has happened to Britain's creative community and there's no better way to understand this than to go back to a speech that Graham Greene, one of the most admired novelists of his day, gave in Germany in 1969 "on ...

Facebook manners

Thursday, December 10th, 2009'Nuff said

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