Archive for the ‘Philosophy’ Category

Straight Line Thinking Stops Here, sxsw keynote

Monday, November 22nd, 2010This is the slide deck from the keynote that I gave at sxsw this year. You can listen to the podcast Alan Moore sxsw keynote. And if you want more insight into Local Motors see Jay Rogers founder of Local ...

Britain’s £3 trillion horror story

Friday, November 12th, 2010I watched this C4 programme Britain's trillion pound horror story, last night and I have to say I found it very thought provoking. what's it all about? @ C4 they writeFilm maker Martin Durkin explains the full extent of the ...

Blackberry Collaboration Forum 2010 Alan Moore keynote

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010This is the presentation keynote that I gave on my Latin American tour. Firstly, I address the culture shock that many feel at present, as we transition from an industrial world to a non-linear one - the world of No ...

Incubate 2.0 and the networked enterprise

Thursday, October 28th, 2010As many of you know the No Straight Lines project is picking up apace (sxsw keynote) (Do Lecture) (Latin America tour - to come). As a consequence of the work I have been doing with a small team, we have ...

tattoos, identity and meaning [2]

Saturday, October 9th, 2010I am writing this post as my old friend David O'Hanlon asked a question to my post on Tattoo's, identity and meaning that I think requires a somewhat in-depth response. Patrick Skinner is a PHD student at Cambridge University, his ...

Linda Stone and human attention

Friday, July 2nd, 2010[caption id="attachment_5470" align="aligncenter" width="260" caption="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7577137@N04/2923238790"][/caption]The economist Herbert Simon, once wrote,What information consumes is rather obvious. It consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention... The only factor becoming scarce in ...

No Straight Lines interview @dishymix

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010Here is a link to the interview that I had with the fabulous Susan Bratton of DishyMix.It was said that Alan Moore sounded like a character from a Guy Ritchie movie at his SXSW keynote. Skyping in from Over, England (a ...

MLove Berlin = space to think

Monday, June 21st, 2010Last week it was Helsinki, talking to, and running workshops for, mobile operators and others interested in the business of mobile. This week its Berlin and the MLove festival. There is real strength in depth in the quality of the ...

The hungry spirit seeks disorganised religion

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010It was Charles Handy that tells the story in his book The Hungry Spirit, that there are two hungers the lesser and the greater. The lesser is enough food to eat, the greater is why? Why are we here, what ...

Social Art Field Trip

Monday, June 7th, 2010The Centre for Creative Collaboration are running Social Art Field Trips, designed to get people started in using social tools to create something, they say that is, beautiful, interesting and useful for their customers and stakeholders.These are are hands-on explorations ...

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