Archive for the ‘Philosophy’ Category

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 ...

Old world new world the journey to enterprise 2.0

Thursday, December 10th, 2009Andrew McAfee is a principal research scientist at the Center for Digital Business at MIT and recently wrote an article in the Financial Times, I would like to quote Andrew from the article but I can't,Copyright The Financial Times Limited ...

Humanity does not follow the straight line rule

Sunday, December 6th, 2009Jane Young has put together a very easy to understand set of thoughts that go to the very heart of of my current work. The communications revolution driven by a fundamental human need to connect and collaborate, and what that ...

Gabriel Branby speaking @ the Do Lectures

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009I loved Gabriel's presentation @ the Do Lectures. This is what Do say about GabrielGränsfors make one the finest forged axes in the world. It has become more than just an axe. It is an icon for quality and a ...

Alan Moore Do Lecture

Friday, November 27th, 2009Here is the presentation that I gave at the Do Lectures (aka Ted in a Tent) in September 

Adam Smith and networked economics

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009This a great post on Adam Smith's core perspectives, here is a brief excerpt,Our morality is founded on certain truths about human nature. Everyone is capable of sympathy, or fellow-feeling, and that ability enables us to imagine what we would ...

The new rules of customer engagement

Friday, November 13th, 2009I have been asked to make a presentation about the New Rules of Customer Engagement Monday 16th November organised by Canvas8 and takes place in the offices of the architects BDP. You can find out more information here.Also on the ...

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