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How to protect your users from those pesky stakeholders
Part of what a producer (that’s me) does should be to design around what users really need, and to protect the design from becoming negatively influenced by political pressure from stakeholders (who unfortunately are often the ones paying for it). I’ve seen some shocking cases of Stakeholderitis this year, but last week I saw an [...]
Full StoryFrankenstory: It’s ALIVE!
We’ve just built a new toy called Frankenstory. It’s an electronic version of the old game consequences where one player writes the first part of a story on an A4 piece of paper, then folds it over leaving only the last line visible – you know the one. Do have a play and let me [...]
Full StoryNot From Concentrate: Continuing where 4Talent Networks left off
One victim of C4′s recent cuts was 4Talent Networks. This was a shame for me – I felt they’d done some amazing things over the years, not least the magazine which was always brilliantly produced. Some of the team were colleagues of mine and I was always impressed with the quality of their work and [...]
Full StoryHome of Metal – The future of curation?
Home Of Metal – Family Tree by Francesca Bunny Wiliams Birmingham’s Capsule have a mighty interesting project on the go right now: The ‘Home Of Metal‘ project aims to create a digital archive of everything heavy metal from the 60s to now. An online library of images, interviews, stories and various pieces of memorabila dedicated [...]
Full StoryYoung people are now even becoming scared of each other. What can digital do about it?
This article really depressed me. Not only is the media making adults needlessly scared of teenagers, it’s having an impact on the teenagers themselves – they’re now becoming scared of each other. Figures show more than half of the stories about teenage boys in national and regional newspapers in the past year (4,374 out of [...]
Full StoryAction Aid creates a “Virtual March”
Nice idea this – create your own avatar and add it to a “virtual march” in support of the land rights of the Indian Adivasi people. Nice to see the large charities and NGOs finding ever more interesting ways of connecting with people. It’s a pretty crowded space now though so it’s important to be [...]
Full StoryNew Work: Digital Production at Nickelodeon
Whoopee – news just confirmed today! When I get back from SXSW next week I’m going straight into a three month production contract with Nickelodeon, developing lots of interesting digital stuff for kids. I’m doing 4 days a week there, and will be spending day no. 5 (and the rest..) as usual, hopefully developing lots [...]
Full Story2 Fantastic examples of remix culture
This has been making me gawp and bob my head up and down in equal measure today – if you haven’t seen Kutiman’s videos and you want to be impressed at what can be done purely with creative editing and some serious talent, then check them out. These were all done by pasting together individuals [...]
Full StoryA little reflection on modern life..
I was visiting a couple of friends this evening when the landline rang. “It’s for you” said Matt to Eli, “I spoke to my mum yesterday”.
Full StoryA little experiment – how happy and productive are you at work?
Pic by Smiling Pug The following list of questions is one of the most useful things I’ve ever read. It’s from First Break all the Rules by Markus Buckingham and Curt Coffman which, despite the crappy title, is a vital read if you manage a team. The book asserts that the best managers are those [...]
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