Tag Archives: digital public services
New work with 4iP & Hotbed Media and some other stuff too..
I’m really chuffed to announce that I’m going to be working with Hotbed Media over the next couple of months as an Executive Producer, working on the business and user experience planning for their 4iP project.
The project itself hasn’t be announced yet but it’s a great idea which is right up my street.
I’m also working [...]
Non-techies: New Media needs YOU!
We still tend to class new media / social media / web projects as being about “technology”, and I’m starting to get fed up of it. It’s especially bad at conferences – people are always talking about the tools as if they’re the only thing that’s important.
Our industry is no more about technology than filmmaking [...]
Frankenstory: 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 know what [...]
Young 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 8,629) were [...]
Action 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 innovative [...]
The Local Resource Network: A social network with real purpose
Impactt have just released a wonderful new project which aims to improve labour standards across the world.
The Local Resources Network connects corporations and NGOs like M&S, Cadbury’s, Tesco and Oxfam with reliable local organisations all over the world who can help where labour standards issues arise (instances of child labour for example).
I did a bit [...]
