I went to the launch party for 2gether09 at The Hub on York Way on Wednesday night. I'd been past the venue a couple of times, but never been inside. It's rather nice; a reclaimed Victorian warehouse kitted out with lots of modern fixtures and fittings and a nice vaulted wooden ceiling. The wine flowed [...]
Posts Tagged ‘collaboration’
Amp08 – Using social networks for positive change
This session was, for me, the least successful or useful. I think partly it was the timing; it was, perhaps, too serious a subject for the time of day. I'm not saying we shouldn't discuss serious subjects in the evening, but coming after the fun of playing silly games, a quite amusing overview of the [...]
Amp08 – Less Talk, More Play
This particular session, run by Johnnie Moore, was surprisingly the most useful one for me. I went in not knowing what to really expect from the title, except that "more play" sounded fun. Although I knew there were bound to be games at first, I still had an awful sinking feeling for a moment that [...]
Amp08 – Future of the Book
I found the emphasis behind the session for Future of the Book really fascinating, especially as it's one that's inciting so many contentious discussions at the moment. There was a minor kerfuffle about it on Twitter a month or so ago, prompted in part by something Tom Coates said, which was really interesting but awkward [...]
Amp08 – unfocussed overview
I struggled a bit to find the focus to write about last Thursday's Amp08 event at NESTA. Ironically, that's perhaps the most appropriate thing I could find to say about it, as the event seemed to lack a little focus itself. A lack of focus was to be expected, though, for a couple of reasons. [...]
Britglyph Sign Up
Britglyph Sign Up – People of the UK! Sign up to britglyph to become part of the largest ever geoglyph. Especially if you're not in London! This also ties in a bit with the idea I mentioned in the top of this post: http://mondoagogo.com/2008/11/12/linkdumping





