2009
44 entries
- 4IP idea: Dear Sir MadamIt’s a service that lets you as the ‘angry customer’ to make use of an expert tool to put together the perfect complaint letter, with little effort.
- 4IP Idea: Easter XEaster X is a geocaching competition that will happen in Easter 2009.
- 4IP Idea: How to Look Good OnlineIt’s “How to Look Good Naked” for social networking.
- 4IP Idea: MismashMismash: mashups that are plain wrong.
- 5 Counter-intuitive rules for creative peopleHere are some counter-intuitive rules that I’m following at the moment, and if you’re a ‘creative entrepreneur’ they might apply to you too:
- A bunch of 4IP ideasLast year 4IP hit the West Midlands web scene and asked for our ideas for public service digital content and services.
- A Google Wave HaikuI am also excited about Google Wave, and I like the way that on signing up for a developer account there was a box titled “Write a message to the Google team”.
- A letter to my MP about Ian TomlinsonWatching the video of the police assault on Ian Tomlinson got me very angry, so I’ve written to my MP about it.
- AframeA cloud video platform for people making TV programmes and films, so a production team could work together on large amounts of footage.
- Artists Taking the LeadI’m involved in one of the shortlisted projects for Artists Taking the Lead, which is a competitive pitch to the Arts Council who will be awarding several groups £500,000 for artistic projects to tie in with the Olympic games.
- BCC DIY Hack Day collected memoryAs the culmination of the first week of our community-powered effort to build our own website for Birmingham City Council, the BCC DIY Hack Day was a real show of how much an informal group of people can now achieve in a short space of time.
- BCCDIYA community-generated version of the Birmingham City Council website, developed in two weeks flat using Ruby on Rails, tea and biscuits.
- Cached ResourceTransparently caches ActiveResource data in a memcached instance by extending cache_fu
- Charles on SerendipityA very quick but enlightening conversation with Charles Hunter that’s given me some exciting angles to take in my research.
- The Culture Question: What does Birmingham need?The Big City Plan is out for consultation, and it asks some pretty big, and open questions about the city.
- Daedelus on SerendipityAn interview with the musician Daedelus on the subject of ‘accelerated serendipity’, the occasion of which in itself had serendipitous qualities - someone else Tweeted, I was nearby, we hadn’t seen eachother since he stayed at my house for a show a few years ago, I had my notebook, conversation ensued.
- DebillitatedA quick mashup to illustrate the progress of the Digital Economy Bill through the process of 'washup' in parliament.
- Does BCCDIY risk devaluing digital marketing?Here’s an interesting criticism of BCCDIY - that it risks “devaluing the commercial aspects of digital marketing”.
- Observer / Courvoisier The Future 500Top 5 in the Observer / Courvoisier The Future 500 2009
- Ruby GEOAPIRuby interface to GeoAPI
- Guardian: Digital technology for public services and communities could make bottom up more effective than top downI just left this comment on an article on the Guardian site that seems to be very relevant to BCCDIY.
- Help me choose my leadership research topicI have two ideas that I’ve been working up for areas to research during my Clore fellowship.
- Help Me InvestigateA website to help those who want to investigate questions in the public interest
- Introducing - Help Me InvestigateHelp Me Investigate.com is now in Private Beta, which means I can finally talk about what I’ve been busy building recently.
- London C-all-in-gSome changes are afoot, and it’s high time I blogged about it. In short - I’m going to be in London doing something exciting.
- Mix: A Gift to Future SelvesAnother in my series of experimental, filmic, soundscape, found sound, ambient, folk, classical montage mixes.
- Gifts for future selvesAnother in a series of experimental, filmic, soundscape, found sound, ambient, folk, classical montage mixes.
- Modern LoveMashed up Twitter and Soundcloud to make a neat label site: a new home online for Boomkat's labels.
- New Type Records SiteSeven years ago John Xela and I started a label called Type.
- Now Try FailingA graduation ceremony talk about allowing yourself to fail so that you can succeed.
- On SerendipityI’ve settled on looking at the idea of ‘accelerated serendipity’, which I think actually encompasses the other topic I was considering: ‘conversational leadership’.
- St.Boredom’sI had an unexpected trip to hospital this week which wasn’t much fun, but I’m fine and just have ‘take it easy’ as medicinal advice to take away.
- The best vampire film ever made?Last night I watched “Let The Right One In”, which is one of the best films I’ve seen for a long time, in any genre.
- The search is on – we’re hiringI’m looking for three people to join the team at All In working on something very exciting indeed!
- Twadio - “The Sound of Silence”Announcing Twadio - The silent radio station that plays in your head
- TwadioA twitter-based silent radio station — a virtual DJ tweets the name of an 'ear-worm' track and you play it in your head.
- Two Big City Plan WordlesAhead of the coming end of the Big City Plan consultation here are two Wordle illustrations of what’s being said.
- Black To Comm — Alphabet 1968
- Svarte Greiner — Kappe
- William Fowler Collins — Perdition Hill Radio
- Mokira — Persona
- On — Your Naked Ghost Comes Back At Night
- Wedding Photographer of the Year 2009I’m incredibly proud of Emily Quinton for winning the prestigious title of Wedding Photographer of the Year 2009 this month.
- What should the Library of Birmingham be and do?