Projects
58 entries
2023
- Autism EyesAn AI and VR healthtech spinout from Cleveland Clinic; as fractional CTO I helped carry the product out of the innovation lab, to its acquisition by Floreo.
- AilaOak National Academy's AI lesson assistant, open to every teacher in the UK.
2021
- ConfirmicA cookie consent widget for websites, taken over from Metomic in 2021 and run under a new name.
2018
- The ICE ListBuilt the website for The ICE List, a volunteer-run members' network of technology founders and investors, as its Tech Lead.
- Year of ColourYour year on Instagram as a palette. Over a million people had theirs read.
2015
- Gesture-controlled viewer for Andrew Lamb's Lenticular Changing Colour RingA headset piece letting exhibition visitors examine a ring too intricate for the eye — the view moved by the wearer's own hand, tracked in mid-air.
- The Memrise PrizeBuilt a tool for a head-to-head research competition to find the most effective way to learn foreign vocabulary — rival academic methods tested against each other on thousands of real learners.
- Unicorn HuntA job board for tech jobs, built with 3beards in London.
2014
- The Awesome BoxA custom-built flight-case filled with inspiring, hackable, educational technology, travelling from school to school a term at a time.
- Planned OutageA trip for tech people to turn off and get away in the wilderness, kayaking in the Norwegian fjords.
2013
- BitsyA tiny little service to help makers, musicians, designers, crafters, developers and small business owners sell their stuff directly to the people in their networks.
- Crafty Fox BoxHelped Emily with design and tech around her monthly craft box subscription service.
- Help Me WriteA very simple service aimed at bloggers and writers facing the common problem of 'what shall I write next?'.
- Hire My FriendA service for people who are in a job but want a new one: use your social network to find opportunities without your boss finding out.
- LinkydinkThe simplest way to share links with your team
- ListerlyMake and manage a list of people
- SavematesCreate a monthly savings group
- WranglerA simple way to query and analyse data, and collaborate with your team around reports.
2012
- Accenture: Festival of IdeasA one-day strategy event for ~1,000 staff of Accenture's Dublin office using real-time visualisation of conversation data.
- Change NationAn Ashoka initiative to address some of the societal problems that Ireland was facing.
- ConvotateA web-app to make sense of hundreds of conversations happening simultaneously at a conference or event.
- Eiggbox - Geek in ResidenceEigg's 'geek in residence', on the Inner Hebridean island — an artist in residence programme for technologists and designers.
- The Comic Relief ExploralaboratoriumA two-month long series of hacks for Comic Relief — a small team installed in their HQ hacking and making digital ideas, one a week.
- Red Bull FlowA camera app and web viewing experience for Red Bull: sequences of very short sports video clips.
- Sketching with CodeResearch into culture hacks, and how cultural organisations were embracing hacker culture.
- The Startup WifeEmily wrote about her experiences of #startuplife — moving her blog to something more sensible to let her grow and improve it.
2011
- BuddyA software tool that helped people deal with depression by keeping a 'mood diary' via mobile, web and SMS.
- BudgeAn Arduino-based game with a web-based tool for visualisation and tracking.
- GoGenieAn ambitious project to create a structured WIKI for accessibility information, initially for all UK cultural venues.
- Stories from an Invisible TownAn online space for a Hoipolloi theatre project: a map of a childhood, built up story by story.
- Manage PlacesA pre-launch beta product that aimed to help people with large areas of land under management to comply with various environmental legislation.
2009
- Help Me InvestigateA website to help those who want to investigate questions in the public interest
- Modern LoveMashed up Twitter and Soundcloud to make a neat label site: a new home online for Boomkat's labels.
2008
- I So WishA site all about users sharing 'wishes' and helping others to make them actually happen.
- OdadeoA social site for dads, launched in a very early beta for Father's Day 2008.
- The Big PictureA web-art experiment to win the world record for the largest ever photo-montage - in fact it was the size of a football pitch.
2007
- Creative RepublicAn independent, representative group for the creative and cultural industries of Birmingham and the region.
- Emily Quinton PhotographyWedding and portrait photography website.
- First Light MoviesWebsite rebuild for a UK-wide fund for inspiring young film
- Jamie At HomeTips sharing platform for Channel 4's Jamie Oliver series.
- Name in LightsA UK-wide competition for a member of the public to have their name made into fifteen-foot Hollywood-style lettering and lit up on a Birmingham landmark.
2006
- Created in BirminghamBlog about the creative and cultural city of Birmingham.
2005
- V&A Arts and CraftsThe V&A's International Arts and Crafts exhibition microsite: a virtual tour in QuickTime VR, a zooming object viewer, and a tile designer that drew over 14,000 visitors' designs.
2004
- BBC Midlands TodayA touchscreen game for the Public Space at the BBC's new Birmingham home
- Doctor FreezeA six level platform game developed for Jersey Insight.
- Khonnor - I See StarsA Flash game to promote the new Khonnor album "Handwriting"
- LINE / ACG SnowballingA flash game for the LINE / Nike ACG UK ski team
2003
- Mansion ImpossibleAn addictive, free property trading game: buy and sell houses on your way up the property ladder, making enough cash to get the $10 Million mansion.
- TypeAn experimental record label co-founded with John Xela.
2002
- 3editA website updating system that let site owners keep their own website up-to-date quickly and easily.
- DefaultA 'warm electronica' night in Birmingham with various electronica musicians performing.
- VivienneWestwood.comA content-managed website for this international fashion house
2001
- Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery websiteA showcase for Birmingham's world class collections of Art, History and Science.
- Sprite Freestyle ArenaPromotional site for a £500,000 extreme snow sports arena at the Sheffield Ski Village.
- Type Records website and graphicsA new website and graphic package for a fresh new UK electronica label
2000
- White Noise CentralArt and literary site focussing on the travels of two music writers.
1996
- Robots in DisguiseVJ crew with Toby Harris — seven years of live visuals at some pretty great shows around the country
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- FibersA session registry and knowledge loop for AI-agent-heavy development.