Category Archives: technology

The Do Lectures: notes from a field

Posted on May 8, 2013 by john v willshire

I was lucky enough to be at The Do Lectures Start Up the other weekend. There are many stories to be shared from that another day, especially around the ‘start up bit’. But for now, I thought I’d share this … Continue reading →

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Triage – The (mail) Box of Delights

Posted on April 16, 2013 by john v willshire

You might remember the excellent promotional campaign around the Mailbox app: I was disappointed when the app itself arrived though. It felt too much of a halfway house between a normal email app, and what it was trying to do. … Continue reading →

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The Perils of Inadvertently Making a Cuturematic

Posted on April 9, 2013 by john v willshire

I’ve been reading Grant McCraken’s Culturematic this week.  I met Grant at an event last year, after Mark introduced us, and insisted that I showed Grant some Artefact Cards. “That’s a Culturematic” said Grant, holding the cards. Having not read … Continue reading →

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White Papers & Black Mirrors

Posted on February 17, 2013 by john v willshire

I’ve been meaning to properly read the “Digital Isn’t Working (Yet)” white paper by Ian Fitzpatrick & Erik Pelletier at Almighty in Boston, and found some proper time this afternoon to do it. (I was honoured that they asked if … Continue reading →

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Nike Fuelband, Oreo, and the distortive effects of data

Posted on February 5, 2013 by john v willshire

listen to ‘Nike Fuelband, Oreo, and the distortive effects of data’ on Audioboo

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Chris Thorpe & My Family’s Axe

Posted on January 31, 2013 by john v willshire

I’m a big fan of what Chris Thorpe is doing with The Flexiscale Company; scanning real life rare steam trains and their trucks, and creating scale models of demand through Shapeways. We has the measure of hearing him talk about … Continue reading →

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These Pages Fall Like Ash: Planning & Pitching

Posted on January 18, 2013 by john v willshire

Tom Abba is Senior Lecturer in Narrative Theory at UWE, and has been using Artefact Cards since the second wave of testing.  Together with Circumstance, he’s been creating a project called These Pages Fall Like Ash where they are working … Continue reading →

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