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People who frighten me

Tue, 2007-05-29 13:46Tommy Hutchinson

People who frighten me - I heard one of the London 2012 Olympic committee members speaking last week (i'm afraid the meeting's 'Chatham House' rules prevents me from naming her). After a very interesting overview of the preparations she was asked "What is it that most frightens you?" We all thought she was going to say something like being worried that the stadium wouldn't be ready in time or the swimming pool will leak and flood half of the East End of London, but instead she said


Creativity, risk, and the audit culture

Sun, 2007-05-20 23:58Graham Jeffery
This is a (slightly edited) cross-posting from my main blog at generalpraxis.blogspot.com. Sorry it's so long!

Beers & Innovation 9

Mon, 2007-03-19 10:24Sam Carrington

I just thought I'd add a quick not here to see if anyone was attending the latest NMK networking/panel event "goodness 2.0" on 10/04 at that bastion of cultural excellence, the Trocad

Pro-am publishing

Thu, 2007-03-15 17:44Steve Moore

I read an interesting preview of 2007 trends in the FT over christmas _which I can't find to link to now - but it predicted that an emerging trend in media would be seasoned professionals worki

An interesting conference

Thu, 2007-03-15 17:13Steve Moore

Russell Davies has just posted an invitation to his 'TED for the people' conference in June.

Community Conversation

Thu, 2007-03-08 23:35Lloyd Davis
Matt and David led a conversation about community on-line and off-

Talking about playing with their balls

Thu, 2007-03-08 17:01Lloyd Davis
Johnnie and James insisted (thank GOD!) that there was an element of silliness in the day.

Interview with Mark Earls

Thu, 2007-03-08 16:50Lloyd Davis

I caught Mark in the corridor after his conversation session for this video interview


After the conversations, what next?

Wed, 2007-03-07 11:36David Wilcox
It was a terrific event , and I'm sure NESTA will ensure that innovative things emerge ...

Podcast - After the Conversations, the conversations

Fri, 2007-03-02 13:28Lloyd Davis

Download the podcast I made walking around and interrupting people who were otherwise having a perfectly good chat, to find out what they thought of the day, what they'd learned and who they'd met.

I'm releasing this now, a little out of chronological order, because audio is so much easier to edit and process than video :)

Here's what I made of it

Thu, 2007-03-01 22:38Mark McGuinness
Here's my version of Tuesday, thanks everyone for a great afternoon.

Videos - intros & 3 minute openers

Thu, 2007-03-01 20:05Lloyd Davis

Here's the first batch of videos recording Steve & Roland's introductions and the three-minute openers from Charlie , Mark and Mary


A participatory conference model at NESTA, London

Thu, 2007-03-01 16:23Mark Vanderbeeken

And here are my thoughts, specifically on the format of the conference.

Mark Vanderbeeken 


Blogging Uploading Innovation

Thu, 2007-03-01 00:31Ged Carroll
I have posted about my thoughts and experiences on the Uploading Innovation event here. http://renaissancechambara.com/blog/2007/03/01/uploading-innovation/

NESTA Blog

Wed, 2007-02-28 14:19Sam Carrington

Although I missed much of yesterday's sessions - working at NESTA means actually having to do some work - it looked like things were shaping up for an interesting afternoon (and it seems, by

Inserting a link in a blog post

Wed, 2007-02-28 13:31Lloyd Davis

For anyone who's struggling with the blogging interface, I thought I'd share the following:


social media & human rights

Wed, 2007-02-28 13:19Dan McQuillan

just a heads up that i posted my notes last night (tagged with nestauploading)

http://internetartizans.co.uk/my_3_minutes_at_nesta_uploading


First photos of the day

Wed, 2007-02-28 13:12Lloyd Davis

The first stack of my photos from yesterday are here on flickr .

Tag your content "nestauploading"

Tue, 2007-02-27 17:12Lloyd Davis
We just agreed in the room (well actually Steve made a benevolent dictat) that we'd tag posts, pictures and videos with "nestauploading" or I guess "nesta uploading" where your

Unconference - The Book

Tue, 2007-02-27 11:25Lloyd Davis
Saw UNCONFERENCE was launched at WikiCamp by Jimbo Wales Hopefully, we're creating a whole bunch of new contributors at today's event!

Practical Design for Social Action

Mon, 2007-02-26 21:17Leonie Ramondt

i'm one of the members of PRADSA, a Design for the 21st century, research council funded project.

Making Communities Work - On and Offline.

Sun, 2007-02-25 18:47Matt O'Neill

As someone who does a lot of work on creating and sustaining online communities both inside and outside of the firewall, i've come to a conclusion.


It's only natural

Wed, 2007-02-21 13:43Steve Moore

I was really pleased when Mark Earls agreed to come and host a conversation at NESTA next week and I am even happier now having met him for a cup of tea this m

A Million Penguins - crowdsourcing down the Strand

Tue, 2007-02-20 22:58Steve Moore

We already have Matt the pioneer of  one audacious crowdsourcing project coming to Uploading.. and today the ever reliable curator of new crowdsourci

Uploading.....

Tue, 2007-02-20 17:14Steve Moore

I am delighted that so many people have registered for the first of Policy Unplugged's Uploading...series.

Blog anxiety

Mon, 2007-02-19 20:38Lucy Hooberman

I have to confess I felt a degree of panic when asked to give an address of a website or better still a blog along with my profile.  Which is it to be?  The website that represents my working lif