By Ian, on March 14th, 2007
The Guardian reports today that the BBC’s Jam programme, previously known as the Digital Curriculum, has been suspended thanks to the European Commission. This was a project that has already spent a £150mn budget, all of it licence payers’ money.
As you know, I worked previously in educational publishing. I’ve spoken with a
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By Ian, on March 12th, 2007
OK, I’ll try not to let this site become too much like a boring diary of what I do at work and get back to the normal web services and social media output.
But not yet.
Today, the website for NMK Forum 07 finally went live. It’s taken me a while, mainly
Continue reading Announcing NMK Forum 07
By Ian, on March 9th, 2007
I’m in charge of the Beers and Innovation events at NMK. It’s a stream that was first started by my predecessor, the excellent Deirdre Molloy, in response to a post from Tom Coates about why we don’t seem to be particularly innovative in the UK. Oh yes, we are!
Anyway. Our plan
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By Ian, on March 9th, 2007
Move over Twitter. All the smart kids are now Tumbling. What is a Tumble Blog? It’s like an internet scrap book. Quotes, RSS, pictures and multimedia just stuck together in one place. When I first started this blog, that was actually exactly what I was looking for. I just wanted a place
Continue reading Tumbling All the Way Home
By Ian, on March 7th, 2007
I work at an office. I also work from home. I also work when I’m out and about (sometimes). Oh yes, sometimes I work on a PC, sometimes a Mac. So what do I do about my calendar? Well, Google Calendar is a pretty good solution in many respects. I can get to
Continue reading Multi-Calendar Misery?
By Ian, on March 6th, 2007
Anney from Prospect rang me up to ask if I knew anyone who might fit the following role – which I assume is UK-based. I said no, but that I’d ask around:
“My client is a start up social enterprise that uses Web 2.0 and online social networking for a “pro-social” purpose. Through search
Continue reading Clever, writer-type wanted
By Ian, on March 5th, 2007
The likelihood is that – in this day and age – your attention is stretched fairly thin. The law of information states that, “the rapid growth of information causes scarcity of attention”. Few would deny that there’s been an explosive growth of information over the last few years. It’s estimated that the average consumer
Continue reading Craving Attention?
By Ian, on March 2nd, 2007
I’ve talked a little bit about Twitter recently, the social software that seeks the answer to that most fascinating of questions, ‘What are you doing now?’
But what if you’re too busy to Twitter? Are you anxious about shrinkage in your online presence? Well, help is at hand with the arrival of Continue reading Irresponsible Post
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