The Opposite of Things
Duncan and I have been working up creative ideas together – and separately – for a few years. Some get to the prototype stage while others are developed ...
All about Beckinfield
Given our collective interest as a company in social TV, I was mildly interested recently when I heard about Beckinfield, a show that claims to be th...
My deliberately provocative deck from MeetDraw's Silicon Beach Event
I did a little talk at the MeetDraw Presents Silicon Beach conference last week in Bournemouth. It was a lot of fun and I met loads of great people includ...
A simple strategy for managing technical debt
Yesterday, I tried to explain the concept of technical debt. Today, I’ll try to suggest a practical way to track and deal with debt in your project.
A...
The Four Grades of Technical Debt
Almost all communication between developers and non-technical colleagues or clients is done through a set of metaphors. Some of them (the construction met...
Stop Telling Stories
There's no doubt 'storytelling' is a huge buzzword at the moment. There are numerous talks, articles and events about it, not least our very own Storywarp...
Unsubscribe Monday
Here's something new to do on the commute to work on Monday mornings. Spend the journey unsubscribing from all those crappy group discount and social...
Big or small screens?
Yesterday I was at 2-Screen 2011 organised by Mint Digital.
One of the key things that stood out for me was what Russell Davies said about big sc...
The problem with Klout is us
There's a lot being written about Klout at the moment, people for it and against it. Most of the discourse seems to be about how the score is generated an...
Friday links (4)
Image by Flickr user laihiu courtesy a CC license
Here is a list of stuff that I thought was interesting that I sent round the office today. Perh...
Design strategies for connected TV apps
In December 2009 I wrote this thing about TV Apps and how great it would be to have an app ecosystem for Connected TVs. Now there are habsolutely loads of...
Every office needs a dog
In March, Isaac brought Tilly to the office for the first time. (Obviously, she has her own Twitter account: @strategydog)
She's a Weimaraner. Th...
Timelines: Facebook have done something cool that actually looks nice
Wow, I've never experienced this feeling before.
Facebook have done something cool. The new Timeline profile page is phenomenally well designed - alm...
Introducing new features to Skype in the classroom
As some of you know, we’ve been working with Skype on Skype in the classroom, a community for teachers and educators, for a few months now. In the time si...
5050 - Project Update
Well, we're about half-way and we've got over 30 projects - with more coming forward every day, and now starting to launch 'live', public sites.
Pleas...
Customer development is *not* a substitute for creativity
A while ago, Nicki was preparing a presentation for SheSays and she asked me for my take on where good ideas come from.
Tough one to answer given ther...
We should all do a start-up project and change the world
A wonderful debate is raging. Can agencies make stuff? Stuff like products and services, that is, instead of ads. Or put another way, as London-based free...
This is why we come to work
A couple of weeks ago we learned something amazing: