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The shape of things to come – Microsoft’s productivity video

I first saw this video a couple of years ago at  (TEDx Liverpool), it was before most of us had smart phones and definitely before the iPad.

When I first saw it I was really impressed. My thoughts were along the lines of, why are Microsoft not showing this everywhere, this is fantastic, what an awesome company it really is. I was stunned by the vision of  swiping of one article so another appears in the news paper and the touch sensitive paper that can exchange information about it’s physical location with local networks.

This was pretty awesome, we now have with ipads and other devices that offer something quite similar and the next generation of smartphones will take us even closer still.

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Making future work

Open Source City should be taking place at some point next year, this event project whatever you want to call it needs some working up and the themes behind it need to be examined also.  So I was quite lucky to be able to head along to Making Future Work conference in Nottingham last week.

 

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Circuit bending 101

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Welcome to Circuit Bending 101

First instruction is “Don’t lick your fingers”

At the weekend I was lucky enough to be able to head along to a circuit bending workshop for beginners held at static gallery.

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Monday, Tuesday, Hacky Days

Culture Hacking has never looked so good.

I have been watching the work of the Edinburgh Festivals innovation lab over the past few months with an enourmous amount of envy. They have been doing some fantastic work and it would be great to find a way of starting a Cultural Innovation lab project here in Liverpool.

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On the Jukebox today I Am I Said – Neil Diamond

On the Jukebox today in the office I Am I Said – Neil Diamond