Archive for the ‘BBC’ Category
Friday, October 27th, 2006
At the first of the BBC Innovation Lab Launch Days in Brighton yesterday, we used a version of 'appreciative inquiry' to explore factors which contribute to innovation. I did the same thing in collaboration with the philosopher Humberto Schwab at the workshop for the opening of the Media Guild last ...
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Thursday, October 26th, 2006
At Nesta's conference on supporting "making innovation flourish" at the Business Design Centre I find myself lobbying civil servants from the DCMS about the governmnent's 'technology programme' again. One of them asked me to send an email, so I did:
"This is an extension of the case I made to the ...
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Friday, October 13th, 2006
The second series of BBC Innovation Labs has now been officially launched.
We're doing four this year: one in Scotland, one in London and one each for the North and South of England.
We've set dates for the Launch events where Matt Locke and others from the BBC will explain the new ...
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Thursday, September 14th, 2006
Nico Macdonald is producing the next InSync event which is being held as part of the London Design Festival: Life in the Day of the...Editorial Designer.
It's at 6:00 pm on September 21st at zero-one. The blurb for the event says:
"Can creatives in one profession inform they way other design disciplines ...
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Friday, July 14th, 2006
I was really nervous about this one. I'd expected the tv producers from BBC Comedy to be sceptical, cynical and resistant to structured creative exercises. Some of them had had their arms twisted to participate and at least one arrived at the Spread Eagle distinctly unamused at being made ...
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Monday, July 10th, 2006
Back at the Spread Eagle in Midhurst for the BBC Comedy Lab with a mix of writers, script editors, producers and new media/interactive TV people; some freelance, some BBC staff.
The purpose of the 3 day Lab, commissioned by interactive Drama and Entertainment is to brainstorm ideas for cross-platform interactive comedy ...
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Saturday, July 8th, 2006
This event at 01zero-one was moderated by Canadian film-maker Peter Wintonick who started the discussion by suggesting current changes in how people make, get access to and share information is driving social and political changes as significant as those caused by the Magna Carta. He quoted a recent speech of ...
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Friday, May 19th, 2006
Looks like the Comedy Lab that we're working on with BBC Interactive Drama and Entertainment will be happening in early July - sometime after the World Cup but before the holidays.
We're going to experiment with a different format from the Innovation Labs earlier this year, inviting individuals instead of teams ...
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Thursday, April 13th, 2006
Matt Locke, Head of Innovation in BBC New Media and the client for the recent Labs, has listed the winning projects on the BBC's 'open' site.
Given that he had expected between 3 and 6 from the three labs, to have got 12 taken forward is a great result.
It'll be interesting ...
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