I did a talk last night about Better Humans? at the Science Cafe in Swansea which was good fun. I’ve done a few of these now – the one in Nottingham went on to form the story at the beginning of the book. They’re such a valuable way of talking about science and technology and doing the kind of upstream engagement that Demos has argued [...]
To blog or not to blog
A little while back, Trevor Butterworth had a good rant about blogging in the FT Magazine. He argued – through a series of interviews with the blogging literati – that blogging has overstayed its welcome and isn’t quite as revolutionary as everybody seems to think it is. He set up his argument like this: “Shouldn’t we just be a tiny bit sceptical of another information [...]
Shoot Shoreditch
Last Sunday I took part in Shoot Shoreditch with a couple of friends and a few hundred other Londoners. It’s basically a photographic treasure hunt. You get a bunch of clues and have to match them up with places on a map. The twist is that the winner isn’t the team that finishes first but the one that takes the best set of photos of [...]