Archive | March, 2009

SXSW Interactive Highlights

Nico Macdonald asked a few of us to feedback from the events we’d been to this year at his Innovation Forum last night. Since Andy Hobsbawm did such a good job talking about TED, I shared a few thoughts about what was good at SXSW Interactive. Steven Johnson’s talk about the Ecosystem of News was [...]

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BedZed at dawn

BedZed at dawn, originally uploaded by Paul Miller.

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Meetups and Ministers: Self-organizing public services

[This is a slightly adapted version of a short talk I gave at MASS LBP on 10 March 2009 in Toronto, Canada] It feels a bit unfashionable in tumultuous times like these but there’s something you should know about me before we start. I’m an optimist – a practical optimist in that I like making [...]

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Come and see Zuhal in a free concert in London

I’ve written here before about the incredible Zuhal who is campaigning to set up the National Youth Orchestra of Iraq. Well I’m really happy to say she’s putting on a recital, plus a talk and a Q&A about the campaign at the Wigmore Hall in London on the 2nd of April between 1pm and 2pm. [...]

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Social Innovation Camp returns

So it’s a big day for Social Innovation Camp. Not only is it our meetup this evening, but we’re also announcing the next weekend event which is going to be in Glasgow on the weekend of 19-21 June. There’s also lots about Social Innovation Camp in the Guardian today – in particular a great piece [...]

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