A new initiative from the Pervasive Media Studio (currenly only with a Media Sandbox website) is the iglab. I was a bit late, but the games were in full flow when I arrived. Simon Johnson was organising the evening and getting people to ‘swarm develop’ the games played. The focus was on ‘interestingness‘ than cunning… Continue reading Interesting Games Laboratory – iglab
Category: Technology
Sandbox winners announced
We put a submission in but were unsuccessful so well done to everyone. There’s an interesting mix of ideas. Personally I can’t wait to see what HMC and Aardman come up with on Ani-mates. Harmonize sounds like a hyped-up Treasure Hunt or Challenge Annika and I’m sure that Power-to-the-People has been done several times before… Continue reading Sandbox winners announced
More from the Sandbox
I spent yesterday at the launch of the Sandbox, the upside there were lots of people in Waterside 3, possibly drawn by the £9k commissioning offer (but then only 24 admitted to having an idea to pitch and only 14 actually did). Ed Mitchell facilitated and did an excellent, if noisy job with various horns,… Continue reading More from the Sandbox
Playing in the Sandpit
Been a hectic couple of days, and it’s going to get busier. I found out on Sunday that someone dropped out of tomorrow’s launch of the Media Sandbox here in Bristol and I was let in. There are quite a few initiatives flying around the field of pervasive media in Bristol. This funded sandbox to… Continue reading Playing in the Sandpit
Search Google – find other people’s Twitter posts!
[Update: Ok, seems this has been going on for a while. Though the twitter post below did relate to the thing I was searching for it didn’t actually give me a link to the conference. The reason I was searching was that Tom Morris had just twittered that they’d arrived in Bristol for the SWIG… Continue reading Search Google – find other people’s Twitter posts!
Money for everyone, if you can get through the tape
I spent a couple hours last Tues at a 3CR event as part of the Creative Technology Network learning about new and recent funding announcements. Nigel Derrett k (CEO, 3CR) kicked things off with an overview of the latest Technology Strategy Board’s Autumn 2007 funding competition. There are 8 subject areas, first 3 open now;… Continue reading Money for everyone, if you can get through the tape
Reasons to hate the iPhone
Just seeing how strong the Jobs Reality Distortion Field really is. 🙂 And we did talk about the iPhone… Last night’s Bristol SkillSwap relaunch at Goldbrick House had a new (for us) format with something Laura called ‘Talking Points’. 5 chairs, 4 people, discuss a topic, if you want to contribute you fill the empty… Continue reading Reasons to hate the iPhone
Launch of Creative Technology Network
Last night was the launch of the CTN here in Bristol at the Watershed. The keynote (which was fully packed out) came from Michael B Johnson from Pixar. I’m not sure if Michael’s talk will be up on the CTN or Watershed sites as he had been told by Pixar not to allow recording (so… Continue reading Launch of Creative Technology Network