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Monday, May 14th, 2007
A very short while ago, David Wilcox and Simon Berry decided that the best thing to do would be to develop an "open source bid" to the UK Cabinet Office for a £1.2 million nonprofit innovation exchange.
This was just too good an idea to resist and a bunch of exceptional ...
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Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
The latest in our Skillswap series comes from Andy and Ben from Team Rubber. They have been creating highly creative engagement tools via Delib for years, and are very familiar with understanding clients' requirements and translating those into virtual reality.
Rapid prototyping is something we are all going to be seeing ...
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Thursday, May 3rd, 2007
Another fine turnout, excellent crowd and brilliant presentation. I love it when people get together and share what they know. From Dan's description:
Human experience is an emotional, experiential and multi-varied thing (Hence complex). Current Web Design (and by this I don’t mean the graphic design of the web) and that ...
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Monday, April 16th, 2007
Bristol's local community festival (Ashton Court Festival) has a racey history from its pure free festival origins to today's contextually pragmatic negotiations with the bank manager, council, police, etc. etc. etc.
Hundreds of local bands get to play in front a big audience who pay a relatively small entrance fee (£8 ...
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Monday, April 16th, 2007
I'm doing a workshop with The Improvement and Development Agency soon about the gritty details of making stuff happen in communities (including some of the things I tried which didn't make anything happen).
I'm a firm believer in admitting and learning from mistakes, or 'Knowledge Crisis Management' as my friend Mark ...
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Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007
Dan Dixon, senior lecturer at UWE and mastermind of the forthcoming 'Web Design' undergraduate course, is the next presenter for Bristol's Skillswap. Here is what he had to say about it:
Satre said, "Hell is other sites." Or at least he would have if he worked in the web now.
Find out ...
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Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007
Joe Leech's skillswap about usability was a great success. He is a very personable presenter, had some great stories, and we laughed while we learned (a good combination). Well done Joe!
His presentation and further links
Video of the gig (thanks again to Oliver and the Watershed server)
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Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
We have now got most of the Skillswap videos sorted and streaming from the Watershed's servers. These include:
Microformats
Basic book-keeping
Conversational interfaces
Css workflows
Copyright
Basic networking
Plone skinning
Good work all! Thanks at large to Oliver Humpage for getting on top of it all, and The Watershed and its servers for hosting it.
Bristol skillswap videos listing ...
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Monday, March 19th, 2007
Back at the desk after a wonderful holiday - daffodils blooming in the garden, Magnolia blossom down the street - it looks like winter is over. Hurray!
In my absence, there has been some great conversation in the Gurteen Knowledge group, and our Skillswap usability session booked out so quickly that ...
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Friday, February 23rd, 2007
I might be thinking of you all, but I won't be answering any emails. Have a good three weeks.
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