Time marches on. It’s my birthday next month so I tend to rush around to ‘get things done’ before all my numbers change. With that in mind, this is a longer list than usual as there are many tabs to close. I had totally forgotten about IBM’s Watson but it’s so funny to read it… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #103
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Sunday Scraps #102
Getting into Alan Watts is one of the more acceptable ways to have a mid-life crisis / enclothed cognition is an interesting phenomenon / the Japanese have a standard size for sports towels so it’s a shame we can’t find more over here / it’s always useful to compare calendars / I don’t understand why… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #102
Bring your own patient record (life in an age of cybercrime)
(This is relatively personal but I’m sure you won’t hold that against me. If you don’t like thinking about medical things, press the back button now). Right. I was diagnosed with Fibroadenoma and had surgery in my early 20s. So when I found a new lump in my breast last month I was… Continue reading Bring your own patient record (life in an age of cybercrime)
Design is not coming to save you
(This is my ‘yes but/yes and’ to Edwin Heathcote’s column in the Financial Times last month. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.) All you have to do is open the pages of a daily newspaper (or tap on the app) to realise the design industry has got nothing to do with progress. As a woman… Continue reading Design is not coming to save you
Sunday Scraps #101
Went to an open studio night and had the pleasure of meeting the artist Barby Asante / am going to try to go see Claire Fontaine‘s show and the AA Gallery show about Ursula K Le Guin’s maps / the concept of a memory palace is so interesting / calling floppy disks old makes me… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #101
Sunday Scraps #100
As 90s baggy jeans are coming back, maybe we should revisit this documentary about the role of hip hop in racism / the Institute for Public Architecture is doing some really interesting work on Governors Island / the visualisations done by Common Wealth are chef’s kiss / I am so here for Alfie’s project to… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #100
It’s only a paper moon (notes on Papercamp 4)
I spent last week decompressing from organising Papercamp 4, my hobby/mission to revive an event started by Russell and Matt in 2009. I’ll talk here about what motivates me to run small, niche (some might even say discreet) events. On the nature of community I’ve organised very big events but I prefer smaller ones. This… Continue reading It’s only a paper moon (notes on Papercamp 4)
Sunday Scraps #99
It’s been an exhausting few weeks so I’m a bit late with my links. The David Mellor museum looks interesting / I didn’t know Camille Pissarro lived in my area before Crystal Palace burnt down / refreshing to hear Malcolm Gladwell reflect on The Tipping Point / the growing number of people around me investing… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #99
Sunday Scraps #98
I’m glad someone thought deeply about the popularity of ‘hits different‘ which I’m too old to say without wincing / the Hjalli method of raising boys and girls differently in nursery to improve equality is quite something / I was at Fixfest last week thinking it’s been 10 years since NESTA looked at the makerspace… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #98
Sunday Scraps #97
I’ve been hanging out at Somerset House it was weird to see a cupboard labelled the West Asian and North African Women’s Art Library overnight / insert.art is an interesting digital magazine / Vania Heymann and Gal Muggia’s surrealist inspired videography is the kind of stuff AI wish it could come up with / remembering… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #97