Author: designswarm

Being a British Citizen Yesterday, along with 20 other people I was handed a Certificate of Naturalisation with a welcome letter from Amber Rudd and details on how to get a passport, all in an envelope with the heading ‘Being a British Citizen’. It was a strange moment, me, smiling, holding the hand of the Mayor… Continue reading Being a British Citizen

What does it take to make better connected products? This time last year, Usman Haque and I were reminded that it had been almost five years since our ‘Open Internet of Things Definition’ event at Google Campus. Five years is both a long time and not a long time, but we thought it would be… Continue reading What does it take to make better connected products?

Sometimes it’s important to litter the internet with pointless lists of things you like. Because I’m getting a little tired of Instagram & ‘photo-sharing’ websites. They feel very gamified without being personal and there’s no links to anything outside them. Noone knows how to use the internet anymore (except for thingsmagazine.net which is awesome) So… Continue reading Royal Academy favorites

The tech that does or doesn’t matter: thoughts after #cph150 A couple of weeks ago, I was flown in to Copenhagen where I spent 3 days talking to strangers and a handful of friends about the future of the internet. Thomas Madsen-Mygdal who I’d only met briefly a couple of times over the last 10 years… Continue reading The tech that does or doesn’t matter: thoughts after #cph150

Alone across Japan (1) Utsukushigahara sculpture park on the outskirts of Matsumoto I’ve always been interested in Japan, but a little dissapointed I hadn’t been able to go there for work. I made peace with that fact and went around Europe, Australasia and North America for work and sometimes pleasure. In 2014, my then boyfriend suggested… Continue reading Alone across Japan (1)

On staying. Yesterday, at 11:20am I finished a long process of citizenship application. It took me about a year and a half between starting and ending. Now the whole thing is in the hands of Home Office. I’ll hear back between 3–6 months. I am bracing myself, relieved, tired and philosophical about a process that… Continue reading On staying.

(Jotting down quick thoughts as I finish a day of a workshop on digital health at Wintec where I’ve spent the week as part of a 2 week speaking tour of New Zealand. ) So many challenges in the healthcare sector have nothing whatsoever to do with tech. This is a challenge for anyone selling… Continue reading Digital (&/or) Health