I gave a talk a few weeks ago at Creat_ED and talked about entrepreneurism, fearlessness but really, I suppose I was talking about collaboration in hindsight. I’m reading Prague: Capital of 20th Century Surrealism and what’s immediately obvious is that artists were (maybe still are, I’d have to ask James about that) much better at… Continue reading Creativity & Collaboration in the 20th century.
What the UK government should think about the Internet of Things.
I was invited to attend the Digital Policy Alliance Internet of Things scoping meeting at the Houses of Parliament last month and put my hand up to try to help write up some part of a possible report to MPs about the Internet of Things. Here are some loose notes I wrote down on 2… Continue reading What the UK government should think about the Internet of Things.
What I’m up to (no not weeknotes)
It’s always nice to let people know what you’re working on right? Otherwise people will think I’m spending my days on Twitter scanning the #iot hashtag (ok, I do that too). I’m the founder of Good Night Lamp, a family of internet-connected lamps. We’re in the long ramp up towards good partnerships to kick off… Continue reading What I’m up to (no not weeknotes)
This is Water
An excellent commencement speech on compassion and forgetting about self-centered thinking.
Fun fun fun
Thanks to Mark Littlewood for this one. Very funny if it wasn’t so true.
Map of Internet of Things companies in the UK & Europe
I was invited at the Houses of Parliament to come and speak about the bottom-up internet of things community and as one of the only people below the age of 40, the only woman speaker and the only one not involved in a multi-billion pound organisation, it was easy to stand out. I’m very grateful… Continue reading Map of Internet of Things companies in the UK & Europe
Difficult Difficult Lemon Difficult
There’s a point in any entrepreneur’s life when you get up in the morning and think: maybe this isn’t working. I had that moment in the summer of 2010, 6 months I closed Tinker. I’m having one of those days now. I’m hoping it’ll pass.
Lean in and say something.
In the last months, I’ve started seeing a lot of traffic to blog posts about how hard it was being a woman in tech, how horrid conference organisers were, how sexist technologists were and how Sheryl Sanderberg had joined the rest of us in her recognition of the basic principles of feminism (this coming from… Continue reading Lean in and say something.
Internet of Things: a European advantage?
I just came back from showcasing Good Night Lamp at the Launch Festival (thanks Jason for inviting us). If you don’t know it, it’s a fairly local San Francisco event for startups, and we were one of a handful of startups that had a physical component to them. Here are some quick thoughts on what… Continue reading Internet of Things: a European advantage?
From Tech City to City Gardens: the slow death of Shoreditch
About 2 years ago, I was making jokes and designed a tote bag when the government announced its Tech City program. I didn’t imagine that what would actually happen was that we would start to see the type of confused political interest that has led to proposed changes in planning laws. Maybe it’s because during… Continue reading From Tech City to City Gardens: the slow death of Shoreditch