This has been a strange day, mostly because some of my friends who have run a really great studio have decided to shut it down, 483 weeks in. I met them when we were still students, Jack‘s class came to visit mine in Ivrea in April 2005. The year after he was to design Availabot and… Continue reading Berg (2005-2014)
Smart meters: the glass half empty of the internet of things
As someone who makes a living of talking about and designing connected products, I also try to eat my own dog food. I signed up to Hive last summer after working with British Gas on an event and with EDF for years. I know enough about how the energy sector to be curious. These things aren’t… Continue reading Smart meters: the glass half empty of the internet of things
Insurance in the internet of things: the Future Stigma of Data
In May, Ana Bradley joined my consultancy as a Partner and one of the first clients we worked on together was Imago TechMedia. We helped them plan an event for the insurance sector around the internet of things in a half day workshop. The insurance sector is one I’d recently been looking at anyway for… Continue reading Insurance in the internet of things: the Future Stigma of Data
Crowdfunding a hardware project: Tips & Tricks
I’ve been getting a lot of requests for coffees from startups who want to hear about crowd funding and the lessons I learnt running a campaign for the Good Night Lamp back in early 2013. I thought I’d capture what I’d say to them here and share it to a wider audience:) 1. What are… Continue reading Crowdfunding a hardware project: Tips & Tricks
That’s nice
Made it to the Top 100 Most Influencial Women on Twitter in the technology sector. Thanks Business Insider.
Pantry: better than the internet fridge
It’s been a couple of very busy day. I gave the keynote at Thingscon and it gave me an opportunity to actually think about the internet fridge, that idea which doesn’t seem to want to die. So I thought I’d put my designer hat on (yes it’s a little dusty but hey ho) and think… Continue reading Pantry: better than the internet fridge
Meaningless but nice
I appear to be 2nd in the top 100 thought leaders around the internet of things. That’s nice. Thanks Onalytica.
A litmus test for the internet of things
It’s taken me about 2 months to work out how to show the differences between products that companies say are iot and those that possibly aren’t. I suspect I actually need to explain it but I’d rather have a good conversation on Twitter about it so I can tweak things accordingly. For clarity, a lock… Continue reading A litmus test for the internet of things
Introducing #iotangels
Funding the Internet of Things in the UK from Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino There are many reasons why the UK is a great space for internet of things startups: access to the creative industries, manufacturing, advertising, technologists. Funding isn’t one of them sadly as I highlighed in a talk at a Policy Connect event last week at… Continue reading Introducing #iotangels
Gonzo Products: how crowdfunding is changing the internet of things
I gave a talk about this at Future Everything last week. As usual the shape of the talk only really came together an hour before (this drives conference organisers nuts) and I thought I’d write it up. If you come to IOT Forum in Cambridge or Thingscon in Berlin you can ask me about this… Continue reading Gonzo Products: how crowdfunding is changing the internet of things