I was reminded of this video which, shot in 2000, is strangely prescient of the times we live in now. The beauty of Hussein Chalayan‘s work never ends it must be said but I have a soft spot for this collection. “Chalayan’s Afterwords Collection was inspired by the story of refugees, having to leave home… Continue reading Change in times of change
CES: tips for first time exhibitors
So I just came back from CES. The Good Night Lamp had a booth there where we launched our Kickstarter campaign and I thought I’d share what I learnt. 1. It’s expensive but worth it. I booked the booth back in June 2012. It was a convenient deadline to push product development forward and I’m… Continue reading CES: tips for first time exhibitors
End of year review
(a 6 year old tradition) 1.What did you do in 2012 that you’d never done before? Talk to investors. 2. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year? Yep have been going to the gym every week for over a year and adding a new sport. 3. Did… Continue reading End of year review
Little Printer unboxing
While Le Web is underway and seems to concern itself mostly with data, I received my very own Little Printer. That’s the real Internet of Things. THINGS!
The financial art of Kickstarter UK
Thought this might be helpful to share. I was looking at Kickstarter UK and amongst the concerns about making things, fulfilling rewards and trying to raise money at the same time, the financials can be quite a headache. This is a budget form, you just have to fill your numbers in and see the effect… Continue reading The financial art of Kickstarter UK
On Shoreditch & informal innovation
View Working in London in a larger map I wrote a blog post 2 years ago about the Tech City announcement, then I wrote another blog post a year later. Because of this compulsion to write about Shoreditch and its transformation at the hand of the government and corporations, I was interviewed on Friday for… Continue reading On Shoreditch & informal innovation
Behind and in front of the curtains.
I’ve been producing events on occasion and it was my great pleasure to produce the Mozilla Festival for the second year in a row. The event was very well reviewed but the most pleasurable part of it is being able to plan an event in a very small team of 5 women, Michelle Thorne the… Continue reading Behind and in front of the curtains.
A year of #iotlondon
Next month i will have been co-organising Cosm’s Internet of Things London Meetup for a year. When Usman and Ed approached me, the attendance was around 20 and the group had around 140 members. After a year, the meetup has attracted 906 members , between 40 and 70 actually attend every month, the meetup sells… Continue reading A year of #iotlondon
Funding the right things
There’s a lot to be said for the amount of money technology projects receive on crowd-funding platforms versus charitable organisations or good causes. The Paralympics are starting in London tomorrow and I found this project on Indiegogo. A young woman looking to get a new prosthetic leg for her athletic career. I hope she can… Continue reading Funding the right things
When things are people
I think an area we don’t quite talk enough about is the link between the internet of things and anthropomorphisation. When our things start to speak, who is to say we won’t assign values and behaviours to them like we do to people. Is that good, might that curb consumption? Will ponder some more. via… Continue reading When things are people