Almost everyone has heard of Julian Assange now, even if not many of them went to see the recent film about his life starring the increasingly ubiquitous Benedict Cumberbatch. So it's no surprise there was…
VIRCOMM 2014 and the Science of Community
The 2014 instalment of the VIRCOMM conference was the first to be organised by up-and-coming community management consultancy FeverBee, founded by the energetic Richard Millington. The theme this year was the science of community management,…
TeenTech Triumph
[caption id="attachment_2631" align="alignright" width="281"] BA (Hons) Web Media student James Jackson interviews Maggie Philbin[/caption] The Mozilla Festival, which we have hosted at Ravensbourne for the last three years, is a great place to have serendipitous…
Don’t mention Doctor Who…
[caption id="attachment_2532" align="alignleft" width="300"] David Tennant as Richard II[/caption] On Friday 15th November, Ravensbourne hosted a milestone in online video distribution. A Royal Shakespeare Company performance of Richard II starring the increasingly ubiquitous David Tennant…
Mozilla Festival 2013
Ravensbourne hosted the annual Mozilla Festival for the third year running over the weekend of 26th and 27th October – a bit earlier in the year than previously. Yet again, the event was a huge…
Singapreneurs, anyone?
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="240"] Nanyang Technological University Campus (Photo credit: Venet_)[/caption] Earlier this month I was lucky enough to be invited to Singapore to present a series of guest lectures at Nanyang Technological University's (NTU)…
Tennant’s Extra
One of my proudest moments of 2012 was the project I worked on with the Royal Shakespeare Company based around Tim Crouch's play I, Cinna. A few months ago, the Royal Shakespeare Company contacted me…
Ripe at last!
It has been an exciting few days. The musical collective I have been working with for almost two years has finally started releasing its first few tracks. I play trumpet and "cybertrumpet" on quite a…
What is Webmediology.com?
For some years I have been describing myself as a career schizophrenic. Since leaving my job as editor of PC Pro magazine in early 2004, I have pulled together an increasingly disparate range of activities…
Spaceflight’s commercial future
Space was a recurring theme at SXSW, with NASA hosting a number of sessions. In his keynote interview, however, Elon Musk painted the most viable future for man's exploration of the Solar System and beyond.…