From Rum Shop to Bus Stop: putting Barbados on the business map with island-wide free Wi-Fi access
We’ve all seen those photos: the person working from their laptop on the beach, freelancing whilst surrounded by sun, sea and sand. Well that may be achievable in the not-too-distant future in Barbados. Friday (11.11.11) was their target date to become the first Wi-Fi-wide island. The initiative, championed by the Barbados Entrepreneurship Foundation (BEF), is just one in a range... Read More
Sprinting to the publishing line: The 24-hour book project is back
*Update: The 24-hour book project has moved to 15th October* Around 2 years ago, we wrote about the 24-hour book project, an ambitious initiative bringing people together to collaboratively write, edit and publish a book in just 24 hours. They succeeded back then, and now they’re back with a similar challenge for the South Asian Literature festival – this time with a South-Asian... Read More
Being human in digital communication
Last week two great events, although unrelated, both touched upon the human side of technology. On Friday, as part of their Out of This World series, the British Library hosted “The Age of Entanglement: are we too intertwined with technology”. They invited a panel to look at the current issue of how we deal with the increasing impact of technology on our lives. Earlier... Read More
The co-working meeting
In our last post we showed the presentation we did for Rewire High 5. The focus of this quick-fire talk was the juggling entrepreneur: “The juggling entrepreneur has their own business and brand, which is the core of what they do, but they also develop ‘micro-ventures’ with others… These are ventures that are built from scratch, collaboratively with others,... Read More
Social Media for Project Managers – book review
Social media and project management are two of our passions, so we’re very excited about the launch of Social Media for Project Managers, the new book by Elizabeth Harrin, and even more delighted to be featured as a case study in it! In this practical guide, Harrin explores every corner that a project manager should consider when introducing their team members to social media... Read More
The office-less organisation?
Last month, we attended “How is London working? Innovation in the Capital’s workplaces” – a discussion about how (and whether) the way employees work in organisations is changing in line with technological developments. Although the web is allowing people to connect with others despite time and their location, many companies still seem to be sticking to the notion of the... Read More
Getting away from e-mail
A comic from Matthew Inman (aka The Oatmeal) has been circulating on Twitter. It’s called “If you do this in an e-mail, I hate you” – a humourous take on e-mail etiquette. In image 7 he shows that he hates e-mail as as a collaborative editing tool. So do we. Read More Read More
Online tools: the digital pinboard
In Scott Belsky’s new book, “Making Ideas Happen” (full review coming soon!), one section that struck a chord was the bit on how effective creative people organise their environments to ensure their ideas are put into action. One recurring theme is the use of the Post-it note - we all know how useful these gems are to jot down snippets of inspiration and things to... Read More
Online tools #5: collaborative drawing
If you need to work on basic sketches (e.g. outlines, floor plans, flow diagrams) with your project team, there are some online tools available that are pretty useful. Google Docs has added ‘Drawing’ as one of the file types that can be created (drawings can also be inserted into documents, spreadsheets and presentations). It’s very easy to start sketching away, and existing... Read More
Bracket’s CUBELUNCH
Bracket’s lunchtime workshop at THE CUBE was a great success, with lots of interesting discussion about effective creative collaboration using online tools. Questions were raised around approaching intellectual property and attribution, managing egos and how to encourage people to use online tools (when all they want to use is e-mail!). Creative Boom London kindly wrote a... Read More