Unthinkable
Thoughts on digital experience, learning, arts and other favourite things from the people at Unthinkable and our friends
Digital Natives, Immigrants, Pioneers and Citizens
Digital Natives, Immigrants, Pioneers and Citizens
The term ‘digital native’ is widely used to describe members of the generations that have grown up using digital technology. Its less…
Designing digital democracy
Designing digital democracy
The two services that, more than any other, have come to stand for the dysfunctional relationship between digital technology and politics…
Discovering ourselves online
Discovering ourselves online
As an over-forty, it’s a cliché that I’m an immigrant rather than a native to the land of digital. (Having grown up in the age of the…
Building Webs of Discovery
Building Webs of Discovery
Context: The folk at Unthinkable Digital asked me to write something about the dream & creative potential of linked open data and the Web…
Become the friendly librarian of your content
Become the friendly librarian of your content
One of the analogies I reach for when talking about content discovery on the internet is something that happened when I was a child. I…
Online learning discovery
Online learning discovery
In 2011, ‘discovery’ would have been the right word for MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses). That year, Sebastian Thrun filmed himself in…
The self and the machine
The self and the machine
I recently read Mikhail Lermontov’s A Hero of Our Time, and was captivated by the freshness with which the book deals with the…
