March 2010
18 posts
Cloud Culture Blog →
Understanding the Web as Media →
Kakutani critique of digital culture →
Edge: CLOUD CULTURE: THE PROMISE AND THE THREAT by... →
Skyscraper News - Skyscrapers, Cathedrals, Modern... →
Four Things Publishers Know →
Second Bookbrunch piece.
WatchTrailer for Chromaroma(.com), a new location based game that works via Oyster card usage on the London Tube. Your journeys create a profile that can then inform a real time, urban integrated top trumps. I cannot wait for this to go live. The soundtrack to the video is pretty sweet as well.
Euston Arch →
Some people think that my obsession interest in the Euston Arch is a little weird. They’re wrong, obviously. This Guardian article explains why the Euston Arch campaign is the most important and exciting heritage work in the UK. This is a nation founded on the railways and nothing was a more powerful symbol of the transformational impact of rail than the mighty Doric edifice of EVSTON.
Best 65 Steampunk Novels →
Steampunk surge continues. The best thing about steampunk is that it never gets old: it already is old.
Agents and Publishers Grapple Over Digital Rights →
Oooh, that looks like a quite from yours truly. What a remarkable piece of good sense, diplomacy and perspicacity it is to.
London Skyline →
For someone like myself with a well documented obsession with London skyscrapers this is probably the greatest toy ever conceived. Built by Hayes Davidson this tool allows you to play around with the London skyline, allowing you for instance to drop the Burj Dubai in next to the Gherkin, or plonking the Eiffel Tower down in the grounds of Buckingham Palace. It illustrates the majesty and scale of...
Kickstarter →
Startup offering social funding for creative projects. You, the creator, put a target to raise. People then pledge on the site. Only if the target is reached does money change hands. If that happens Kickstarter takes a 5% cut. Interesting website, but how many people are going to pledge on this? The key question is whether it is worth using this for a FAF round, as against just asking them. It...
