There is a wonderful image on page 103 of this month’s Wired. It charts the development of Apple Computers Inc. through its product releases. There are 80 products – specific models are not included – for example, the new Air and the Ipad2 don’t make the cut.
My career in design started with the twelfth product – the Mac SE, launched in 1987. I used it to set single words or line of text before I ran them through a thermal machine – by hand – to apply the colour. In …
There must be a reason why over 180 Taverners have signed up for the event we are running on July 7th?
I think it’s the evening’s theme: gamification (add word to spell check). The phrase – as with several like it – has been made popular by brand, design and trend agencies It now proliferates many conference and meetings and will months to come. Apparently it means “the use of game mechanics in non-game application. It’s also known – and I now you’ll love this – as Funware. Now I’m confused. …
Just when you were wondering what you had to look forward to between now and the August bank holiday….
The Fantastic Tavern returns on Thursday 7th July to explore the emerging trend, Gamification. What does this silly word mean? Well, Seth Priebatsche, founder of SCVNGr (first brought to your attention at last year’s all-day TFT Lock Inn) talks about a layer over the world as we experience it – the Game Layer. This adds opportunities for playful interactions into everyday activities to increase connectivity and enragement. What started with FourSquare is …
Imagine being able to influence very fundamentally how your community would be designed, built, populated (commercially at least), governed, used and enjoyed. A green field opportunity for a digitally-enabled, co-operative, connected society with great self awareness, empowerment and respect. A utopian dream perhaps?
Maybe a little, but it was the challenge put to the Fantastic Tavern by John Comber from Greenwich Council. To discuss what should be done and how, so that our ideas could be fed into the planning process for the continued development of the Greenwich Peninsula, home to …
For the next TFT Matt thought we might switch tack. Here is his idea:
“This time we are going to apply our expertise, experiences, ideas and creativity and actually do something rather than talk about it. Greenwich Council is coming to work with us to explore what a digital society might be like – more specifically, what Greenwich might be like. Building on some of the themes from the last TFT, we will brainstorm together aspects of a ‘go-to’ state, supported by visualizers who will bring our ideas to life. The …