Thanks to Wesley Fryer (and his informants!) I watched this movie from Vanessa Van Petten which explains her view of the ‘why’ of social networking. It reminded me of the trouble I am in with simple email – the ability it has brought to maintain half-baked relationships with altogether too many people, and thus fail [...]
‘Relationship Productivity’, Identity and Privacy
March 12th, 2008 3 Comments
Tags: youth voice
Ideas that can change the world
November 13th, 2007 No Comments
Went with Patrick to this excellent meeting of young and old minds. We spoke to Cameron (8) who told us his ideas for a “mp3 and mp4″ player so that he wouldn’t get bored when avoiding his younger brother! It reminded me that changing the world starts small, and visions of what’s important are close [...]
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Royal College of Music and Royal Ballet School collaboration
November 12th, 2007 No Comments
I was privileged to attend this event at the Royal Ballet School. It was performed by musicians and dancers of their own joint works. I was most impressed by the sophistication in both music and dance and the articulate way they explained their own challenges in collaboration against real deadlines in the discussion afterwards. I [...]
Tags: music · youth voice