Around 2011, I published a few quick projects called ‘Tiny Useful Things’ and on this unseasonally warm Friday night I wanted to add to that list. This is prompted by travelling a lot and staying in many Airbnbs. It’s also prompted because I like having people over. I am lucky enough to have a spare… Continue reading Tiny Useful Things: Welcome booklet
Category: Maps
Made Near You: making local food businesses shareable & transparent
So to conclude (rather dramatically) last week, here are some notes on what I ended up showcasing at the end of the Mozilla Open IOT Design Sprint in Anstruther, Scotland. Made Near You (MaNY) is a service which allows food producers who want to encourage local communities and tourists to eat and buy local. A form… Continue reading Made Near You: making local food businesses shareable & transparent
Ten years of the internet of things through the eyes of Gartner
The end of the summer marks the return to school and a time to digest our favorite summer publication: the Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies Chart. Every year I feel a bit confused about this graph. Folks in B2B sectors swear by it and have pointed out that in the last two years the internet of things reached… Continue reading Ten years of the internet of things through the eyes of Gartner
A map of UK maker spaces
As part of my work with the Connected Digital Economy Catapult, I’ve been putting together a map of hacker / maker spaces in the UK. These spaces are really important in linking a person with a project idea to a community with resources. Maker spaces are also more than physical resources, they can be a… Continue reading A map of UK maker spaces
The past 10 years of the internet of things
Strange how the brain works. It’s 1am and I’m in a hotel on Edinburgh University campus, giving a talk in the morning to the Chiasma workshop tomorrow morning and I spent most of my almost 5h train journey making a timeline of the internet of things I’ve had the pleasure of keeping an eye on.… Continue reading The past 10 years of the internet of things