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Gaps (formerly known as 'hackable spaces', a term coined by @conordelahunty) have been cropping up all over the place this week. It started with Ian's excellent post on designing connected products and then suddenly, I was seeing gaps everywhere.
Creative Commons photo credit: 16 Miles of String on Flickr
With names like 'Intergalactic Nostalgia', 'Fear Hive', 'Niche Idiot' and 'Artisanal Particle', it was a miracle to see what sensible propositions our teams came up with at last week's Internet Week experience prototyping workshop.
Panoramic shot, courtesy of @ninjabiscuit
With just under two weeks to Internet Week Europe (IWE), we're busy getting together a couple of Made by Many events.
[ELL image borrowed from Dave Hill's London blog; Rory Hamilton with an experience prototype Flourbaby]
On Monday 12th November, we're running 'A Journey through the Connected World' and then on Wednesday 14th November, 'What's it like to be an app?': an experience prototyping workshop.
We're looking for an experienced person to work as a technical producer on a number of projects. Our ideal would be someone who has worked as a product manager at a start-up that used Agile methodologies to deliver excellent product.
We're proud to announce that we're running a Lean Startup workshop in collaboration with the folks at Leancamp as part of Internet Week Europe (7-11 November) in London. Read on to find out about the event and how to sign up.
In collaboration with my husband (@johnnybennett), I launched the Kids Draw for East Africa project last Friday on the 5050.gd platform. Utterly moved by the 50/50 call to arms, I wanted to do something to help, and our own daughter inspired the idea behind the solution.
A child is dying of hunger every six minutes in Somalia. In six minutes, a well-fed British child can paint or draw a picture that can mean the difference between life and death for someone else’s child. Kids Draw for East Africa is an online auction of kids' art.
Made by Many is partnering with ethical innovators Good for Nothing in a rapid and collaborative response to the East Africa crisis. One child is dying every six minutes, and fundraising efforts are struggling to keep up to fund the relief effort.
I'm very pleased to host Leila Johnston, our most recent recruit and a fabulous content strategist, talking here about Google+. Leila's awaiting her Made by Many avatar before she can post directly, so stay tuned to hear more from Leila soon.
Serendipity (and a poorly communicated change to the SXSWi programme) dropped me into an intriguing session entitled "Our devices: how smart is too smart?" presented by Genevieve Bell from Intel (referred to here as 'Intel's Secret Weapon').
Our friends at Mint Digital hosted an entertaining evening at Conway Hall last Thursday with some super smart folks talking about the phenomenon of the second screen and its relationship with TV viewing: 2Screen - Make an event out of TV.
Illustration credit: "Split Attention", Dar Freeland, http://www.faceupstudio.com/blahg/
