You’re a Damsel in distress and nowt’ more than an object

This series is by, Anita Sarkeesian, who talks us through a history of the “Damsel in Distress” mechanic used by many popular games from the digital age, referenceing games like Mario, Zelda, Prince of Persia… pretty much a lot of games. It takes a very well laid out approach to identifying what to look for, […]

The super meetup of digital and government thought leaders, CITIZEN2013

Can citizens really be customers? Can public bodies really ‘engage’ with citizens? Can the public sector achieve the same ease of doing business online as achieved by the big online brands? On June 13, 2013 the second CITIZEN conference will take place to try to answer these questions. Now this is exciting, I’ve got a ticket […]

Raising the cost to cut use…

Mathematically, “raising the cost of objects to cut their use” will work, eg, beer, cigarettes, petrol. Ethically however, it could be interpreted as rich people telling less rich people what they can and can’t buy as the price change affects their consumption more. So having millionaires deciding budget changes for a majority of non-millionaires, is […]

Making the switch to Agile, part one

Switching to Agile. Not the simplest thing in the world, however… very very worth it. Our office at Thought Den made the switch last year and while it’s a great idea all this transparency, updates and team responsibility it’s not a simple thing to do. So I’ve written a two part blog post about it over […]

Hacking apart the environment – the write up

The event has been going all weekend, people are so tired they, wolfed down the pizza and fizzy drinks in 10 minutes after serving and they should be looking sugar-rush nervous. But there’s a jolly tone in the air, and even with the judges stalking between the teams checking out everyone’s new creative ideas. The […]

Hacking apart the environment…

Who’s going to the Environment Agency hack day? We will be bringing together around 80 software and hardware developers, Environment Agency experts and interesting data. The goal is to create cool demos that showcase how technology can help us all be more green and environmentally responsible. http://envhack.com/en/posts/ A great way to source the wisdom of […]