Futuresonic Day 1: Hacking (and heckling) the environment
May 14 2009
Posted by Martin as Manchester
Day One of Futuresonic wasn’t really a day, rather an evening of events reflecting the vast scope of the festival.
First up was a short event at the Cube Gallery, where a wide range of art was on display. Sonic sculptures, such as plants that made noises when you touched them, shared gallery space with metal [...]
Interactive coverage of the Futuresonic Social Technologies Summit
May 13 2009
Posted by Martin as Manchester
Today sees the launch of this year’s Futuresonic festival in Manchester. Over the years it has mainly been known for its stellar lineup of experimental musicians. This year the one and only Philip Glass is making an appearance among many other big names. However, much more interesting from the point of view of 14sandwiches is [...]
“I came away from the M.E.N.’s offices last night with a feeling of optimism for the future of those news outlets that can adapt properly to the new landscape“.
Those are the words I closed this post with in September last year. I’d visited the offices of my local newspaper, the Manchester Evening News, and been [...]
Twitter addict? Maybe it’s time to spend some time with FriendFeed
Apr 30 2009
Posted by Martin as Friendfeed, Internet, Twitter
Allow me, if you will, to pitch an idea to you; one I believe in and am excited by. I’ll give you my reasons and once you’ve read them do you promise me you’ll at least think about what I suggest?
Here’s the crux: If you’re a Twitter addict who loves the fast-paced discussions and news [...]
Put that £12,000 away – The Really Mobile Project launches
Apr 29 2009
Posted by Martin as Internet, Mobile Phones
Last month I wrote about how probably the best blog for mobile industry news, Mobile Industry Review, was shifting to a subscription model priced at £12,000 per year and aimed squarely at corporations. Suddenly all the great video content and entreatingly-written analysis that I enjoyed so much was to be gone.
Things haven’t turned out quite [...]
Search the blogosphere and you’ll find all sorts of advice about the ‘right’ way to use Social Media. Some of it’s rubbish and some of it’s worthwhile but the one hard and fast rule to remember is: “Use Your Common Sense”. That might seem obvious but news reports this weekend highlighted two cases of people [...]
Vodafone UK launches mysterious iPhone portal (Updated)
Apr 25 2009
Posted by Martin as Mobile Phones
UPDATED: See below.
Vodafone, the biggest mobile network in the UK, yesterday launched what appears to be a ginormous hint that they’ll be carrying the new version of the iPhone this summer. http://portal.beta.vodafone.com/ points to a Vodafone-branded RSS reader service perfectly formatted for the iPhone.
At first I was skeptical. Looking at the portal on the iPhone [...]
While many areas of the print media are suffering in the current economic climate, weekly celebrity magazines continue to sell well. They may be pretty light on substance (”Is Jennifer Aniston pregnant?” they repeatedly ask on their covers – look inside and you’ll find lots of photos and no answers) and occasionally tactless (OK recently [...]
Think “youth film project” and what probably springs to mind is images of kids from the poor part of town being coerced into making ‘gritty’, poorly acted dramas about knife crime. It doesn’t have to be that way though. That was demonstrated today at the premiere of three short films produced by young people involved [...]
Could you help bring AudioBoo to a wider audience?
Apr 15 2009
Posted by Martin as Internet, Mobile Phones
AudioBoo has caught the imagination of a lot of people in the month since its launch. The ability to upload audio in podcast form straight from your phone to the internet is very powerful and I wrote a couple of excited pieces about it when I first signed up (here and here).
The Guardian has legitimised [...]
