So I decided to record some of the delightful conversations I have with my son including the following: Mylo:”Mummy, I’m going to make a machine that you put water and poo and playdough in and it makes poo and wee. Then it’s going to poo on your head. ” Me: “But Mylo, if you put…
Embarrassed – a story of Modern Breastfeeding
Amazing spoken word piece by Holly McNish:
New Walsall Art Gallery, the images
I love the gallery, it’s a great space to photograph in. I’ve included all my favorite images here as there were too many to add into the previous post.
New Art Gallery, Walsall: 4th April 2016
So I visited the New Art Gallery in Walsall about 5 weeks before the time of writing and have only got the chance to to my write up. Although my recollections are a little hazy, I luckily know the gallery and its collections really well. Nothing has really changed since I used to visit regularly…
In Bristol for the Open Data Camp
So I’ve been in Bristol since Friday afternoon attending the Open Data Unconference in the Watershed building on the city’s floating harbour. The weather has been beautiful and I was lucky enough to be travelling with a friend who knows the city well. I’ll hopefully get more time to write about the event and also…
Life has happened
So it’s been a bit quiet on here for the last couple of months. I’ve had a pretty busy time off-screen in real life which has meant I’ve not been able to devote as much as time as I had hoped to updating my blog and website. In a nutshell childcare has been patchy on…
IDEO: Design Kit: Human Centred Design Course
I finally got round to finishing the Human Centred Design course run by IDEO.org through the Novoed platform. Despite a few teething problems in the delivery of the course the content was excellent and a really great introduction into HCD and the work of IDEO generally. The basis of the experience was not sitting learning…
Nic Turner
Every so often you have the pleasure to meet someone who really stands out from the crowd in terms of their approach and attitude to living. One such person crossed my path at the last Lunar21 event in November 2015, looking at the ‘power of co-creation‘. His name was Nic Turner and he was sitting…
Human Library
Two weeks ago I volunteered to be a book at the Derby Human Library, a great idea where people describe themselves as a book title and others can book them out to ‘read’, or find our more about a person who might otherwise be subject to stereotypes. I first can across the idea when Vanessa…
National Brewery Centre – 15th February 2016.
So one of the challenges I set myself was to visit as many curated heritage, arts or culture experiences as possible to develop my professional response to these and gain access to a wide range of experiences – within and without areas that I find of personal interest. We used to live in Burton and…