Night out with Wendy
Sometimes it’s nice to pretend like it was 10 years ago, before the brood, before the busy busy. We had a great night out.
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News Labs at MozFest 2014 Science Fair – look: BEARDS!!
Another amazing tiring, flat-out exhausting demo marathon at MozFest’s 2014 event “Science Fair”. And this year, slightly more bearded men than last year.
Melody Kramer from NPR visits News Labs
We had the pleasure of Melody Kramer popping into the Lab today.
Recording Drum Tracks at NJA for The Dees’ new Album
Just spent a day laying down the Drums parts with Niall Acott at NJA Audio Productions for the first 6 tunes from The Dees‘ new album.
University College Dublin – Insight4News Visit News Labs
Happy Ada Lovelace day 2014! Today we had Neil Hurley and Georgiana visiting from University College Dublin to demonstrate Insight4News.
Meetup at Dreambags
Had a great night at Dreambags and in Hoxton. Was planning to meet with Andy Matthews too, but he got stuck at work.
News Labs & Imperial College get started on EEG Neurotech Feedback
Just had a great day today with Simiao Yu and Dr Chao Wu from Imperial College London. We’re getting started on some work around Neurotechnology feedback loops and media experiences.
Responsive Radio, “Unconventional Screens” & BBC Blue Room, Salford
Hannah Blake and I made a trip to Salford today to look at some developments in BBC R&D, and also at the shiny, new Blue Room in BBC Salford.
myBBC, News Team & News Labs Recommendations Workshop
Quite an intense workshop today, discussing personalisation, recommendations and how we are going to prioritise in more of the great plans around myBBC.
BBC Science & Nature Team – get together in W1
Simon Mackie was just passing the 10 year mark at BBC, and he decided to get the old BBC Science and Nature folks together. Great evening. We shared some old tales, and talked a little about what’s been happening since.
Education Domain “Autumn Asynchronous Workshop”
A new opportunity has arisen, and the BBC News Labs Team decided to look into it. The question posed was “How might we contextualise the Education Curriculum with News and Current Affairs?”
Eurovision Academy with European Broadcasters, Geneva
I’ve just spent 2 days at the Eurovision Academy looking at digital storytelling formats & challenges with a group of European Public Broadcasters. Fascinating.
Wendy’s New Business “Story Boat” – First Sessions
Wendy has recently started a new business – “Story Boat” – that provides Performance Storytelling sessions for schools, Storytelling for adults, and Storytelling Workshops. She has just given the first sessions, which have gone down very well.
Future of News – Audience Session for BBC News
Hosted by Steve Herrmann, we ran an Audience Session for the “Future of News” project today. George Wright, Miles Bernie and I showed some prototypes.
Kenwood House, North London – Summer Afternoon Visit
I must recommend Kenwood House in North London – a wonderful place to spend an afternoon relaxing.
Family Trip to Disneyland Paris
We just had an amazing trip to Disneyland Paris – great stuff. Here are some thoughts that other parents may find of interest: our own top 5 best and 5 worst things.
Drum Session at Ten21 Studios with Niall – Faith Forever
Today I popped to visit Niall Acott down Maidstone way, and we recorded the drums for one of his tunes – “Faith Forever” – at Ten21 Studios.
New Job: Head of BBC News Labs
I am exceptionally pleased that today it was formally announced (at the BBC News monthly comms session) my position of Head of BBC News Labs.
BBC News Labs – Summer Asynchronous Workshop
The Bricklayers Arms is a good venue for an after-work troubleshooting and brainstorming workshop.
Night at The BBC PROMS – Dove, Mozart & Ravel
Had a great night at The Proms with Wend. The Royal Albert Hall is amazing – haven’t been there in a while.