Peter Bradwell
Researcher
Peter Bradwell is a researcher at Demos. He is interested in digital identity, technology and the ways that information and knowledge is shared...
- Not being evil I thought it was worth pointing towards Jeffrey Rosen's excellent piece in the New York Times. He focuses on the huge responsibilities faced by companies like Google, who have found themselves wielding significant power over the contours of freedom of speech and privacy online. It's a superbly written take on some of the themes we highlighted in Video Republic. Some of the most complicated issues about content regulation, freedom of expression and privacy come such a mix of organisations being... continue reading on 1st December 2008
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Careless tweeters?
Since it's launch, Twitter has led many people to shrug and say: 'I don't get it. Why?' But it's a fantastic example of something Bill Thompson wrote about in his BBC column: Networks become more useful the more people there are on them, and people are more likely to share news snippets and links when there are enough people listening to what they say to make it worthwhile.
Twitter is useful to the extent that people are using it. And they are. Lots of them. continue reading on 27th November 2008 Comments (2) -
Podcast: The US elections
Last Monday, 20th October, we hosted a fantastic discussion on the upcoming US elections.
In this podcast you can hear Jonathan Freedland's talk, and you can download all the other audio from the event page. continue reading on 27th October 2008 in Demos Podcasts - Podcast: St. Mungo's on Health and Homelessness In this new Demos podcast, our own Jack Stilgoe spoke to Peter Cockersell of St. Mungo's charity about the challenges of addressing the combined issues of health and homelessness. continue reading on 16th October 2008 in Demos Podcasts
- James Nachtwey projection: National Theatre, 7pm Today, James Nachtwey breaks his story of a global health crisis through a new set of photographs. As part of his TED wish, he has travelled across the world documenting Extremely Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR-TB). You can see James' photos at the new website, XDRTB.org.We will be projecting the photographs on to the fly tower of the National Theatre this evening (Friday 3rd October) from 7pm, and again tomorrow (Saturday) evening - coinciding with projections across the globe, from New... continue reading on 3rd October 2008 in James Nachtwey's TED Wish to Change The World
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The sheet music hits the fan
Indie 'lifers' Oasis have been causing quite a stir recently. Firstly, because someone assaulted Noel Gallagher on stage in Canada. Someone filmed it, predictably, and popped it up on YouTube.
But secondly, they are giving away a song book free with NME. The scheme has been widely hailed as helping to promote a new generation of musicians, by giving them the tools and encouragement to reinterpret their favourite bands' work. But that very activity is something parts of the music industry have been trying to stamp out... continue reading on 10th September 2008 in Video Republic Comments (2) -
Identity and information
'The Internet was built without a way to know who and what you are connecting to.' - The laws of identity.
Kim Cameron, digital identity 'guru', this week published a simplified version of his 'laws of identity'. continue reading on 22nd August 2008 in For Your Information -
Tube-ing
We're busy writing up the Children of Europa project at the moment. We're really excited about how the pamphlet is shaping up. The launch will be in early September - do get in touch if you'd like to know more.
We've digested a lot of online video over the past 9 months. Yes, there's a lot of nonsense. But there's a lot of cracking content out there. Here's just a couple of videos I've enjoyed: continue reading on 11th August 2008 in Video Republic -
School of winners
Last week, we were delighted to see School of Everything scoop a Catalyst award. The awards honour enterprises whose work enables 'people around them to connect with each other in new ways and do good things', and the School won the 'Self-Help' category.
Big congratulations to the team! continue reading on 28th July 2008 -
Podcast: Hello everybody...Clay Shirky at Demos
We had the pleasure of hosting Clay Shirky in the Demos event space this lunchtime. He was in conversation with Demos associate Paul Miller, talking around the ideas thrown up by his book Here Comes Everybody.
We recorded the event, and you can listen in here. continue reading on 15th July 2008 in Demos Podcasts Comments (2)