Theme : events
- Grand Theft Auto: Hampstead The President of the computer games industry body in the US says that games need to broaden their appeal."If video games aspire to movie-like status, then games need to become topics of conversation at dinner parties and happy hours."Or maybe even at Demos events... Steven Johnson will be talking about them at our event here next week. from : paulmiller 19th May 2005
- Gladwell on Johnson Malcolm Gladwell (he of Tipping Pointand Blink fame) reviews Steven Johnson's new book Everything Bad is Good For You in this week's New Yorker.Just a reminder that Steven will be speaking about the new book at Demos, 6-8pm, 24th May and there are a few spaces left - email everythingbad@demos.co.uk if you'd like to come along. from : paulmiller 13th May 2005
- City Salon - 17th February Melissa has organised a series of salons as part of our Cities programme. The first one is on 17th February and features philosopher Alain de Botton and architect Bill Dunster (who incidently designed BedZED where I live). from : paulmiller 2nd February 2005
- An Innocent Thing That seriously fruity organisation Innocent Drinks won the Best Employer category at last night's National Business Awards. They feature in our forthcoming report Disorganisation which argues they are one sign of a wider desire by employees for greater freedom and flexibility in working life. Incidently, you can come along to our launch event if you like. from : paulmiller 10th November 2004
- Disorganisation launch event - 25 November We'll be launching our new report about the future of organisations on the morning of the 25th November. Bill Morris (former gen sec of TGWU), John Knell (Intelligence Agency) and Elizabeth Coffey (Mercer Delta) will be speaking before we open it up to what we hope will be a interesting discussion. The argument of the report will be that pressure from employees is going to force organisations to give them greater autonomy and flexibility in working life. from : paulmiller 2nd November 2004
- Pro-Ams launch event - 30th November We'll be launching our Pro-Am Revolution report on 30th November here at Demos, 5.30-7.30pm. More details here - we'd love to have you along. from : paulmiller 1st November 2004
- Science of Small Things Event - 23 November We're doing a joint event on Tue 23 Nov at 19:00 with the ICA on nanotech which you're very welcome to come along to..."Nanotechnology is the next big thing, say the venture capitalists and Governments who are pouring billions of pounds into its research and development. Will the manipulation of matter at the molecular scale revolutionise everything from medicine to computers, military, technology and agriculture? Or has nano been cruelly over-hyped? The ICA brings together an... from : paulmiller 29th October 2004
- Geeks and Wonks unite Tom Steinberg (of MySociety fame) emails to say there are two political sessions at this Sunday's 'geek conference par excellence' NotCon in London. The two sessions are:"The Politics OF the Net"A discussion of the values embedded in the net itself, as well as of theshifting politics of groups and idea shapers who inhabit it.12.30-1.30PM"Politics ON the Net"Various presentations covering issues from how the June 10th elections arebeing fought online, to the launch of a major new online... from : paulmiller 4th June 2004
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