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The Visual Dictionary article
Someone sent me this newspaper clipping about The Visual Dictionary. We still get regular submissions and the database is just growing and growing. I’m going to try and pull together a team of people...
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An apple a day
I was asked to speak at last night’s “An apple a day” talk, held by the D&AD at the Hoxton Pony. The speakers were asked to consider ‘what piece of technology has truly changed the way you work’....
View ArticleDisposable Memory Project at the IPA
I was asked to talk last night about the Disposable Memory Project at an event held by the IPA in London. The videos of the talk should be online within the next week, but in the meantime, the slides...
View ArticleCoding for Kids – Why I think creative environments are the first step
Notes from my talk at last night’s Coding for Kids Barcamp at the Guardian I’m Matthew Knight, and I’m extremely fortunate. When I was a child, my father was a broadcast journalist, he worked on...
View ArticleCreating something new is exciting, but don’t get carried away.
This post originally appeared on the Community Knowledge Transfer website. Creating something new is exciting. Hopefully, you’ll be so excited by your idea that dopamine will be rushing through your...
View ArticleHuman first, technology second
As an ex-developer, I love that techniques from the world of coding are seeping into the rest of the world, particularly the advertising and creative industries. The concept of prototyping, creating...
View ArticleMaking time to think, an extended version.
Whilst the speed of the earth’s rotation hasn’t changed, it feels like we have less and less time in everything we do. The half-life of messages or attention spans of audiences seems to have fractured,...
View ArticleThe future of price tags
Imagine a world without price tags. This world already exists in the high-priced, high-end markets: crazy 24 bedroom houses with their own cinemas, moats and swimming pools list ‘Price on Application’;...
View ArticleMy views on Native Advertising
I spoke at the OMMA Native conference yesterday, to share my views on Native Advertising, what it means, how it offers value to consumers, and how the team at Carat ensure it is part of the marketing...
View Article#AmazonCart
Amazon have launched their latest exploration into frictionless shopping – #AmazonCart (or #AmazonBasket for UK audiences). Their latest concept allows consumers to add items to their Amazon basket...
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Amazon Fire
If you wonder what I think about the new Amazon Fire phone… check me out on Bloomberg’s Countdown programme.
View ArticleFacebook Buy – frictionless innovation
Facebook’s recent introduction of a ‘buy’ button, allowing users on desktop and mobile to buy advertised products with just one click, and without leaving the social network, is yet another...
View ArticleWhat does the future hold for Spotify
I spoke to the BBC for Radio 2, BBC World Radio and BBC World News TV on Tuesday about Spotify launching new forms of content on their platforms. Some of the video and audio is available below....
View ArticleConvergence is Redefining Retail.
Innovation is disrupting and redefining retail as never before. A convergent media landscape, created by fast-changing technologies, has increasingly blurred the boundaries between media, social...
View ArticleAmazon Echo
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m generally quite cynical about new technology launches. As someone with years of being in roles where it’s my job to get people excited about the future – I’ve always...
View ArticleIt’s Amazon Prime Day, again.
Apparently it’s that time of year again – Amazon Prime Day returns. After last year’s celebration of Amazon’s birthday with a day to rival Black Friday, this year’s Amazon Prime Day is hotly...
View Articleamazon echo vs google home: the lights are on – but no-one is at home
A caveat – I’m a huge Amazon fanboy – but my relationship is currently going through a rough patch. When Amazon Echo released in the UK, I was first in line to buy. I already have a handful of Dash...
View ArticleBye Buy: Shoppable Tweets are no more.
It’s been a while coming, but Shoppable Tweets are finally being phased out after Twitter’s commerce team have disbanded and the social platform refocuses its efforts elsewhere. Does this mark the...
View ArticleMake Brave Happen presents C The World
This month, we held our second annual Make Brave Happen pitch event. At the start of each year, we ask the agency for ideas of how we can be more connected, more curious and more confident – to enable...
View ArticleTo AR is human…
AR is the most tangible manifestation of how our digital and physical worlds are combining, but by no means the only example. Our mobile devices already mean we have a constant online connection to...
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