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Voicebox vinspired
Voicebox is a data visualisation project for the national youth volunteering charity, vinspired.
Instead of focus group-ing youngsters and giving them tired labels, we thought it better to ask them a bunch of questions, like whether they carry knives and wear a hoodie, in an open web space, visualise the results in smart interesting ways, and then set the data free with our API to allow everyone else to do the same. The more data we collect, the more we hope to influence those who try to stereotype and misrepresent. The project began in July 09 and runs 'til the Autumn - and the plan includes an internet-enabled robot writing out what young people care about in real-time, in Parliament. Really.
The project is a prototype and touches on a number of issues we are interested in - transparency, new models of engagement and public consultation, open data, open government and yes, robots connected to the internet.
Sidekick Studios is an entrepreneurial company using the web to create socially useful products and services.
Tried and tested isn't what we do. Playing in virgin snow is a lot of what we do. We do stuff for a social purpose. We do stuff for a commercial purpose. Sometimes we do stuff for no purpose; for the trip, or just for kicks.
Most of our work is in the fuzzy world of social innovation, digital tech, design and the internet of things. Everything else lives in a box marked 'unclassifiable'.
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Voicebox vinspired
Visualising what young people think, with robots, and then setting the data free
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Wired Communities
Using the internet in the real world to transform communities bottom-up
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Barclays Spaces For Sports
Using social networks and data reporting to build sustainable community sport sites
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Irrepressible.info
Creating the tools to enable people to stick one in the eye of repression
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London 2012: SomewhereTo
Removing the barriers to participation in order to create a lasting legacy
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Unsubscribe
Using the web to bring people together and give them something good to do
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Secret Policeman's Ball 2006
BAFTA nominated TV show and digital goodies, all for a good cause
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Johnson's and Johnson's podcasts
Getting out of the way and letting mums speak
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allscf
RT @SpaceSyntaxGirl (Elizabeth): @sidekickstudios I am looking forward to hearing more about your adventures at #smartcities!
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SpaceSyntaxGirl
@sidekickstudios I am looking forward to hearing more about your adventures at #smartcities!
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RT @huffingtonpost White House on Social Innovation http://is.gd/1k2q1 - government as investor in people on the ground. makes sense, no?
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sidekickstudios
we have the answer to life, the world, everything. GPS Pigeons. http://bit.ly/EkIGh
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sidekickstudios
the house that tweets. fun and silly now, but useful in years to come... http://bit.ly/zeHz
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rolandharwood
you choose @sidekickstudios - apparently optimists are more successful but pessimists are more accurate.
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sidekickstudios
European honeypot for tech innovation and research, if only you can make sense of the website http://bit.ly/yFEnQ
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sidekickstudios
For folk interested in what future communities look like - http://bit.ly/18x8Mz
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E11ie5
RT @sidekickstudios: @E11ie5 and £40 for the privilege of checking in at the airport on ryanair. How accomodating of them! DON'T START ME!!
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sidekickstudios
#4ip #castells a battle between the optimists and pessimists has begun at talk. Where shall I stand?
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sidekickstudios
#4ip #castells Guy with long words just spoke about how we're still all doomed
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sidekickstudios
#4ip #castells if you try to control it, you destroy it. Nice soundbite number 15.
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@DarenBBC think he's pretty clear. Others just use big words because they're less clear #4ip
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#4ip Castells talk. It was the collapse of the old system that has created the opportunity for a new networked one to take its place.
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#4ip castells talk. governments will never get the web. But they'll get the benefits and efficiencies that the web bring.
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At Castells talk. He's like a larger version of Ronnie Corbet with jokes about the Internet #4ip
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sidekickstudios
Off to see Manuel Castell talk at 4IP breakfast, save us a croissant
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sidekickstudios
@creativeKTN i came for the after-party. met Jeremy and Sian. Think the KTN might be useful after all. Despite the acronym.
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creativeKTN
@sidekickstudios Design Museum but it's packed :-(
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@CharlotteEmilyM I'll show you when I get in the office ;-)
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RT @r1tz: 10 Things Most Business Schools Won’t Teach You About Startups http://bit.ly/17DoaL
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IBM's ideas on smarter, connected Healthcare - http://bit.ly/iJ8bl
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sidekickstudios
@creativeKTN where is the launch? we're on the waiting list and want to come. i'm sure you can squeeze in one more.
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allscf
RT @sidekickstudios (adil & charlotte ): @SpaceSyntaxGirl we just got ticket for #smartcities looking forward to bumping into random peop..
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allscf
RT @sidekickstudios (adil & charlotte ): @btween just found, got excited by and booked for #smartcities. we're a creative company hoping ..
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sidekickstudios
RT @SpaceSyntaxGirl: People don’t live in cities the same way. Survey 14 cities, 5 continents http://bit.ly/4bGuUU - research based factoids
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sidekickstudios
@SpaceSyntaxGirl we just got ticket for #smartcities looking forward to bumping into random people who use terms like spatial analysis
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sidekickstudios
@btween just found, got excited by and booked for #smartcities. we're a creative company hoping not to be out of place there. say hello!
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allscf
RT @sidekickstudios (adil & charlotte ): I'm attending SMART CITY FUTURES- Day 3:The New Conversation -- http://bit.ly/C9Rmq
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sidekickstudios
I'm attending SMART CITY FUTURES- Day 3:The New Conversation -- http://bit.ly/C9Rmq
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sidekickstudios
According to v's Voicebox 14% of 16-25s know someone that has carried a knife, 11 million have a new report: http://tinyurl.com/lxtlga
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sidekickstudios
interesting new blog from the volunteering organization, vinspired: http://labs.vinspired.com/
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sidekickstudios
@E11ie5 and £40 for the privilege of checking in at the airport on ryanair. How accomodating of them!
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sidekickstudios
@buildbritfuture - why can't we talk? I'm not going to be mean, I promise. We're all grown-ups here.
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jasecoop
@sidekickstudios @buildbritfuture Don't worry, all will be fine, they have an embedded twitter feed........................
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jasecoop
RT @sidekickstudios Can anyone make sense of Gordon's Building Britain's Future announcement? @buildbritfuture http://bit.ly/uXrMv
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sidekickstudios
RT @buildbritfuture: "PM sums up BBF doc ...he closes debate" what an apt choice of words. PM closes debate.
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sidekickstudios
Can anyone make sense of Gordon's Building Britain's Future announcement? @buildbritfuture http://bit.ly/uXrMv
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Annemcx
@sidekickstudios thanks for the retweet!
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sidekickstudios
Interested in entering IET awards recognising innovation in energy, technology, product design, buildings, transport? http://bit.ly/wZGSb
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sidekickstudios
@codepo8 met at #rebootbritain at the after-party. i'm the wired communities guy. Thought i'd say hello. Hello!
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sidekickstudios
RT @rolandharwood: ...my twighlights from #rebootbritain http://bit.ly/JKO5i - the day in bitesize soundbites, links to content round-up
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sidekickstudios
Thinking we might give this crowdsourcing malarky a go for a company poster http://bit.ly/n27CZ
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RT @ColtSeaversPS Just discovered you can watch Antony Gormley's Fourth Plinth project live.Could get quite addicitve! www.oneandother.co.uk
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sidekickstudios
RT @dominiccampbell: RT @Annemcx My take on #rebootbritain is cognitive behavioural therapy is needed, blog is here http://bit.ly/MyNK3
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poetryc
RT @sidekickstudios http://bit.ly/eNvhy
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sidekickstudios
Everyone is God speaking. Why not be polite and listen? - Hafiz, Persian Sufi Poet (1320-89) (via @johnperrybarlow)
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sidekickstudios
@davedawes have you got a link for the 'brothels for social good' TM?
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sidekickstudios
@jasecoop just realized it's you! We were checking out your Small Fish stuff earlier. Nice.
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sidekickstudios
@jasecoop hey, we didn't present properly yesterday just work shopped in Social by Social. Check out the site though sidekickstudios.net
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sidekickstudios
loved #rebootbritain yesterday, would like to keep the conversations going on how we can 'Reboot'
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jasecoop
@sidekickstudios Wish I had seen your talk at #rebootbritian y'day. sidekick looks v.cool.know if a vid of it will be online?
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sidekickstudios
Rheingold talking about capturing attention #rebootbritain - psychedelic jackets for all!
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bridgetmck
@sidekickstudios Those kind of suits I like
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sidekickstudios
RT @raettig: #rebootbritain If his mic doesn't work you'll at least be able to hear Rheingold's suit at the back.
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sidekickstudios
Usual conference fair #rebootbritain. Some good sessions, some average, some below average, but lots of interesting folk.
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robertbrook
RT @sidekickstudios: "Hire good people not rely on process" @leebryant #rebootbritain
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Hire good people not rely on process @leebryant #rebootbritain
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sidekickstudios
#rebootbritain Hub Culture session, thank god someone said, 'I don't get it'
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@farhan Snap!
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#rebootbritain Stan Stalnaker $2,000,000,0000 in daily virtual currency trades in China, 'money can be created by anyone'
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sidekickstudios
#rebootbritain excited to hear about Paul Miller's thoughts about London becoming a hub public service start ups. Bring it on.
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@traderseries still here. It was a bit rushed. Plus had to get over my usual antipathy for this kind of thing
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sidekickstudios
@farhan don't use computers.that's not a joke. We create Internet products for the old #rebootbritain
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traderseries
@sidekickstudios You upstairs? Didn't work for me, so made exit for coffee!
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sidekickstudios
Just presented at social by social session #rebootbritain got applause but only because I asked for it
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@Dan_Martin - technology of collaboration, catchy! #rebootbritain
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@traderseries this game is more difficult then it should be
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@traderseries are you understanding it?
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@bridgetmck to be fair, I don't have many nice stories about local authorities. Wish it were different.
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@julianlstar patience my friend!
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sidekickstudios
#hyperlocal #rebootbritain "councils are an anonymous mess and bollocks to anonymous messes" very funny from the floor
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sidekickstudios
#rebootbritain #hyperlocal "we're in an awkward phase, but we've got to embrace it, it's not going away" yes yes
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sidekickstudios
# rebootbritain user-centred design involves creating character boards, urm okeeey
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bridgetmck
@sidekickstudios liked your Qs. No suits not bad but I've had some run-ins with local authorities
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julianlstar
@sidekickstudios #rebootbritain I's good the toolkit is being developed. But there are wards who don't have access to these skills
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sidekickstudios
RT @philcampbell: #rebootbritain is all very well. but can someone reboot the wifi? ;)
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sidekickstudios
@julianlstar is that bad? He's like an advance party, in time it'll be easier for others #rebootbritain
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Liked William Perrin's work in Kings Cross letting communities publish #rebootbritain
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#rebootbritain 'designing for other people is hard, so producers tend to end up making stuff for themselves' nice bit of simple wisdom
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#rebootbritain 'designing fo
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Matt Taylor, apparently the Internet is only a place to wallow. Oh dear #rebootbritain
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@bridgetmck are suits bad?
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sidekickstudios
Too many people saying "web is only good at...web is no good at..." it's not a static object! Beware generalisations #rebootbritain
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PaulHollins
@sidekickstudios My perception of MLF prsnttn if we r serious abt addressing digital divide the language should relate mre to audience.
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sidekickstudios
RT @PaulHollins: Lots of worthy maternal statements from Martha Lane - that's a bit mean #RebootBritain
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E11ie5
RT @sidekickstudios: @marthalanefox #rebootbritain let's reboot the whole of Britain not just those with computers
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sidekickstudios
@marthalanefox #rebootbritain let's reboot the whole of Britain not just those with computers
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sidekickstudios
RT @paul_clarke: #rebootbritain - martha keeps us real. 80% of govt services are for 25% of population at the bottom - let's spread the web
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sidekickstudios
RT @adrianstevenson the digital divide: If u can use the web you earn 10% more, have 25% more confidence and save £276 a year #rebootbritain
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sidekickstudios
Why don't people who make policy listen to opinion unless it's in the 'right' language? Worryingly ignorant
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sidekickstudios
@leashless is being 'damp' good? #rebootbritain
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@philcampbell #rebootbritain Playgen meeting huge disappointment
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@michaelambjorn I am a gamer and these games need work. They look like they're designed by the government #rebootbritain
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sidekickstudios
@bridgetmck what's wrong with marketing? #rebootbritain
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sidekickstudios
RT @julianlstar: #rebootbritain Debategraph - Collaborative thinking, visualising the debate.
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sidekickstudios
#rebootbritain game about alcohol or game running through cities with guns. I know which the kids will play.
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sidekickstudios
#rebootbritain Interested in the future of policy making, how do you make a majority engage with influencing the countries democracy online?
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@tonyparkin reminds me how rubbish top trumps is. Thank god for playstations.
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sidekickstudios
Learning by doing, key theme for #rebootbritain
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sidekickstudios
#rebootbritain looking forward to Playgen gaming education tech talk
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sidekickstudios
As a Labour dude, agree with Tory that left should reduce it's emphasis on the State. Internet is breaking old stereotypes #rebootbritain
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sidekickstudios
Nothing startling in jeremy hunt's opening address but like it nevertheless #rebootbritain
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sidekickstudios
Back from Munich. Played in cricket in the park. It was ace. Captain of the 2nds, and still got it!
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sidekickstudios
Only 48hrs til #rebootbritain - I'm practicing my best idle chit chat
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sidekickstudios
Last minute tweaks to new sidekickstudios.net site. Might be done by Monday. Woo hoo.
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sidekickstudios
#RSA thought the interaction design and architecture stuff was a bit pompous. Liked the folding plug. Get that woman to Dragons den
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sidekickstudios
@stevemoore4good andy Curtis is a great shout. He's the power of nightmares guy, isn't he? Perfect way to end the day. Fear.
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sidekickstudios
#RCA ice car gets award for most pointlessly brilliant "invention"
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sidekickstudios
#RCA show 2009. Favourite so far, the Lego car. Add bits when you get married. Take bits out when you get divorced.
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sidekickstudios
At RCA show 2009. What loveliness awaits?
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sidekickstudios
RT @nestabritain We may not call ourselves entrepreneurs...#rebootbritain http://bit.ly/11QMYL - true true
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sidekickstudios
just got a ticket for #rebootbritain. so much to choose from. tips on unmissable sessions?
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sidekickstudios
just got another ticket for #reboot britain. too much to choose from. any tips on unmissable sessions?
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sidekickstudios
Meeting success! Let's get stuck in
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sidekickstudios
Off to get briefed on wired communities work. Wish us luck.
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lindyasimus
@sidekickstudios He helps you write tender docs - Leonard Cohen goes driving with me.
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sidekickstudios
Third night in a row up writing tender documents. Leonard Cohen keeping me company.
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jkerrstevens
@sidekickstudios I'm sure they'd love a shot at beta testing expenses. #g2g
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sidekickstudios
Nice sum up. We always over-estimate technology's short term impact, and vice versa in the long term. It'll be all good.
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dominiccampbell
RT @sidekickstudios: "Is this a room full of bureaucrats? Where are the creatives? #g2g" <- hurrah unhelpful stereotypes! Govt workers v ...
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sidekickstudios
Is this a room full of bureaucrats? Where are the creatives? #g2g
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sidekickstudios
Too distracted. Can't focus. Drifting off. Struggling to listen. Social media, huh? #g2g
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sidekickstudios
#g2g @jkerrstevens nice thought. Embracing failure, beta testing is part of the new world. So we should offer it to our leaders too.
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sidekickstudios
#g2g agree with dominic. Digital strategy should just be strategy.
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sidekickstudios
#g2g think we're in the world of possibilities rather than actual impact. The tech needs to get boring firs
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sidekickstudios
#g2g is it wrong to have favourite panelists?
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@lorddrayson building an internet enabled robot that captures what young people care about. would love DIUS support. can i email you? adil
