Comments for FutureEverything Blog http://www.futureeverything.org/blog Thu, 13 May 2010 11:16:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on Data Visualization at FutureEverything by Fundament at Future Everything / anfischer.com http://www.futureeverything.org/blog/2010/04/data-visualization-at-futureeverything/comment-page-1/#comment-327 Fundament at Future Everything / anfischer.com Thu, 13 May 2010 11:16:22 +0000 http://www.futureeverything.org/blog/?p=282#comment-327 [...] will be presented at the Future Everything festival in Manchester, England. The data visualization exhibition is curated by Aaron Koblin. © anfischer.com  —   Andreas Nicolas Fischer; [...] [...] will be presented at the Future Everything festival in Manchester, England. The data visualization exhibition is curated by Aaron Koblin. © anfischer.com  —   Andreas Nicolas Fischer; [...]

]]> Comment on Vancouver: another serendipituous city by Dave Mee http://www.futureeverything.org/blog/2010/05/vancouver-another-serendipituous-city/comment-page-1/#comment-292 Dave Mee Tue, 11 May 2010 12:55:20 +0000 http://www.futureeverything.org/blog/?p=414#comment-292 HI Paul I think there's some interesting cross-over here with the aspects of access you're talking about - particularly in terms of who benefits from datasets and how they are framed to define their use, as well as the meanings they will create. HI Paul

I think there’s some interesting cross-over here with the aspects of access you’re talking about – particularly in terms of who benefits from datasets and how they are framed to define their use, as well as the meanings they will create.

]]> Comment on Serendipity City Challenge: Istanbul by FutureEverything Blog | Vancouver: another serendipituous city http://www.futureeverything.org/blog/2010/05/serendipity-city-challenge-istanbul/comment-page-1/#comment-284 FutureEverything Blog | Vancouver: another serendipituous city Tue, 11 May 2010 04:28:03 +0000 http://www.futureeverything.org/blog/2010/05/serendipity-city-challenge-istanbul/#comment-284 [...] workshop will happen tomorrow in preparation for GloNet on Thursday. My colleagues in Sendai and Istanbul have already checked in, and so I thought I’d just give a very quick update from [...] [...] workshop will happen tomorrow in preparation for GloNet on Thursday. My colleagues in Sendai and Istanbul have already checked in, and so I thought I’d just give a very quick update from [...]

]]> Comment on Sendai: A Serendipity City? by FutureEverything Blog | Vancouver: another serendipituous city http://www.futureeverything.org/blog/2010/05/serendipity-sendai-and-the-creative-city-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-283 FutureEverything Blog | Vancouver: another serendipituous city Tue, 11 May 2010 04:23:58 +0000 http://www.futureeverything.org/blog/?p=404#comment-283 [...] W2 where our workshop will happen tomorrow in preparation for GloNet on Thursday. My colleagues in Sendai and Istanbul have already checked in, and so I thought I’d just give a very quick update from [...] [...] W2 where our workshop will happen tomorrow in preparation for GloNet on Thursday. My colleagues in Sendai and Istanbul have already checked in, and so I thought I’d just give a very quick update from [...]

]]> Comment on The debut FutureEverything Award by Future Everything and a whole lot more this week « The Mancunian Way http://www.futureeverything.org/blog/2010/04/the-debut-futureeverything-award/comment-page-1/#comment-273 Future Everything and a whole lot more this week « The Mancunian Way Mon, 10 May 2010 10:28:25 +0000 http://www.futureeverything.org/blog/?p=267#comment-273 [...] Future Everything Gala FutureEverything Award Gala: Friday 14 May, 6-8pm at Manchester Town Hall Sees the awarding of the debut award of £10,000 cash prize, and the FutureEverything trophy recognising outstanding innovation in art, society and technology. [...] [...] Future Everything Gala FutureEverything Award Gala: Friday 14 May, 6-8pm at Manchester Town Hall Sees the awarding of the debut award of £10,000 cash prize, and the FutureEverything trophy recognising outstanding innovation in art, society and technology. [...]

]]> Comment on FutureEverything and The Open Data City by Future Everything and a whole lot more this week « The Mancunian Way http://www.futureeverything.org/blog/2010/04/futureeverything-and-the-open-data-city/comment-page-1/#comment-270 Future Everything and a whole lot more this week « The Mancunian Way Mon, 10 May 2010 08:21:01 +0000 http://www.futureeverything.org/blog/?p=275#comment-270 [...] and Social Media Cafe The conference element of Future Everything get underway in earnest. The major theme of the day will be around data. I’m delighted to be chairing a panel discussion between 12pm and 13:30pm at the Contact [...] [...] and Social Media Cafe The conference element of Future Everything get underway in earnest. The major theme of the day will be around data. I’m delighted to be chairing a panel discussion between 12pm and 13:30pm at the Contact [...]

]]> Comment on Proposition for the City Debate – Manchester: The Experimental City? by Clare O'Neill http://www.futureeverything.org/blog/2010/05/proposition-for-the-city-debate-manchester-the-experimental-city/comment-page-1/#comment-269 Clare O'Neill Mon, 10 May 2010 08:12:26 +0000 http://www.futureeverything.org/blog/?p=365#comment-269 Great start to the discussion - you're speaking our language! There has been such a move forward in recent years to acknowledge the value of experimentation, managed risk, and the fact that while some experiments might not work, it's also true that some great benefits to the city will never be realised unless we try an idea out first. If we always wait to do things that have already been tried and proven elsewhere, then we'll lose out on some great opportunities - sometimes you just have to take the plunge and try stuff out. The spirit of this approach is evident in the number of "lab" spaces that have sprung up in recent years - the Living Lab, MAD Lab, Noise Lab, Fab Lab,and so on. They're all focused on giving experiments and new ideas some space to flourish. Our own approach to city development has always been to move forward with experimentation. In 2007 we launched the Manchester Innovation Investment Fund, designed to support pilot projects and experiments that could boost the city region's capacity for innovation. We work with business and civic leaders to generate creative ideas and select the most viable, which have then been supported by the Fund. It's produced some great experiments - Manchester Masters, Innovate with Confidence, Fab Lab and others. I think Manchester's got a great foundation to become a truly great experimental city - but we will need to keep pushing. This isn't about being careless with city resources - it's about getting some beneficial, intelligent balances between knowledge and educated instinct; divergent and convergent thinking; loss and gain; risk and benefit. Citizens, businesses and public agencies can all gain here by getting some of their own experiments going. That's one of the hallmarks of a truly innovative place. Great start to the discussion – you’re speaking our language! There has been such a move forward in recent years to acknowledge the value of experimentation, managed risk, and the fact that while some experiments might not work, it’s also true that some great benefits to the city will never be realised unless we try an idea out first. If we always wait to do things that have already been tried and proven elsewhere, then we’ll lose out on some great opportunities – sometimes you just have to take the plunge and try stuff out. The spirit of this approach is evident in the number of “lab” spaces that have sprung up in recent years – the Living Lab, MAD Lab, Noise Lab, Fab Lab,and so on. They’re all focused on giving experiments and new ideas some space to flourish.
Our own approach to city development has always been to move forward with experimentation. In 2007 we launched the Manchester Innovation Investment Fund, designed to support pilot projects and experiments that could boost the city region’s capacity for innovation. We work with business and civic leaders to generate creative ideas and select the most viable, which have then been supported by the Fund. It’s produced some great experiments – Manchester Masters, Innovate with Confidence, Fab Lab and others.
I think Manchester’s got a great foundation to become a truly great experimental city – but we will need to keep pushing. This isn’t about being careless with city resources – it’s about getting some beneficial, intelligent balances between knowledge and educated instinct; divergent and convergent thinking; loss and gain; risk and benefit.
Citizens, businesses and public agencies can all gain here by getting some of their own experiments going. That’s one of the hallmarks of a truly innovative place.

]]> Comment on Fostering the Creative Cities Concept: Sendai, Japan. by FutureEverything Blog | Serendipity, Sendai, and the Creative City Challenge. http://www.futureeverything.org/blog/2010/05/fostering-the-creative-cities-concept-sendai-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-250 FutureEverything Blog | Serendipity, Sendai, and the Creative City Challenge. Sat, 08 May 2010 18:19:38 +0000 http://www.futureeverything.org/blog/?p=325#comment-250 [...] I embark on my journey to the Japanese city of Sendai, where I will be helping to facilitate GloNet as an “Innovation Champion”. The idea [...] [...] I embark on my journey to the Japanese city of Sendai, where I will be helping to facilitate GloNet as an “Innovation Champion”. The idea [...]

]]> Comment on Ongoing impact of Environment 2.0 project @ Picnic and LICA by FutureEverything Blog | Environment 2.0 – The thinking behind the projects http://www.futureeverything.org/blog/2009/10/ongoing-impact-of-environment-2-0-project-picnic-and-lica/comment-page-1/#comment-198 FutureEverything Blog | Environment 2.0 – The thinking behind the projects Mon, 03 May 2010 16:19:33 +0000 http://www.futureeverything.org/blogdev/?p=21#comment-198 [...] Further events and activity is planned in 2009 and beyond with partners such as Fing and Waag, and at events such as PICNIC. Read about the ongoing impact of the Environment 2.0 project here. [...] [...] Further events and activity is planned in 2009 and beyond with partners such as Fing and Waag, and at events such as PICNIC. Read about the ongoing impact of the Environment 2.0 project here. [...]

]]> Comment on Serendipity City Challenge by Philadipity « mCenter http://www.futureeverything.org/blog/2010/04/serendipitycitychallenge/comment-page-1/#comment-157 Philadipity « mCenter Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:58:18 +0000 http://www.futureeverything.org/blog/?p=161#comment-157 [...] “The joy of cities, their creativity, energy and diversity, comes from the clash of many cultures and systems in close proximity, or layered on top of one another. To live in the city is to live in the midst of every conceivable kind of person, thing, vocation and pass-time. Our senses are bombarded all of the time, and we are time and again surprised by unknown things and chance encounters. This is the essence of the city: there is no creativity without serendipity.” FutureEverything – Serendipity City Challenge [...] [...] “The joy of cities, their creativity, energy and diversity, comes from the clash of many cultures and systems in close proximity, or layered on top of one another. To live in the city is to live in the midst of every conceivable kind of person, thing, vocation and pass-time. Our senses are bombarded all of the time, and we are time and again surprised by unknown things and chance encounters. This is the essence of the city: there is no creativity without serendipity.” FutureEverything – Serendipity City Challenge [...]

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