Day dawned brightly again on day four of the innovation week. Grabbing a cup of tea and some breakfast, we settled down for the first talk of the day. This was from Neil McGuire, a Glasgow designer and lecturer of
Data Lab Innovation Week – Day Two
The second day of innovation week started with two learning sessions. Anne and Keira from Snook shared some of their service design methodologies, such as solving problems that matter and using discovery and design research as part of the double
Data Lab Innovation Lab – Day One
On a bright Monday morning, 116 MSc Data Science students from campuses all across Scotland assembled for a week of innovating with data. The location was The Whisky Bond, the ground floor of which had been given over to the
Aberdeen Culture Hack – Ach, it was good fun!
Having had a whale of a time at the Aberdeen Culture Hack (aka #ach13) last weekend it was my intention to write a full blog post, but Kevin Mitchell beat me to it. So, I’ll pick out a few highlights
Aberdeen Cultural Hackathon 4th – 5th May
Aberdeen’s newest Hackathon is all set to go ahead! Mark your diaries for 4th and 5th May. Details of how to get involved in this coding weekend with a difference are below. After several weeks of trying to agree dates
Two great new Google projects
Two new Google projects crossed my radar today – and very interesting they both are, too. The first is Google For Non-profits. It offers the chance to reach and engage supporters, raise awareness of campaigns, improve operations, and a mass
How to stifle creativity
The post “How to Stifle Creativity In Local Government” over at http://welovelocalgovernment.wordpress.com is right on the money. I’d suggest some additions: when presented with a suggestion, tell them to find out how the private sector would do it, and prescribe