Chris, Mendel and myself have been involved in a bit of bioplastics experimentation over the past few days, which appears to be generating some interest. http://www.shapeways.com/blog/archives/371-laser-cutting-bioplastics.html#c2047 We’re doing the research/experimentation for a couple of reasons 1. It’s fun 2. Imagine how cool it would be if you could make plastic products from scratch in your […]
Author Archives: Jay Cousins
Social Technology Rant
A client recently asked me to help them understand “Multichannel Communications” – you can also insert “360 degree campaigns” or various other buzzwords of choice here. Below is my response. Much of it has been delivered before, but the message doesn’t seem to be filtering through to industry as a whole (perhaps due to social […]
Industries that should definitely not be part of the capitalist system
Capitalism as a whole encourages psychopathic organisational behavior as illustrated very well in “The Business”. This is not conspiracy only logic. The economic system dictates behavior, our behavior (due to our understanding of this system) is often driven by money. Where there is no longer a market, a market needs to be created. There is […]
Getting Real
That’s a lovely idea, but it’s just not how things are is it? People aren’t like that, life isn’t like that. Oh dear. Hold me back. There are many myths that we need to dispel. Our “reality” is based around myths of how people are and how they behave. Some of these myths are based […]
The Enablers: Process and Philosophy
The Enablers was one of the many projects explored by Palomar 5. The end goal being communities that would solve their own problems, and reward behaviors that benefitted the community. It was primarily developed in collaboration with @magovsky, after a fantastic brainstorming session with @unfucktheworld, and @spreeraum. I’d like you to explore it on a local scale […]
Talk to Me Bubbles update
What started as a laptop experiment, is proving to be a great technology for events. Please use the hashtag #lbubbles to add your own stories to the talk to me bubbles experiences. Talk to me bubbles have now been successfully tested at several conferences and business events including: Deutsche Telecoms Innovation Day – Will men […]
Mind your language: I am not a “Human Resource”
I’ve heard the phrase Human Resources a lot lately and I have to say it sticks in my throat. Why? Because it embodies the attitudes of corporations and all that is wrong with the system in the first place. To see the human as a resource, is too see us as something to be owned, […]
Changing Reality
Ok, so I’ve said what I do here, but what do I want to do? What am I about, what motivates me, what drives me? Changing Reality motivates me What the fuck do I mean by this? Reality is a construct. It is a story that we tell ourselves for why we are here and […]
ahumanright.org
It starts with a bold premise. All change does. Bold, unreasonable, uncompromising. Information is a human right I can vouch for that, i’ve been without a laptop for 4 weeks, and I feel intellectually and conversationally crippled. Like someone took away a large part of my mind, my ears and my mouth. But i’ve been […]
What do I do?
A common enough question, but one I struggle to answer. When asked recently for a job title or description I flipantly wrote “google me”. Strangely I now have no title. I believe that I’m not alone in this loose definition of self, in terms of work. I aspire to fluidity and therefore would rather not […]
Hyphall 