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Hello taverners Sometimes it’s hard – or impossible – to put the genie back in the bottle. So it appears for The Fantastic Tavern. I have plenty of requests to bring it back and now our kind supporters at Greenwich Council and Ravensbourne have created...
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Hello, Well, this is a tricky blog post to write, but let's cut straight to it. After May 31st 2011, I will no longer be at EMC Consulting. I've decided that after 18 years of working, and 12 years at EMC Consulting (Conchango and OS Integration) that...
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For the next TFT I thought we might switch tack so here goes… This time we are going to apply our expertise, experiences, ideas and creativity and actually do something rather than talk about it. Greenwich Council is coming to work with us to explore...
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This blog is for all those people lucky enough to get a place at the next " What Matters Now" Fantastic Tavern on Thursday 10th February 2011 at The Mudlark. To those are on the reserve list or could not make it, fear not we are already planning the next...
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Next month's Fantastic Tavern, "What Matters Now" is taking shape nicely. Over 120 digitally-fascinated Taverners will convene at the Mudlark in Southwark to participate in what I can only describe as 'speed debating'. I've approached a host of new speakers...
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'Digital' - channels, interactions, platforms and lifestyles - has become so pervasive that it's practically ubiquitous or soon will be. With planes and, shortly, the tube offering connectivity, always on is now a reality. Think about it. Where do you...
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How productive is the time you spend online? Or in your email inbox? Could it be that twittering, responding to emails, writing them, updating your status, logging in to locations – all the micro interactions you do every day, every hour – are actually...
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I’m truly lucky to have now lived with a Windows Phone for nearly two weeks, so it’s time to write about it! This isn’t a phone review or even a UI review – it’s about what it’s actually like to live with, in the spirit of seeing if it lives up to Total...
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I remember when I was young, I worked out that we are propelled through life facing backwards and that we seemingly accelerate towards our terminus. This has to be true as we cannot see what is ahead, we can remember things that have just happened vividly...
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On Wednesday 3rd November we are taking The Fantastic Tavern to New York for an evening meeting of minds to share insights, expertise, experience and beer. The theme of the evening is “ From Twit to Twitter ” Time: 6:30pm onwards Venue: Houndstooth Pub...
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I’ve just been to the Windows Phone (WP7) launch press event here in the UK – and found out some new stuff, seen and handled some great devices, heard from the UK’s most prestigious digerati (is the singular ‘digeratum’ ? My latin was terrible), but you’re...
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I had the rare privilege of meeting Oded Ran ( http://www.twitter.com/odedran/ ) the other day. He is the head of consumer marketing for Windows Phone 7 in Europe at Microsoft. He was meeting with a number of people to fill them in on the latest...
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You know when a Fantastic Tavern event has been a success when it’s about 6pm the following day when you’re sober enough to actually start typing... I mused in the spring, "What would happen if we did 10 Fantastic Taverns in one day?" Now we know! For...
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EMC Consulting have been working with BMW on some amazing stuff to support the launch of Internet Explorer 9 using nothing but HTML and wizardry, and it's just gone live......
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So yesterday, I wrote a blog about an advert I had seen. That blog is here . The advert had angered me because I thought it represented poor process and execution around centralised marketing. In fact, it appears I was wrong. On further research the headline...
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It's an ok car. In fact, it's probably quite an attractive car, despite the rather unconventional angle of this pack shot. It's even got red brakes like a real sports car. She has red lipstick too. See what they did there? Hey, I'm not going to criticise...
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Last night, a gathering of New York flavoured Taverniers met at BUtterfield8 (thanks for the nachos) to discuss the nature of ideas and what manifesto might exist between creatives, agencies and clients to ensure that the right ideas make it. I must admit...
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So it’s off to the Big Apple to host the next Fantastic Tavern at BUtterfield8 on Wednesday 11 th August from 7pm. This time the User Experience team from EMC Consulting will answer the question “How do we make great ideas stick?” as we investigate what...
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Second in a series of however many we end up with! Coming towards the end of the series is a look at how we are having to move beyond mere 'usability' in to Total Experience Design, and also discussion of how UCD as an underlying discipline is driving...
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I thought it worth putting down some learnings we’ve made in the last few years about the attributes of successful innovation programmes at some of the companies we work with – and equally the attributes of some of those that are less successful;...
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The Fantastic Tavern's first Lock Inn is a little like a normal TFT but will have some key differences; it's an extended programme, running over the course of the day and we'll spend much of it sober. Don't get too downhearted, it's still going...
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I like writing blogs about The Fantastic Tavern , especially when we have had a successful evening and there’s plenty of content to share. Last night certainly is a case in point. Check out #TFTLondon . The plot was a simple one. Get five people...
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Thursday fast approaches and planning for The Fantastic Tavern is nearly done. The format and theme has meant lots of behind the scenes activities and fingers crossed it will make an entertaining night. We've made effort to find a better location, it's...
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Hello Taverniers, This is your moment of fame…. For our next Fantastic Tavern I need three contributors. The brief is to create a cloud service concept, predicated on what cloud computing enables us to do. Each presentation will be about 5-8 minutes....
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There are some fads that we can afford to ignore. And there are some trends that we cannot – even if they seem so distance away from our area of interest. Cloud Computing is one of these. I think that cloud computing is a pervasive information technology...
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