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Locative Media
Posted by Danny Bluestone on August 16, 2010 // No Comments
Native Mobile apps and web apps with locative features are being hailed as the next big thing in Interactive Media. Multi-touch user interactions using GPS, Gyroscopes and Web services are at the forefront of interactive media technology.
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BIMA Announces Winners of Schools Digital Challenge
Posted by Mirage Islam on July 9, 2010 // No Comments
London, 9th July 2010: The British Interactive Media Association (BIMA) announced the winners of the Schools Digital Challenge 2010 at an awards ceremony at Channel 4 studios on Thursday 8th July. The three winning schools, Baxter College, Kidderminster, Djanogly City Academy, Nottingham and Homewood School & Sixth Form Centre, Tenterden, Kent, were selected from
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Ofcom Consultation on the Digital Economy Act: We Want Your Input
Posted by jeff.lynn@seedrs.com on June 29, 2010 // No Comments
Hello again from The Coalition for a Digital Economy (Coadec). As we mentioned in our post a few weeks ago, we’re working together with BIMA on policy issues that affect the world of digital innovation. The most pressing one at the moment is the Digital Economy Act, which was rushed through Parliament in April and,
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Design by community
Posted by Danny Bluestone on June 23, 2010 // 1 Comment I recently came across the design by community webpage by Nokia, which is a ‘crowd sourcing’ attempt to engage real users in the product design of a new handset. Every week, Nokia asked real users to comment on important aspects of their new generation phone such as the operating system, user interfaces, materials, camera, the
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Experience Design and playing on the senses
Posted by Danny Bluestone on June 18, 2010 // No Comments I saw James Jesse Garret at UX London last month (end May 2010). His talk had a big impact on my thought patterns. In this short article I am summarising my notes from the event.
James was an advocate of Nielsen-Norman-Togg’s philosophy and wrote ‘The Elements of User Experience’ which has a major impact on
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Help develop digital skills training programmes
Posted by Fiona Kilkelly on June 17, 2010 // No Comments
Skillset, the Sector Skills Council for Creative Media, is currently undertaking the largest formal review of skills needs and working life in the UK’s Interactive Media Industries.
Our recent industry research Strategic Skills Assessment for the Creative Industries 2010 has resulted in Skillset targeting funds toward digital skills needs. Results from this review will directly
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Who should be in The Hospital Club 100?
Posted by admin on June 15, 2010 // No Comments
The Hospital Club, in association with The Independent newspaper has launched The Hospital Club 100 – a national search for the most influential people in the British creative and media industries, with emphasis on current contribution and importance, highlighting not only those who will be influencing Creative Britain’s immediate future, but also in the longer
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Why the Digital Economy Act is Bad for the Digital Economy
Posted by jeff.lynn@seedrs.com on June 3, 2010 // 1 Comment As Justin Cooke announced last week, BIMA has partnered with The Coalition for a Digital Economy (Coadec) to work together on policy issues that affect the world of digital innovation. I’m the Chairman of Coadec, and from time to time I’ll post on this blog to let BIMA members know what we’re up to and
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UX London 2010
Posted by Danny Bluestone on May 28, 2010 // No Comments Last week I attended UX London, a 3 day conference featuring some of the biggest names in the User Experience industry. The event covered all the latest studies and information about User Experience and was an unmissable chance to apply value from a wide span of knowledge into real client work. For those who didn’t
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BIMA joins Coalition for a Digital Economy!
Posted by Justin Cooke on May 27, 2010 // 1 Comment
BIMA is delighted to announce a new partnership with the Coalition for a Digital Economy (Coadec), the voluntary organisation working to support legislation and government policies that foster a lasting, sustainable and innovative digital economy for Britain.
Coadec is made up of a wide range of members of the UK innovation community, including entrepreneurs, leaders of
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