Web and IT Archive

  • BroadwayCinema-220

    Screens in the wild

    Have you seen those screens at the Broadway? Not the cinema, the ones outside. They’re at the New Art Exchange too. The interactive ones. If you’ve seen them but don’t know what they’re about it’s this. Screens in the Wild is a collaboration between researchers...

    Full Story

  • P1030438

    My Creative Space – Envi Media

    In the latest of our Creative Workspace series we visit the home of a brand new business and discover how they’re getting off the ground. Hello to Nicole from Envi Media! What do you do? We’re a media production service. We offer photography and videos...

    Full Story

  • representation of text "digital revolution" in green

    Double, nay Triple Digital Events This Week

    We have blogged about the Creative Quarter initiative in Nottingham, most recently their launch event at the end of September. Tomorrow night, Tuesday 9 October, at Nott Tuesday at Antenna, is a chance to hear Adam Bird talk about it and what it means, and...

    Full Story

  • new_adventures

    New Adventures in 2012

    It’s January again, which, for Nottingham, means one thing – New Adventures in Web Design. NAIWD (as I like to call it) is a two day conference starting tomorrow, Wednesday 18th Jan, focused on the art of web design. It’s a big deal – developers...

    Full Story

  • the Nottingham Hackspace Laser cuts 3mm plywood

    Guest Blog – The New Industrial Revolution is FAB

    Editor of Wired Magazine, Chris Anderson tell us that “Atom are the new bits” in what he describes as “the next industrial revolution” (1). The last few decades has been a digital revolution, the commodity is bits, tiny pieces of information. Now in the new...

    Full Story

  • The author (2nd from left at back) with Tim Hunkin (3rd from right) and members of Nottingham Hackspace at Tim Hunkin's workshop Suffolk October 2011

    Guest Blog – Three creative, inspirational makers you should know about

    Having heroes is healthy, heroes are to be emulated and not passively adored. We should choose to live our lives as we imagine our heroes would. I want to tell you a little about three heroes who have been a great inspiration to me in...

    Full Story

  • golden compass in a flower bed

    Links Round-Up: Events In and Around Nottingham

    Our Links Round-up today starts in the centre of Nottingham.  The programme of events at the New Art Exchange includes talks, workshops, tours, and more.  Full details are on their website, but I would just like to point out two: this afternoon, 18 October, 5...

    Full Story

  • zabisco logo

    Guest Blog – The Power of Motion Graphics

    Infographics are becoming more popular by the day. And soon its safe to say soon you will find them pretty much everywhere… Inforgraphics form a big part of our graphic design portfolio here at Zabisco. They are a prime example of a medium that transforms...

    Full Story

  • invention of the fax machine

    Secret Life

    To those of a certain age, hearing Take 5 by Dave Brubeck (youtube version), instantly brings up memories of the iconic Channel 4 television series, The Secret Life of Machines. For me this made Tim Hunkin and Rex Garrod stars, and the cartoons and book...

    Full Story

  • part of the Bar Camp Logo

    Hidden Treasure

    What a great weekend: sunshine, Splendour at Wollaton Park, and Bar Camp Nottingham at the Hackspace. The 30 hour un-conference, #bcnott, covered a wide range of topics, sharing of ideas and skills, games (werewolf a speciality), and creative networking. The description of a Bar Camp,...

    Full Story

Page 1 of 3123