web,digital,IT Archive

  • 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 and...

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  • 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...

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  • 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...

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  • The Golden Compass by George Boyce, www.flickr.com/photos/geebee2007/3516653918/

    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 –...

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  • 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 mundane...

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  • from the Secret Life, with permission

    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...

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  • 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...

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  • Ruby and Perl

    Hello World – Guest Blogger @ruby_gem

    Hello! I know the very lovely Charlotte did a mini interview with me, and most of you on twitter will already know me pretty well, but I thought I’d use this opportunity to tell you a bit more about me. There’s work Gemma I’ve been enthralled by...

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  • Introducing our new Guest Blogger – Gemma Cameron

    A very warm welcome to Gemma Cameron who will be blogging with us for the next two weeks. I’ve known Gemma for many years, she was one of my very first art clients back in the early 2000’s back when she lived ‘up north’ working at...

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  • Image Credits: F.A.T Lab: http://fffff.at/ 	Brendan Oliver & Brendan Randall

    Links round up: news from legitimate sources

    Many thanks to those of you on Twitter this week who provided me with details of events for this links round up – see, there’s no need for nefarious spying techniques when you have Twitter. Oh dear that sounds like product placement doesn’t it? Let’s...

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