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Cultural website, review of the week #006: The Shed
Some thoughts on the website for New York's $475 million arts centre
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This week's best things
Spotify's new Tiktok-influenced design, thoughts from Cory Doctorow, ideas about value proposition, a new action research programme, zoom fatigue, and…
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November 2023
Is digital important?
A longer read. Pondering an assumption and suggesting some answers.
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This week's best things
The godfather of AI, what to do if you lose your phone, harnessing the power of curiosity, practical advice for leading change, and the Tokyo…
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To unbundle or not to unbundle?
New ways of thinking about and unlocking value could lead to surprising new ways of reaching and connecting with audiences. But we have to think…
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Cultural website, review of the week #005: The Wellcome Collection
Some thoughts about the approach the Wellcome Collection have taken to their site
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This week's best things
The 'first ever' org chart, the Russian museum that still runs on Apple II computers, the history of the glitch that made GTA, throwback web design for…
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Digital career paths in the cultural sector are broken
A 'clogged and leaky' pipeline is leading to a serious and worring brain drain, and has done for over a decade now
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This week's best things
The state of content discovery, an experiment to see how useful AI assistants are, some new information about why Google sucks now, Asos investing in…
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Understand your users and let that define your approach
Talking to users doesn’t have to be complicated or difficult, and a recent V&A project provides an inspiring example of the benefits of this approach.
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Cultural website, review of the week #004: The Australian Ballet
Some thoughts on the website of one of Australia's leading cultural organisations
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This week's best things
Yugoslavia's digital twin, building a culture of curiosity, the Great Gloom, Cirque du Soleil's influencer network, and some slow Radiohead
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