Other stuff

The game of cricket as a database

Oct 11th, 2009 | By Guy | Category: Other stuff

Ok, so perhaps this is totally niche but someone else out there may get the same geeky frisson that I do from looking through this image.
Created during the production of the Cricket Unlimited website for the Guardian in the late nineties this database schema captures all permutations of the game of cricket as a database […]



Curses, Boyled Again

May 2nd, 2009 | By Guy | Category: Other stuff

by Guy Gadney
The first record to reach Gold status was in 1942 when Glenn Miller was presented a copy of Chattanooga Choo Choo sprayed with gold lacquer to celebrate the album’s success.  To “go Gold”, Platinum or double-Platinum is now short-hand for musical success.
Well, I have just submitted “to Go Boyle” to Urbandictionary.com as a […]



The Crusaders Hit Cannes - MIPTV 2009 summary

Apr 14th, 2009 | By Guy | Category: Other stuff

Television companies are facing a digital storm says Guy Gadney at MIPTV in Cannes 2009.



Time Warner’s TV Everywhere redefines the meaning of ‘everywhere’

Mar 5th, 2009 | By Guy | Category: Other stuff

King Canute was a very wise and successful ruler.  He was King Canute I of England, King Canute II of Norway and King Canute of Denmark.  His conquests and political skills were meaningful and had lasting impact.  Generally however, most people tend to remember him as the bloke who tried to hold back the tide.  […]



The Siren Song of China

Feb 27th, 2009 | By Jennifer Wilson | Category: Other stuff, The Lean Forward Blog

The Venetian Hotel in Macau (where this is coming from) is a huge hotel, thousands of rooms, marble everywhere, massive casino, theatre, canal, at least five restaurants – miles and miles of corridors. It is also pretty soulless, exists to serve the gambling community that comes here and is tucked on a strip of land […]



The Internet as a creative medium

Nov 19th, 2008 | By Guy | Category: Lead Article, Other stuff, TPF News

A very distinguished keynote speaker at the recent film and TV SPAA conference in Australia recently said: “Producers should not get involved in distribution”.
As a producer of both offline video and online interactive content, the internet is both our creative medium and our distribution mechanism. If I do not understand the opportunities, business models and […]



Virtual Worlds - the second coming

Nov 16th, 2008 | By Guy | Category: Other stuff

Innovations in digital media often take two passes at the runway before they land and settle. We have always believed that this would be the case with virtual worlds. The number of pioneers and the dodgy uality of many of their projects was similar to the first websites that companies built.
Behind the scenes, virtual worlds […]



Virtual Innovation

May 16th, 2008 | By Guy | Category: Other stuff

A nice article from Brian Caulfield for Forbes.com about art and innovation, copied below from this article.
Virtual Innovation - Brian Caulfield
So, you’ve grown bored flirting with fellow furries in Second Life? Well, the winners of the Tech Museum of Innovation’s first annual virtual exhibit design competition found something much more useful to […]



How To Spark Remote Learning

May 15th, 2008 | By Guy | Category: Other stuff

This is a copy of a great article on Forbes.com by Bonnie Ruberg on the advantages of using Second Life for remote education.
How To Spark Remote Learning - Bonnie Ruberg
“Second Life,” the online world that brings players together from across the globe to socialize, shop and even fly, is developing a second career as […]



Behind the scenes in the online ad market

Apr 23rd, 2008 | By Guy | Category: Lead Article, Other stuff

Now here’s a picture that paints a thousand words - so much so there is no accompanying article. Published by The Guardian on 18th April, this graph ostensibly shows the growth of Google as a advertising revenue magnet. But the story does not stop there. This chart is like one of those 3D Magic Eye […]