At RMM we join Edward Tufte in believing that “power corrupts but PowerPoint corrupts absolutely.” Where possible, we’ve done away with it. We’ve managed to reduce our credentials presentation to a short, friendly conversation. Most of our presentations are done using little more than a speaker script, a little rehearsal, and some handouts. However, we [...]
Entries in 'Storytelling'
Liveblogging My Martini
March 26th, 2007 by Dan O'Connor · No Comments
18.14: Electric Bar, Portobello Rd w. two thirds of the directors of RMM.
18.15: Martini v nice.
18.16: Martini still nice. Warmer, though. Should finish it before becomes tepid.
18.18: Nuts arrive, also in martini glass. Calories. Feel less bad about martini. But bad about calories.
18.19: Need another martini.
18.33: Hello Shannon!
Things That London Really Needs
March 8th, 2007 by Dan O'Connor · No Comments
I have been back in London for about two months now, and it has occured to me that, whilst the city is for the most part quite lovely and not full of stone-cold killers like Moscow, there could be some improvements:
1. A midday free newspaper, so that a luridly-clad distributor can annoy the living bejesus [...]
On Harriet Klausner (or Everyone Hates Harold Bloom)
March 7th, 2007 by Dan O'Connor · 1 Comment
On who? Harriet Klausner is Amazon.com’s no.1 customer reviewer. She has reviewed 13000 books for the site. Even being generous and assuming that she’s been stalking Jeff Bezos reviewing books from day one of Amazon, that’s about three books a day. But let’s not be generous - most days, she posts something like a dozen [...]
Yellow arrow
May 31st, 2006 by Iain MacMillan · No Comments
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Ever since I picked up my first museum audio guide (thanks to my girlfriend’s influence), I’ve been marvelling at the untapped potential of digital guides - ideally based upon an open, updateable model. Yellow Arrow is one of the first truly open examples I’ve read about where there is a mechanic [...]