‘Blueshift’ and the evergreen promise of the ‘future’ of work

15 years ago at Microsoft, I proposed a programme called ‘Blueshift’. It was a deliberate provocation, an attempt to move away from rusty soundbites about

Better than reality? Synthetic environments for real world people

Can policymakers learn from games? I think so – or, to be more formal, they can certainly learn from synthetic environments. Programmes like Sim City seem more

Towards a manifesto for technology

manifesto – a declaration of principles; a public written declaration of principles, policies, and objectives A continuing, and eclectic, range of policy and discussion papers appear continuously

A football stadium, ambient living — and the digital challenge

It’s not every day I find myself invited to a football stadium – but yesterday that’s where I found myself, speaking at the Reebok Stadium