Three habits of customer-centric organisations
Do you know what really matters to your customers or clients? It sounds like a stupid question, right?…
Visualising space probes 30 years on
When I went to see the Science Museum’s excellent Cosmonauts exhibition this week I expected to find objects…
“OK glass”: Google Glass is, well, OK…
Thanks to my techno-geek friend Keith Mansfield, I had the opportunity to try out Google Glass at Google’s…
How many women scientists can you name?
For me, the answer is surprisingly few, a fact that makes A Passion for Science: Stories of Discovery…
Who wouldn’t want to build a life-size origami elephant?
It’s not really a surprise that I have a bit of a penchant for elephants. After all, I…
Keeping up to speed with social media – reviewing Jon Reed’s new edition
I can’t quite believe that three years have passed since I blogged a review of my former colleague…
My first ‘author’ experience – in the hands of students
As an experienced publisher and writer, it goes without saying that I’ve worked on many, MANY books, in…
What can publishers learn from the success of Angry Birds?
Four years ago Finnish mobile games developer Rovio was at rock bottom. Long development times and high overheads…
An ethical decision-making framework
Issues related to ethics and morals are never far from the news. In the past few months alone…
Digital Crystal: Swarovski at the Design Museum
I’m currently working with the Design Museum on their Digital Crystal: Swarovski at the Design Museum exhibition. The…