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I’ve moved this blog from an ancient MT installation to WordPress, which is *much* better. But this has broken all the MT URLS for old posts, so you may not have arrived at the post you’re looking for. Here’s a list of some of the most popular posts on this blog, or please use the search box at the bottom. If you can’t find it at all, please email me at locke [dot] matt [at] gmail [dot] com

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Commissioning for Attention
Some thoughts and links on how I commission projects at Channel 4

Silicon Swings And Roundabouts
Thoughts on running hubs for tech startups, prompted by Mike Butcher’s post on Techcrunch

Six Spaces of Social Media
A draft taxonomy that I used to think about user behaviour in different contexts

Make *all* Your Audience Into Heroes
The problem with ARGS, and why they shouldn’t be like X Factor

A Manifesto for Data Literacy
Some thoughts on personal data policy at the BBC

Free As In Red Stripe
Open Innovation models at The Economist and the BBC

Let Us Grind Them Into Dust!
Frankly, this is a bit wierd. Its about digitial aesthetics and archives. Best left alone, really.

A Taxonomy Of Humour – What Nurses Can Teach Us About Classification
Early thinking on folksonomies.

The Unimaginable Expanse Of Everything Else
Thinking about art that will last longer than we will

Nothing Is Wasted, Nothing Is Forgotten
Collecting, forgetting, and ham. hmmmm. ham.

Are You Awake? Are You In Love?
Essay about Blast Theory, Tim Etchells, Lucy Kimbell and Relational Aesthetics

(Double) Agency/Memory/Accretion
Three essays about new media art by Natalie Jerminenko, Rachel Baker, and Ben Hooker & Shona Kitchen

TIZ Part 1/Part 2/Part 3
Very early writing on ‘Temporary Intimate Zones’ created by mobile technology in public space