Prior to establishing Spy I had worked for New
Jersey Senator Bill Bradley on his 1984 re-election campaign before
studying Law at the London School of Economics. I began working in
electronic publishing in the US when I got a summer job working on
a small newsletter in Georgetown, Washington DC. I had gone there to
intern on Capitol Hill.
22/11: All information for the BBC side of this
project is now at open.bbc.co.uk/labs.
Spy-related information will be posted here.
17/11: Added Timetable for
first London Intro day
15/11: If you are having
problems emailing [email protected] please for now
email [email protected]
14/11: The programme for the two Intro days will
be published shortly. Please arrive at 9:00 am for registration
and coffee; the event will start at 9.30. The day will conclude
around 5 pm.
11/11: The London Intro days are now fully
booked. However, if you would like to join the waiting list please
contact us. We will also add you to a mailing list for future
Labs.
11/11: Added section on ‘Intro days’
Introduction
As part of the process of opening up its new media production and development to independent producers, the BBC is collaborating with Creative London, ERDF Objective One, Yorkshire Forward, Screen Yorkshire, North-West Vision, and Unexpected Media on a pilot series of ‘Innovation Labs’ in February and March 2006. I am working with Unexpected Media to create, programme and promote the Intro events.
Three pilots will run around the UK: one in London, one in the North West and one in Yorkshire, based on support from Regional Development Agencies.
There will two Intro days about its pilot series of ‘Innovation Labs’ for London-based new media companies on Friday 18 November 2005, and Friday 25 November. There will be an Intro day in the North West on 28 November.
The Labs are creative workshops in which interdisciplinary
teams of professional creative technologists, application designers,
software developers and interactive media designers will have
the opportunity develop prototypes for innovative applications
and services which could be commissioned by the BBC.
More information about the Labs follows. To reserve a place
people should contact [email protected]
Places are limited to 50 companies per day, and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. We anticipate being over-subscribed, so people should contact us early if they are interested in coming.
