October 12, 2012
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I went to the Sharp Project today for BBC Connected Studio which was great. But I noticed something with my travel there. I have a year travel card which allows me to go between Piccadilly Station and Media City. However … Continue reading
September 18, 2012
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I really wanted to work with Musicmetric to do something like they have now done. Gain some real insight into what media habits people really are and highlight the very interesting innovation happening on the dark/undernet. Interestingly Manchester was named … Continue reading
September 16, 2012
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I had the pleasure of seeing Rowan Moore talk live about his book why we build in Manchester with someone special. As she said herself, its a interesting way to give some insight into the world of the architect. Something … Continue reading
September 11, 2012
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I always said Manchester is a great city, and there’s plenty of talent not only in Manchester but further a field around the North of England. Well I’m not the only one which says this… TechHub, the shared workspace for … Continue reading
August 16, 2012
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Congrats to the Woman’s Team of USA, as they won the London 2012 Olympics football. I had the pleasure of watching Canada vs Team USA in Manchester Utd’s Old Trafford stadium. Thrilling game ended in the last minute of extra … Continue reading
July 20, 2012
by ianforrester
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There will be *no spoilers* in this micro-review for the dark knight rises. In actual fact this is more about my experience of waking up at 3am to head to the Odeon IMAX at 4am Yes I did the whole … Continue reading
July 7, 2012
by ianforrester
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If you’ve not experienced Perceptive Media yet, stop reading and go to futurebroadcasts.com to listen to the Breaking Out audioplay. We’ve been sitting on Breaking Out for months slowly improving it as the browsers caught up with what we were … Continue reading
May 25, 2012
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I was privileged to attend the Future Everything 2012 Festival this year. At the conference, there was really great talks and the line up was full of twists and turns. The best talks I’ve blogged about here, but its worth … Continue reading
May 5, 2012
by ianforrester
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I have no words to explain what on earth is going on in Islington Wharf right now… There was a problem with the water supply a while ago in April. GVA (the management agency) tried to fix it but something … Continue reading
March 19, 2012
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Next week I’m involved in a lot of social events…. Sunday 25th March – Vivid lounge re-opens under new management as just Vivid for a private party (remember that blog post) Monday 26th March – Vivid officially opens Tuesday 27th … Continue reading
February 22, 2012
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I was featured on Slideshare.net today and Dianavcarrico left me a tweet… Hi Ian, just saw your featured slideshare presentation and I hope you’re doing fine right now! Inspiring for sure! * Great to know its still inspiring people… Can’t … Continue reading
February 10, 2012
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As previously mentioned… I’m thrilled to be talking at TedXManchester after masterminding the very first one in BBC Manchester over 2 years ago. Unfortunately the event sold out months ago and the idea of opening up more space so people … Continue reading
February 8, 2012
by ianforrester
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Some people may have heard me mention Perceptive Media in conversation before but it wasn’t till yesterday than most people hasn’t ever heard of it. At Social Media Cafe Manchester (now named #SMC_MCR after the hashtag) it was revealed to … Continue reading
February 5, 2012
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Pretty much every week I tend to work away from the office. When I first started getting back to work from #mybrushwithdeath, I would work from home quite a bit but now I’m back full time (since early last year) … Continue reading
January 2, 2012
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I bought another John Lewis Umbrella recently while in Bristol. My good friend Ross (recently joined twitter), said I was nuts buying such a expensive umbrella, but I explained its the only way to deal with Manchester’s changeable weather. The Umbrella is … Continue reading