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City Poems A book that you read by walking round a city.

Five Trees Forest The Five Trees Forest is an invisible world that is in exactly the same place as our world.

Free All Monsters! A worldwide augmented reality monster spotting game begun in 2009.

para-lab para-lab facilitates collaborations between artists and scientists, working in parallel to, but independently of, research institutions.

RFID Snakes and Ladders A game of Snakes and Ladders played by moving around a building.

Same Skies Network And Think Tank More details coming soon.

The Guardian Text Message Poetry Competition A text message poetry competition with The Guardian.

West Yorkshire Walks More details coming soon.

Who Owns My Neighbourhood What personal responsibility are we each willing to take for the place where we live?

WoW! A development of, and replacement for, Thumbprint, that I programmed in Python.

Writing I've written all sorts of things.

TIMELINE

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2024

Academic Publications I've co-written a few papers, posters and extended abstracts for academic journals, conferences and workshops, mostly about human computer interaction.

Art & Maths Working Group A para-lab working group I am part of.

Basic Machines Working Group A para-lab working group that I am part of.

Book Editing And Production I have compiled, edited, written for, commissioned writing for, commissioned design for and print production managed a number of books.

C3 Working Group A para-lab working group I am part of.

Citizen-Led Research Hub Prototype More details coming soon.

Low Traffic Waves Working Group Magnetic fields on the surface of the sun.

The Making Space I am one of the founder members and main organisers of The Making Space.

Making Space In Huddersfield: Celebrating 10 Years Of The Making Space I compiled, edited, contributed written content to and production managed a book celebrating the activities of Making Space

para-lab para-lab facilitates collaborations between artists and scientists, working in parallel to, but independently of, research institutions.

Same Skies Network And Think Tank More details coming soon.

Tracking AMPlify West Yorkshire More details coming soon.

Web Development I built and maintain this site, along with sites for Same Skies, para-lab and Hannah Directory, using Pelican, the Python static site generator.

West Yorkshire Walks More details coming soon.

Wisdom Working Group A para-lab working group I am part of.

WoW! A development of, and replacement for, Thumbprint, that I programmed in Python.

Writing I've written all sorts of things.

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2023

Academic Publications I've co-written a few papers, posters and extended abstracts for academic journals, conferences and workshops, mostly about human computer interaction.

Art & Maths Working Group A para-lab working group I am part of.

Basic Machines Working Group A para-lab working group that I am part of.

Book Editing And Production I have compiled, edited, written for, commissioned writing for, commissioned design for and print production managed a number of books.

C3 Working Group A para-lab working group I am part of.

Citizen-Led Research Hub Prototype More details coming soon.

Low Traffic Waves Working Group Magnetic fields on the surface of the sun.

The Making Space I am one of the founder members and main organisers of The Making Space.

Making Space In Huddersfield: Celebrating 10 Years Of The Making Space I compiled, edited, contributed written content to and production managed a book celebrating the activities of Making Space

para-lab para-lab facilitates collaborations between artists and scientists, working in parallel to, but independently of, research institutions.

para-lab Report 2023 More details coming soon.

Same Skies Network And Think Tank More details coming soon.

Tracking AMPlify West Yorkshire More details coming soon.

Web Development I built and maintain this site, along with sites for Same Skies, para-lab and Hannah Directory, using Pelican, the Python static site generator.

West Yorkshire Walks More details coming soon.

Wisdom Working Group A para-lab working group I am part of.

WoW! A development of, and replacement for, Thumbprint, that I programmed in Python.

Writing I've written all sorts of things.

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2022

Academic Publications I've co-written a few papers, posters and extended abstracts for academic journals, conferences and workshops, mostly about human computer interaction.

Art & Maths Working Group A para-lab working group I am part of.

Basic Machines Working Group A para-lab working group that I am part of.

Beekeeping Experiments 04 More details coming soon.

Book Editing And Production I have compiled, edited, written for, commissioned writing for, commissioned design for and print production managed a number of books.

Low Traffic Waves Working Group Magnetic fields on the surface of the sun.

The Making Space I am one of the founder members and main organisers of The Making Space.

Making Space In Huddersfield: Celebrating 10 Years Of The Making Space I compiled, edited, contributed written content to and production managed a book celebrating the activities of Making Space

para-lab para-lab facilitates collaborations between artists and scientists, working in parallel to, but independently of, research institutions.

para-lab Report 2022 The second annual an exhibition showcasing research and artefacts from various ongoing long-term collaborations between artists and scientists.

Piazza Arts Centre Report More details coming soon.

Same Skies Film Production More details coming soon.

Same Skies Network And Think Tank More details coming soon.

Superalloys Working Group More details coming soon.

Tracking AMPlify West Yorkshire More details coming soon.

Web Development I built and maintain this site, along with sites for Same Skies, para-lab and Hannah Directory, using Pelican, the Python static site generator.

West Yorkshire Walks More details coming soon.

WoW! A development of, and replacement for, Thumbprint, that I programmed in Python.

Writing I've written all sorts of things.

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2021

Academic Publications I've co-written a few papers, posters and extended abstracts for academic journals, conferences and workshops, mostly about human computer interaction.

Activist SMS A website that makes it easy to use texting in socially valuable ways.

AMPlify West Yorkshire More details coming soon.

AMPlify West Yorkshire - Book Editing and Production I compiled, edited, wrote for, commissioned writing for, commissioned design for and print production managed the AMPlify West Yorkshire book.

Art & Maths Working Group A para-lab working group I am part of.

Basic Machines Working Group A para-lab working group that I am part of.

Beekeeping Experiments 04 More details coming soon.

Beetroot Collective Exhibition More details coming soon.

Book Editing And Production I have compiled, edited, written for, commissioned writing for, commissioned design for and print production managed a number of books.

Family Centre Christmas Support - WoW! More details coming soon.

Hybrid Real World And Zoom Event More details coming soon.

The Making Space I am one of the founder members and main organisers of The Making Space.

Making Space In Huddersfield: Celebrating 10 Years Of The Making Space I compiled, edited, contributed written content to and production managed a book celebrating the activities of Making Space

para-lab para-lab facilitates collaborations between artists and scientists, working in parallel to, but independently of, research institutions.

para-lab Report 2021 The first annual an exhibition showcasing research and artefacts from various ongoing long-term collaborations between artists and scientists.

Piazza Arts Centre Report More details coming soon.

Same Skies Film Production More details coming soon.

Same Skies Network And Think Tank More details coming soon.

Stella Tenax More details coming soon.

Superalloys Working Group More details coming soon.

Thumbprint Copleston Together Improving and sustaining mental wellbeing through keeping in touch.

Tracking AMPlify West Yorkshire More details coming soon.

Web Development I built and maintain this site, along with sites for Same Skies, para-lab and Hannah Directory, using Pelican, the Python static site generator.

West Yorkshire Walks More details coming soon.

Who Owns My Neighbourhood What personal responsibility are we each willing to take for the place where we live?

WoW! A development of, and replacement for, Thumbprint, that I programmed in Python.

Writing I've written all sorts of things.

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2020

Academic Publications I've co-written a few papers, posters and extended abstracts for academic journals, conferences and workshops, mostly about human computer interaction.

Activist SMS A website that makes it easy to use texting in socially valuable ways.

AMPlify West Yorkshire More details coming soon.

AMPlify West Yorkshire - Book Editing and Production I compiled, edited, wrote for, commissioned writing for, commissioned design for and print production managed the AMPlify West Yorkshire book.

Art & Maths Working Group A para-lab working group I am part of.

Basic Machines Working Group A para-lab working group that I am part of.

Beekeeping Experiments 04 More details coming soon.

Book Editing And Production I have compiled, edited, written for, commissioned writing for, commissioned design for and print production managed a number of books.

The Making Space I am one of the founder members and main organisers of The Making Space.

para-lab para-lab facilitates collaborations between artists and scientists, working in parallel to, but independently of, research institutions.

Piazza Arts Centre Report More details coming soon.

Safe Distance Floor Markings More details coming soon.

Same Skies Network And Think Tank More details coming soon.

Superalloys Working Group More details coming soon.

Thumbprint A platform for prototyping, developing and sustaining socially valuable uses of mobile messaging.

Thumbprint Copleston Together Improving and sustaining mental wellbeing through keeping in touch.

Web Development I built and maintain this site, along with sites for Same Skies, para-lab and Hannah Directory, using Pelican, the Python static site generator.

West Yorkshire Walks More details coming soon.

Who Owns My Neighbourhood What personal responsibility are we each willing to take for the place where we live?

WoW! A development of, and replacement for, Thumbprint, that I programmed in Python.

Writing I've written all sorts of things.

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2019

Academic Publications I've co-written a few papers, posters and extended abstracts for academic journals, conferences and workshops, mostly about human computer interaction.

Activist SMS A website that makes it easy to use texting in socially valuable ways.

Amazon Alexa Audiobook Reader Skill

Art & Maths Working Group A para-lab working group I am part of.

Basic Machines Working Group A para-lab working group that I am part of.

Beekeeping Experiments 04 More details coming soon.

Book Editing And Production I have compiled, edited, written for, commissioned writing for, commissioned design for and print production managed a number of books.

The Making Space I am one of the founder members and main organisers of The Making Space.

para-lab para-lab facilitates collaborations between artists and scientists, working in parallel to, but independently of, research institutions.

Same Skies Network And Think Tank More details coming soon.

Superalloys Working Group More details coming soon.

Thumbprint A platform for prototyping, developing and sustaining socially valuable uses of mobile messaging.

Thumbprint Copleston Together Improving and sustaining mental wellbeing through keeping in touch.

Web Development I built and maintain this site, along with sites for Same Skies, para-lab and Hannah Directory, using Pelican, the Python static site generator.

What Kind of Region - Book Editing and Production I compiled, edited, wrote for, commissioned writing for, commissioned design for and print production managed the first Same Skies book.

Who Owns My Neighbourhood What personal responsibility are we each willing to take for the place where we live?

WoW! A development of, and replacement for, Thumbprint, that I programmed in Python.

Writing I've written all sorts of things.

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2018

Academic Publications I've co-written a few papers, posters and extended abstracts for academic journals, conferences and workshops, mostly about human computer interaction.

Activist SMS A website that makes it easy to use texting in socially valuable ways.

Amazon Alexa Audiobook Reader Skill

Art & Maths Working Group A para-lab working group I am part of.

Basic Machines Working Group A para-lab working group that I am part of.

Beekeeping Experiments 02 Beekeeping as a probe to begin testing out a town.

Beekeeping Experiments 03 More details coming soon.

Book Editing And Production I have compiled, edited, written for, commissioned writing for, commissioned design for and print production managed a number of books.

The Making Space I am one of the founder members and main organisers of The Making Space.

Packhorse Micro Festival I programmed and coordinated a micro festival called Packhorse, named after the venue, a shopping centre in Huddersfield.

para-lab para-lab facilitates collaborations between artists and scientists, working in parallel to, but independently of, research institutions.

Superalloys Working Group More details coming soon.

Thumbprint A platform for prototyping, developing and sustaining socially valuable uses of mobile messaging.

Thumbprint Copleston Together Improving and sustaining mental wellbeing through keeping in touch.

Web Development I built and maintain this site, along with sites for Same Skies, para-lab and Hannah Directory, using Pelican, the Python static site generator.

West Yorkshire Markets More details coming soon.

What Kind of Region - Book Editing and Production I compiled, edited, wrote for, commissioned writing for, commissioned design for and print production managed the first Same Skies book.

Who Owns My Neighbourhood What personal responsibility are we each willing to take for the place where we live?

WoW! A development of, and replacement for, Thumbprint, that I programmed in Python.

Writing I've written all sorts of things.

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2017

21 Market Place A temporary gallery, studio and events space in an empty shop in Huddersfield.

Academic Publications I've co-written a few papers, posters and extended abstracts for academic journals, conferences and workshops, mostly about human computer interaction.

Activist SMS A website that makes it easy to use texting in socially valuable ways.

Amazon Alexa Audiobook Reader Skill

Amazon Alexa Skill

Archibio A collaboration between artists, architects and scientists exploring architectural and biological structures from the macro to the nanoscale.

Archways Adaptive architecture research.

Beekeeping Experiments 01 Beekeeping as a probe to begin testing out a town.

Bioleeds A group of people interested in art, design, and making with biology in Leeds and West Yorkshire.

Bioleeds Collaboration Process A carefully considered structure for ideas generation and collaboration.

Book Editing And Production I have compiled, edited, written for, commissioned writing for, commissioned design for and print production managed a number of books.

Care For Carers

Conversations About Regional Democracy In England Hosting conversations about regional democracy in England.

Futurestart

Glass Goes Where It Likes To Be An art, science, maker collaboration.

A Hand Drawn Map Of West Yorkshire A hand drawn map of the places in West Yorkshire that people care about.

Hannah Directory A celebration of great stuff happening in places in England's north.

Hannah Directory Fundraiser 2017 A day of workshops in Sheffield to help raise money for the production and distribution costs of Hannah Directory. "Join some of the best artists, makers and writers in England's north for a fantastic afternoon of inspiration that combines all sorts of great stuff from traditional embroidery with electronics to ancient Inca digital databases and the poetry of chance."

Hannah Directory Fundraising

Knowledge Pool A simple but rigerous tool for more things to happen better.

The Making Space I am one of the founder members and main organisers of The Making Space.

Micro Volunteering Research How can people fit volunteering into their daily lives?

Notwestminster Bringing people together to create and share new ideas for doing local democracy.

para-lab para-lab facilitates collaborations between artists and scientists, working in parallel to, but independently of, research institutions.

Same Skies Network Working for a hopeful, fair, prosperous and inclusive regional democracy in West Yorkshire and beyond.

Smilup

Stuff Happening In Huddersfield Human curated, robot automated listing of stuff happening in Huddersfield.

Superposition I was a co-founder and main organiser of Superposition, a network and space for collaboration between artists, scientists and makers in West Yorkshire.

Superposition Commission A £2000 commission to fund an artist, craftsperson or cross-disciplinary group to explore scientific research.

Tang Hall Dynamo

Textile Proteins Looking at patterns, surfaces, materials, and ways of stitching and embroidering.

Thumbprint A platform for prototyping, developing and sustaining socially valuable uses of mobile messaging.

Thumbprint Bibliotherapy Improving and sustaining mental wellbeing through keeping in touch. "I love getting these, every time I get one I feel a warm glow."

Thumbprint Bradley Tra A tool that supports volunteers to make a difference in their neighbourhood.

Thumbprint Chickenley Keeping people up to date with opportunities in their neighbourhood. "The numbers were up 100% on what we would have expected and I think a large chunk of that increase is from Thumbprint."

Thumbprint Copleston Together Improving and sustaining mental wellbeing through keeping in touch.

Thumbprint Creation Trust Sharing opportunities with local people.

Thumbprint Crosland Moor Community Learning Centre

Thumbprint Healthwatch

Thumbprint Lifeline Supporting people to make positive choices about themselves and their future.

Thumbprint Notwestminster

Thumbprint Raw Talent Sustaining a volunteer-run peer-to-peer learning group. "I like the group because it builds your confidence...I like the group of people here and we learn quite a bit together. We've just had a course on Asian cooking and it's fantastic."

Thumbprint Somers Town Big Local

Thumbprint Sustrans Ellesmere Port

Top Secret Open Hardware Project Making a gadget.

Town Lab

Unit 15 A temporary gallery, studio and events space in an empty shop in Huddersfield.

Upstairs At 21 Market Place Experimental music concerts.

Voluntext Connecting people who want to volunteer with the opportunities to do it.

West Yorkshire Markets More details coming soon.

What Kind of Region - Book Editing and Production I compiled, edited, wrote for, commissioned writing for, commissioned design for and print production managed the first Same Skies book.

Who Owns My Neighbourhood What personal responsibility are we each willing to take for the place where we live?

WoW! A development of, and replacement for, Thumbprint, that I programmed in Python.

Writing I've written all sorts of things.

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2016

Academic Publications I've co-written a few papers, posters and extended abstracts for academic journals, conferences and workshops, mostly about human computer interaction.

Activist SMS A website that makes it easy to use texting in socially valuable ways.

Archibio A collaboration between artists, architects and scientists exploring architectural and biological structures from the macro to the nanoscale.

Archways Adaptive architecture research.

Bioleeds A group of people interested in art, design, and making with biology in Leeds and West Yorkshire.

Bioleeds Collaboration Process A carefully considered structure for ideas generation and collaboration.

Book Editing And Production I have compiled, edited, written for, commissioned writing for, commissioned design for and print production managed a number of books.

Care For Carers

Conversations About Regional Democracy In England Hosting conversations about regional democracy in England.

Glass Goes Where It Likes To Be An art, science, maker collaboration.

Knowledge Pool A simple but rigerous tool for more things to happen better.

Made In Huddersfield Celebrating and promoting "town-ness". "Two-thirds of us live in small and medium-sized towns."

The Making Space I am one of the founder members and main organisers of The Making Space.

Micro Volunteering Research How can people fit volunteering into their daily lives?

Mixed Reality Lab And Sustrans Residency A research residency shared between Sustrans, the national active travel organisation, and Nottingham University's Mixed Reality Lab (MRL).

Notwestminster Bringing people together to create and share new ideas for doing local democracy.

Same Skies Network Working for a hopeful, fair, prosperous and inclusive regional democracy in West Yorkshire and beyond.

Smilup

Superposition I was a co-founder and main organiser of Superposition, a network and space for collaboration between artists, scientists and makers in West Yorkshire.

Superposition Commission A £2000 commission to fund an artist, craftsperson or cross-disciplinary group to explore scientific research.

Sustrans Staff And Volunteers Python Programming Group A structure for Sustrans staff and volunteers to share Python programming knowledge.

Textile Proteins Looking at patterns, surfaces, materials, and ways of stitching and embroidering.

Thumbprint A platform for prototyping, developing and sustaining socially valuable uses of mobile messaging.

Thumbprint Bibliotherapy Improving and sustaining mental wellbeing through keeping in touch. "I love getting these, every time I get one I feel a warm glow."

Thumbprint Bradley Community House

Thumbprint Bradley Tra A tool that supports volunteers to make a difference in their neighbourhood.

Thumbprint Copleston Together Improving and sustaining mental wellbeing through keeping in touch.

Thumbprint Creation Trust Sharing opportunities with local people.

Thumbprint Lifeline Supporting people to make positive choices about themselves and their future.

Thumbprint Notwestminster

Thumbprint Same Skies

Thumbprint Sustrans Ellesmere Port

Top Secret Open Hardware Project Making a gadget.

Voluntext Connecting people who want to volunteer with the opportunities to do it.

West Yorkshire Markets More details coming soon.

Who Owns My Neighbourhood What personal responsibility are we each willing to take for the place where we live?

Women Centre Texting A website that makes it easy to use texting in socially valuable ways.

Writing I've written all sorts of things.

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2015

Academic Publications I've co-written a few papers, posters and extended abstracts for academic journals, conferences and workshops, mostly about human computer interaction.

Activist SMS A website that makes it easy to use texting in socially valuable ways.

Archibio A collaboration between artists, architects and scientists exploring architectural and biological structures from the macro to the nanoscale.

Archways Adaptive architecture research.

ASMbly A pop-up lab and festival of collaboration between artists, scientists and makers.

Bioleeds A group of people interested in art, design, and making with biology in Leeds and West Yorkshire.

Bioleeds Collaboration Process A carefully considered structure for ideas generation and collaboration.

Book Editing And Production I have compiled, edited, written for, commissioned writing for, commissioned design for and print production managed a number of books.

Brainy Alien

Care For Carers

Citizen Art History

Conversations About Regional Democracy In England Hosting conversations about regional democracy in England.

Made In Huddersfield Celebrating and promoting "town-ness". "Two-thirds of us live in small and medium-sized towns."

The Making Space I am one of the founder members and main organisers of The Making Space.

Mixed Reality Lab And Sustrans Residency A research residency shared between Sustrans, the national active travel organisation, and Nottingham University's Mixed Reality Lab (MRL).

Notwestminster Bringing people together to create and share new ideas for doing local democracy.

Same Skies Network Working for a hopeful, fair, prosperous and inclusive regional democracy in West Yorkshire and beyond.

Superposition I was a co-founder and main organiser of Superposition, a network and space for collaboration between artists, scientists and makers in West Yorkshire.

Sustrans Staff And Volunteers Python Programming Group A structure for Sustrans staff and volunteers to share Python programming knowledge.

Textile Proteins Looking at patterns, surfaces, materials, and ways of stitching and embroidering.

Thumbprint A platform for prototyping, developing and sustaining socially valuable uses of mobile messaging.

Thumbprint Bibliotherapy Improving and sustaining mental wellbeing through keeping in touch. "I love getting these, every time I get one I feel a warm glow."

Thumbprint Bradley Community House

Thumbprint Bradley Tra A tool that supports volunteers to make a difference in their neighbourhood.

Thumbprint Copleston Together Improving and sustaining mental wellbeing through keeping in touch.

Thumbprint Creation Trust Sharing opportunities with local people.

Thumbprint Lifeline Supporting people to make positive choices about themselves and their future.

Thumbprint Same Skies

Top Secret Open Hardware Project Making a gadget.

University Of Leeds Creative Labs

Voluntext Connecting people who want to volunteer with the opportunities to do it.

What Kind Of Region What kind of region do we want to live in and why?

Who Owns My Neighbourhood What personal responsibility are we each willing to take for the place where we live?

Women Centre Texting A website that makes it easy to use texting in socially valuable ways.

Writing I've written all sorts of things.

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2014

Academic Publications I've co-written a few papers, posters and extended abstracts for academic journals, conferences and workshops, mostly about human computer interaction.

Activist SMS A website that makes it easy to use texting in socially valuable ways.

Archibio A collaboration between artists, architects and scientists exploring architectural and biological structures from the macro to the nanoscale.

ASMbly A pop-up lab and festival of collaboration between artists, scientists and makers.

Assertive Outreach Team Texting Collaborating on innovation from the front line.

Bioleeds A group of people interested in art, design, and making with biology in Leeds and West Yorkshire.

Book Editing And Production I have compiled, edited, written for, commissioned writing for, commissioned design for and print production managed a number of books.

Brainy Alien

Conversations About Regional Democracy In England Hosting conversations about regional democracy in England.

Digital Craft Cafe

Made In Huddersfield Celebrating and promoting "town-ness". "Two-thirds of us live in small and medium-sized towns."

The Making Space I am one of the founder members and main organisers of The Making Space.

New Mechanics Institute

Notwestminster Bringing people together to create and share new ideas for doing local democracy.

Superposition I was a co-founder and main organiser of Superposition, a network and space for collaboration between artists, scientists and makers in West Yorkshire.

Superposition Pale Ale Looking at the physics of biology through brewing a beer.

Thumbprint A platform for prototyping, developing and sustaining socially valuable uses of mobile messaging.

Thumbprint Bibliotherapy Improving and sustaining mental wellbeing through keeping in touch. "I love getting these, every time I get one I feel a warm glow."

Thumbprint Bradley Tra A tool that supports volunteers to make a difference in their neighbourhood.

Thumbprint Brookvale Park Listening and responding to people's feelings about their local park in Birmingham.

Thumbprint Copleston Together Improving and sustaining mental wellbeing through keeping in touch.

Thumbprint Creation Trust Sharing opportunities with local people.

Thumbprint Dragon Cafe

Thumbprint Lifeline Supporting people to make positive choices about themselves and their future.

Thumbprint Ordsall a creative writing project using text messages

Thumbprint Ordsall Creative Texting

Thumprint South London And Maudsley Nhs Trust

Top Secret Open Hardware Project Making a gadget.

Voluntext Connecting people who want to volunteer with the opportunities to do it.

Who Owns My Neighbourhood What personal responsibility are we each willing to take for the place where we live?

Women Centre Texting A website that makes it easy to use texting in socially valuable ways.

Writing I've written all sorts of things.

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2013

Academic Publications I've co-written a few papers, posters and extended abstracts for academic journals, conferences and workshops, mostly about human computer interaction.

Activist SMS A website that makes it easy to use texting in socially valuable ways.

ASMbly A pop-up lab and festival of collaboration between artists, scientists and makers.

bioASMbly BioASMbly was an evening event focused on biology that I initiated at the first Superposition ASMbly pop-up lab.

Bioleeds A group of people interested in art, design, and making with biology in Leeds and West Yorkshire.

Book Editing And Production I have compiled, edited, written for, commissioned writing for, commissioned design for and print production managed a number of books.

Concept For A Retractable Roof On Millennium Square In Leeds A proposal developed at my request for the first edition of Hannah Directory in 2013.

Free All Monsters! A worldwide augmented reality monster spotting game begun in 2009.

Image Recognition In Museums Using image recognition to navigate round museums.

Step 2 Texting

Superposition I was a co-founder and main organiser of Superposition, a network and space for collaboration between artists, scientists and makers in West Yorkshire.

Thumbprint A platform for prototyping, developing and sustaining socially valuable uses of mobile messaging.

Thumbprint Bibliotherapy Improving and sustaining mental wellbeing through keeping in touch. "I love getting these, every time I get one I feel a warm glow."

Thumbprint Bradford 2013

Thumbprint Bradley Tra A tool that supports volunteers to make a difference in their neighbourhood.

Thumbprint Brookvale Park Listening and responding to people's feelings about their local park in Birmingham.

Thumbprint Copleston Together Improving and sustaining mental wellbeing through keeping in touch.

Thumbprint Creation Trust Sharing opportunities with local people.

Thumbprint Lifeline Supporting people to make positive choices about themselves and their future.

Thumbprint Natural Language Processing Phd Sponsoring Aisha Jilani's PHD on natural language processing.

Thumbprint Nhc

Thumbprint Nhs And Older People A service sharing useful information for older people.

Thumbprint Ordsall a creative writing project using text messages

Thumbprint Ordsall Creative Texting

Thumbprint Young Parents Sharing useful information and parenting tips to support young parents.

Transpennine Games Co-Operative

Voluntext Connecting people who want to volunteer with the opportunities to do it.

Who Owns My Neighbourhood What personal responsibility are we each willing to take for the place where we live?

Women Centre Texting A website that makes it easy to use texting in socially valuable ways.

Wondrous Place

Writing I've written all sorts of things.

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2012

Academic Publications I've co-written a few papers, posters and extended abstracts for academic journals, conferences and workshops, mostly about human computer interaction.

Activist SMS A website that makes it easy to use texting in socially valuable ways.

Bbc Learning Research - Maker Culture

Bbc Learning Science Events Proposal

BBC Science Live Events A commission to propose a new way for BBC Learning to do live science events.

Connected Communities Newcastle

Free All Monsters Misunderstood Monsters Free All Monsters tie-in with a theatre production.

Free All Monsters! A worldwide augmented reality monster spotting game begun in 2009.

Futureverything 2012

Institute Of Physics Pub Physics Campaign Engaging people with physics in social settings.

New Idea Of The North

Shared Spaces

Thumbprint A platform for prototyping, developing and sustaining socially valuable uses of mobile messaging.

Thumbprint Bibliotherapy Improving and sustaining mental wellbeing through keeping in touch. "I love getting these, every time I get one I feel a warm glow."

Thumbprint Birmingham

Thumbprint Bradley Tra A tool that supports volunteers to make a difference in their neighbourhood.

Thumbprint Brookvale Park Listening and responding to people's feelings about their local park in Birmingham.

Thumbprint Cilip Journal Article

Thumbprint Copleston Together Improving and sustaining mental wellbeing through keeping in touch.

Thumbprint Creation Trust Sharing opportunities with local people.

Thumbprint Devon

Thumbprint Knowle West

Thumbprint Lifeline Supporting people to make positive choices about themselves and their future.

Thumbprint Natural Language Processing Phd Sponsoring Aisha Jilani's PHD on natural language processing.

Thumbprint Nhs And Older People A service sharing useful information for older people.

Thumbprint Ordsall a creative writing project using text messages

Thumbprint Ordsall Creative Texting

Thumbprint Panos

Thumbprint Watford

Thumbprint Young Foundation

Thumbprint Young Parents Sharing useful information and parenting tips to support young parents.

Transpennine Games Co-Operative

Voluntext Connecting people who want to volunteer with the opportunities to do it.

Who Owns My Neighbourhood What personal responsibility are we each willing to take for the place where we live?

Women Centre Texting A website that makes it easy to use texting in socially valuable ways.

Wondrous Place

Writing I've written all sorts of things.

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2011

Academic Publications I've co-written a few papers, posters and extended abstracts for academic journals, conferences and workshops, mostly about human computer interaction.

Activist SMS A website that makes it easy to use texting in socially valuable ways.

Baby Out And About

Bbc Learning Research Researching new technologies and opportunities for BBC Learning Development.

Bbc Thumbprint Ordsall Writers How can the BBC work with small local community organisations?

Crafters Hackers Enterprise Research

Deskskive

Free All Monsters Misunderstood Monsters Free All Monsters tie-in with a theatre production.

Free All Monsters! A worldwide augmented reality monster spotting game begun in 2009.

Huddersfield Social Media Surgeries

Institute Of Physics Pub Physics Campaign Engaging people with physics in social settings.

Listening City

Lunch Benches

Marshotron Designing and playing a location based mobile phone game with a group of teenagers.

Open Access Learning Spaces Research

Thumbprint A platform for prototyping, developing and sustaining socially valuable uses of mobile messaging.

Thumbprint Bibliotherapy Improving and sustaining mental wellbeing through keeping in touch. "I love getting these, every time I get one I feel a warm glow."

Thumbprint Birkby News Keeping people up to date with opportunities in their neighbourhood.

Thumbprint Bradley Tra A tool that supports volunteers to make a difference in their neighbourhood.

Thumbprint Brookvale Park Listening and responding to people's feelings about their local park in Birmingham.

Thumbprint Co-Operative A structure to do socially valuable software development.

Thumbprint Copleston Together Improving and sustaining mental wellbeing through keeping in touch.

Thumbprint Creating Connections

Thumbprint Electroville

Thumbprint Hackney

Thumbprint Holloway Neighbourhood Group

Thumbprint Hoot

Thumbprint Irwell Housing

Thumbprint Lend An Ear

Thumbprint Make Tick

Thumbprint Natural Language Processing Phd Sponsoring Aisha Jilani's PHD on natural language processing.

Thumbprint Nhs And Older People A service sharing useful information for older people.

Thumbprint Ordsall a creative writing project using text messages

Thumbprint Ordsall Creative Texting

Thumbprint Praxis

Thumbprint Raw Connections

Thumbprint United Response

Thumbprint Young Foundation Dalton

Thumbprint Young Parents Sharing useful information and parenting tips to support young parents.

Voluntext Connecting people who want to volunteer with the opportunities to do it.

Where Do I Feel Unsafe Listening to people and acting on concerns about crime in their neighbourhood.

Who Owns My Neighbourhood What personal responsibility are we each willing to take for the place where we live?

Women Centre Texting A website that makes it easy to use texting in socially valuable ways.

Wondrous Place

Writing I've written all sorts of things.

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2010

100 Things Battersea Arts Centre

100 Things Eurocultured

100 Things Larkin About

100 Things V And A

Academic Publications I've co-written a few papers, posters and extended abstracts for academic journals, conferences and workshops, mostly about human computer interaction.

Any Plan Will Do A fanzine about all sorts of technology and local democracy.

Anywhereblogs Text Message Microblogging A text message microblogging service launched the same year as Twitter and Jaiku.

Anywhereblogs Wap A structure for connecting with other people who pass through the same places.

Battersea Living History

Bbc Learning Research Researching new technologies and opportunities for BBC Learning Development.

Bbc Thumbprint Ordsall Writers How can the BBC work with small local community organisations?

Blink I was co-director of Blink, an arts and technology organisation.

Blogging 2004-2010 I started a blog in 2004 which fizzled out in 2010.

Free All Monsters Irwell Sculpture Trail Consultation Day

Free All Monsters Leicester

Free All Monsters! A worldwide augmented reality monster spotting game begun in 2009.

Huddersfield Social Media Surgeries

Institute Of Physics Pub Physics Campaign Engaging people with physics in social settings.

Irwell Sculpture Trail Consultation Using Thumbprint and an augmented reality game to open conversations about public art.

Listening City

Marshotron Designing and playing a location based mobile phone game with a group of teenagers.

One Hundred Things That Happened Today A live performance of creative writing by text message.

Reboot Britain Nesta

Think Yourself Happy The science of happiness, and how it could be the basis for public health campaigns to increase happiness among large numbers of people.

Thumbprint A platform for prototyping, developing and sustaining socially valuable uses of mobile messaging.

Thumbprint 100 Things Facebook App

Thumbprint Apples Snakes

Thumbprint Battersea Slogan A collaboration with the town centre manager to run a slogan competition for Battersea.

Thumbprint Central Library

Thumbprint Co-Operative A structure to do socially valuable software development.

Thumbprint Facebook App

Thumbprint Fresh Horizons

Thumbprint Gardening

Thumbprint Hackney Homes

Thumbprint Health Champions Sharing health and wellbeing tips with a group of community health champions.

Thumbprint Hillhouse

Thumbprint Irwell Sculpture Trail

Thumbprint Key2work

Thumbprint Kirklees Council

Thumbprint London Poems

Thumbprint Natural Language Processing Phd Sponsoring Aisha Jilani's PHD on natural language processing.

Thumbprint Ordsall a creative writing project using text messages

Thumbprint Ordsall Creative Texting

Thumbprint Surprise Stories

Thumbprint Takeaway Texts

Thumbprint Talk Dalton

Thumbprint Text B And D

Thumbprint Text Hillingdon

Thumbprint Text Newham

Thumbprint Txtspen

Thumbprint Whoever We Are

Torch

Where Do I Feel Unsafe Listening to people and acting on concerns about crime in their neighbourhood.

Who Owns My Neighbourhood What personal responsibility are we each willing to take for the place where we live?

Writing I've written all sorts of things.

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2009

Academic Publications I've co-written a few papers, posters and extended abstracts for academic journals, conferences and workshops, mostly about human computer interaction.

Anywhereblogs Text Message Microblogging A text message microblogging service launched the same year as Twitter and Jaiku.

Anywhereblogs Wap A structure for connecting with other people who pass through the same places.

Bbc Learning Research Researching new technologies and opportunities for BBC Learning Development.

Bbc Stories From The Number 4 Bus Mobile audio stories and games for bus passengers about places along their route.

Bbc Thumbprint Ordsall Writers How can the BBC work with small local community organisations?

BBC To Go Working with Jo Claessens on the BBC To Go project.

Blink I was co-director of Blink, an arts and technology organisation.

Blogging 2004-2010 I started a blog in 2004 which fizzled out in 2010.

Crossover Labs Science Edition

Five Trees Forest The Five Trees Forest is an invisible world that is in exactly the same place as our world.

Foldup Comic Alison Mealey's illustrations of anonymous text messages, printed on a folded up A4 sheet.

Free All Monsters At Huddersfield Art Gallery

Free All Monsters Light Night Leeds

Free All Monsters! A worldwide augmented reality monster spotting game begun in 2009.

Free London's Monsters A game using text messages to find or create invisible monsters living on city streets.

Free Manchester's Monsters A game using text messages to find or create invisible monsters living on city streets.

Huddersfield Social Media Surgeries

Institute Of Physics Pub Physics Campaign Engaging people with physics in social settings.

Listening City

Lookup This Seen

Mobile X Young people making mobile phone films about objects in a museum.

One Hundred Things That Happened Today A live performance of creative writing by text message.

Secret Life Of Cumbria Creating a shared map of the culture of a place.

Sxsw Free All Monsters A version of Free All Monsters at SXSW Interactive.

Think Yourself Happy The science of happiness, and how it could be the basis for public health campaigns to increase happiness among large numbers of people.

Thumbprint A platform for prototyping, developing and sustaining socially valuable uses of mobile messaging.

Thumbprint 100 Things

Thumbprint 4ip

Thumbprint Battersea Poems A text message poetry competition with Battersea Literature Festival.

Thumbprint Big Fest

Thumbprint Camden Increasing participation in local democracy. “We are 6 mums and we'd like to plead with you about giving the Winch Project funds so it could carry on the wonderful activities for children. Please as it is the only chance for all low income families. Please.”

Thumbprint Co-Operative A structure to do socially valuable software development.

Thumbprint Fourth Plinth "luis miguel, wherever you are, you are always in our hearts..."

Thumbprint Hcmf

Thumbprint Huddersfield Art Gallery

Thumbprint Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

Thumbprint Huddersfield Town Hall

Thumbprint Inkwell

Thumbprint Mobile Search Using natural language processing of text to enable easy, intuitive mobile search through Thumbprint.

Thumbprint Not Part Of

Thumbprint Ordsall a creative writing project using text messages

Thumbprint Ordsall Creative Texting

Thumbprint Patient Opinion

Thumbprint Pvm

Thumbprint Rawconnections

Thumbprint Seen

Thumbprint Tameside Participatory Budgeting Process

Thumbprint Train Text

Thumbprint Walking With Shakespeare An audio walk around places in East London that featured in Shakespeare's life and work.

Where Do I Feel Unsafe Listening to people and acting on concerns about crime in their neighbourhood.

World's Worst Board Game Visualising the community network for Manchester.

Writing I've written all sorts of things.

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2008

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Academic Publications I've co-written a few papers, posters and extended abstracts for academic journals, conferences and workshops, mostly about human computer interaction.

Anywhereblogs Text Message Microblogging A text message microblogging service launched the same year as Twitter and Jaiku.

Anywhereblogs Wap A structure for connecting with other people who pass through the same places.

Bbc Learning Sat Nav Narratives

Bbc Stories From The Number 4 Bus Mobile audio stories and games for bus passengers about places along their route.

BBC To Go Working with Jo Claessens on the BBC To Go project.

Blink I was co-director of Blink, an arts and technology organisation.

Blogging 2004-2010 I started a blog in 2004 which fizzled out in 2010.

British Hci Location Based Games Workshop

Chi Florence

East Manchester Smiles

Editing And Publishing Sorry, I haven't finished archiving Urban Music Theatre yet. I'm trying to put together a proper archive, which means writing up 16 years worth of …

Exeter Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Trial Messaging to support people receiving cognitive behavioural therapy.

Five Trees Forest The Five Trees Forest is an invisible world that is in exactly the same place as our world.

Free London's Monsters A game using text messages to find or create invisible monsters living on city streets.

Free Manchester's Monsters A game using text messages to find or create invisible monsters living on city streets.

Inbox

Institute Of Physics Pub Physics Campaign Engaging people with physics in social settings.

Lewes Castle Story Helping Luc, a squire, learn what he needs to become a knight.

Mobile X Young people making mobile phone films about objects in a museum.

Paper Reviewer British Hci Conference 2008

Peepal Tree Press

Pocket Culture

Secret Life Of Cumbria Creating a shared map of the culture of a place.

Short Circuits Film Screenings Regular short film screenings at non-cinema venues in five cities across the Yorkshire region.

Thumbprint A platform for prototyping, developing and sustaining socially valuable uses of mobile messaging.

Thumbprint Bristol Recovery Supporting people with drug and alcohol problems to change.

Thumbprint Futuresonic Futuresonic festival using Thumbprint.

Thumbprint London Launch Activities

Thumbprint Manchester East Manchester

Thumbprint Manningham Library Consultation A welcoming, inclusive way to ask people about the future of their local library. "Plz keep da library open even wen da work on da extension starts v r begin u" "At Manningham library i want a place which is specifically dedicated for the means of studying also with the access of WIFI system"

Thumbprint Mapping Creativity Proposal

Thumbprint Micro Co Ordination

Thumbprint Not Part Of Reviews

Thumbprint Rainbow Haven Texting A shared diary written together by Aboushi, Ahmed, Alpona and Musa, a group of refugees and asylum seekers living in East Manchester.

Thumbprint Shipley

Thumbprint Umt

Urban Music Theatre

Where Were You Happiest To Arrive Posters at bus stops in Manchester that people could respond to by text message.

World's Worst Board Game Visualising the community network for Manchester.

Writing I've written all sorts of things.

Youtube Great Expectations

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2007

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Academic Publications I've co-written a few papers, posters and extended abstracts for academic journals, conferences and workshops, mostly about human computer interaction.

Anywhereblogs Text Message Microblogging A text message microblogging service launched the same year as Twitter and Jaiku.

Anywhereblogs Wap A structure for connecting with other people who pass through the same places.

Blink I was co-director of Blink, an arts and technology organisation.

Blogging 2004-2010 I started a blog in 2004 which fizzled out in 2010.

Echo Butlins And Institute Of Physics Exploring the physics of Butlins with Echo the visiting alien girl.

Free London's Monsters A game using text messages to find or create invisible monsters living on city streets.

Free Manchester's Monsters A game using text messages to find or create invisible monsters living on city streets.

Movies

Pocket Culture

Queen Of Silence Interactive Story Outline

RFID Snakes and Ladders A game of Snakes and Ladders played by moving around a building.

Short Circuits Film Screenings Regular short film screenings at non-cinema venues in five cities across the Yorkshire region.

Short Circuits Low Budget Film Making Awards Commissioning short films.

Sing Your Heart Out Pilot Theatre Using text messages to give the audience a way to share their thoughts about a theatre production. "Me as a black gal i once felt lyk standin up and shout at dat dude e p.c`s brother. At e same tym it makez pple realis wt an effect it gv on pple of difrn races. X x chidox x frm leedz"

Text Station A numbers station that broadcast text message poems.

Thumbprint Bristol Recovery Supporting people with drug and alcohol problems to change.

Where Were You Happiest To Arrive Posters at bus stops in Manchester that people could respond to by text message.

Writing I've written all sorts of things.

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2006

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Academic Publications I've co-written a few papers, posters and extended abstracts for academic journals, conferences and workshops, mostly about human computer interaction.

Anywhereblogs India Writing poems to be shared by text message in Manchester and India.

Anywhereblogs Text Message Microblogging A text message microblogging service launched the same year as Twitter and Jaiku.

Anywhereblogs Wap A structure for connecting with other people who pass through the same places.

Bbc Innovation Labs Microblogging Proposal

Blink I was co-director of Blink, an arts and technology organisation.

Blogging 2004-2010 I started a blog in 2004 which fizzled out in 2010.

Cell Renewal

Genie Use a magic mirror to find and set free Genies trapped in objects around a building.

Genie Choose Your Own Adventure A choose your own adventure book for navigating round a museum.

Illuminate Using text messages to share updates about arts events in West Yorkshire. "Useful and informative. I would definately like 2 b kept informed by txt about arts events in the Yorks region. Thnq."

Low Budget Short Film Awards

Manchester Literature Festival Anywhereblogs A text message microblogging service launched at Manchester Literature Festival.

Pocket Culture

Pocket Shorts Commissioning films for mobile phones.

Postcards From Fenland Cultures of everyday creativity.

Rotterdam Film Festival Presentaton

Seeds I produced a short film, written and directed by Tajinder Singh Hayer.

Short Circuits Film Screenings Regular short film screenings at non-cinema venues in five cities across the Yorkshire region.

Short Circuits Low Budget Film Making Awards Commissioning short films.

Viewpoint

Writing I've written all sorts of things.

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2005

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Academic Publications I've co-written a few papers, posters and extended abstracts for academic journals, conferences and workshops, mostly about human computer interaction.

Anywhereblogs Wap A structure for connecting with other people who pass through the same places.

Art Science Research Fellowship The science of co-operation.

Blink I was co-director of Blink, an arts and technology organisation.

Blogging 2004-2010 I started a blog in 2004 which fizzled out in 2010.

Bluetooth Conkers A game of conkers played between two phones by Bluetooth.

Cell Renewal

City Poems A book that you read by walking round a city.

G8WAY New opportunities for young people to take part in arts activities.

Leeds International Film Festival I was the short film programmer for Leeds International Film Festival.

Pocket Shorts Commissioning films for mobile phones.

Postcards From Fenland Cultures of everyday creativity.

Seeds I produced a short film, written and directed by Tajinder Singh Hayer.

Short Circuits Film Screenings Regular short film screenings at non-cinema venues in five cities across the Yorkshire region.

Short Circuits Low Budget Film Making Awards Commissioning short films.

Viewpoint

Writing I've written all sorts of things.

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2004

Academic Publications I've co-written a few papers, posters and extended abstracts for academic journals, conferences and workshops, mostly about human computer interaction.

Anywhereblogs Wap A structure for connecting with other people who pass through the same places.

Area Code A Blink collaboration with Jen Southern.

Art Science Research Fellowship The science of co-operation.

Arts Council Literature Development Conference

Blink I was co-director of Blink, an arts and technology organisation.

Blogging 2004-2010 I started a blog in 2004 which fizzled out in 2010.

Blue Plants Proposal

City Poems A book that you read by walking round a city.

City Poems And Stadschromosomen, Antwerp World Book Capital A sister project to City Poems for Antwerp World Book Capital.

Digital Research Unit Writing

Electric Gardens

Fish Are People Too Blog

G8WAY New opportunities for young people to take part in arts activities.

Leeds International Film Festival I was the short film programmer for Leeds International Film Festival.

Pocket Shorts Commissioning films for mobile phones.

Short Circuits Film Screenings Regular short film screenings at non-cinema venues in five cities across the Yorkshire region.

Short Circuits Low Budget Film Making Awards Commissioning short films.

Tea Garden

Ubicomp Nottingham

What Will Happen When My Mobile Phone Has A Sense Of Smell?

Writing I've written all sorts of things.

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Blink I was co-director of Blink, an arts and technology organisation.

Centrifugal Forces

City Poems A book that you read by walking round a city.

Leeds International Film Festival I was the short film programmer for Leeds International Film Festival.

Short Circuits Film Screenings Regular short film screenings at non-cinema venues in five cities across the Yorkshire region.

Text Messages A book of poems all short enough to be sent as text messages.

Writing I've written all sorts of things.

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2002

Blink I was co-director of Blink, an arts and technology organisation.

Centrifugal Forces

City Poems A book that you read by walking round a city.

The Guardian Text Message Poetry Competition A text message poetry competition with The Guardian.

Onesixty A text message poetry magazine.

Short Circuits Film Screenings Regular short film screenings at non-cinema venues in five cities across the Yorkshire region.

Writing I've written all sorts of things.

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2001

Centrifugal Forces

The Guardian Text Message Poetry Competition A text message poetry competition with The Guardian.

Onesixty A text message poetry magazine.

Short Circuits Film Screenings Regular short film screenings at non-cinema venues in five cities across the Yorkshire region.

Speaker's Corner Text Message Poetry

Writing I've written all sorts of things.

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2000

The Bus Stop Poems "Poems on the Underground anywhere in the world."

Centrifugal Forces

Onesixty A text message poetry magazine.

Short Circuits Film Screenings Regular short film screenings at non-cinema venues in five cities across the Yorkshire region.

Writing I've written all sorts of things.

1999

Before 1999 What I did before I started organising stuff.

Short Circuits Film Screenings Regular short film screenings at non-cinema venues in five cities across the Yorkshire region.

Writing I've written all sorts of things.

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100 Things Battersea Arts Centre

100 Things Eurocultured

100 Things Larkin About

100 Things V And A

21 Market Place A temporary gallery, studio and events space in an empty shop in Huddersfield.

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Academic Publications I've co-written a few papers, posters and extended abstracts for academic journals, conferences and workshops, mostly about human computer interaction.

Activist SMS A website that makes it easy to use texting in socially valuable ways.

Amazon Alexa Audiobook Reader Skill

Amazon Alexa Skill

AMPlify West Yorkshire More details coming soon.

AMPlify West Yorkshire - Book Editing and Production I compiled, edited, wrote for, commissioned writing for, commissioned design for and print production managed the AMPlify West Yorkshire book.

Any Plan Will Do A fanzine about all sorts of technology and local democracy.

Anywhereblogs India Writing poems to be shared by text message in Manchester and India.

Anywhereblogs Text Message Microblogging A text message microblogging service launched the same year as Twitter and Jaiku.

Anywhereblogs Wap A structure for connecting with other people who pass through the same places.

Archibio A collaboration between artists, architects and scientists exploring architectural and biological structures from the macro to the nanoscale.

Archways Adaptive architecture research.

Area Code A Blink collaboration with Jen Southern.

Art & Maths Working Group A para-lab working group I am part of.

Art Science Research Fellowship The science of co-operation.

Arts Council Literature Development Conference

ASMbly A pop-up lab and festival of collaboration between artists, scientists and makers.

Assertive Outreach Team Texting Collaborating on innovation from the front line.

A Hand Drawn Map Of West Yorkshire A hand drawn map of the places in West Yorkshire that people care about.

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Baby Out And About

Basic Machines Working Group A para-lab working group that I am part of.

Battersea Living History

Bbc Innovation Labs Microblogging Proposal

Bbc Learning Research Researching new technologies and opportunities for BBC Learning Development.

Bbc Learning Research - Maker Culture

Bbc Learning Sat Nav Narratives

Bbc Learning Science Events Proposal

BBC Science Live Events A commission to propose a new way for BBC Learning to do live science events.

Bbc Stories From The Number 4 Bus Mobile audio stories and games for bus passengers about places along their route.

Bbc Thumbprint Ordsall Writers How can the BBC work with small local community organisations?

BBC To Go Working with Jo Claessens on the BBC To Go project.

Beekeeping Experiments 01 Beekeeping as a probe to begin testing out a town.

Beekeeping Experiments 02 Beekeeping as a probe to begin testing out a town.

Beekeeping Experiments 03 More details coming soon.

Beekeeping Experiments 04 More details coming soon.

Beetroot Collective Exhibition More details coming soon.

Before 1999 What I did before I started organising stuff.

bioASMbly BioASMbly was an evening event focused on biology that I initiated at the first Superposition ASMbly pop-up lab.

Bioleeds A group of people interested in art, design, and making with biology in Leeds and West Yorkshire.

Bioleeds Collaboration Process A carefully considered structure for ideas generation and collaboration.

Blink I was co-director of Blink, an arts and technology organisation.

Blogging 2004-2010 I started a blog in 2004 which fizzled out in 2010.

Blue Plants Proposal

Bluetooth Conkers A game of conkers played between two phones by Bluetooth.

Book Editing And Production I have compiled, edited, written for, commissioned writing for, commissioned design for and print production managed a number of books.

Brainy Alien

British Hci Location Based Games Workshop

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C3 Working Group A para-lab working group I am part of.

Care For Carers

Cell Renewal

Centrifugal Forces

Chi Florence

Citizen Art History

Citizen-Led Research Hub Prototype More details coming soon.

City Poems A book that you read by walking round a city.

City Poems And Stadschromosomen, Antwerp World Book Capital A sister project to City Poems for Antwerp World Book Capital.

Concept For A Retractable Roof On Millennium Square In Leeds A proposal developed at my request for the first edition of Hannah Directory in 2013.

Connected Communities Newcastle

Conversations About Regional Democracy In England Hosting conversations about regional democracy in England.

Crafters Hackers Enterprise Research

Crossover Labs Science Edition

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Deskskive

Digital Craft Cafe

Digital Research Unit Writing

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East Manchester Smiles

Echo Butlins And Institute Of Physics Exploring the physics of Butlins with Echo the visiting alien girl.

Editing And Publishing Sorry, I haven't finished archiving Urban Music Theatre yet. I'm trying to put together a proper archive, which means writing up 16 years worth of …

Electric Gardens

Exeter Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Trial Messaging to support people receiving cognitive behavioural therapy.

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Family Centre Christmas Support - WoW! More details coming soon.

Fish Are People Too Blog

Five Trees Forest The Five Trees Forest is an invisible world that is in exactly the same place as our world.

Foldup Comic Alison Mealey's illustrations of anonymous text messages, printed on a folded up A4 sheet.

Free All Monsters At Huddersfield Art Gallery

Free All Monsters Irwell Sculpture Trail Consultation Day

Free All Monsters Leicester

Free All Monsters Light Night Leeds

Free All Monsters Misunderstood Monsters Free All Monsters tie-in with a theatre production.

Free All Monsters! A worldwide augmented reality monster spotting game begun in 2009.

Free London's Monsters A game using text messages to find or create invisible monsters living on city streets.

Free Manchester's Monsters A game using text messages to find or create invisible monsters living on city streets.

Futurestart

Futureverything 2012

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G8WAY New opportunities for young people to take part in arts activities.

Genie Use a magic mirror to find and set free Genies trapped in objects around a building.

Genie Choose Your Own Adventure A choose your own adventure book for navigating round a museum.

Glass Goes Where It Likes To Be An art, science, maker collaboration.

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Hannah Directory A celebration of great stuff happening in places in England's north.

Hannah Directory Fundraising

Huddersfield Social Media Surgeries

Hybrid Real World And Zoom Event More details coming soon.

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Image Recognition In Museums Using image recognition to navigate round museums.

Inbox

Institute Of Physics Pub Physics Campaign Engaging people with physics in social settings.

Irwell Sculpture Trail Consultation Using Thumbprint and an augmented reality game to open conversations about public art.

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Knowledge Pool A simple but rigerous tool for more things to happen better.

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Leeds International Film Festival I was the short film programmer for Leeds International Film Festival.

Lewes Castle Story Helping Luc, a squire, learn what he needs to become a knight.

Listening City

Lookup This Seen

Low Budget Short Film Awards

Low Traffic Waves Working Group Magnetic fields on the surface of the sun.

Lunch Benches

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Made In Huddersfield Celebrating and promoting "town-ness". "Two-thirds of us live in small and medium-sized towns."

Making Space In Huddersfield: Celebrating 10 Years Of The Making Space I compiled, edited, contributed written content to and production managed a book celebrating the activities of Making Space

Manchester Literature Festival Anywhereblogs A text message microblogging service launched at Manchester Literature Festival.

Marshotron Designing and playing a location based mobile phone game with a group of teenagers.

Micro Volunteering Research How can people fit volunteering into their daily lives?

Mixed Reality Lab And Sustrans Residency A research residency shared between Sustrans, the national active travel organisation, and Nottingham University's Mixed Reality Lab (MRL).

Mobile X Young people making mobile phone films about objects in a museum.

Movies

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New Idea Of The North

New Mechanics Institute

Notwestminster Bringing people together to create and share new ideas for doing local democracy.

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One Hundred Things That Happened Today A live performance of creative writing by text message.

Onesixty A text message poetry magazine.

Open Access Learning Spaces Research

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Packhorse Micro Festival I programmed and coordinated a micro festival called Packhorse, named after the venue, a shopping centre in Huddersfield.

Paper Reviewer British Hci Conference 2008

para-lab para-lab facilitates collaborations between artists and scientists, working in parallel to, but independently of, research institutions.

para-lab Report 2021 The first annual an exhibition showcasing research and artefacts from various ongoing long-term collaborations between artists and scientists.

para-lab Report 2022 The second annual an exhibition showcasing research and artefacts from various ongoing long-term collaborations between artists and scientists.

para-lab Report 2023 More details coming soon.

Peepal Tree Press

Piazza Arts Centre Report More details coming soon.

Pocket Culture

Pocket Shorts Commissioning films for mobile phones.

Postcards From Fenland Cultures of everyday creativity.

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Queen Of Silence Interactive Story Outline

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Reboot Britain Nesta

RFID Snakes and Ladders A game of Snakes and Ladders played by moving around a building.

Rotterdam Film Festival Presentaton

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Safe Distance Floor Markings More details coming soon.

Same Skies Film Production More details coming soon.

Same Skies Network Working for a hopeful, fair, prosperous and inclusive regional democracy in West Yorkshire and beyond.

Same Skies Network And Think Tank More details coming soon.

Secret Life Of Cumbria Creating a shared map of the culture of a place.

Seeds I produced a short film, written and directed by Tajinder Singh Hayer.

Shared Spaces

Short Circuits Film Screenings Regular short film screenings at non-cinema venues in five cities across the Yorkshire region.

Short Circuits Low Budget Film Making Awards Commissioning short films.

Smilup

Speaker's Corner Text Message Poetry

Stella Tenax More details coming soon.

Step 2 Texting

Stuff Happening In Huddersfield Human curated, robot automated listing of stuff happening in Huddersfield.

Superalloys Working Group More details coming soon.

Superposition I was a co-founder and main organiser of Superposition, a network and space for collaboration between artists, scientists and makers in West Yorkshire.

Superposition Commission A £2000 commission to fund an artist, craftsperson or cross-disciplinary group to explore scientific research.

Superposition Pale Ale Looking at the physics of biology through brewing a beer.

Sustrans Staff And Volunteers Python Programming Group A structure for Sustrans staff and volunteers to share Python programming knowledge.

Sxsw Free All Monsters A version of Free All Monsters at SXSW Interactive.

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The Bus Stop Poems "Poems on the Underground anywhere in the world."

The Guardian Text Message Poetry Competition A text message poetry competition with The Guardian.

The Making Space I am one of the founder members and main organisers of The Making Space.

Tang Hall Dynamo

Tea Garden

Text Messages A book of poems all short enough to be sent as text messages.

Text Station A numbers station that broadcast text message poems.

Textile Proteins Looking at patterns, surfaces, materials, and ways of stitching and embroidering.

Think Yourself Happy The science of happiness, and how it could be the basis for public health campaigns to increase happiness among large numbers of people.

Thumbprint A platform for prototyping, developing and sustaining socially valuable uses of mobile messaging.

Thumbprint 100 Things

Thumbprint 100 Things Facebook App

Thumbprint 4ip

Thumbprint Apples Snakes

Thumbprint Battersea Poems A text message poetry competition with Battersea Literature Festival.

Thumbprint Battersea Slogan A collaboration with the town centre manager to run a slogan competition for Battersea.

Thumbprint Bibliotherapy Improving and sustaining mental wellbeing through keeping in touch. "I love getting these, every time I get one I feel a warm glow."

Thumbprint Big Fest

Thumbprint Birkby News Keeping people up to date with opportunities in their neighbourhood.

Thumbprint Birmingham

Thumbprint Bradford 2013

Thumbprint Bradley Community House

Thumbprint Bradley Tra A tool that supports volunteers to make a difference in their neighbourhood.

Thumbprint Bristol Recovery Supporting people with drug and alcohol problems to change.

Thumbprint Brookvale Park Listening and responding to people's feelings about their local park in Birmingham.

Thumbprint Central Library

Thumbprint Cilip Journal Article

Thumbprint Co-Operative A structure to do socially valuable software development.

Thumbprint Copleston Together Improving and sustaining mental wellbeing through keeping in touch.

Thumbprint Creating Connections

Thumbprint Creation Trust Sharing opportunities with local people.

Thumbprint Crosland Moor Community Learning Centre

Thumbprint Devon

Thumbprint Dragon Cafe

Thumbprint Electroville

Thumbprint Facebook App

Thumbprint Fourth Plinth "luis miguel, wherever you are, you are always in our hearts..."

Thumbprint Fresh Horizons

Thumbprint Futuresonic Futuresonic festival using Thumbprint.

Thumbprint Gardening

Thumbprint Growing Newsome

Thumbprint Hackney

Thumbprint Hackney Homes

Thumbprint Hcmf

Thumbprint Health Champions Sharing health and wellbeing tips with a group of community health champions.

Thumbprint Healthwatch

Thumbprint Hillhouse

Thumbprint Holloway Neighbourhood Group

Thumbprint Hoot

Thumbprint Huddersfield Art Gallery

Thumbprint Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

Thumbprint Huddersfield Town Hall

Thumbprint Inkwell

Thumbprint Irwell Housing

Thumbprint Irwell Sculpture Trail

Thumbprint Key2work

Thumbprint Kirklees Council

Thumbprint Knh

Thumbprint Knowle West

Thumbprint Lend An Ear

Thumbprint Lifeline Supporting people to make positive choices about themselves and their future.

Thumbprint London Launch Activities

Thumbprint London Poems

Thumbprint Make Tick

Thumbprint Manchester East Manchester

Thumbprint Mapping Creativity Proposal

Thumbprint Micro Co Ordination

Thumbprint Mobile Search Using natural language processing of text to enable easy, intuitive mobile search through Thumbprint.

Thumbprint Natural Language Processing Phd Sponsoring Aisha Jilani's PHD on natural language processing.

Thumbprint Nhc

Thumbprint Nhs And Older People A service sharing useful information for older people.

Thumbprint Not Part Of

Thumbprint Not Part Of Reviews

Thumbprint Notwestminster

Thumbprint Ordsall a creative writing project using text messages

Thumbprint Ordsall Creative Texting

Thumbprint Panos

Thumbprint Patient Opinion

Thumbprint Praxis

Thumbprint Pvm

Thumbprint Rainbow Haven Texting A shared diary written together by Aboushi, Ahmed, Alpona and Musa, a group of refugees and asylum seekers living in East Manchester.

Thumbprint Raw Connections

Thumbprint Rawconnections

Thumbprint Same Skies

Thumbprint Seen

Thumbprint Shipley

Thumbprint Somers Town Big Local

Thumbprint Southwark Wellbeing

Thumbprint Surprise Stories

Thumbprint Sustrans Ellesmere Port

Thumbprint Takeaway Texts

Thumbprint Talk Dalton

Thumbprint Tameside Participatory Budgeting Process

Thumbprint Text B And D

Thumbprint Text Hillingdon

Thumbprint Text Newham

Thumbprint Train Text

Thumbprint Txtspen

Thumbprint Umt

Thumbprint United Response

Thumbprint Walking With Shakespeare An audio walk around places in East London that featured in Shakespeare's life and work.

Thumbprint Watford

Thumbprint Whoever We Are

Thumbprint Young Foundation

Thumbprint Young Foundation Dalton

Thumbprint Young Parents Sharing useful information and parenting tips to support young parents.

Thumprint South London And Maudsley Nhs Trust

Top Secret Open Hardware Project Making a gadget.

Torch

Town Lab

Tracking AMPlify West Yorkshire More details coming soon.

Transpennine Games Co-Operative

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Ubicomp Nottingham

Unit 15 A temporary gallery, studio and events space in an empty shop in Huddersfield.

University Of Leeds Creative Labs

Upstairs At 21 Market Place Experimental music concerts.

Urban Music Theatre

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Viewpoint

Voluntext Connecting people who want to volunteer with the opportunities to do it.

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Web Development I built and maintain this site, along with sites for Same Skies, para-lab and Hannah Directory, using Pelican, the Python static site generator.

West Yorkshire Markets More details coming soon.

West Yorkshire Walks More details coming soon.

What Kind Of Region What kind of region do we want to live in and why?

What Kind of Region - Book Editing and Production I compiled, edited, wrote for, commissioned writing for, commissioned design for and print production managed the first Same Skies book.

What Will Happen When My Mobile Phone Has A Sense Of Smell?

Where Do I Feel Unsafe Listening to people and acting on concerns about crime in their neighbourhood.

Where Were You Happiest To Arrive Posters at bus stops in Manchester that people could respond to by text message.

Who Owns My Neighbourhood What personal responsibility are we each willing to take for the place where we live?

Wisdom Working Group A para-lab working group I am part of.

Women Centre Texting A website that makes it easy to use texting in socially valuable ways.

Wondrous Place

World's Worst Board Game Visualising the community network for Manchester.

WoW! A development of, and replacement for, Thumbprint, that I programmed in Python.

Writing I've written all sorts of things.

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