Author: Ben Werdmuller
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Hacking culture
I’ve always thought that the term “the cultural sector” was a bit disingenuous, because it makes the assumption that science, engineering and everything else under its umbrella can’t for some reason be a part of “culture”. Ditto “creatives”: it doesn’t take much thought to disprove the conceit, but theatre, music, fiction writing and so on […]
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Moving
Things have been quiet on this blog lately, and they will be for a few days more. I have a lot to talk about: Culture Hack Scotland, which was not just a blast, but a groundbreaking event for both the Scottish cultural sector and its technical community Impref.me, my product from the above, which is […]
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“Basecamp was done almost entirely without risk.”
I really like this quote from 37 signals: Basecamp was done almost entirely without risk. It was completely self-funded. We treated it as a side-product and a side-project until it could pay the bills. And only then did we make it the main focus of the company. I absolutely hate risk. I think it’s a […]