Projects
Case studies from twenty-five years of making products across social software, location, media and connected devices, plus smaller experiments from the Workbench.
Work projects
Social Web Foundation
A nonprofit to support and grow the open social web.
2024
Planetary
A decentralised social network built on Secure Scuttlebutt.
2019
Thington
A conversational service layer for connected devices.
2015
Up Coffee
A caffeine tracker for Jawbone that made data physical.
2014
The Eatery
Crowd-rated eating, for Massive Health.
2012
Yahoo! Brickhouse
Product lead at Yahoo's rapid-innovation studio in San Francisco.
2008
Fire Eagle
A location broker for Yahoo, built around consent and control.
2008
BBC/Yahoo Hack Day
The original mass Hack Day, with Yahoo.
2007
BBC Programme Information Pages
A permanent web page for every BBC programme.
2005
BBC Radio and Music R&D
Radio prototypes, social listening and audience-created metadata.
2005
BBC Radio & Music Strategy
Shaping how BBC radio and music met the web.
2004
UpMyStreet Conversations
Local conversation tied to postcodes.
2002
Play projects
The Workbench — experiments, toys & unfinished things
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