senior producer, creative technlologist, researcher // art wrangling @emfcamp // mental health first aider @mhfaengland // @prehensile@mastodon.me.uk
Manchester, UK
Joined November 2006
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Henry Cooke retweeted
Had a great time hosting the brilliant @prehensile from @BBCRD to speak to my students at @ual_cci! It was fascinating to hear about the diverse range of work he has been involved in over the years and his exciting new role in foresight.
Henry Cooke retweeted
Appreciate @prehensile and the @BBCRD crew for getting me involved with their new report exploring potential futures and what emergent technologies may contribute to these alternative timelines
bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2023-10-pr…
Henry Cooke retweeted
Over in the day job, the @bbcrd Advisory Team has just published a really fascinating piece of research into tech trends, with the great title 'Things are not normal' h/t to @prehensile, the main author and cat juggler. bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2023-10-pr…
@wefail hello! many years ago you did a presentation which had a slide in it that said "it's only the internet, nobody lives or dies". I printed that out and stuck it to the wall above my desk.
Henry Cooke retweeted
A group of San Franciscans realized that they can disable Waymo and Cruise robotaxis by placing a traffic cone on the vehicle's hood.
They're now encouraging others to do it: "Hell no, we do not consent to this."
Henry Cooke retweeted
Twitter revealed its algorithm to the world.
But what does it mean for you?
I spent the evening analyzing it.
Here’s what you need to know:
Henry Cooke retweeted
Sundays loiter was chilly but warm hearted. We wandered through science, magick, bollards, bulbs, civil war, absent landlords, mushrooms, internet tangles and more, ending at one of Mcrs finest haunts Cask. All welcome to join us next month. Also fantastic to meet @GillMPhoto.
ALT A red post box on a street. Someone has painted Love Letters Only on it in white paint
ALT A man in a red hat points to something whilse people listen to him
ALT Architectural detail with moss on it
ALT A pint and a plastic apple
Henry Cooke retweeted
4/5 Our initial findings showed sharing a digital space improves the feeling of togetherness. However we had introduce what we call "shared history" to make this work asynchronously. It's inspired by how offices work and you can read more on the website rig.rd.labs.bbc/offices-asyn…
1. BASIC
2. Perl
3. PHP
4. Javascript
5. Lingo
6. Actionscript
7. Processing
8. Python
9. Objective-C
10. C#
Plus a bit of C++, Java, Lua, C etc
that scene out of every contagion thriller where they’re desperately tracking patient zero except it’s with a toddler and fox poo
Henry Cooke retweeted
Thank you friend!!! We're live here: kickstarter.com/projects/fre…
This is today! And looks great, nice work @AndrewJohnMarks & @FreddieSWatkins
HOOOO, I’m launching a @Kickstarter tomorrow with one of my bestest friends @freddieswatkins. It’s a #zinequest #TTRPG where players wield books off their shelf as if they were spellbooks. Follow here to get pinged when we launch: kickstarter.com/projects/fre…
Henry Cooke retweeted
You mean this? autoregex.xyz/ it's not bad, but getting the English right is pretty tricky.
