A few words from Rob Mansfield

Inaugural Brighton Future of News meetup

rob — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:37:37 +0000

Last night saw the first Brighton Future of News meet up @theskiff with around 30 interested people attending. The idea is to get a group of like-minded people in the same room and discuss innovative news for 2010 and beyond. Last night, Jo Wadsworth from the Brighton Argus gave a talk about how community journalism and blogs have [...]

Now that’s what I call a log cabin

rob — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:58:42 +0000

via thomasmayerarchive.de Love this clever design of a log cabin by Hans Liberg – the framework of the structure is actually built from logs, but a pattern has been added to the front, to continue the imagery and act as a sort of trompe l’oeil (wooh, get me!). Here’s what it looks like from [...]

Another area where digital is making paper redundant

rob — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:39:31 +0000

Our new Yellow Pages was delivered last week and it sat on the doorstep for almost a week before I took pity on it and brought it inside. I then removed it from its cellophane wrapper and promptly put it straight in the recycling. It's not that I don't value the content of the Yellow Pages [...]

Watching technology change through a child’s eyes

rob — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:08:33 +0000

The unveiling of the iPad this week was interesting more for the furious reaction at what it didn't have, rather than what it could do. But what also struck me is how the speed of technological development has affected our lives and will affect our children's in a completely different way. As an almost 40-something, I [...]

Scary album covers

rob — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:49:06 +0000

via yasviridov.livejournal.com This Russian blogger has amassed one of the scariest collections of record sleeves I’ve seen in a while. This one looks like Jimmy Hill. And god knows what sort of music this is! And as a Russian speaker, I can tell you he is genuinely making fun of them – not holding [...]