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Published in Catalyst

·Mar 10, 2021

Designing endings

There are lots of design patterns for onboarding users — why are there so few for endings? What’s your favourite ending? For most of us, we’ll think about a book or movie that we really enjoyed. It might be a thriller with a completely unexpected twist at the end. …

Content Design

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Designing endings
Designing endings
Content Design

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Jan 8, 2019

Building the Public Media Stack

An incomplete list of projects already doing things that could be part of a Public Media Stack — This is the second of a two part essay, originally published on Storythings.com. The first part is here. If you’ve read the first part of this essay describing why we need a Public Media Stack, you probably already know lots of examples of projects that could be part of this…

Journalism

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Building the Public Media Stack
Building the Public Media Stack
Journalism

10 min read


Jan 8, 2019

The Public Media Stack

After a decade of increasing platform monopolies, now is the right time to build an ecosystem for public media projects. — This is the first of a two part essay, originally published on Storythings.com. The second part is here. Why we need a Public Media Stack As someone who is an eternal optimist, and who loves tracing the complex arcs of history, this is my favourite proverb: “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago…

Media

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The Public Media Stack
The Public Media Stack
Media

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May 16, 2018

The Cosmonaut’s Glove

How a space suit helped me say thank you to my father — This is one of my favourite photos of my dad. He’s the white haired man in the smart jacket in the front row, standing next to my mum and my twin brother. Kenyatta Cheese is kneeling on stage, at the beginning of his talk at The Story conference in 2014…

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The Cosmonaut’s Glove
The Cosmonaut’s Glove

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Apr 25, 2018

How Likes Went Bad

Facebook didn’t invent the feature, but they definitely broke it. How can we better regulate future disruptive ideas? — The Accidental Invention of the Like In 2005, Rob Manuel had a problem. Four years earlier, after the dizzying rise and crash of the dotcom bubble, he’d started a site called B3ta.com with his friends Denise Wilton and Cal Henderson. …

Social Media

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How Likes Went Bad
How Likes Went Bad
Social Media

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Feb 9, 2018

The Hot List: The Rise and Fall of the Singles Chart

How a simple list defined popular music, from Vera Lynn to Ed Sheeran — The actions that define culture are rarely deliberate. Culture is, in many ways, an accumulation of accidents, small gestures and stumbles that somehow end up sticking together like a giant snowball rolling down a hill. Every successful band has the moment when they almost gave up just before their breakthrough…

Music Industry

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The Hot List: The Rise and Fall of the Singles Chart
The Hot List: The Rise and Fall of the Singles Chart
Music Industry

12 min read


Feb 9, 2018

Everything You Need To Know For The Story 2018

Tickets still available for our event at Conway Hall, London on Friday Feb 16th — It’s nearly time for The Story 2018, so here’s our FAQ for everyone coming to the event next week. This should answer most of the questions you might have, but if there’s something else you need to know, email or ask us on Twitter @thestory2018 and we’ll get back to…

Thestoryconference

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Everything You Need To Know For The Story 2018
Everything You Need To Know For The Story 2018
Thestoryconference

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Feb 5, 2018

All the Speakers & Schedule for The Story 2018

Here’s our awesome speakers and schedule for this year’s event on Feb 16th. Limited numbers of tickets are still available! — It’s less than a fortnight until The Story 2018 at Conway Hall on Feb 16th, and we’ve announced all our speakers, so here’s the running order for the day. If you haven’t got a ticket already, and fancy a day of creative inspiration, then get yours now! Our speakers include…

Humor

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All the Speakers & Schedule for The Story 2018
All the Speakers & Schedule for The Story 2018
Humor

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Jan 31, 2018

Juno Dawson and Anjali Ramachandran will be at The Story 2018

Standard tickets for The Story 2018 are almost sold out — get yours now! — It’s almost February, which means it’s just a few weeks till The Story on Friday, 16th February. If you haven’t got tickets for this year’s event, get them now, as we’re almost sold out of Standard tickets! For our final announcement before the event, we’re very pleased to introduce our…

Space

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Juno Dawson and Anjali Ramachandran will be at The Story 2018
Juno Dawson and Anjali Ramachandran will be at The Story 2018
Space

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Jan 25, 2018

Camilla Wright, Founder of Popbitch, will be talking at The Story 2018

Standard tickets for our event in London on Feb 16th are almost sold out — get yours now! We’re very pleased to announce our latest speaker for The Story 2018 — Camilla Wright, co-founder of Popbitch the scurrilous gossip newsletter that has had a major influence on UK media and…

Journalism

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Camilla Wright, Founder of Popbitch, will be talking at The Story 2018
Camilla Wright, Founder of Popbitch, will be talking at The Story 2018
Journalism

2 min read

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Director of www.storythings.com. Runs www.howwegettonext.com, www.thestory.org.uk, and lots of other stuff.

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