Beyond the Promise: webinars
A candid look at whatâs really going on beneath the surface of digital work in the cultural sector, and how we can do better.
Ash Mann
This week's best things
Every world language in one place, 200 paintings and reframing old content, a 'software poem', AI thatâs actually good, Zoomquilt, finding time to prototype, the power of meetings, cooperation as a skill, and a request for summer reading recommendations.
Digital Readiness self-assessment
Get a quick, clear view of your organisationâs digital strengths and gaps so you can focus your efforts where theyâll make the most difference.
This week's best things
Floppy disks as shelf space, WCAG in plain English, designing for limited English, a moody global radio stream, weather apps hurting UK tourism, and Disneyâs churros beating streaming. Plus jobs, a joyful viral harmonica group, and tools to rethink time and knowledge.
This week's best things
A new NGA.gov, art in hard times, fresh ways to frame digital, ancient oranges, guarding teams from strategy fatigue, Japanese tree moving, bot farms and info literacy, quick sketching, AI dev hurdles, London Underground Live, and robot arms.
What do we actually mean when we say âdigitalâ?
In more or less every conversation I have had about digital over the last year (or more), the topic of just how stretched the word 'digital' now is has come up. Here are some thoughts about different ways of talking about all the things we mean when we say 'digital'
The 3 Modes Model and Digital Work Canvas
The 3 Modes Model and Canvas helps organisations clarify, align, and map their digital work across three core modes: Enable, Engage, and Express.
This week's best things
Immersive funding, designing a platform for young people, YouTube is 20, new AI stuff from Google Arts & Culture, Microsoft is shutting down Skype, stakeholders, a case study of website carbon reduction, Seb Chan being interviewed, Google's antitrust cases, and PrepperDisk
This week's best things
Serendipity, collaborative digital art, donation UX, the best museum cafes in the UK, crimes of UX, how people are using gen AI in 2025, a digital Ned Kelly experience, and digital fishmongers.
This week's best things
Rebrands, robots, coping with virtual meetings, webcams, chickens, the water-cooler moment moves online, the downsides of effortlessness, why graphic designers can't stop joking about hating their jobs, Bluesky can't take a joke, and wide-leg jeans from the 90s.