Alice Taylor
Alice Taylor is founder of MakieLab[1], an "'entertainment playspace for young people' that will invite users to download and print 3D dolls and accessories."[2]
She is former Commissioning Editor, Education for Channel 4,[3] where she developed a number of informal learning projects involving ARGs, casual gaming and other interactive entertainment formats. Before this, she was the Vice President of Digital Content for BBC Worldwide.[4][5] In September 2006 she was named one of the Game Industry's 100 Most Influential Women by Next Generation Magazine Online. She founded and edits the blog Wonderland.
In 1997, she was defense on the first UK Quake team, and a member of the UK's Demonic Core clan. In September 2002 she was an exhibit in the Game On exhibition at the Barbican, and featured in the accompanying book, Game On: The History and Culture of Video Games.
She attended the University of London 1990-1994. She currently lives in Central London, having recently moved back from the Los Angeles area.
On 3 February 2008, Taylor's daughter with Cory Doctorow, Poesy Emmeline Fibonacci Nautilus Taylor Doctorow was born.[6] Taylor and Doctorow married on Sunday, 26 October 2008.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ "Makies team". MakieLab. http://www.makielab.com/team/. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ Kiss, Jemima (6 February 2011). "The tech Startup Stars". London: The Guardian. Archived from the original on 17 January 2012. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/feb/06/tech-startup-internet-entrepreneurs.
- ^ "TV Boss Set To Drop A File-Sharing Bomb On Digital Britain". TorrentFreak. 18 October 2009. http://torrentfreak.com/tv-boss-set-to-drop-a-file-sharing-bomb-on-digital-britain-091018/.
- ^ Taylor, Alice (27 June 2007). "Leaving the BBC". Wonderland Blog. http://www.wonderlandblog.com/wonderland/2007/06/leaving-the-bbc.html. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
- ^ Jardin, Xeni (26 May 2005). "The Next Step for the 'Big Three' Game Platforms". NPR. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4667966. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ Doctorow, Cory (3 February 2008). "Fine News". Boing Boing. http://www.boingboing.net/2008/02/03/fine-news.html. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
- ^ "Little Brother UK edition signed!". BoingBoing. BoingBoing. 2008-10-27. http://www.boingboing.net/2008/10/27/little-brother-uk-ed.html. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
[edit] External links
- Taylor, Alice (22 March 2006). "Game creators take fun seriously". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4833348.stm.
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