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'''Alfie Dennen''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] creative technologist and founder of several prominent websites based around [[mobile blogging]]. |
[[Image:Alfie_dennen.jpg|right|thumb|Alfie Dennen]]'''Alfie Dennen''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] creative technologist and founder of several prominent websites based around [[mobile blogging]]. |
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== Projects == |
== Projects == |
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Revision as of 10:30, 25 April 2009
Alfie Dennen is a British creative technologist and founder of several prominent websites based around mobile blogging.
Projects
Dennen co-founded the mobile blogging platform Moblog, formerly MoblogUK, in November 2003. Commercial users of the service have included Ronan Keating, Bloc Party, Greenpeace, Elbow, Imogen Heap, Channel 4, Oxfam, Amnesty International and Comic Relief. The service gained prominence in 2005 when Eliot Ward uploaded a photo to the site from one of the London Underground bombings.[1][2]
Dennen responded to the terrorist attacks on London's public transport system by creating the website We're Not Afraid.[3] The site's message was one of a public uniting against terrorism by refusing to sacrifice freedom in response to fear.[4] Within days of the bombings, around 3,500 images had been submitted to the site.[5][6] The site was the subject of a BBC documentary[7][8] and coverage included Sky News, Channel 5[9], ABC's World News Tonight[10] and the New York Times.[11]
Dennen's Stopped Clocks project attempts to collate images of stopped public clocks and campaign to get them working again. The campaign has featured on BBC News[12][13], London Tonight[14] and The One Show.[15]
In 2008, Dennen launched two art projects based around the creation of map-based images using mobile photography and GPS tracking. The first, in October 2008, was a treasure hunt around London to find photographs by James Nachtwey. Run in conjunction with the think tank Demos and XDRTB.org, the competition raised awareness of XDRTB. [16]
The second project, Britglyph, invited people from across the UK to build a nationwide geoglyph, placing rocks at specific locations around the country and uploading photos of themselves doing so. The image was based on John Harrison's Chronometer.[17][18]
Awards
Moblog:technology collaborated with Channel 4 on the Big Art Mob, which won the On The Move Award at the Royal Television Society Innovation Awards 2007. It was described as "a creative project that encourages almost everyone to get involved... a large-scale example of television production in your pocket. Anyone can become a contributor or commentator, as long as they’ve got a mobile camera phone."[19] It also won the MediaGuardian's innovation award for community engagement in 2008.[20]
References
- ^ "Phones Offer Snapshot Of Terror - Forbes.com". Retrieved 2008-12-21.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ "I am a camera". Retrieved 2008-12-21.
- ^ "British site spreads anti-fear message - Countdown with Keith Olbermann - msnbc.com". Retrieved 2008-12-21.
- ^ "We're not Afraid! About". Retrieved 2008-12-21.
- ^ "CNN.com - Web site shows defiance to bombers - July 11, 2005".
- ^ "BBC NEWS".
{{cite web}}: Text "'Not Afraid' website overwhelmed" ignored (help); Text "England" ignored (help); Text "London" ignored (help) - ^ "picturephoning.com We Are Not Afraid BBC Documentary". Retrieved 2008-12-21.
- ^ "We Are Not Afraid (video)". Retrieved 2008-12-21.
- ^ "Alfie on TV!". Retrieved 2008-12-21.
- ^ "We're Not Afraid - ABC's World News Tonight". Retrieved 2008-12-21.
- ^ "On the Web, Fearlessness Meets Frivolousness - New York Times". Retrieved 2008-12-21.
- ^ "Stopped Clocks on BBC News". Retrieved 2008-12-21.
- ^ "BBC NEWS". Retrieved 2008-12-21.
{{cite web}}: Text "Magazine" ignored (help); Text "Time stands still" ignored (help) - ^ "Stopped Clocks Feature - London Tonight". Retrieved 2008-12-21.
- ^ "Stopped Clocks special on the BBC One Show". Retrieved 2008-12-21.
- ^ "BBC News". Retrieved 2008-12-21.
{{cite web}}: Text "Technology" ignored (help); Text "The treasure hunt that's high art" ignored (help) - ^ "Britglyph". Retrieved 2008-12-21.
- ^ "Net politics is all rock and role". Retrieved 2008-12-21.
- ^ "Royal Television Society - Innovation - Winners - 2007".
- ^ "MedaGuardian.co.uk". Retrieved 2008-12-21.
{{cite web}}: Text "Awards 2009" ignored (help)