His ex-pupils number graphic designers, architects – the sort of jobs that are supposed to be fuelling Britain's creative, information-based economy.
He was a Creative Director, Information Architect and Interaction Designer who held leadership positions in the Interactive Solutions Design and Entertainment fields, having worked at Agency.com, HBO, Disney, Tryarc, PacifiCare and Oshyn, among other companies on a freelance basis, but his true calling was as a writer.
"Now we should think of it as a space where people come together to share ideas, be creative, access information, and even read.
To be helpful for creative design, the information must be presented in a format that allows browsing, retrieval, and combination of "bits" of information about materials, processes, and the products they create, stimulating the creation of new concepts.
We live in one of the most creative and advanced information societies in the world.
In the first stage, "orientation" (a time of intense interest and curiosity), the creative individual gathers information.
If creative services and information technology firms are to be prominent here in the future, we should consider what types of urban environment they require and induce.
Although NGOs vary considerably in size, organization, and approach, they share the basic belief that principled individuals working together can do much to solve human and environmental problems through grassroots organizing, the creative use of information, and sophisticated political strategies.
Comparable wrestling matches are going on in all fields that involve the exchange of creative work and information, notably pop music, which was made clear by the legal ruckus provoked free file-sharing Web sites.
But in reality, negotiations of that will be after the next presidential election, given the nature of US politics in the year leading into an election.You're a strong advocate of New Zealand's need to foster its "knowledge economy"—the creative industries, biotechnology, information technology and so forth.
