Bill ThompsonTwenty-One Years of Digital Planet on BBC World ServiceAleks Made Us Macarons and They were Delicious!5 min read·Sep 8, 2022--1--1
Bill ThompsonPass me that lobster: Conjuring up the metaverseThere continues to be enormous interest in the development of the next generation of image generating tools. My Twitter feed is full of…6 min read·Sep 2, 2022----
Bill ThompsonFrom 2LO to 2IPIt’s May 11 2022 and at some point today I’ll walk down Strand to Aldwych and stand outside a set of very exclusive apartments just next…4 min read·May 11, 2022----
Bill ThompsonThinking About The Digital Public SphereThis essay is based on a talk given at the first meeting of the Shared Digital European Public Space group, which took place online on 9…10 min read·Jan 2, 2022----
Bill ThompsonThomas Clubbs (died May 6 1981)My maternal grandfather Thomas Clubbs, known to me as Granda, died forty years ago today, at the age of 81. Born in July 1899 he was always…4 min read·May 6, 2021----
Bill ThompsonIsmene: Pale NetworkOne Sunday at the end of April I was listening to Cerys Matthews’ show on BBC 6 Music, and there was a remarkable interview with the actor…4 min read·May 5, 2021----
Bill ThompsonLaunching Top Marques online in 1996A random post on LinkedIn that tagged me has reminded me that twenty-five years ago today, on February 27 1996, I launched one of the more…4 min read·Feb 27, 2021----
Bill ThompsonAugmented Reality and Omniscient Capitalism: Reviewing Mark Pesce’s ‘Augmented Reality’If you thought surveillance capitalism was troubling, then Mark Pesce’s new book on augmented reality will give you a lot more to worry…4 min read·Nov 9, 2020----
Bill ThompsonJuvet and meThree years ago I woke up in a hotel in the beautiful Norwegian city of Ålesund, gathered my stuff and set off to meet my old friend Andy…3 min read·Sep 26, 2020----