Bryan Mathers

The Elephant in the Classroom…

I have to say - I hadn't even thought about this. As an adult I'm very aware of what light…

9 years ago

Stickerful People

What's the collective noun for doodles? An infusion? A gung-ho of doodlewry? I thought so. One of the highlights of…

9 years ago

My Workspace

Whilst slacking in the Creative Commons Slack channel, a few people were sharing their remote working setups (or for distributed…

9 years ago

Introducing Badge News

If you're interested in Open Badges, you've probably asked the question well who's using them? The team at We Are…

9 years ago

Post hoc ergo propter hoc

Once introduced to some amateur psychology, there's no turning back. We seem to be wired to draw causative connections between…

9 years ago

Changing your mind – Ten Learnings

I recieve Maria Popova's Brain Pickings by email as I'm sure many of you do, and I'm often drawn in…

9 years ago

Who draws the line?

Some days, it's just not happening. So I remind myself of the process. 1. Go to trello. 2. Organise the…

9 years ago

Future kinds of work

How I work has changed massively over the past ten years. Okay, so now I draw pictures, whereas I used to…

9 years ago

Copyright vs. Creative Commons

Copyright and Creative Commons licences come from totally different directions. I was talking with Kamil from Creative Commons about certificates…

9 years ago

Education is life…

This John Dewey quote caught my attention whilst trying to create a monogram for HJ DeWaard in return for supporting…

9 years ago

What have you done?

Well, I suppose it's not just our lot then - the times they are a changin' and here comes a…

9 years ago

The Open Elevator

How open is your organisation? Is it moving in the right direction? Need some help?

9 years ago

From hunch to policy

What would that look like if it were a badge? I’ve long since thought about a badge prototyping machine that…

9 years ago

Co-ops & Commons

One of the highlights of Mozfest this year was the privilege of being able to sit in (with my sketchbook)…

9 years ago

The Bird (or is it a fox?)

An idea often develops itself - or it certainly feels that way. An idea is most vocal when you return…

9 years ago

Perspective

…it took me a while to realise that prayer is often about perspective. The situation itself doesn’t change, but how…

9 years ago

Field of view

I’m certain that I have no idea what the opportunities are that surround me. However, there are things that I…

9 years ago

Mozfest 2016

I’ll be up to my usual shenanigans at Mozfest this year, with my colleagues from @WeAreOpenCoop. If you’re there too,…

9 years ago

The Gratitude Cycle

Gratitude fuels sharing. A bit of conversational thinkery for Creative Commons from this blog post by Paul Stacey.

9 years ago

Fruit of the Commons

Before I started drawing, I was only remotely aware of Creative Commons - if at all. I remember coming across…

9 years ago

Creative Commons – which role do you play?

In my experience, the awareness of what exactly the Creative Commons is, and what rights it affords you with respect…

10 years ago

Now, more than ever…

Grammar Schools. You've heard it all before. Policy and evidence - passing like ships in the night. I can't quite…

10 years ago

Any questions?

I'd never really thought about it before, but at school I never asked any questions - I didn't want to…

10 years ago

Wot we need is more grammar schools

With all the backward-ness around the teaching of grammar at primary school (talk to any primary school teacher, and you'll…

10 years ago