Bryan Mathers

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…

9 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…

9 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…

9 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…

9 years ago

Shake ya Hass*, but watch yourself…

Our instagram account was removed for breaking the nudity guideline. We don't think this is fair, but the instagods have…

9 years ago

Why digital credentials?

In my opinion, interviews are a very poor way of judging whether someone will perform well in a job. Some…

9 years ago

Chicken and Egg…

I couldn't make it to ISTE 2016, so instead I joined Doug Belshaw, Noah Geisel and Ian O'Byrne remotely for…

9 years ago