Past Projects
All these projects were initiated by me, usually with a specific change objective. Some of these projects are composite projects of several in one business, and some “pivoted” from their initial objective to a new one.
Unipalm - Pipex - Inventing multi-platform networking
LINX - Creating industry structures to stop corporate capture of the initiative
ISPA - Creating a trade body to encourage diverse Internet Service Providers.
Internet Watch Foundation - Mitigating the abuse of the Internet
Flute Ltd - Breaking the International Cartel of marine telecommunications
Cambridge New Town - Mitigating the problems of an over-heating city
Jubilee Project - Building a homeless shelter in Central Cambridge
Pivot - Changing the UK’s benefit system
Oakington - An eCash system 10 years too early
Babel PC - Cloud computing 6 years too early
Intervivo - IPv6 Internet Service provider at least 5 years too early!
Internet Phone Company - Internet Telephony 2 years too late
Cambridge Bank - Breaking the big bank oligarchy
Dawe Media Ltd - Red Radio, Red TV - Cambridge TV - Generating local media to promote Cambridge
Cambridge TV School - Hands-on training for people wanting to be TV professionals
Sandy Lane Ceramics - Solving the Homeless and Workless - demonstration of best practice
Nexus - Distributed home media, before WiFi
Resonance - Inventing Impact investing and creating a multi-billion dollar financial services sector
Books
In our back Yard - Solutions for a small City
New Noah - The challenge facing humanity