The future is in the hands of the amateur

I was talking to a guy last week about my work at Getty [i’m a Photographer- I take photos and sell them through their site]. The conversation turned to why I hadn’t pursued photography as my career. I have a creative background [I studied Fine Art at University] but whilst I would love to be [...]

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#7inSeven – Post 2

Welcome to my second #7inSeven post, here are the highlights from the past week, I’m currently reading ‘Here comes everyone: How change happens when people come together‘ by Clay Shirky, a book about how people can change the world with the use of technology. It’s an amazing book, insightful and inspiring, I highly recommend it. [...]

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Revolution doesn't happen when society adopts new technologies - it happens when society adopts new behaviours.
Clay Shirky
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Our social tools remove older obstacles to public expression, and thus remove the bottlenecks that characterised mass media. The result is the mass-amateurisation of efforts previously reseved for media professionals.
Clay Shirky
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