Making the Web More Playful

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Making the Web more Playful Paul Rissen @r4isstatic http://www.r4isstatic.com

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Thrilling Adventures in Time and Space...

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Not-so Thrilling Adventures in Government Data

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Life in the cloud....

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...worthy but dull?

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“It isn’t the documents which are actually interesting, it is the things they are about!” Sir Tim Berners-Lee http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/agirregabiria/5731646386/

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Sir Tim Berners-Lee “It isn’t the documents which are actually interesting, it is the things they are about!” games http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/agirregabiria/5731646386/ (misquoted by me)

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Sir Tim Berners-Lee “It isn’t the documents which are actually interesting, it is the things they are about!” games http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/agirregabiria/5731646386/ (misquoted by me)

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This is not a game :-(

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It could be so much better...

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Three Worlds, One Web Data >> Fiction >> Physical >> Data

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http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/mr-numb/4468167986 http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/wallyg/298694686

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http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/tobybarnes/6063215546/ “When big company Internet Of Things thinkers get involved they tend to spawn creepy videos about sleek people in sleek homes living optimised lives full of smart objects...There's no magic or joy or silliness in it. Just an optimised, efﬁcient existence.” Russell Davies

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Three Worlds, One Web Data >> Physical >> Fiction >> Data

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http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/tobybarnes/6063215546/ “I always think the big difference between the Makers and the corporate Internet Of Things lot is that the IoT people are trying to make the world more efﬁcient and controlled and the Makers are trying to make it more personal and magic. They're imagining objects that come to life like they do in Harry Potter.” Russell Davies

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rdr:JohnMarston rdr:meets rdr:WestDickens rdr:BonnieMcFarlane a omb:Character rdr:Armadillo a loc:Town rdr:LiarsDice a rdr:Game rdr:GatesOfElPresido a rdr:Mission rdr:Duel a rdr:Activity

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Games as a Cultural Silo

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Customising your Avatar = Assigning Properties

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The Adjacent Possible

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“Don’t leave space to the professionals.” Tim Wright http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/oldton_tim/6189041533

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“Don’t leave space to the professionals.” Tim Wright http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/oldton_tim/6189041533 the Semantic Web (misquoted by me)

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“We’re getting to the point now where if you watch this kind of stuff on the right device you’ll be able to do the lean back experience as before, but leaning into the device should give you vertigo.” Mike Atherton http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/thayer18/2200769158

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“What’s the point of being grown-up, if you can’t be childish sometimes?” Thank you. Thanks to Sarah Challis for her animation skills. http://www.r4isstatic.com @r4isstatic