Bryan Mathers: who are you and what do you do?
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I’ve known Bryan Mathers for a couple of years now. We met through a shared interest in Open Badges and, during that time, I’ve seen him flourish as a visual artist. The interesting thing is that this is not his full-time job: it’s an interest of his that really impacts on his work.
Bryan kindly allowed me to interview him earlier this week to discover even more about what he does. You can listen to the whole 56 minutes of audio using the embedded player at the top of this post – or I’ve chunked it up in sections below! I think you’ll enjoy his insights. 🙂
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1. Introduction
Notes and links:
- Bryan’s Twitter account
- City & Guilds
- Wapisasa
- Apprenticeship Patterns book
2. How Bryan started drawing
Notes and links:
- We beat creativity out of kids.
- Bryan was discouraged from doing art at school
- Got started trying to visually represent programming concepts
3. Open Badges and community
Notes and links:
- Open Badges
- Mozilla
- Badge Alliance
- Tin Can API
- The Starfish and the Spider book
- Bernard Bull and progressive credentialing
- Hugh McLeod’s Gaping Void and social objects
4. Drawing and thinking
Notes and links:
- Â Cartoon – https://twitter.com/BryanMMathers/status/559762642009878531
- Doug’s work on ambiguity
- Creative Commons licensing
- Mix by FiftyThree
#Bett2015 Brian Mathers graphic for NIACE and JISC could be used by the Digital Skills Commission? pic.twitter.com/ncbtuqjfoN
— Nigel Ecclesfield (@nigele1) January 24, 2015
5. The drawing process
Notes and links:
- Paper by FiftyThree
- Kyle Bowen’s Class Hack blog/portfolio
- ‘Capturing a visual thought’ (MozFest session)
- Back of the Napkin book
- Twitter analytics
Conclusion
Many thanks to Bryan for giving up his time to share his thoughts – and for the kind drawing he created especially for me! (above)
