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12/6/13 Omni Museum blog, TOTeM (Tales of Things and Electronic Memory) www.omnimuseum.org/id21.html
4/4/13 E&T Magazine (Institute of Technology and Engineering), Apps Augmenting Reality to drive retail sales by Aasha eandt.theiet.org/magazine/2013/04/getting-a-purchase-on-ar.cfm
13/3/12 Future Everything Newsletter, Oxfam ShelfLife Launches in Manchester, futureeverything.org/news/oxfam-shelflife-launches-in-manchester/
8/3/12 The 1to1 Blog, Using QR Codes to Tell a Product’s Story by Cynthia Clark www.1to1media.com/weblog/2012/03/using_qr_codes_to_tell_a_produ.html
7/3/12 Vodafone World of Difference, Oxfam Shelflife app reveals secret life of donated items, worldofdifference.vodafone.co.uk/news/archives/9305
6/3/12 MSN, Avid Studio and other great new smartphone apps Oxfam Shelflife by Adam Hartley tech.uk.msn.com/apps/avid-studio-and-other-great-new-smartphone-apps?page=6
6/3/12 Manchester Evening News, The Oxfam Charity Buys that Speak for Themselves menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/life_and_style/s/1487445_the-oxfam-charity-buys-that-speak-for-themselves
4/3/12 Independent, Agenda: Toast; Will Poulter; Bigkids; the Bon Bon bar; Game Of Thrones, (App watch: Oxfam Shelflife) www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/agenda-toast-will-poulter-bigkids-the-bon-bon-bar-game-of-thrones-7466539.html
3/3/12 Messenger, Trafford’s Oxfam stores pioneer new app www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/news/9557717.Trafford_s_Oxfam_stores_pioneer_new_app/
1/3/12 BBC Radio 4, Newsjack, Episode 2 Series 6 soundcloud.com/fabricatedtweek/bbc-radio-4-extra-newsjack
1/3/12 News and Star, Brave New Apps World is Looking Creepier www.newsandstar.co.uk/opinion/mark-green/brave-new-apps-world-is-looking-creepier-1.930150?referrerPath=news/fire-crew-rescues-man-from-blaze-in-carlisle-flat-1.899497
1/3/12 CorpComms Magazine, Oxfam Goes Digital by Emily Nicholls www.corpcommsmagazine.co.uk/news/2231-oxfam-goes-digital
1/3/12 Just Say Please, Shelflife app gives Oxfam items a backstory by Carmel Brown www.justsayplease.co.uk/technology/technology-and-gadgets/oxfamappunveiled/
29/2/12 Shelflife on BBC North West News 1pm and 6.30pm
29/2/12 on BBC Radio Manchester, BBC Radio Oxford, BBC Radio Leicester, BBC Radio Coventry & Warwickshire
28/2/12 Creativity On-Line, Explore the backstory with QR codes creativity-online.com/work/oxfam-shelf-life/26439
28/2/12 The Drum, Oxfam app recounts ‘digital life stories’ of charity items by John Glenday thedrum.co.uk/news/2012/02/28/oxfam-app-recounts-digital-life-stories-charity-items
28/2/12 Bourne Local, Oxfam app reveals history of items www.bournelocal.co.uk/news/oxfam_app_reveals_history_of_items_1_3566469
28/2/12 Grantham Journal, Oxfam app reveals history of items www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/oxfam_app_reveals_history_of_items_1_3566469
28/2/12 Brilliant Noise, Oxfam’s Shelflife and Giving Objects a Story brilliantnoise.com/brilliant-oxfams-shelflife-and-giving-objects-a-story/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=brilliant-oxfams-shelflife-and-giving-objects-a-story
27/2/12 BBC technology, Oxfam’s Shelflife links goods with past using QR Codes www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17152221
27/2/12 Guardian, Apps Rush: Adobe Photoshop Touch, AR Flashcards, Oxfam Shelflife, Collins Big Cat, Tower Bloxx and more by Stuart Dredge www.guardian.co.uk/technology/appsblog/2012/feb/27/apps-rush
27/2/12 The Next Web, Oxfam’s new app brings charity store items to life by telling their ‘digital life stories’ by Martin Bryant thenextweb.com/video/2012/02/27/oxfams-new-app-brings-charity-store-items-to-life-by-telling-their-digital-life-stories/
27/2/12 Your Gadget Guide, How Oxfam Uses Smartphone Technology To Sell Goods Donated by the Public by Patrick Griffin www.yourgadgetguide.net/news/how-oxfam-uses-smartphone-technology-to-sell-goods-donated-by-the-public.htm
27/2/12 Stamford Mercury, Oxfam app reveals history of items www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/news/oxfam_app_reveals_history_of_items_1_3566469
15/11/11, Museum Practice, Oral History case study by Alison Taubman, www.museumsassociation.org/museum-practice/your-oral-history-case-studies/15112011-national-museum-of-scotland
7/10/11, BBC Radio Scotland, Fred MacAuley Show, Making Memories Workshop www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b015d1wv
18/9/11, Sunday Times, This dress can tell its whole life story by Kate Mansey, thetim.es/nN5D1k
18/9/11, Daily Mail, Facebook, the Antiques Roadshow and eBay all rolled into one: The social network for second hand goods, www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2038706/Facebook-Antiques-Roadshow-eBay-rolled-one.html#ixzz1YPIleP00
15/9/11, Mirror, Oxfam to launch hi-tech scheme in which charity items will ‘talk’ to the buyer, revealing their history, bit.ly/pxdKht
15/9/11, Irish Times, Adding tales to ordinary things by Dick Ahlstrom www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0915/1224304143039.html
14/9/11, BBC Radio 4, The World Tonight featuring Andy Hudson-Smith (34mins in) www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b014gcmt
14/9/11, Financial Times, ‘Internet of things’ is set to come By Clive Cookson www.ft.com/cms/s/2/693a21d6-dedf-11e0-9130-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1Y0mtNtZF
14/8/11, Museum Next, Qr codes and Museums by Scott Billings www.museumnext.org/2010/blog/qr-codes-and-museums
9/8/11, Toronto Star, Buy Colin Firth’s suit and he’ll tell you all about it by Lesley Taylor, www.thestar.com/living/article/1036138–buy-colin-firth-s-suit-and-he-ll-tell-you-all-about-it#article
6/8/11, Mashable, QR Codes on Oxfam Clothes Reveal Celebrities Who Donated Them by Zachary Sniderman, mashable.com/2011/08/05/qr-code-oxfam-shop/
6/8/11, PSFK, Vintage Products Employ QR Codes to Share Celebrity Stories by Piers Fawkes, www.psfk.com/2011/08/vintage-products-employ-qr-codes-to-share-celebrity-stories.html
4/8/11, ecosalon, Hooked on Recycling by Rowena Ritchie ecosalon.com/hooked-on-recycling-006/
6/5/11, PSFK, Remixing social memory with the internet of things by Stephen Fortune, www.psfk.com/2011/05/remixing-social-memory-with-the-internet-of-things.html?sms_ss=twitter&at_xt=4dc7a1af23a20d57,0
5/5/11, Pasta and Vinegar, An internet of things that don’t exist by Nicolas Nova, liftlab.com/think/nova/2011/05/05/an-internet-of-things-that-do-not-exist/
4/5/11, Creative Boom, Celebrities help out Oxfam with help from Salford by Katy Cowan www.creativeboom.co.uk/north-west/news/celebrities-help-out-oxfam-with-help-from-salford/
14/4/11, Guardian on-line, Museum collection gets QR codes by Michael MacLeod www.guardian.co.uk/edinburgh/2011/apr/14/edinburgh-national-museum-scotland-qr-codes
14/4/11 Terence Eden has a Blog, QR Codes in Museums https://shkspr.mobi/blog/index.php/2011/04/qr-codes-in-museums/
8/4/11, Culture24, Barcodes let visitors scan and label star items via phones at the National Museum of Scotland www.culture24.org.uk/art353504
8/4/11, The Scotsman, Museum barcode that unlocks rare record of Scotland’s past by Brian Ferguson, thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Museum-barcode-to-unlock-rare.6747963.jp
8/4/11, Evening News, Museum to offer more edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/Museum-to-offer-mobile-scheme.6748234.jp
5/4/11, Society for Storytelling, Tales of Things by William Shaw, www.sfs.org.uk/news/show/313
10/3/11, ABC Radio National, Australia, Mass urbanisation: why do we flock together? Interview by Antony Funnell with Andy Hudson-Smith, abc.net.au/rn/futuretense/stories/2011/3153206.htm
17/2/11, Grist, Norway’s Facebook-killer is for buses only by Jess Zimmerman, www.grist.org/article/2011-02-17-norways-facebook-killer-is-for-buses-only
13/1/11, Metro, QR Codes Pick Up on Hidden Messages by Will Samson, www.metro.co.uk/tech/852526-qr-codes-pick-up-on-hidden-messages
8/12/10, Japan Times, A relationship with the city by Verena Dauerer search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nc20101208a1.html
6/12/10, PAGE, Internet of Things Conference, Tales of Things App by Verena Dauerer, www.page-online.de/emag/technik/artikel/internet_of_things_konferenz_teil_1_tales_of_things_iapp#emaganfang
November 2010, Wired Magazine, Listed in Top 25 Tech for 2011, Chatitecture by Alex Haw
Issue 38 Oct 2010, GDR UK, Brand Developments Hi Tech Homes by Mandy Saven
Culture24, Tales of War Time Things by Richard Moss, www.culture24.org.uk/history+%26+heritage/war+%26+conflict/world+war+two/ART310650
12/10/10, Greenwich Time, The Heartbeat of History (p.7)edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/launch.aspx?referral=other&refresh=X1m8dH4051Na&PBID=9643820d-2df2-4db5-b9e4-58d014e535d1&skip
11/10/10, Uxbridge Gazette, POW Recounts Brave Attempts to Escape by Jack Griffith www.uxbridgegazette.co.uk/west-london-news/local-uxbridge-news/2010/10/11/pow-recounts-brave-attempts-to-escape-113046-27447303/
8/9/10, NY Times, The Future of Social Objects by Richard MacManus www.nytimes.com/external/readwriteweb/2010/09/08/08readwriteweb-the-future-of-social-objects-82545.html?ref=technology
8/9/10, Read Write Web, The Future of Social Objects by Richard McManus www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_future_of_social_objects.php
3/9/10, NY Times Magazine, The Back Story by Rob Walker www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/magazine/05FOB-Consumed-t.html?_r=3
1/9/10 Inflight Magazine, Brussels Airlines, Every Object Tells a Story by Boyd Farrow btheremag.com/2010/09/01/business-trends-47/
31/8/10, PRI’s The World, Tales of Things by Ari Daniel Shapiro www.theworld.org/2010/08/31/tales-of-things/
24/8/10, Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation tech blog, Give everything a life and a story – on the Internet by Eirik Solheim nrkbeta.no/2010/08/24/gi-alle-ting-et-liv-og-en-historie-paa-internett/
18/8/10, Mashable, Share and Track the Story of Any Object with Printable QR Codes by Jolie O’Dell mashable.com/2010/08/18/tales-of-things/
3/8/10, Iddictive.com, RFID Tags and QR Codes Tell the Story of Donated Items by Mark Nagurski www.iddictive.com/2010/08/03/rfid-tags-qr-codes/
22/7/10, How Do, Is tagging the future for estate agents? And your marketing? www.how-do.co.uk/north-west-media-news/other-media/is-tagging-the-future-for-estate-agents?-and-your-marketing?-201007228662/
21/7/10, D-Build, RememberMe, Tagging Donated Objects With Oral Histories by Grant Meacham d-build.org/blog/?p=1446
21/7/10, Ecouterre, “RememberMe” Uses Digital Clothing Tags to Record a Garment’s History by Bridgette Meinhold, www.ecouterre.com/20481/rememberme-uses-digital-clothing-tags-to-explore-a-garments-history/
13/7/10, Springwise, RFID Tags Used to Attach Stories to Charity Shop’s Donated Goods www.springwise.com/retail/totem/
25/6/10, Architects’ Journal, Tales of Things – Tagging Shoreditch by Sean Kitchen www.architectsjournal.co.uk/the-critics/tales-of-things-tagging-shoreditch/8602165.article
23/6/10, Wired, Architecture Tags Hit Shoreditch by Duncan Geere www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-06/23/architecture-tags-shoreditch
7/6/10, Wired, Spime Watch: The Internet of Old Things by Bruce Sterling www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2010/06/spime-watch-the-internet-of-old-things/
28/5/10, RFID Italia, Charities and IOT by Laura Zanotti rfid.thebizloft.com/content/beneficienza-e-iot-i-tag-raccontano
15/5/10, Radio 5 Live with Gaby Logan audioboo.fm/boos/128388-fivelive-rememberme
14/5/10, The Next Web, Tales of Things Gives Real-life Objects a Digital Memory by Martin Bryant thenextweb.com/apps/2010/05/14/tales-of-things-gives-real-life-objects-a-digital-memory/
13/5/10 The Internet of Things Council, RememberMe: Future Everything and the Internet of Things by Julian Bleecker www.theinternetofthings.eu/content/rememberme-future-everything-and-internet-things
13/5/10 BBC Manchester, Tales for sale at Oxfam charity shop in Manchester by Richard Turner news.bbc.co.uk/local/manchester/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8680000/8680310.stm
12/5/10 Wired, Oxfam Donations Get RFID Memories Read by iPhones by Duncan Geere www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-05/12/oxfam-donations-get-rfid-memories-read-by-iphones
1/5/10, Radio New Zealand, This Way Up podcast.radionz.co.nz/twu/twu-20100501-1245-Tales_of_things-048.mp3
26/4/10, BBC radio 4, Click On www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s2w27#synopsis
20/4/10, BBC Pods and Blogs www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/podsandblogs/2010/04/tedx_ratholes_and_tales_of_thi.shtml
19/4/10, Design Week, Universities Design Digital Tagging Service by Tom Banks www.designweek.co.uk/universities-design-digital-tagging-service/3012410.article
19/4/10, Read Write Web, Op-Ed: Objects Aren’t Social by Richard MacManus www.readwriteweb.com/archives/objects_are_not_social.php#comments
17/4/10, The Auricle. Road Testing Tales of Things and QR Codes by Derek Morrison. www.auricle.org/auriclewp/?p=4058#comments
16/4/10, Experientia, Tales of Things. www.experientia.com/blog/tales-of-things/
16/4/10, Basic Thinking Blog. Barcodes überall: Tales of Things gibt jedem Gegenstand ein eigenes Leben by Marek Hoffmann www.basicthinking.de/blog/2010/04/16/barcodes-ueberall-tales-of-things-gibt-jedem-gegenstand-ein-eigenes-leben/
15/4/10, Guardian, Barcodes without barriers – is this the web’s next big thing? by Victor Keegan www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/apr/15/barcodes-geotagging-victor-keegan
14/4/10, L’Atelier, L’Internet des objets gagne en simplicité www.atelier.fr/applications/10/14042010/internet-des-objets-tag-code-barre-2d-qr-code-memoire—description-tales-of-things-39630-.html
13/4/10, Wired, Spime Watch: Tales of Things by Bruce Sterling www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2010/04/spime-watch-tales-of-things/
13/4/10, New Scientist, Barcodes Help Objects Tell Their Stories by Jim Giles www.newscientist.com/article/dn18766-barcodes-help-objects-tell-their-stories.html