Ten top tips…
There’s a ‘follow it yourself’ page on our website here.
What it doesn’t have are tips for those thinking of making new followthethings work.
This is our recently released ‘top 10’:
Tip 1: the most awesome new work often begins with something that you might not even notice or can’t remember buying.
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followthethings.com (@followthethings) November 16, 2012Tip 2: don’t choose something because you think you know what you’ll find (exploitation perhaps), but because you don’t. That’s the fun.
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followthethings.com (@followthethings) November 16, 2012Tip 3: ftt new work luxuriates in double meanings, surprises, parallel worlds, playfulness, twists and turns…
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followthethings.com (@followthethings) November 16, 2012@followthethings Some good lessons for research in general - and for life!
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Andrew Davies (@andyddavies) November 16, 2012Tip 5: if you feel that your new work is turning into a two page case study in a geography textbook (no disrespect!), stop and think!
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followthethings.com (@followthethings) November 16, 2012Tip 6: choose something that *matters* to you and is a necessary part of *your* everyday life.
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followthethings.com (@followthethings) November 16, 2012Tip 7: it’s easy to criticise other people’s consumption. Speak for yourselves! Think about what *you’re* doing & how it relates to others.
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followthethings.com (@followthethings) November 16, 2012Tip 8: always think through/with the thing itself. It can help you to ask questions & make arguments.
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followthethings.com (@followthethings) November 16, 2012Tip 9: when you email 3000+ critical geographers, say that campaign aims to get conflict minerals out of supply chains, not conflict free.
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followthethings.com (@followthethings) November 16, 2012Tip 10: searching for your thing + Toxicology (Industrial or Occupational) can provide vivid insights into lives & work followthethings.com/fiy.shtml
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followthethings.com (@followthethings) November 16, 2012
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