I work as senior lecturer at Arts Institute Bournemouth - one of the last specialist arts colleges in the UK - fabulous centre for the creative arts, full of working professionals with expertise in every facet of media old and new. I am visting professor at UWE Bristol, where I monitor student's progress through MA and PhD. I also help run the new media exchange in London, working with a team led by Susan O'Reilly and Neil Johnston. The mission of nm-x is to encourage knowledge transfer, social-professional networking and entrepreneurial activities in the new media development sector.