Alan Parry
    I’m a technologist, strategist and engineering leader based in Bristol, in the UK. I've worked on transformative technology projects at the intersection of data, collaboration and creativity around the globe since 2000. I use Lean and Agile methods to drive business change and innnovation. Much of what I do professionally is confidential but I share bits where I can along with personal interests.

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    Indian Railways Animation

    Posted on 1st July 20169th December 2016by alanparry

    My good friend and old colleague Chandrakant Patel put this sketch together for a piece of work he was doing on industrial IoT opportunities, something we have worked on together in the past. It was begging to be animated so here is it, about 30 mins work! I followed this tutorial on how to add […]

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    Project Kick-Off Game

    Posted on 30th June 20169th December 2016by alanparry

    So I’ve decided to join a new project as PM for a rotation, its a great opportunity and a brilliant team. They have been together already for a few months now and as things start to come together we need to start prioritising what we can achieve in this great world of possibilities. I wanted […]

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    Midsummer’s Morning 2016

    Posted on 21st June 20169th December 2016by alanparry

    Neolithic men might not have been able to order home shopping and get live traffic updates but they didn’t have this problem either.  

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    Home Made Rockets

    Posted on 2nd June 20169th December 2016by alanparry

    Children love rockets. Adults love rockets. So we made some rockets at half term and had a test flight. I was also learning how to use Adobe After Effects at the time so got a bit carried away. Thanks to Public Service Broadcasting for permission to use their music. Hopefully Frank would have approved also. […]

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    Graphics and Puzzles

    Posted on 28th May 20169th December 2016by alanparry

    As part of a brand new collaboration space we are launching at Hewlett Packard Labs, we wanted to add something to brighten up a dull corridor. I put together this visualisation which has buried in it a secret message. Much of what we do in the Labs is R&D in to computer security, so we […]

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    Favela Painting UK

    Posted on 22nd December 20159th December 2016by alanparry

    A good friend recently reminded me of something we did back in 2010. Inspired by Favela Painting we put together some mock-ups of what some of the drab buildings in my home town of Swindon could look like, given an industrial scale make over. It seemed like a bit of fun at the time and he […]

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    Popeye and Olive Oil

    Posted on 9th August 20149th December 2016by alanparry

    In case there was any doubt where my interest with the intersection of media and technology originates from, here is an early film that my Dad recently dug up. He made it with me back in 1981 at the film workshop he ran at the time. I still remember being told off for pressing the […]

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    First Impressions of India

    Posted on 2nd September 200316th January 2017by alanparry

    August 2003 I’ve spent about a year preparing for this trip on and off and the one thing that sticks out is that everyone seems to laugh when they talk about India. From the nurse who gave me my jabs saying I WOULD get sick when I was away, to George telling me that somebody […]

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