Monthly Archives: September 2009

Jonny Douglas – http://jonnydouglas.com

A familiar face (I think I’ve seen him down the local ) has been nominated as one of the most influential business people in new media in Yorkshire. He is speaking about why you shouldn’t believe your art teacher… They

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Ben Terrett – Founder of Really Interesting Group

Introducing Really Interesting Group – “doing projects for fun, money or both”. The recent project – THINGS OUR FRIENDS HAVE WRITTEN ON THE INTERNET 2008 – is a paper copy of what it says on the tin. Firstly sent out

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Andy Huntington – Interaction Designer

Interaction and sound 1. Musical Instruments Covering the spectrum of interaction design. Fine levels of detail in early instruments didn’t always take off. They need to be efficient control systems – like, say the computer mouse. Introducing  tapTap – the

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Simeon Yates – C3RI

Introducing Simeon Yates – C3RI – an academic intrested in social science. How has technology been changing the social landscape. Nowadays people can build their own game (levels on 1st person shooters, band tracks on Guitar Hero etc). How can

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Hardware hacking – Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino

Introducing Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino of Tinker.it The Arduino was developed in the academic sphere in Italy with the use of Open Source. They have been used for: Proximity sensor devies for musicians – like a theramin. Pressure sensitive devices for artists

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Why entrepreneurship?

“that moment” tearful emotive catharsis. tips for wannabes: Find a foil – a ying to your yang (example of paul+john – the beatles) Innovation (find somethign and make it better). Be the ‘live, local’ version. Elevator pitch – the 5

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It begins

Chris Anderson explains TEDx “Bring people together, bringing ideas together brnigs Sheffield back to what it was… to achieve what is possible.” Introducing Codeworks.

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Codeworks

Herby Kim introduces Codeworks.  Sheffield’s TEDx is the 3rd leg of the northern tour oranised by Codeworks. Twitter types may find the event under #TEDxS

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Lecture Hall / Electric Works.

Set in a modest lecture hall (I expected a larger turnout – but we look as though we’ll all fit) however the building that surrounds it is exquisite!!  See here. For those who haven’t seen or heard of the Digital

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