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 decide on people’s own perception of whether you are or are not “one of those [...]

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 to 23 authors and containing a lot of stolen content it appeared online in discussions. [...]

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 one human communicate with another in the future? How is texting different from twitter? Remove [...]

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 – public installations of staircase pianos. A asked the question: “I know FOSS appeals to [...]

“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 Ps – Pain, Premise, People, Proof, Purpose. Be local, be reliable, be nice. Be lucky [...]

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

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 Campus it is Sheffield Hallam University’s attempt at an agile R&D workspace that has a [...]

Registration and initial mingling… people being introduced and sizing each other up (purely in the intellectual sense of course!) The familiar ramblings of geeks / new media types are being batted back and forth once again… “Do you facebook?” “Oh no I twitter” “Do you find it’s actually good for anything…” ….and so the conversation [...]