Newspeak

I just posted an abstract of a talk I want to give on the Reboot 9 website.

There's that Tower of Babel again...
I don't know what the selection criteria are - maybe Thomas the organizer decides, or maybe it's to do with how many people click on the little "I like it" button.
If it is the latter, and you like the look of that, and want to hear words coming out of my mouth, do me favour and click me up, would you?
Thanks awfully!

 

Statement of Intent

 

[Off topic] SLINT! IN! AMSTERDAM!

I can't help it. It's got nothing to do with Media Catalyst, but I'm very VERY EXCITED that Slint are playing live at the Paradiso in May.

See you down the front.

(Ab)normal service will now be resumed.

 

Fuzz

It's like buses innit? No posts for almost a month then two come along at once. Blame me - or rather, blame also my "shy and retiring" colleagues - get it together you lot! Post more stuff on our blog! NOW!

Anyway, what this post is actually about is fuzz.

Image courtesy of Flickr user Not so fast

Specifically - and this follows on rather nicely from the previous post about Reboot 9 and its theme of "human" - computers and systems versus fuzzy stuff like randomness and ethics etc.

Last week Olly Wright - our Experience Architecture Director - sent an email around quoting from Kathy Sierra's talk at SXSW Interactive:

"If you saw a man drowning and you could either save his life or photograph the event... how would you tag it in Flickr?"

It sparked off this little stream of MC hivemind consciousness... (Read more...)

 

CTRL+ALT+DEL

Yay! Finally, just when I thought it wasn't going to happen this year, I get an email from Thomas Madsen-Mygdal advertising Reboot 9.0.

This year's theme is "Human":

"being human, human goals, digital human, human connection, serving human goals, human voices, human organizations, humans connected to each other, human trust, human tools, human model, human culture, human community, human potential, human tribes, human beliefs, human energy, human soul, human change, human minds, human call."

Based on past experience (I went to Reboot 7, two colleagues went to Reboot 8) this is an inspirational, engaging and enlightening way to spend a weekend. I'm still using the notes I took two years ago!
I can't recommend this event highly enough!