May 20, 2013
by ianforrester
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I had the pleasure of attending the Quantified Self Europe conference in Amsterdam. It was part of my idea to head towards conferences which are less mainstream and more edgy. Nothing wrong with the mainstream, but I love the idea … Continue reading
April 25, 2013
by ianforrester
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3 years ago I was meant to stand up at Thinking Digital and call an end to BBC Backstage, although I bet my reasoning wouldn’t be so well reasoned back then due to the obvious. A year before that I … Continue reading
May 27, 2011
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My experiments/hacking with the kindle has lead me to this point. I’m on my way to thinking digital in Gateshead/Newcastle and with the kindle in my jacket pocket and I’m wondering how this whole thing would work. It seems likely … Continue reading
May 19, 2011
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For those who have been interested in my kindle hacking/project. I’m happy to say the Thinking Digital conference schedule is now up on the Amazon Kindle store. The UK link is here. The US link is here. The German link … Continue reading
May 13, 2011
by ianforrester
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Been thinking for a while about the way I take notes… I tend to write down short lines of text which tend to make sense to myself only, but I’ve been thinking for a while do I really need my … Continue reading
January 25, 2010
by ianforrester
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I’m booked to go to my first Fosdem. Got the train from Manchester to Brussels return for 140 pounds but the hotel (Hotel Centrale) was quite a bit more but right next to the main station and Parc de Bruxelles. … Continue reading
May 31, 2008
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The thinking digital conference was great. At one point I twittered that I felt like I was at TED. And seriously I wasn't joking. some of the speakers like Aubrey de Grey, Ray Kurtzwell, Helen Fisher, Jonathan Harris, Tara Hunt, … Continue reading
May 23, 2008
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Session 5: Mobile 2.0 panel debate – Gerard Grech – Vikesh Patel – Mark Selby – Bradley de Souza Greg Dyke interviewed by Andy Allan Session 6: Unconventional Wisdom – Aubrey de Grey – Carl Honore – Dan Lyons (a.k.a. … Continue reading
May 22, 2008
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Backstage is supporting the Thinking Digital conference in Gateshead/Newcastle. Its a new conference along the lines of TED/Pop!Tech but based in the North of England and not exclusive to the in crowd.The conference has great wireless and so we're able … Continue reading
May 16, 2008
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I've been meaning to blog about this conference for bloody ages, everytime I go to do it. I remember I'm still offline most of the time. Anyway hopefully this blog post will attract a few last minute choosers and attract … Continue reading
January 27, 2008
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I have put in a couple of proposals for Xtech 2008 which is this year in Dublin. The theme for the year is the web on the go which actually fits in nicely with our thoughts about for over the … Continue reading
October 13, 2007
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I gave a presentation at work yesterday summing up the two conferences I went to recently. There's nothing secret in the presentation so I posted it to slideshare for sharing. Hopfully it will be useful to others. Comments [Comments] Trackbacks … Continue reading
September 28, 2007
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I wrote my notes up here on Backstage. The TTI Vanguard is one of those groups who run conferences you hear about but never get the chance to attend. In actually fact it might be membership or invite only like … Continue reading
September 26, 2007
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The Tubeless Internet – Not bad, maybe too complex David Reed, TTI/Vanguard Advisory Board Starts with a quote from Ted Stevenson, which is complete wrong and is so the wrong way of thinking about the network. Jon Steward effect = … Continue reading
September 25, 2007
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My Ubuntu install is working again thanks to Jon Callas from PGP. So I can finally bring you this entry from the Airplane trip 2 days ago. The mount command using the remount flag really made a huge difference. Otherwise … Continue reading