The first day at the Thinking Digital conference
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...
View ArticleThe second day at the Thinking Digital conference
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 –...
View ArticleThinking Digital Conference
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,...
View ArticleOk I was never going to be happy reading the Wired top 100
The Wired 100: Positions 10 to 1 The Wired 100: Positions 11 to 50 The Wired 100: Positions 50 to 100 But I almost threw my ereader across the hotel restaurant table this morning when I read through...
View ArticleThe Wired UK top 100 in 2011
I had a slight heads up about the Wired top 100 for 2011 from people around the web. And to be fair there were some surprises… First surprise is the people who dropped off the list this year. People...
View ArticleThinking Digital 2011: Touching the emotions
May is a strange time… It seems to be the start of a series of conferences in the North of England including Future Everything. In this case it was time to head up to Newcastle/Gateshead for the...
View ArticleDid Google just kill Prezi without breaking a sweat?
So everyone’s going crazy about Google Plus right now but am I the only one to notice, Google just rolled over and crushed Prezi. And to be honest, I’m glad they did or might do because that Prezi...
View ArticleThinking Digital 2012 my highlights
Another year and another Thinking Digital. This year the programme looked very strong, and thankfully I can say one of my highlights was from the BBC. 5 Years now and thinking digital is winning more...
View ArticleGoodbye IT Conversations…
IT Conversations has ceased producing podcats Since it’s inception, IT Conversations has published over 3300 audio programs. After ten years of operation and six years with me at the helm, all that is...
View ArticleTalking at Thinking Digital 2013
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...
View ArticleUser experience design with Aral
Before I start on this little rant, its worth pointing out this is following a talk from Aral Balkan’s talk at Thinking Digital 2013. I have still yet to write my review of the best talks and my own...
View ArticleMy highlights of Thinking Digital 2013
Herb Kim the founder and creator of the Thinking Digital conference. This is my usual best of Thinking Digital… Bear in mind I missed half the conference as noted here. Julian Treasure got us thinking...
View ArticleI’m dying to experience Tokyo by 2016?
Forever I have wanted to experience Tokyo. For me its always been a place of technological progress. I know its not for everyone, but the culture is so wildly different and technology is at the core....
View ArticleBest talks of Thinking Digital 2015
Another year has flown by and I’m able to reflect on the Thinking Digital conference again in a blog post. Unfortunately this time I missed the workshops as I was giving a presentation at the BBC...
View ArticleHighlights of Thinking Digital Manchester
Thinking Digital is a breath taking conference which always wows and has become a stable part of the conference scene in the UK. It was great to hear that Manchester would play host to the...
View ArticleAnother thought provoking Thinking Digital
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cubicgarden/42345012351 Thinking Digital is always a great conference and I try to make sure I get to Newcastle for each one. Now in its 11th year, its clear there is no...
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