Yesterday was the awesome Interesting2008 organised by Russell Davies. Roo had told me all about last year’s Interesting2007, so I was very much look forward to it – and I wasn’t disappointed.
The talks covered a diverse range of subjects and they were all interesting – as you would hope for such an event. Here are some of my highlights of the day.
Roo opened with 3 minutes on Lego. With 30 slides playing through behind him, he even remembered to breathe. A great start to the day. Roo has now posted his slides with audio on slideshare.
Michael Johnson gave us tour through the history of guitar music and graphic design. Was this just an excuse to play Jimi Hendrix on a stage in front of 300 people?
Matt Dent spoke about the new coin designs he did. Fascinating insight to the amount of detail that goes into this type of thing.
Lloyd Davis played the ukulele and then helped the whole room meditate and bring the mountain within. And relax.
Anna Pickard just about kept a straight face whilst talking about unintentionally funny words. I was most pleased to see Plinth on the list.
Andrew Walkingshaw explained why naming things is hard.
Jim Le Fevre amazed us all by showing off his turntable-based zoetrope. I could have watched this for hours. Definitely something to play with in the future. Update: Russell has linked to a YouTube video of this stuff – amazing.
Russell did a great job of organising the day – I’m very much looking forward to Interesting2009.
