the main news is probably that grew a beard, went to florence, shaved it off again.
in addition iβve done a whole bunch of talks and workshops, this is my talk on βseeing the stackβ at the #stacktivism unconference in july.
i also spoke more generally about infrastructure, SCIM and other stuff at the CRESC Annual Conference 2013 in September at ULU. which was in the morning on the SAME DAY as i had tickets to improving reality in brighton. was all busy missions that day
plus all the audio recordings from the #iliw13 event have started to go online. the full audio from the ‘new luddism’ panel is was on is now online :: here
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thoughtmenu the nomadic DIY talk & event collective i helped found last year turned 1 in august. its been a bit different this year as it has has been a year of partnerships.
in april we partnered with the wonderful makerhood,com and put on a thought menu at their making uncovered event. below is a fantastic short documentary that gives a awesome sense of the day
since june and we have been working alongside limewharf to help curate the season of βBig Picture Daysβ. we have two more sessions left – oct & november and Iβm excited for both of them.
topic so far have been Swam Coops, Stacktivism, Cyberinsecurity. Topics still to come are βRightsβ & βNeo-nomadsβ
we have a new website based on tumblr, to celebrate we been posting the videos from previous talks. As a result Iβve learnt quite a bit about Imovie this year – I planning on doing introduction layers with the speaker and talk names on newer videos soon i reckon. heres the newsletter ::
as i write this my room full of semi-packed in boxes. iβm moving soon and will potentially be broke after bills + rent whilst in the new place. as a result, i have some new projects brewing, one of which (hopefully) will come to fruition before the year is out. i just bought a blue yeti microphone i’m now all ‘wired for sound’ so its most definitely going to be audio.