A collection of notes and quotes written down in my notebook while at Interesting 2008.

Wandering in

“To thine own self be true”

Coffee

Singing along to ‘The Final Countdown’ with 349 other people and loving it
A chalkboard on the lid of a mac
Lego vignettes
Horses have a blind spot right in front of their nose
“I’m tired of authenticity, it’s time to start exploring possibilities”
“Not who we are but who we could be”
I’m a Creative Generalist
“It’s a rack of macs!”
“The way to be interesting is to be interested”
Place = security v. space = freedom

Tea and a wee (meeting the guys from www.rememble.com and the School of Everything)

An Aubrey Beardsley/Jimi Hendrix mash-up
“The smallest mask is the red nose”
The World of Warcraft would be 12 km in diameter and 500 x heavier than lead
“Enjoy them but spend them at your peril”
“Light is like a felt-tip on cheap paper”
In progress are the seeds of catastrophe and in catastrophe are the seeds of progess
Riffing on the scotch-egg format
On the web people become places
“Moral ambiguity is not required”
A hall of bunting, custard creams and tea
“Courage is what it takes to stand and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”

Lunch

“Tending your lawn is the perfect way of claiming your new territory”
“I’m searching for the perfect funny word”
Who knew it would be possible to do a interesting talk on the subject of toilets?
“Gin - the most important technology of the 18th century”
“It sweeps as it beats as it cleans”
Stimming with melody and sound from this film-maker (sound)

Tea break

Making an awesome zoetrope out of a record-player
Mashematics
Hiraeth and putting people in the moment
“Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow”
Studied clumsiness in drawing
“We registered his domain name before registering his birth”