Unsheffield Tag: BarCamp http://unsheffield.net/bbpress/tags.php?tag=barcamp Future Users of Cool Technology: 19-21 June 2009 en-US Fri, 24 May 2013 08:51:11 +0000 bbpress 1.0-alpha-6 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://unsheffield.net/bbpress/search.php Unsheffield Forum on "No Future Shock" http://unsheffield.net/bbpress/topic.php?id=8#post-61 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:53:08 +0000 Unsheffield Forum 61@http://unsheffield.net/bbpress/ <p>An insightful post Joanne, i think there&#8217;s some interesting points here, which I hope will be picked up at UnSheffield. Look forward to meeting you.</p>
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 Unsheffield Forum on "Unsheffield fka BarCamp Sheffield" http://unsheffield.net/bbpress/topic.php?id=27#post-48 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:42:59 +0000 Unsheffield Forum 48@http://unsheffield.net/bbpress/ <p>[...] if you have an activity or space you would like to contribute as part of the Unsheffield programme. Unsheffield fka BarCamp Sheffield Posted 9 hours ago [...]</p>
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 Unsheffield Forum on "4iP" http://unsheffield.net/bbpress/topic.php?id=28#post-47 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:37:23 +0000 Unsheffield Forum 47@http://unsheffield.net/bbpress/ <p>[...] 4iP Posted 9 hours ago # [...]</p>
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 Unsheffield Forum on "No Future Shock" http://unsheffield.net/bbpress/topic.php?id=8#post-45 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:35:45 +0000 Unsheffield Forum 45@http://unsheffield.net/bbpress/ <p>[...] No Future Shock Posted 1 week ago # [...]</p>
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 Jag Gill on "4iP" http://unsheffield.net/bbpress/topic.php?id=28#post-39 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:23:48 +0000 Jag Gill 39@http://unsheffield.net/bbpress/ <div style="float:left;padding-right:5%"><a href="http://unsheffield.net/?wp_ct=12" target="_blank"><img title="4ip" src="http://unsheffield.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/images/sponsors/4ip_180.png" alt="4ip" /></a></div> <div> <p>The old adage of Build It And They Will Come simply doesn&#8217;t work with many Future Users. Sustained engagement demands not only an innovative product but a shake-up in the way we traditionally go about identifying relevance and creating useful solutions, typically using widespread or mundane technology and platforms (such as the ubiquitous mobile phone, GPS and RFID) that&#8217;s just applied to cool effect. <a href="http://unsheffield.net/?wp_ct=12" target="_blank"><strong>4iP</strong></a> have already established a strong pedigree of encouraging forward-thinking and inventive ways to reach out to millions of people who would otherwise happily let the digital revolution pass them by.</p> <p><br/><a href="http://unsheffield.net/2009/06/4ip/">4iP</a></p> <script src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~s/unsheffield.net?i=" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script> Unsheffield Forum on "Unsheffield fka BarCamp Sheffield" http://unsheffield.net/bbpress/topic.php?id=27#post-38 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:06:07 +0000 Unsheffield Forum 38@http://unsheffield.net/bbpress/ <p>[...] been following two events recently, Unsheffield and TweetCamp. They&#8217;re both BarCamp style events with high levels of self organisation, and [...]</p>
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 Jag Gill on "Unsheffield fka BarCamp Sheffield" http://unsheffield.net/bbpress/topic.php?id=27#post-37 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:06:05 +0000 Jag Gill 37@http://unsheffield.net/bbpress/ <p>BarCamp Sheffield has evolved to <span class="standout">Unsheffield</span>. We&#8217;re taking the technology <a href="http://unsheffield.net/about/unconference">unconference format</a> to a broader public. We pushed some of the boundaries of BarCamps last year, and we&#8217;re continuing to do so this year under our new name, which is intended to reflect its broader content, format and appeal.</p> <p>The principles of participant-generated content still remain at the heart of the event, and we&#8217;re encouraging a strong focus around the event theme - <span class="standout">Future Users of Cool Technology</span>. Integral with the unconference will be public workshops that create a bridge between local and regional talent and the international event and its contributors. </p> <p>At the <a title="GeekUp Sheffield 13: First Birthday" href="http://bit.ly/geekupsheff13">GeekUp Sheffield birthday party</a> we laid out some of the <a href="http://unsheffield.net/programme">plans</a> for this year&#8217;s flagship grassroots digital event. In keeping with the <span class="standout">Future Users</span> theme, we&#8217;re looking for public spaces to extend the unconference to public workshops and symposia, thereby spreading the joy of techs to non-geeks in the city and region.</p> <p>Do get in touch if you have an activity or space you would like to contribute as part of the <span class="standout">Unsheffield</span> programme. <br/><a href="http://unsheffield.net/2009/05/fka-barcamp-sheffield/">Unsheffield fka BarCamp Sheffield</a></p> <script src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~s/unsheffield.net?i=" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script> Unsheffield Forum on "No Future Shock" http://unsheffield.net/bbpress/topic.php?id=8#post-13 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:49:30 +0000 Unsheffield Forum 13@http://unsheffield.net/bbpress/ <p>[...] - it&#8217;s been my pleasure to help promote the UnSheffield event taking place on 19-21 June with a featured blog post on their site.  UnSheffield&#8217;s event theme is &#8216;Future Users of Cool technology&#8217; and the barcamp [...]</p>
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 Joanne Jacobs on "No Future Shock" http://unsheffield.net/bbpress/topic.php?id=8#post-12 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:58:30 +0000 Joanne Jacobs 12@http://unsheffield.net/bbpress/ <p>Okay it&#8217;s rough to criticise the work of Alvin Toffler, nearly 40 years after he published &#8216;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Shock">Future Shock</a>&#8216;. But while Toffler&#8217;s key premise - that the shift from an industrial age to a post-industrial, highly technology-mediated society would leave us all feeling rather disconnected and over stressed - may have some merit in terms of information overload, it&#8217;s perhaps not quite as stressful and certainly a more connected existence we have been living in technologically developed societies since the early 1990s. With mass adoption of mobile communications devices and the development of graphical browsers for the World Wide Web we have steadily been forging and reinforcing links between ourselves, and expecting others to always be available, for help to be at hand, and for new connections to be created daily, on the basis of shared interest or a common goal. </p> <p>So while Toffler may have got the notion of technological expansion right, there are serious flaws in his sense that we&#8217;d all be rather unhappy about it. In fact, as more contexts for communication and collaboration emerge, the &#8216;happiness&#8217; of users of digital media tends to grow. Indeed if anyone is feeling stressed and disconnected it is those who lack either the literacy or the infrastructure to participate. </p> <p><br/><a href="http://unsheffield.net/2009/06/no-future-shock/">No Future Shock</a></p> <script src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~s/unsheffield.net?i=" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>