Inspired Ideas Surgery

The Inspired Ideas Surgery advises on how to take forward the Hardware Hacker’s Collective, Electronic Cobblers and a driver rating initiative.

Open Invite to Social Media Surgery

Unsheffield wants to help organisations from the region get going with new social technologies that can further their causes. The Social Media Surgery will be open as a drop-in from 11am to 5pm on both Saturday June 20 and Sunday June 21. There is no need to book a place, just come along to the Showroom Cinema and find out how easily technology can make a difference to your cause.

No Future Shock

Okay, it’s rough to criticise the work of Alvin Toffler, nearly 40 years after he published ‘Future Shock‘. But while Toffler’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’s perhaps not quite as stressful. We’ve certainly been living a more connected existence in technologically developed societies since the early 1990s.

Joanne Jacobs explores the evolution of technology into the contexts for engagement of Future Users.

Call for Volunteers

We’re looking for people who can help make Unsheffield run smoothly on the weekend. We need people to help out with general event support, the Social Media Surgery and event reporting. If you’re interested in getting involved, drop us a line at volunteer [at] unsheffield.net. Volunteers also get full tickets for the event.

Evernote

So much is going on at Unsheffield that it’ll be nigh on impossible for any single individual to be involved in it all. We’re anticipating over 70 talks and sessions in 4 zones across 3 days. That’s a lot of ideas coming out, and a lot of content building up. We don’t want our participants suffering from information overload, so we’re really happy that Evernote have stepped in to help us capture, share and remember the memories that will form over what’s going to be an intensely creative weekend of innovation and knowledge-sharing.