Speaker.

Russell Davies

Strategist. Futurist. Blogger. Gadget maker.

Profile:

I was born in Derby. Did school, university, tried to be a pop star and gag writer, failed at both and ended up in advertising. I did OK at it. Worked on brands and campaigns you'll have heard of, like

Honda, Microsoft and Nike. Now I'm trying to use my powers for good, doing interesting little projects which mostly seem to involve either printing the internet out and gluing it back together in a different order, or slowing it down with postcards.

What I'm talking about:

Tinkering. Playing. Interesting. Slow. Lessons learned building the Instorematic.

About a year ago we volunteered to build a machine thing to go in howies shop window in Carnaby Street. It took longer than we thought, but building it has taught us all sorts of interesting things about building, playfulness, slowness, making things with your friends and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. We're going to talk about those things and others that seem related. There'll be jokes and funny videos from the internet.

Comments:

Posted by: andrea on 30th September 2009 16:15:19

bloody marvellous , going to go and have a look at fixmystreet ,cos i care about it

Posted by: Tony Fenn on 20th September 2009 21:16:32

Really enjoyed your talk. Excellent ! Can I please put a link to it on my blog? We are building a web based historian platform to store 'the history of everything' on the web. Maybe it could be of use in your projects. Check www.makehistori.com

Posted by: Grant on 28th October 2008 11:43:05

Very interesting. Enjoyed this.

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Websites

MAKE: Blogspot about making things
FFFFOUND!: Post and share your favorite images found on the web
Arts and Letters Daily: Online Arta and Letters Daily.
I like: Blogspot about things ‘I like’
MetaFilter: This website exists to break down the barriers between people, to extend a weblog beyond just one person, and to foster discussion among its members

Books

Here Comes Everybody: Author: Clay Shirky
Description: The power of organising without organizations.
ISBN: 0713999896
A Smile In The Mind: Author: Alan Fletcher
Description: Exploring witty thinking and playful graphic design.
ISBN: 0-7148-3812-8
Interface: Author: Neal Stephenson & Frederick George
Description: A conspiracy tale dealing with the attempt by an organization with virtually unlimited resources to take effective control of the United States.
ISBN: 0099427753
The Man Who Saved Britain: Author: Simon Winder
Description: Reflecting on Flemings 007 creation from the change of Britain- the loss of Empire and the political landscape of the 50s/60s/70s.
ISBN: 0330442465
The Mezzanine: Author: Nicholson Baker
Description: The story of corporate life and one man’s lunch hour.
ISBN: 1862070989

Organisations

Walk It: We want to get people walking more
We Are What We Do: Our aim is to inspire people to use their everyday actions to change the world.
Welcome Collection: Wellcome Collection is a unique mix of galleries, events, and meeting, reading and eating places where you can consider what it means to be human.
Long Now Foundation: The Long Now Foundation was established in 01996 to creatively foster long-term thinking and responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years
Guerrilla Gardening: An organization of people that come together and garden neglected public spaces

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