Posts Tagged ‘conferences’

Week 173

In Weeknotes on 15 October 2010 tagged Bill Buxton, calendars, conferences, Design by Fire 2010, Dominion, futures, games, lectures, planning, play, productivity, STT, time with Comments Off

At the studio, coffee brewing in the french press, El Guincho on the stereo. Last week I felt overwhelmed, this week I just feel allergic. Literally. I have a head full of antihistamines, hope they kick in soon. One thing I decided to do about the overwhelming bit is block out more time in my [...]

This Pervasive Games Workshop I Ran at This Conference

In Articles on 10 July 2009 tagged conferences, FoG09, game design, NLGD Festival of Games 2009, pervasive games, physical, play, playtesting, prototyping, social, tinkering, workshops with 2 comments

A few things I got people to do at this year’s NLGD Festival of Games: Fight each other with paper swords… …and run around with lunch-boxes on their heads.1 This was all part of a workshop I ran, titled ‘Playful Tinkering’. The mysterious Mink ette — who amongst many things is a designer at Six [...]

What I’m Doing at the Festival of Games

In Articles on 14 May 2009 tagged alternate reality games, ARGs, conferences, events, game design, games, play, urban games with 5 comments

I’ve helped out with the program of this year’s NLGD Festival of Games. If you’re into gaming’s fringe phenomena, then this edition is not to be missed. The conference’s theme is “play global, global play” and will celebrate the impact of gaming beyond the screen. I curated several sessions focused on urban games and alternate [...]

A Playful Stance — My Game Design London 2008 Talk

In Talks on 17 November 2008 tagged architecture, conferences, control, design, emergence, game design, Game Design London, GD, GDL, interaction design, IxD, learning, media, play, Playful 08, playgrounds, presentations, skateboarding, slides, Talks, tools, underspecification with 10 comments

A while ago I was interviewed by Sam Warnaars. He’s researching people’s conference experiences; he asked me what my most favourite and least favourite conference of the past year was. I wish he’d asked me after my trip to Playful ’08, because it has been by far the best conference experience to date. Why? Because [...]

Reboot 10 Slides and Video

In Talks on 11 September 2008 tagged architecture, arguments, cities, conferences, culture, events, game design, GD, interaction design, IxD, mobile, play, politics, presentations, procedural rhetoric, reboot 10, slides, social, tangible, urbanism, videos with Comments Off

I am breaking radio-silence for a bit to let you know the slides and video for my Reboot 10 presentation are now available online, in case you’re interested. I presented this talk before at The Web and Beyond, but this time I had a lot more time, and I presented in English. I therefore think [...]

Goodbye DK, Hello NL

In Articles on 3 July 2008 tagged conferences, Copenhagen, Denmark, Leapfrog, Netherlands, travel, Utrecht, work with 5 comments

And that was it. After exactly one year in Copenhagen I am back in Utrecht. I enjoyed my time in Denmark tremendously, it has proven to be a great place to start my new life as a freelance designer. Now I will continue my practice over here. Different city, same international outlook. The final period [...]

Slides and Summary for ‘More Than Useful’

In Talks on 23 June 2008 tagged adaptation, conferences, customization, events, FBTB 2008, From Business to Buttons 2008, game design, GD, interaction design, IxD, personalization, play, presentations, slides with 4 comments

Update: The video and slides are now available on the conference site. The conference From Business to Buttons 2008 aimed to bring together the worlds of business and interaction design. I was there to share my thoughts on the applicability of game design concepts to interaction design. You’ll find my slides and a summary of [...]

Moving, Speaking

In Articles on 6 June 2008 tagged conferences, Copenhagen, events, moving, speaking, Utrecht, work with Comments Off

It’s final days for me. In Copenhagen, that is. July 1 I will exchange this lovely city for my home town of Utrecht, the Netherlands. The plan is to continue work as a freelance interaction designer. So if you’re interested, but physical distance has been putting you off so far, get in touch. Between now [...]

Urban Procedural Rhetorics — Transcript of My TWAB 2008 Talk

In Talks on 27 May 2008 tagged 2008, alternate reality games, architecture, ARGs, cameras, cities, conferences, control, culture, events, everyware, flash mobs, free running, freedom, game design, GD, graffiti, hoaxes, interaction design, IxD, LED throwies, Mario Question Blocks, mobility, physical computing, play, politics, presentations, privacy, procedural rhetoric, Provo, public space, security, September 12, skateboarding, slides, street art, surveillance, Talks, The Web and Beyond 2008: Mobility, TWAB, TWAB 2008, TWAB08, ubicomp, ubiquitous computing, UFOs, urbanism, user experience, UX, Zona Incerta with 22 comments

This is a transcript of my presentation at The Web and Beyond 2008: Mobility in Amsterdam on 22 May. Since the majority of paying attendees were local I presented in Dutch. However, English appears to be the lingua franca of the internet, so here I offer a translation. I have uploaded the slides to SlideShare [...]

Blank Banners — See Me Speak at TWAB 2008

In Articles on 10 April 2008 tagged conferences, cultural resistance, game design, GD, ID, interaction design, lectures, mobile, play, presentations, Provo, The Web and Beyond 2008, TWAB 2008, TWAB08, web with 2 comments

In 1966 Provo took to the streets of Amsterdam with blank protest banners.1 The use of rousing slogans had been outlawed by the city’s mayor. The ‘protesters’ were arrested. Provo achieved their goal of making the authorities look silly by playing at protesting. They took existing rules and decided to play within them, to see [...]