Thoughts from a Bafta nominated Podcaster, Blogger, Writer and Commentator.
The weekend of September 25th/26th in 2015 will see the next edition of ‘Over The Air.’ If I go (and right now I think I will be), I’m going to need to do something pretty darn spectacular.
I appear to be credited as “Ex Blower Upper of Things“. I’m quite proud of that. Yes, that’s a T-Shirt for Magnolia’s in Austin. But I’m not sure about the “Ex” though…
After all, only three of us worked on Engima Kerplunk, what did everyone else get up to? I touched on some of them on the Forbes blog: If you’ve ever wondered where the ideas for applications and services on your mobile phone come from, then wonder no more, because OTA is the perfect example. During the first day, a series of talks and presentations are put on, detailing the latest ideas, principles and digital toys that companies are making available – this year saw such delights as an introduction to BBC Digital’s Public Spaces project from Mo McRoberts; AR technology
I know it happened at the end of September, and I had a rather explosive role in the proceedings, so apologies if you’ve been waiting for something a bit more in-depth from the Over the Air… or the footage of Project Holodeck. In the run up to the event, some of the video team behind Click and Tech-Know on the BBC started a conversation with me on getting some coverage from the event. That’s now been posted online over at the BBC News Technology section, along with some words from me on my favourite projects and the ethos behind the
As I mentioned in my last post, this past weekend saw myself attend Over the Air, the two day mobile development conference with seminars, presentations and demonstrations from the leading handset manufacturers, software houses and networks; a great chance for myself to mix in person with the mobile community; and of course the hackathon – where people take an idea and build their code or project in during the event and through the night before presenting it to the audience at the end of the second day for kudos (and prizes). Following tradition, everyone was expecting something spectacular from myself
Lots of travelling tomorrow, which gives me time to edit some video together and write up a bit on the hack I has leading at Over The Air this weekend, namely Project Holodeck. But for now, just one thought from David Wood: Project Holodeck by @ewanspence stunned the #ota09 audience into 7 minutes of Twitter silence (@dw2)
