"Definitely NOT Emerging Technology" conference - oh, and the
Easter Special http://www.martian.fm/ has its moments, too.]
* NOTCON '04 Call for Participation - Please Redistribute Freely *
NotCon '04, Sunday 6th June 2004, Imperial College Union, London
http://www.notcon04.com/ Proposals due by: Friday 14th May 2004
Have you coded, created, or discovered an interesting application of
technology? Then why not come and talk about it at NOTCON '04?
NOTCON '04 is an informal, low-cost, one-day conference looking at things
that technologies were perhaps not intended to do.
It takes place on Sunday 6th June 2004 from 11am to 6pm at Imperial College
Union, London (in South Kensington, next to the Science Museum and the Royal
Albert Hall).
And yes, there will be wi-fi. And a bar. And the kind of people who actually
ask for them in that order.
* What We're Looking For *
We're looking for a mix of talks, demonstrations and panel discussions
covering all the usual areas - but with a bit more of an edge than you'd get
from just reading about them online.
In short, we'd like proposals for any of these sorts of sessions -
especially if they fit into the following categories:
Geolocation services
Social software
Hardware hacking
Actual impacts of blogging
Alternative media
Politics on the net
Politics *of* the net
- and also especially if they don't. There'll be the usual 45-minute (and
questions) slots for longer talks, plus plenty of shorter 5-minute
"lightning presentations", so you don't need to write a complete lecture or
anything.
Proposals should be submitted via the web form at:
http://www.xcom2002.com/nc04/submit.php
And if you try to get them to us before midnight UK time on Friday 14th May
2004, then we can work out - and let you know - the line-up before the end
of May.
* Staying In Touch *
Even if you don't want to suggest a talk, you can stay informed about the
event by subscribing to our low-traffic announcement-only mailing list -
send a blank email to:
notcon-subscribe@socialswirl.com
(your address will only be used to contact you about the event and will not
be passed onto third parties).
* Further Info *
NOTCON '04 is organised by some of the people behind UK tech newsletter NTK,
socially-minded net charity mysociety.org, unofficial "Emerging Technology"
recap ConCon UK, and 2002's "Extreme Computing" show - but please feel free
to help out!
We'll be attempting to answer any other questions that arise on the event
Wiki:
http://www.symbianwiki.com/ConConUK/Questions
- or you can email info@notcon04.com if it's not covered already.
NotCon '04, Sunday 6th June 2004, Imperial College Union, London
http://www.notcon04.com/
See you there!
>> GEEK MEDIA <<
get out less
FILM>> not so much a feature-length "Spaced" as a feature-
length "Danger! Incoming Attack!" - though, on the plus side,
that means there's less Jessica Stevenson in SHAUN OF THE DEAD
(imdb: black-comedy/ generation-x/ horror/ post-modern/
romance/ satire/ romantic-comedy-zombie-spoof/ horror-spoof/
swat-team/ zombie)... handily not showing at the same time as
Brit gangster actioner "51st State" is Adam Sandler's totally
non-"Groundhog Day"-inspired amnestic comedy 50 FIRST DATES
( http://www.capalert.com/capreports/50firstdates.htm : "After
the 12th date I'm entitled to [inappropriate touch]"; ghosting
of [Drew Barrymore's] anatomy through clothing; admission of
homosexuality)... and no-one - including the accused - seems
able to quite make up their mind about harrowing fly-on-the-
wall child-abuse allegations docu CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS
( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0342172/goofs : The computer
used in Arnold Friedman's class, the Commodore PET, had a
strictly black-and-white display. But the dirty computer games
shown on screen are in color, so they can't be the ones that
Friedman hoarded)...
>> SMALL PRINT <<
Need to Know is a useful and interesting UK digest of things that
happened last week or might happen next week. You can read it
on Friday afternoon or print it out then take it home if you have
nothing better to do. It is compiled by NTK from stuff they get sent.
Registered at the Post Office as
"tales of sticky horror"
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Northeast/01/23/molasses.flood.ap/
NEED TO KNOW
THEY STOLE OUR REVOLUTION. NOW WE'RE STEALING IT BACK.
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