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CyborgCamp Pictures are Up!

The following pictures are just a sample of the amazing photos at Mark Coleman took of CyborgCamp. The full set can be be viewed here on Flickr.

Reid Beels explains the unconference structure.

Ward Cunningham explains new ‘Ways of Seeing”.

Simon Walter-Hansen asks a question during one of the presentations.

Leah Hollander explains how insulin pumps affect sex lives.
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@missburrows Does a Low Budget Ad for CyborgCamp in 3…2…1…

If you haven’t already heard, Lia Hollander @missburrows is going to be giving a presentation on “How Being a Cyborg Keeps Me Alive” from 11:45Am-12:30Pm at CyborgCamp.
She also just made this little promo video for it, which is pretty epic+adorable+cyborgian.

Lia will talk about the electronics that help keep her healthy and alive, the [...]

Speaker Highlight | Hideshi Hamaguchi: Concept creator, strategist, and COO of LUNARR

Hideshi Hamguchi describes himself as a concept creator, strategist + designer who cannot draw pictures. But as a “self-proclaimed diagram-lover, Hamaguchi uses visual models to bring what he calls “simplexity” and “structured chaos” to the process of brainstorming, helping businesses generate creative ideas and strategies in various industries & businesses” (Wikipedia).
On Thursday, Bram Pitoyo and [...]

Wiki Inventor Ward Cunningham to Speak at CyborgCamp PDX

If you don’t know already, Ward Cunningham is the computer programmer who developed the first Wiki. He’s one of the most interesting and brilliant people I’ve ever met. He’s currently living in Oregon and is the chief technology officer for AboutUs.org (a wiki-based guide to all websites.
Last night, I asked Ward if he’d like to [...]

Speaker Highlight - Bill DeRouchey

We’re honored to have Bill DeRouchey, a Sr. Interaction Designer in the Interaction Design group at Ziba Design present at CyborgCamp ‘08. He is a witty, brilliant person, and a fun guy to be around. We’re all looking forward to his speech.
Is Machine Language expanding Human Language?
“As technology creeps more and more into our everyday [...]

CyborgCamp Speaker Highlight

How being a Cyborg Keeps Me Alive, by Lia Hollander / @missburrows

Lia will talk about the electronics that help keep her healthy and alive, the difficult decision to be attached 24/7 to an insulin pump and that “cyborgs” do in fact have sex.
There will be time for Q&A, open discussion on defining the role in [...]