Ok, this is where it starts to get exciting – we’ve got speakers! Here’s who’s confirmed so far, and there’ll be more to come over the next few weeks:
Robert Shearman works as a writer for tv, radio and the stage. He’s just finished a ten episode treasure hunt novella – with each globetrotting chapter providing a riddle that leads the heroes to another destination, and the readers to the next instalment the following week. Fun, mayhem, and sword swallowing ensues!
But he’s probably best known for reintroducing the Daleks in the Hugo-nominated and BAFTA-winning Doctor Who episode starring Christopher Ecclestone…
Tom Armitage writes, designs and develops for the web, and thinks quite hard about many things best described as “new media”. He’s enjoying talking/thinking about rules and mechanics and why it’s these things that make things gamelike, and not scoreboards…
Mike Wallis thinks that cake is far more interesting than just a tasty comestible; the structure, how all the different elements interact, and the history of how cake came to be are all interesting topics.
You just thought it was something tasty to eat with a cuppa, but when you think about it cake can illustrate religion, psychology, molecular biochemistry and engineering, as well as being something tasty to eat with a cuppa.
Eliot Fineberg is a freelance doer-of-internety-stuff at Friday (yes, that really is a company. In that London, can’t you tell?) He’s going to talk about Wikiality & Journeys Into The Surreal…
James Boardwell does design and research at Rattle, and being run over by a taxi hasn’t put him off bikes and riding. He’s going to talk about push bikes, single speed, fixies and fads…
There’ll be more speakers announced in the weeks to come – and if you’ve got something that you’re passionate about, there’s still slots going. Sign up with our magic I-want-to-talk-at-Interesting-North internetomatic form thingy…