Yours truly speaking at Defuse Dublin (IxDA) last month, where I presented on Gaza Verified and Small Tech/Small Web.
All photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/irq95gn1ncUJtL4W7 (apologies for Google/Alphabet, Inc. link)
All talks: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsaoWzR87FsUvLEI7xjThSdIB5TqMrOc0 (apologies for YouTube/Alphabet, Inc. link)
Speaking of Defuse Dublin, @Alan gave arguably the best talk of the night, full of humour and content, and on a very important subject: accessibility.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rm5Ag6x-dRo
Make sure you don’t miss it.
#DefuseDublin #AlanDalton #accessibility #talk #IxDA #design #tech
So it didn’t go exactly to script but the video of my talk from Defuse Dublin is now out. It’s a short one.
🥀🥀🥀Why is everyone ignoring our cries in Gaza?
🔻🥺🥺🥺Have the consciences of nations dried up?!!!!!
If you enjoy listening to our cries and appeals, 🔴🔴🔴please donate even a little, or at least share and help us spread the word.🔴🔴🔴
https://chuffed.org/project/153851-for-a-better-life-for-my-children
.. @aral , @casy
#DefuseDublin #Dublin #Ireland #talks #events #design #IxDA #technology #SmallTech #SmallWeb #Gaza #Palestine #GazaVerified
🔴🔴Before you fall asleep on any pillow, remember how we fall asleep without any pillow.
🔻Time is running out for us; we need help and support.
🥀Just be human🌹
🌿Support us; a little from you is a lot to us.🌿
@aral
@casy
#DefuseDublin #Dublin #Ireland #talks #events #design #IxDA #technology #SmallTech #SmallWeb #Gaza #Palestine #GazaVerified
https://chuffed.org/project/153851-for-a-better-life-for-my-children
Against all odds, here and looking forward to giving my talk in a little over an hour.
Looking forward to seeing some of you at Defuse Dublin tonight at The Sugar Club.
Event is not ticketed (first come, first serve) and doors open at 7PM.
#DefuseDublin #Dublin #Ireland #talks #events #design #IxDA #technology #SmallTech #SmallWeb #Gaza #Palestine #GazaVerified
Guess who misremembered having 25 seconds per slide and instead has 15 seconds per slide on Monday?
FML! :)
Goodness, I hate formalistic presentation styles like Ignite. But don’t worry, I’m breaking the form three times in the talk – including starting with a minute of silence for Gaza (that’s four black slides and 1/5th of the 5-minute talk), a transition (ok, it’s a 15-second transition, but still), and a live demo (yep) – and using that to demonstrate the case that we do not have to accept the rigid confines of the status quo, that resistance and sabotage are always options, and that the way things are is just raw materials for the way things can be. That said, constraints are also good so the reduced slide duration will only make my talk more impactful if I edit it down right, it just means more work… and more than one thing can be true at the same time. ;)
If you’re in Dublin/Ireland and want to drop by, there are no tickets and it’s first-come first-served:
#DefuseDublin #Dublin #Ireland #IxDA #TheSugarClub #talks #presentations #design #humanRights #democracy #Gaza #Palestine #BigTech #SmallTech #SmallWeb #Kitten #Domain #peerToPeerWeb
I’m speaking at Defuse – Design For Use – at The Sugar Club in Dublin on November 10th at 7PM.
The theme is “Reclaiming Design: Taking Back Purpose in an Automated Age” and my talk’s titled “Think small.”
It’s first come, first served, so mark your calendars and show up early (and find me and say hi if you do!) :)
#ThinkSmall #DefuseDublin #IXDA #IXDADublin #SmallTech #SmallWeb #events #Dublin #Ireland #tech #design #ethics
Looking forward to speaking at Defuse – Design for Use in Dublin on November 10th about breaking the rules and doing things differently (and yes, the Small Web).
Mark it on your calendars and come along if you’re free.
#design #IxDA #Dublin #Defuse #DefuseDublin #dublin #ireland #event #SmallTech #SmallWeb
Aral Balkan
Hema Alshaer