closing thoughts on FOWD

Felt more like a collection of old show reels than a conference. Not a complete waste though. It spurned drunken chat in the Old Man's about better integration with the developers and creatives. Certainly made us all fall a little more in-love with our inner geek. We also learnt Microsoft think developers and creatives should never talk to each other. We didn't like Microsoft. Nice retro dunnies though.

There, my first LU post. Enjoy.

At last the Goonies take the stage

At last the Goonies take the stage
Originally uploaded by flippers.

We all want it bad

Drastic measures

Effort

Effort
Originally uploaded by flippers.

Stuart wants to blog so bad, but the signal strength is so weak he may even have to stand up

AKQA showreel. Not the future.

Down in the lounge. The free water has run out. Pretty bored, hence the post.

AKQA guy is a bit dull

AKQA guy is a bit dull
Originally uploaded by flippers.

Lord Longleet at the castle

Highlight me the day so far. Yes we are in the pub.

Let the rumours begin

Let the rumours begin
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Oh look, its woodsy and zoe out on a clandestine lunch in kensington. How ... Interesting

Hanks cameo

Hanks cameo
Originally uploaded by flippers.

Big Spaceship's presentation is really good, but to make it even better the guy presenting looks and sounds pretty much like Tom Hanks. I'm talking classic Hanks. I'm talking Money Pit, The Burbs and Big era Hanks.

Are we at the right place?

Airside show us their work from 1997.

Actual powerpoint roadies

Actual powerpoint roadies
Originally uploaded by flippers.

We're back up in the heavens now, the dungeon had bad mobile phone access, not good for mo-blogging.

Microsoft dungeon scam

Microsoft dungeon scam
Originally uploaded by flippers.

We've realised we can sit downstairs in the microsoft dungeon and still watch the show on the telly. Now we can play (rubbish) xbox games while still 'learning'.

Microsoft Expression. Get it?

oh yeah, he's happy now. Wait till you see it.

Adobe dude droning on about apollo

Adobe dude droning on about apollo
Originally uploaded by flippers.

Sheesh, how uninteresting is apollo? Why make a web site in its own app? This guy talks very fast and never breathes. Ever.

Flickr's George Oates scares architects

Flickr's George Oates scares architects


Flickr's George Oates scares architects
Originally uploaded by flippers.

Down with sitemaps, long live gates. This is actually will wright's idea (don't worry, george credited him).

Breakfast is served

Brendan Dawes likes nice details

Brendan Dawes likes nice details
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Must send this guy Little Things

We have arrived

We have arrived
Originally uploaded by flippers.

Its all kicking off. 3D spinning cubes and all sorts

FOWD preparation

Originally uploaded by flippers.

Just blowing the dust off and charging up my DS in preparation for tomorrow's FOWD. I'm also testing to see if mo-blogging is still correctly setup on little union... if you're reading this then then answer is "yes".