#BGGD55 Speaker slides from @Ellliiissseee @GirlGeek_be , plus @katriendg call for girly Win8 apps
Pictures (and a blog post) by photodj.
First speaker was Microsoft’s Katrien De Graeve (@katriendg), and I’d like to repeat her call to action:
Now is the time to build apps that will launch your business worldwide. Visit http://msdn.be/apps to download free tools and samples, find design and code resources, and get help from experts.
Second speaker was Pureplexity’s Leslie Cottenje (@GirlGeek_be).
And thirdly, AppStory’s Elise Daans (@Ellliiissseee)
#BGGD50 speaker slides: @NinadeMan “The future isn’t what it used to be”
Art and objects mentioned in this keynote:
- The Cloud, Atelier Hapsitus (Dubai)
- “Nimbus II” Berndhaut Smilde
- Thinker Stools, Robin Howie
- Fight the nothingness, David Shrigley (London)
- sculp-it, antwerp
- Mima Housing, Portugal
- Add-A-Room, Sweden
- Wiwawieg
- Transparent Chair by Nendo
- “Pura Vida” Phoenix Design
Trends mentioned in this keynote:
- Speakeasy bars
- “Turbulent teens”
- Netstalgia
- Space intensification
- Machine to Machine (M2M) “The internet of things”
Some quotes:
- “Never eat more than you can lift”
- “The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury”
- “If you want others to be happy, practise compassion. If you want to be happy, practise compassion.”
- “True life is lived when tiny changes occur.”
#BGGD50 Speaker slides: the Dyson story
#BGGD43 Flickr set and slide deck by @Samsung_BE
Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.
#BGGD40 speaker slides: How I wrote a book in one week
About the book:
http://conversity.be/en/the-conversity-book/
Kindle version on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Conversity-Model-ebook/dp/B004P8JX6K
#BGGD32 Speaker slides on Infobesitas by @palmaerts
#BGGD29 Presentations by @telenet and @nomadznu
BGGD #8 What CREW performance group is about, by Eric Joris
CREW is a Belgium-based performance group. Eric Joris being its key figure, this production team has brought together people from different domains depending on the projects that were being made. On the whole, CREW has insisted on making performances at the melting point of live art and technology.
BGGD #7 “Mixed Mode Buying > The Influence of the Web on the Buying Cycle” by Evert-Jan De Kort
Together with Vlerick Management School, InSites Consulting has set up a study in
June 2008 to see how consumers use the internet to decide what and where to buy.
The results of this large-scale Belgian consumer research project and critical
website screening have been presented by Christophe Vergult, Director Customer
Experience research, at the Vlerick conference ‘Internet & changing shopping
behaviour’.
If the special Girl Geek Dinner version of this presentation by Evert-Jan De Kort
made you hungry for more insights on this matter, feel free to contact
evert-jan@insites.eu
free on simple request.



