An open letter about Something Digital
To our Something Digital tribe,
Wow. It feels like it’s been a very long time since we’ve seen you all.
In a normal year we would have bought the community together a number of times by now. But 2020 is
Celebrating the Riff Sessions
3 months. 7 sessions. 12 speakers. Over 1000 registered attendees. And one epic Rona Playlist. It’s been riffing amazing.
When lockdown first hit, like everyone else, we were a little numb. What did it all mean? How long would …
Something Digital: The Rebel Edition
We are living in a BRAVE new world. One which is unpredictable, uncontrollable and a little bit crazy. So, in order to fit in, we’ve thrown out the rule book.
Dubbed as the Rebel Edition, Something Digital 2020 is going
We live in an upside down world. COVID-19 Update.
To the Something Digital tribe.
What an upside down world we live in.
No doubt you are all sick of the COVID-19 messages (we are too) … but the reality is that we currently face a rapidly changing world, so …
Nomad 3 2020: The wrap report. Visions of the Internet for 2070.
It’s the year 2070. I’m 90 years old. Still whole, though with the addition of two implants – one that constantly monitors my blood levels and the other that enables me to translate thoughts to action.
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The internet isn’t
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Nomad 2 2020: The wrap report. The disintegration of the digital/physical divide.
“I said I’m not comfortable with my body, so I want to get rid of it. This thing. All the arms and legs and every single bit of it. I don’t want to be flesh. I’m going to escape this …
Nomad 1 2020: The wrap report. Life in a post-truth era.
‘I’m Marek and I love deep fakes’ was the opening line of a truly deep discussion around humanity’s relationship with the truth in an era of misinformation, deep fakes, information disorder, fake news and platform manipulation. This was (of course) …
Emergency Digital. The wrap report.
2020. A new decade. Many had hoped for a new beginning. Yet it is hard to deny that Australia has had a tumultuous start to the new year.
With significant portions of our country devastated by the bushfire disasters, our …
Something Digital 2020: The Decade of Redemption
After an outstanding festival in 2019, Something Digital will be back in 2020 – with more digital greats, more provocation, more conversations, more mind blowing moments and a theme which will challenge us to take responsibility for our digital future……
Something Digital 2019. The wrap report.
ALL digital conversations start and end at the same place. With a human.
The human experience is central to our digital conversations whether we are talking about algorithmic bias, ethics, smart cities, operational efficiencies, customer experiences, digital wellness or automation.…