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Guest: Natalie Kane
Curator, writer, and researcher working at the intersection of culture, technology, design and futures. Currently work at the fantastic FutureEverything in Manchester, and hold a research position at futures research lab Changeist.
CONTACTING: Natalie Kane
Web: ndkane.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/nd_kane
Guest: Joanne McNeil
Joanne McNeil is a writer interested in the ways that technology is shaping art, politics, and society. She is currently working on a book. She writes about things like broken iPhones, virtual assistants in airports, the Chelsea Manning trial, and the future of novels. Her essays and reviews have appeared in the New York Times, Domus, Dissent, Frieze, The Baffler, Modern Painters, Wired, The Los Angeles Times, Saturated Space, Dirty Furniture, The Boston Globe, n+1/Occupy Gazette, and other web and print publications. She is currently collaborating with Eyebeam on OurNet, developing student workshops on networks.
Desiging technology to be mindful, instead of degining mindful technology. Social interdependnecy is the interface of our future.
"We are creating a generation of people who can only meditate with an app" @rohan_21awake
"My motivation is to create, creative, independent meditators" @rohan_21awake
"Mindfulness apps are teaching mindfulness but they maybe not building wisdom" @rohan_21awake
Caroline Sinders
BIO: I am a User Experience and Interaction Designer, researcher, interactive story teller, bad joke collector, and ridiculous pie baker. I was born in New Orleans and I am currently based in Brooklyn (and occasionally, I live in airports). Prior to graduate school, I worked in the creative world as a photographer for Harper's Bazaar Russia, Refinery 29, Style.Com, and Hypbeast as well as a marketing coordinator. My entire professional career has been in digital culture, digital imaging, and digital branding.
CONTACTING: Caroline Sinders