Getting Social at Digital Shoreditch 2013

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Getting Social at Digital Shoreditch 2013
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O ne o f t he t hings I wa s m o s t lo o
king f o rwa rd t o a t Digit a l Sho re dit
ch, wa s t he cha nce t o s o cia lis e a nd
co nne ct wit h like - m inde d a t t e nde e s
. T he f e s t iva ls t he m e t his ye a r
wa s m a king m e a ningf ul co nne ct io ns ,
s o wit h t ha t s pirit in m ind, he re s m
y pe rs o na l a s s e s s m e nt o f t he s o
cia l e xpe rie nce a t Digit a l Sho re dit ch.
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dica t e d 5 m inut e s t o , e r, a ct ua lly
ne t wo rk. An d th i s wa s n t th e b i g
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ti cu l a r s e s s i o n a ctu a l l y a d d r
e s s e d th e co n ce p t o f n e two r ki n g
, a s m o s t o f th e s e s s i o n s d i d n
t a l l o ca te a n y ti m e fo r th i s a t
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l y fu n a n d i n fo r m a ti ve s e s s i o n
fr o m th e g u ys a t S wi s h Th i n ki n g
, wh i ch m a d e p a r ti ci p a n ts s p l i
t i n to b r i n g to l i fe a m a r ke ti n
g b r i e f. An d Im n o t j u s t s a yi n g
th a t b e ca u s e m y te a m wo n th e co
ve te d B o n ke r s i d e a a wa r d e i
th e r . It h e l p e d th o u g h . T he s o
cia l f e s t iva l a pp, La nyrd, wa s a nyt
hing but s o cia l. Th o u g h i t h a d a n
i n te r e s te d i n m e e ti n g fe a tu
r e , th e a p p wa s n t we l l p u b l i ci
s e d , e ve n o n th e d a y. Th o s e th a
t kn e w a b o u t i t wo u l d p r o b a b l y
h a ve s tr u g g l e d wi th th e co m p l i
ca te d u s e r i n te r fa ce . I a l s o th
i n k th e a p p wo u l d h a ve b e e n b e
tte r i f i t h a d a fe a tu r e n o ti fyi n
g yo u i f th e p e r s o n yo u wa n te d
to m e e t wa s wi th i n r a n g e . O k, m a
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ke r -i s h fo r s o m e , b u t I th i n k i t
wo u l d h a ve s i m p l i fi e d th e ta s
k o f l o ca ti n g wh o yo u wa n te d to m
e e t. Yo u ca nt ho ld a co m m unica t io
ns ga l do wn f o r lo ng. De s p i te th e l
a ck o f fo r m a l o p p o r tu n i ti e s
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o r e d i tch a tte n d e e s , I d i d i n fa
ct m e e t a fe w i n te r e s ti n g p e o p l
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m p b e l l fr o m B r i ti s h Co l u m b i a
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e l Ku m a r fr o m Th e Li q u i d Wa y, a
n d S te p h a n i e Hu g h e s fr o m S wi s
h Th i n ki n g . Its g o o d to ta l k. My
pa rt ing t ho ught s . Al l i n a l l , Di g i
ta l S h o r e d i tch 2013 wa s a g o o d d
a y o u t to g e t o u t o f th e o ffi ce a n
d m e e t d i g i ta l e n th u s i a s ts , h
e a r s o m e d i s cu s s i o n s o n th e
th e d i r e cti o n o f th e i n d u s tr y,
a n d ( i f yo u m a ke th e e xtr a e ffo r
t) m e e t a fe w n i ce fo l ks . It wa s a
n i n te r e s ti n g e xp e r i e n ce
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