This deck is a bit out of context on slideshare. It sits half way down the page here: http://metaphwoar.org

1. metaphors?
sexy?
what the hell?
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2. Well, what we mean is...
metaphors are sexy
as well as analogies and similes
useful, thought-provoking, fun
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3. You know how they work
A B ‘Blimey, I’m seeing A in a whole new light.’
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4. we’ve been using
them forever
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5. This is a famous one - can you guess it?
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6. “Juliette is the Sun”
~ William Shakespeare
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7. Now metaphors have their very own event:
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8. It’s all part of
And for good-ish reason...
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9. In the Internet age, metaphor is vital
Change is constant, influences are entangled
Everything is analogous to everything else
It’s a big bowl of metaphor soup*
This is an event for people that like to eat
metaphor soup (have their perspective changed)
*Yup, that’s one too
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10. On November 9th at 7pm in The Slaughtered
Lamb pub, which naturally has a BAR...
...ten smart thinkers will each take something
you think you know and show it to you in a
brand new light...
...all via the chin-stroking medium of metaphor.
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11. “it’s not possible”
~ Critic
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12. “it is possible, look...”
~ Smart-arse organisers
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13. digital
technology
Digital technology is like magic. There’s your
David Copperfield sensationalism and there’s
street magic’s slight of hand. It’s like this...
Iain Tait
http://www.psfk.com/2008/05/iain-tait-on-magic-and-technology.html
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14. experience
design
Experience design is seduction. Be a tease, get
people to first base, learn the art of seductive
conversation. I’ll explain...
Stephen Anderson
http://www.slideshare.net/stephenpa/the-art-science-of-seductive-interactions
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15. video
games
Think of games as TV shows. There are series
(isolated snacks) and serials (where decisions
have consequences). Here’s why I prefer serials...
Duncan Gough
http://www.slideshare.net/suttree/lets-play-a-game-of-kes-playful-09
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16. basically,
looking at thing X
through the lens of thing Y
+ beer
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17. we (literally) hope
you will come
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18. 7pm sharp on November 9th
RSVP at the bottom of the page
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