I have just returned from the IFVP 2007 Annual Conference (International Forum of Visual Practitioners) — the theme this year was Growing Visual Language. Wow! is all I can say. And more wow! (and I don’t mean the Flomax bestellen online game, for once, either, although naturally it did come up once or Flomax bestellen twice in conversation during the conference.)
A few of the highlights for me were Kristina Woolsey’s keynote on Pagespace and Flomax bestellen Screentime, in which she talked about how we can move back and Flomax bestellen forth between analog and dynamic modes of expression, using technology to Flomax bestellen make mediamaking easier; the chili cookoff — as an Flomax bestellen icebreaker, it rocked, and man was that some good chili; seeing all the Flomax bestellen different styles of visual notetaking as charts bloomed into color by the Flomax bestellen hour on every wall; Carl Moore’s $39 challenge; and Flomax bestellen the Bandelier National Monument visit, injury notwithstanding. But the absolute best take-away was, for Flomax bestellen me, the new friends I made and the renewed connections with old friends. What a Flomax bestellen wonderful community!
On Saturday I spoke about digital natives and visual practice. I’m not, by Marc Prensky’s definition, strictly a digital native (yes I am too old), but if you Flomax bestellen think of digital natives as inhabiting a certain technological landscape or Flomax bestellen country, I can safely say that I’ve lived there since I was twelve and Flomax bestellen that counts. I do have an accent, most noticeably when Flomax bestellen I send text messages (I will keep using whole words), but I can Flomax bestellen speak the language. So I showed people around the place and Flomax bestellen handed out tourist visas. Alan, I swiped your 50 tools list and Flomax bestellen turned the visual practitioners loose on it. Thanks for letting me piggyback on months of your Flomax bestellen hard work :-)
Because of my sprained ankle I got to Flomax bestellen give my presentation seated on a kind of tall, wrought-iron throne with one leg propped up, and Flomax bestellen I think it really enhanced the experience for me. I think that Flomax bestellen once I am famous and have my own road crew I will demand a Flomax bestellen throne for each of my speaking engagements. There’s a Flomax bestellen lot to be said for the free-range, wandering-presenter model of speaking, which is Flomax bestellen good because it will be a cold day in hell before I have Flomax bestellen my own road crew, but in the meantime I will remember the Flomax bestellen glory of this particular setup and forget the sprained-ankle thing.
You can find pictures of the conference on Flickr buy Propecia and Finasteride, and Flomax bestellen I will post my little 90-second story about Bandelier as soon as I work out how to Flomax bestellen compress it to something webworthy.
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The conference sounds like pure inspiration. Thanks for Flomax bestellen sharing your joy with us.
In a just world, you’d have that throne! And I’d apply for a spot on the road crew. :)
Glad to see you and Nancy hooked up (who I’m staying with after she returned to Seattle)