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Hey you, what are you doing on tues 9th november 2010at 7.30pm?

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So, there’s this big event...

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Anyway, it’s made up of loads of mini events

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We want to talk to you about one in particular

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It’s called...

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are metaphors really sexy?

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metaphors are sexy

as well as analogies and similes

useful, thought-provoking, fun

Well, what we mean is...

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A B‘Blimey, I’m seeing A in a whole new light.’

You know how they work

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we’ve been using them forever

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This is a famous one - can you guess it?

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“Juliette is the Sun” ~ William Shakespeare

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what’s this got to do with Internet Week?

Excellent question. Read on...

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In the Internet age, metaphor is vitalChange is constant, influences are entangledEverything is analogous to everything elseIt’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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On November 9th at 7.30pm in a London location that will definitely have 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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“it’s not possible”~ Critic

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“it is possible, look...”~ Smart-arse organisers

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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

Friday, 24 September 2010

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

Friday, 24 September 2010

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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basically,looking at thing X through the lens of thing Y+ beer

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10 speakers

Tues November 9th 2010

7.30pm at ‘a pub’ TBC

London, UK

10 metaphors

10 mins each

To change the way you look at things

Friday, 24 September 2010

Want to be a speaker?

andy@metaphwoar.org

Rules:• You have ten minutes (or less, if you prefer)• You should provide a fresh view of something through metaphor or analogy • Tell a story, share a presentation, make large hand gestures, whatever works for you

Drop me a line with your idea:

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