Nerd Nite London is a monthly night of three short talks about niche subjects, with an audience of curious-minded people, and a bar.
For my seventh Nerd Nite London talk, I’ve been following the story of the printer’s fist (pointing hand). The foraging has been fascinating – you can read about that here – and there’s a lot else that goes into putting these talks together.
This being a voyage of nerdery, into the story go the things I wasn’t looking for, the diversions and stuff that happens along the way. I use slides as props so my gathering-in of material includes picture research, illustration, photography and where I can’t take pictures, visual notes. There’s design, which I use to help work out the pace of the talk as well as the look of the slides. For this talk, I’ve re-learned a skill for a creative experiment. And there’s timed rehearsal to make the talk fit its allotted 20 minutes.
Why go to all that trouble? Because when I start, I know almost nothing and because I care, a lot, about making my talk worth turning up for.
It’s a joy. And I learn fascinating stuff from my fellow nerds.
A narrated video slideshow of this talk is available on request.
Read about my other Nerd Nite London talks here.
Get in touch If you’d like to chat about a talk for your organisation.
Browse prints, bookmarks and tiny notebooks from my creative experiment here.
With thanks to Scott Payton for the photo of me at the talk.
