My bow tie matches my wife's dress

Last night seemed to go really well. I enjoyed myself, although I was more nervous about hosting than I ever have been about speaking. All the speakers were fab and did a brilliant job of sticking to 8 minutes.

Rather than me blather on, let us let Twitter do the review for us.

6pt Hellicar and lewis = fantastic.

withassociates the geek shal inherit the earth. Jamie from @Airside rules. Must talk more with him about sciencey things.

iaintait Having a bow tie that matches your wife's dress! Shits all over my trainer / jumper combo

tollerton "Damn fine inspiration" from Vaughn Oliver.

antiquote Just left #8x8. Damn fine work by damn fine people.

Futurefabric Nice evening out at 8x8 (http://www.ilovedesign.com/...). John Bateson stood out for me. Online video apparently coming soon...

Wagit went to the #8x8 ilovedesign event last night. Was very good. Better then your normal boring conference... and free beer! brucey bonus

And many more via the #8x8 twitter tag. Apparently they could have sold out several times over. I hope they do it again.

Comments

[AaB]

Great 'show' - of talent both old'er and new'er and well done Ben. The free beer was a shock! I particularly liked John Bateson, his inspiration in the everyday. Please pester the guys to get it all up online so I can re-watch and send others. Just a thought- did your t-shirt purposely match the 8x8 logo colours, in reverse?

[Rachel]

I'm so gutted - I got stuck on the circle line in that ridiculous heat and completely missed it. So annoyed, as I knew it had sold out and I was so looking forward to it after a long day at new blood :( It sounds like it was a great night. Hopefully it does get put up online because I really wanted to hear what everyone had to say.

Sigh. Not happy.

[lauren]

and those jokes.. do we have to wait for the videos to hear them, or will you divulge here?

[Val Kildea]

I'm looking forward to the videos; the talks were genuinely inspiring. It was refreshing to hear designers talking about influences outside design and not their own work. John Bateson and Richard Hooker both stood out for me as having real passion and curiosity for life in general and for design as an extension of that. I wanted to applaud Jamie from Airside from about the three minute mark for explaining a complex piece of design so beautifully. Great stuff from genuine people, a real treat.