1. metaphors?
still sexy?
what the hell?
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2. It’s OK, we’ve done this before...
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3. What we mean is...
metaphors are sexy
as well as analogies and similes
useful, thought-provoking, fun
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4. You know how they work
A B
‘Blimey, I’m seeing A in a whole new light.’
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5. We’ve been using
them forever
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6. This is a famous one - can you guess it?
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7. “Juliette is the Sun”
~ William Shakespeare
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8. People like using them in talks too...
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9. digital
technology
Digital technology is like magic. There’s your
David Copperfield sensationalism and there’s
street magic’s slight of hand...
Iain Tait
http://www.psfk.com/2008/05/iain-tait-on-magic-and-technology.html
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10. experience
design
Experience design is seduction. Be a tease, get
people to first base, learn the art of seductive
conversation...
Stephen Anderson
http://www.slideshare.net/stephenpa/the-art-science-of-seductive-interactions
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11. video
games
Think of games as TV shows. There are series
(isolated snacks) and serials (where decisions
have consequences)...
Duncan Gough
http://www.slideshare.net/suttree/lets-play-a-game-of-kes-playful-09
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12. Well, since 2010, metaphors
have had their very own event...
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14. Each speaker has ten minutes
to change the way we look at
something via the chin-stroking
medium of metaphor.
it was a lot of fun last year...
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15. Metaphwoar! 2010
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16. Metaphwoar! 2010
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17. Metaphwoar! 2010
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18. Metaphwoar! 2010
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19. Metaphwoar! 2010
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20. Metaphwoar! 2010
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21. Metaphwoar! 2010
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22. Metaphwoar! 2010
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23. Metaphwoar! 2010
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24. Metaphwoar! 2010
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25. Metaphwoar! 2010
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26. This year, you should come.
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27. We’re still proud to be part of
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28. And we’re pleased to
announce a new venue:
(under Pizza East in Shoreditch)
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29. So what are you waiting for?
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30. 7pm
Weds 9th November
rsvp@metaphwoar.org
(Max of 5 names per RSVP)
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