dConstructickets

It’s been an exciting day at Clearleft Towers. Tickets for this year’s dConstruct went on sale today.

Sales are going briskly. At the end of the day, two thirds of the tickets were gone.

Needless to say, I think you should grab yourself a ticket. But then, I would say that, wouldn’t I? I think the line-up is bloody brilliant: James Burke! Lauren Beukes! Jason Scott! Unnecessary exclamation points!

But before you slap your virtual money down via the Herculean challenge of Google Checkout, let me reiterate what I wrote on the dConstruct website: dConstruct is not a conference of practical web design and development tutorials.

The presentations may not contain any practical tips you can take back to work on Monday morning but you will gain insights into the direction our digital technology is taking.

If you’re looking for practical know-how, I highly recommend the workshops. The actual conference day, however, is all about challenging your brainbits and making you think.

In this interview with .net magazine Andy does a good job of explaining where dConstruct is coming from, man, and what you can expect on the day:

While other conferences try to educate and inform, dConstruct aims to enlighten and inspire – to challenge the way you think about design and technology as it applies to our industry. It’s basically brain candy for a curious mind.

If that sounds like something you’d enjoy, get a ticket. I predict they’ll probably be gone by the end of the week.

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A lovely heartfelt personal look back at dConstruct.

dConstruct was about the big ideas, but not in a wanky TED way. It was about ideas on the horizon brought into focus, it always left me wanting to know more.

dConstruct was never about the big showy thing that will make you millions. It was about the interesting. It gave you seeds to take away with you, and that’s important.

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I love the thoughtfulness that Sally put into her personal write-up of dConstruct.

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Reflections on Dconstruct 2022 – Bill Tribble

Wow, what a day. A really diverse selection of talks that went all over the map. From building vast world-changing health systems, to scaling and archiving global online communities, to the beauty and joy of calligraphy. And lasers. I enjoyed the lot, which is rare for me at an event like this.

A rather lovely write-up of the final dConstruct!

Above all it was nice to see the diversity of approaches and reasons for doing ‘design’ / art / whatever. Some of us are solving the hard problems, some of us are thinking philosophically or creating new tools, and some of us are just having fun – and all approaches are valid and useful.

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Spotify – dConstruct 2022

If you were at dConstruct on Friday and you enjoyed the mood music during the breaks, this is what you were listening to.

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dConstruct 2022 – Photos by Marc Thiele

Marc very kindly took loads of pictures at dConstruct on Friday—lovely!

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Previously on this day

14 years ago I wrote Hashcloud

The web is agreement.

19 years ago I wrote Copenhagen

I’m off to Denmark for the Reboot conference.

22 years ago I wrote Laptop Land

As promised, I’m blogging wirelessly from Riki Tik’s in the North Laine, Brighton.

22 years ago I wrote Switching lifestyles

Mark Frauenfelder is making another switch.

23 years ago I wrote Too busy to blog

I’m afraid updates are going to be scarce over the next few days. My mother is here in Brighton for a visit so Jessica and I are showing her the sights.