I imagine there’s going to be plenty of comprehensive follow ups after ThinkingDigital2010 last week. There’s a good post already here from Michael J Bell (aka digitaljoseph).

I was trying to think how I felt about the conference, still buzzing from it over the weekend, and decided that ‘outrageously uplifting’ was a fair summation. It’s hard to convey the cool atmosphere of the Livecast lounge where I hung out with fellow digerati and even got a free shoulder rub!

You’ll be able to watch videos from the event soon. And the twitter comments are worth a butcher’s if you weren’t there – follow #TDC10.  Also – I’ve uploaded some photos from TDC10 on flickr.

Here’s a few things I learned/realised at TDC10:

I need to play more

You don’t need vast sums of money to create something worthwhile

I have a deep voice, and this is potentially a good thing in terms of ‘sound business’ and self-assertion

Visualising data in new ways is revealing, energising and helpful to indviduals and orgs

CAPTCHAs are helping to digitize books, newspapers and old time radio shows – for FREE

If you get creative (and get off your a**) you can create top notch media using cheap(-ish) kit and ‘amplify’ your message fantastically exponentially with social media

The trivial/inexpensive can have massive power in terms of recognition and customer loyalty

If we don’t have stories life becomes inauthentic

Diamond Shreddies are a genius invention

Also – a few book tips from the speakers:

Pull
Bursts
Predictably Irrational
Obliquity
Nudge

So now to follow up on all the business cards I gathered.

And will post as soon as videos go online.