- Eric Singer
- Founder, The League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots
- Posted: 06/04/10 | Recorded at Gel 2010
This robot can really play. The GuitarBot begins Eric Singer's presentation, live on stage, after which Eric explains the thinking behind some of his other projects in LEMUR: the League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots.
- The Gregory Brothers
- Creators of Auto-Tune the News
- Posted: 05/27/10 | Recorded at Gel 2010
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The team behind Auto Tune the News, the phenomenal video serios, takes us behind the scenes to see how the experience is created.
- Matt Haughey
- Founder, Metafilter.com
- Posted: 05/26/10 | Recorded at Gel 2010
As the founder of Metafilter.com, Matt Haughey has created one of the most successful and vibrant online communities in the world. At Gel 2010 he describes some of the lessons he's learned along the way. Matt is a longtime Gel attendee and it's a privilege to spotlight his outstanding work.
(Coincidentally, just days after Gel 2010 the online community of Ask Metafilter stopped a human trafficking attempt in New York City. See also the Mother Jones article on the incident.)
See also: Matt Haughey on Twitter
- Sal Khan
- Founder, Khan Academy
- Posted: 05/14/10 | Recorded at Gel 2010
- 3 comments
What started as algebra lessons for his cousins has turned into a world-changing project. Hundreds of thousands of users worldwide have benefited from Sal Khan's friendly, accessible Youtube videos explaining math, science, and other subjects.
Sal has a vision of teaching the entire world, for free. His not-for-profit Khan Academy has the mission of "providing a high quality education to anyone, anywhere." In this outstanding Gel video, Sal describes the elements of the good experience he's trying to create.
See also: Khan Academy on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360
- Jason Fried
- Founder, 37signals
- Posted: 02/23/10 | Recorded at Gel 2006
"Less" is a competitive advantage, explains Jason Fried, especially in software development. Fried's company 37signals, which authored the book Getting Real and has created several popular Web applications, lives this philosophy and has enjoyed great success as a result.
- Bruce Shapiro
- motion control artist
- Posted: 01/21/10 | Recorded at Gel 2005
Choreographing a robotic arm to create art - even dance - is no small feat, but Bruce Shapiro delivers both in this Gel talk. See also Bruce's site, The Art of Motion Control.
- Scott Heiferman
- Co-founder, Meetup.com
- Posted: 12/28/09 | Recorded at Gel 2009
The "silver lining of economic collapse" is visibly apparent when considering the thousands of communities enabled by Meetup.com, the company that Scott Heiferman co-founded and organizes.
- Bill Gurstelle
- Senior Producer, Make:television; author, "Backyard Ballistics"
- Posted: 08/12/09 | Recorded at Gel 2009
- 1 comment
Taking risks is vital to your health, argues Bill Gurstelle. Not a constant stream of life-threatening activities, but just enough to keep you from eating your own brain. (You'll learn what that means when you watch the video.)
- Clay Shirky
- Author, "Here Comes Everybody"
- Posted: 04/21/09 | Recorded at Gel 2008
- 2 comments
Social networking thinker Clay Shirky talks about the transformations in corporations and society brought about by the spread of networked communications. His book Here Comes Everybody covers similar themes.
- Linda Stone
- Writer and consultant
- Posted: 02/19/09 | Recorded at Gel 2006
Having coined the phrase "continuous partial attention," Linda has many thoughts about the effects of pervasive digital technology. She was previously an executive at Microsoft and Apple and has seen the technology landscape develop for over two decades.
- Marissa Mayer
- VP of Search Product and User Experience, Google
- Posted: 01/06/09 | Recorded at Gel 2008
Five years after her first Gel appearance (at the inaugural event in 2003), Marissa discusses what new experiences she has helped create - in particular, the new iGoogle service.
See also the Good Experience interview of Marissa from 2002.
- Kelly Dobson
- Artist and technologist
- Posted: 11/21/08 | Recorded at Gel 2008
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After communicating with Blendie, her custom-built voice-activated blender, Kelly starts with a great first line - "I work with machines" - and goes on to describes her unique vision for human-machine interaction. Kelly's genius is building machines to respond to natural cues, like the frazzled screams in ScreamBody (this footage is also in her Gel talk) or normal breathing, as with the empathic Omo device. User interfaces this elegant are incredibly rare; it's worth considering how these patterns - natural cues, radical empathy - could be applied to other experiences.
Kelly's website shows more of her work.
- Jim Bumgardner
- Hacker, krazydad.com
- Posted: 11/19/08 | Recorded at Gel 2007
- 1 comment
- Jim discusses screensavers, information theory, and (with crowd participation) the Whitney music box, which sets an algorithm to music. Blending visual, musical, technical, mathematical, and intentionally useless elements, Jim gives a notable Gel talk.
A few months later, Jim posted a recap of his Gel experience.
