Talks and interviews
A few of my recent talks and interviews. Many of these have audio or video available.
The Writing's on the Wall
This is a quick-fire presentation - just over three minutes long - given to the Cambridge Association of Architects at their summer gathering.
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Are you un-future-proofed?
What are the key issues likely to face the Digital Signage industry in the next few years? What can you do to ensure that your DS system is not destined for the museum before it's even installed? And are there lessons we can learn from other industries, who have already been though the internet revolution to a greater degree?
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From Concepts to Companies
I gave a talk entitled 'From Concepts to Companies' at a conference organised by the Polish Information Processing Society (PIPS) and sponsored by DisplayLink. The talks are now online here - a copy of mine is below.
The Paper Renaissance
In the second of my talks at the GOVIS 2007 conference, I spoke about Exbiblio - a project to bring paper documents to life by giving them digital capabilities.
You can watch it directly here, if you should be so inclined, or there are links below to versions you can download and play in QuickTime or iTunes if wanted.
Changing the Face of the PC
Quentin Stafford-Fraser gave the opening keynote speech at the GOVIS conference in Wellington, New Zealand, in May 2007.
'Changing the Face of the PC' tells the story of the creation of Ndiyo, DisplayLink, and Cambridge Visual Networks, the technologies and motivations behind them, and some thoughts about the future.
Ndiyo: Towards Sustainable IT for the World...
The Ndiyo project is developing a new, more affordable and more sustainable model of computing to address some of the real problems caused by the prevalance of the PC paradigm. The Ndiyo approach combines the multi-user nature of the Linux operating system with some novel hardware which can take advantage of it, and so allows new types of multi-user systems to be created.
Ndiyo in Africa: Beyond PCs
A conversation with Quentin Stafford-Fraser, Executive Director, Ndiyo; hosted by Tom Rabon, Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Red Hat Inc.
You can see, hear, or read the interview on the FiRe 2006 site,
There's a copy of the audio here.
Ndiyo interview
This edition concentrated on the energy implications of our increasingly digital world, and presenter Gareth Mitchell interviewed Quentin Stafford-Fraser about the environmental benefits of Ndiyo-type systems.
The full programme can be heard for the next few days on the BBC web site, and the Ndiyo-related segment can also be found here.
Talks and interviews
Many of these have audio or video available.
| The Writing's on the Wall | Cambridge Association of Architects |
| Are you un-future-proofed? | ScreenMedia Expo, London |
| From Concepts to Companies | Project Management for Innovative Companies, Katowice, Poland |
| The Paper Renaissance | GOVIS 2007, Wellington, New Zealand |
| Changing the Face of the PC | GOVIS 2007, Wellington, New Zealand |
| Ndiyo: Towards Sustainable IT for the World... | O'Reilly ETel 2007, San Francisco |
| Ndiyo in Africa: Beyond PCs | Future in Review, 2006, San Diego |
| Ndiyo interview | BBC World Service's 'Go Digital' programme |