Generally my presentations are pretty bad if I haven’t rehearsed enough or if I don’t know what I’m talking about. This was one of those occasions. I could tell a few minutes in that my brain was not functioning properly and I was droning on about R’s and remembering and lifelogging while skipping important points and not really saying anything of importance. Luckily I switched tone halfway through and managed to veer on to the topic of Google taking over the world, which stimulated discussion because everyone has a point of view about that.

I discovered in my research that Google’s entire business revolves around logging everything you do and helping you to ‘Remember intention.’ They want to provide all the information you need just before you need it. Pretty handy but most people are afraid of the ramifications of Google’s rampant data collection (and you should be too, with a healthy dose of skepticism and research).

There were other presentations, but my brain was cooling off so I didn’t manage to absorb much from them. I remember there being wine though. And not many people turning up.