After seven years and 20 events, diy days is shedding its name. Over the years the event has grown into a global community that has producers in 30 countries. When I co-founded the event in 2008, it was focused on enabling a new emerging creative class of storytellers. At that point the philosophy of “diy” …
Read MoreWe’re excited to announce that diy days is returning to NYC on June 12, 13 & 14 for three days of talks, workshops, hacks, labs and networking. Our theme for this year’s event is DIY Urbanism. Over the next few months we’ll be releasing more information on the theme and the program as it takes …
Read More2014 is off to a great start. We’re expanding the number of cities that diy days is traveling to this year. So far we have confirmations for events in Gothenburg, Paris, NYC, London, Boston, Toronto, LA and Ghent. Each diy days event is centered on a core theme. Our themes for this year’s events are… …
Read MoreLEARN DO SHARE is a book series that captures storytelling experiments at diy days. It’s a narrative exploration into ethos, socio-economic context and open collaboration. The result are a rather unusual look-do-and-think-books that explore the methods we used, pitfalls we encountered and lessons we learned when we try all kinds of games and methods to …
Read MoreSpecial thanks to our media partner THNKR who captured all the diy days NYC keynote talks. Phenomenal Work & Object Addiction The Internet era has spent two decades talking about the Web as if it were a series of virtual objects. Frequently we let that tie us all up into definitional knots that end up …
Read MoreSpecial thanks to our media partner THNKR who captured all the diy days NYC keynote talks. The Power of Misfits The Power of Misfits: misfits are the gangsters on the corners of Cape Town townships, Mumbai slums, and rough New York City neighborhoods. Misfits are the young hackers on the digital frontlines of the virtual …
Read MoreMy Sky is Falling was one of the most buzzed about experiences at diy days NYC this past fall. Over the course of diy days history a number of exciting projects have been incubated. In 2011, Caine’s Arcade launched at diy days LA and has since gone on to massive levels of awesomeness. More and …
Read MoreResearching Reboot Stories’ experiments with open design and story I came to think of it as Purposeful Storytelling. Stories have long been used for the purpose to inform, sell or persuade, but we’re onto something that involves story to ignite action and THEN do all of the above. I mean using storytelling to solve problems, …
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