#BoringIV
That's a predictably good write-up by @diamondgeezer of #BoringIV there - I agree with his conclusions too. http://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2014/06/boring-iv.html
November 20, 2024 at 11:19 AM
My tweets (and some responses) from @boringconferenc's #BoringIV event today: https://storify.com/bitoclass/boring-iv-31-may-2014
November 20, 2024 at 11:19 AM
And there end the talks, and the tweets of the talks. That was Boring. I'd come again. #BoringIV
November 20, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Vincent works in Brixton, sees Comic Sans everywhere; shows us it on a food jar & cheapest beach towel he could find in Australia! #BoringIV
November 20, 2024 at 11:18 AM
In 2009 Wall Street Journal ran a story about Comic Sans' ubiquity - since then it's been a steady flow of articles, campaigns etc #BoringIV
November 20, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Vincent drew Comic Sans largely by hand, inspired by comics, but MS Bob was released without it (and flopped abysmally) #BoringIV
November 20, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Vincent was asked what he thought of Microsoft's consumer system Bob's typography. "A cartoon dog can't talk in Times New Roman!" #BoringIV
November 20, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Final #BoringIV speaker Vincent Connare talks about his creation, the Comic Sans font https://flic.kr/p/nNNqii
Vincent Connare
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November 20, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Helen finishes with an appallingly racist recipe from just 50yrs ago - "We've come so far, I can't even say its name now" #BoringIV
November 20, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Books "training women to be housewives"; 2 men in supermarket pic are "undercover officers making sure no liberation is happening" #BoringIV
November 20, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Buzzfeed weren't first to come up with numbered lists of themed things, says Helen, showing a book called 282 Ways To Make A Salad #BoringIV
November 20, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Penultimate speaker Helen Zaltzman is guiding us through the unappealing world of 1950s & '60s cookbooks #BoringIV
November 20, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Deep Roy himself set up an official site, also using the pics Nathaniel had scanned. Deep Roy went to the White House recently. #BoringIV
November 20, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Once Deep Roy was in Tim Burton's Charlie+The Chocolate Factory, more people set up fan sites, taking Nathaniel's scanned images #BoringIV
November 20, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Nathaniel reads us correspondence from visitors to his Deep Roy fan site, much of which seemingly came from Deep Roy's own family! #BoringIV
November 20, 2024 at 11:17 AM
A decade or so ago, Nathaniel was shocked to realise Deep Roy's career wasn't fully documented anywhere online, so he stepped in. #BoringIV
November 20, 2024 at 11:17 AM
Next up, Nathaniel Metcalfe is talking about the actor Deep Roy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Roy #BoringIV
Deep Roy - Wikipedia
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November 20, 2024 at 11:17 AM
Someone shouts they want to print on a football. Mark says to deflate it and get an HP 12000 series that could print even on MDF. #BoringIV
November 20, 2024 at 11:17 AM
Mark's favourite printer was the Epson 740. Three different computer connectors; non-chipped cartridges; up to 240gsm paper; 47dB. #BoringIV
November 20, 2024 at 11:17 AM
Epson, Canon, Hewlett Packard and Lexmark dominated the 1999 market for inkjet printers. Mark says Lexmark were the worst. #BoringIV
November 20, 2024 at 11:17 AM
Onto the last few #BoringIV speakers now. First up, Mark Dean Quinn on inkjet printers, 1999.
November 20, 2024 at 11:17 AM
#BoringIV delegate packs contained "Mini 4-in-a-row connect game". Now being played onstage w/commentary from James https://flic.kr/p/nwhR3B
Mini 4-in-a-row connect game
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November 20, 2024 at 11:17 AM
Marc Isaacs' film Lift is so good, third time we've seen it and it's still just as good. #BoringIV
November 20, 2024 at 11:17 AM
Next scheduled speaker Marc Isaacs can't be here so they're going to show his brilliant film Lift instead now; do watch it, #BoringIV-goers!
November 20, 2024 at 11:17 AM
"Ladybird didn't shy away from what was happening - they met the modern world with enthusiasm" #BoringIV
November 20, 2024 at 11:17 AM