The story of me

The Story of Me

Born in Bristol

Moved to London

Geekdinners

Forerunner to Girl Geekdinners
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachelc/3683969080/

BarCamps
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mn_francis/397650529

Hackdays
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattcashmore/706174709

Life was great

It was good to be me

Maybe over-doing somethings

Recently divorced

New single lifestyle

New city

Pin up for BBC's move north

Yes, life was too good...

...something snapped
http://www.flickr.com/photos/photo/372370955

At the same time...
Closing down BBC Backstage (announcement at Thinking Digital 2010)
Designing the BBC Backstage ebook with Suw & Kevin
Buying my first home alone (finding the deposit)
Taking part in FutureEverything (talking and arranging)
Watching Malcolm Gladwell at the Lowry with a ex
Planning the Data Visualisation weekender with Rewired State
Massive Werewolf game at PlayEverything, Contact Theatre
Dating a very difficult alcoholic girlfriend
Moving the Backstage community and servers
UK General Election (Thursday 6 th May 2010)
Selling items on Ebay
Apple launched the iPad (26 th April 2010)
Ubuntu and Phone upgrades

Bleed on the Brain: Subarachnoid haemorrhage
flickr.com/photos/photowolf/4996673949

My world almost ended
Its mainly congenital - you're born with it
Can also be a consequence of ageing or high blood pressure
Excess stress can result in a subarachnoid haemorrhage or stroke
People of african origin are at increased risk, like high blood pressure
flickr.com/photos/rckmsckm/2772619738

My world almost ended very badly
Typically, the person collapses with a sudden headache unlike any they've experienced before. They may vomit, develop signs of meningitis, such as neck stiffness and dislike of light, and may rapidly become drowsy, confused and unconscious Haemorrhage's in young adults can often be fatal, 30 per cent die within hours, a further 30 per cent die within the first month or result in serious disability

What happened?
Ian had been feeling very unwell, and his flatmate and his boss convinced him to go to the hospital to get checked out. We were called on Monday 17th May and told Ian was in hospital. Originally they suspected meningitis. However, all we know at the moment is that he had a bleed on his brain. He had surgery that day to put a drain in and has been heavily sedated in the ICU at Salford Royal - Mum & Dad writing on caringbridge

My Last Tweet
Decided to watch film called Virtuality instead of getting caught up in the election results. May 6, 2010 at 15:16

7 days lying in bed dying

Where were the real people?

Saved my life
flickr.com/photos/matlocktest/2866605658
flickr.com/photos/madlabuk/4862959349
“ this is adrian. ian's boss. have you seen him in last 48 hours? he has no showed at office meetings and no social media -pls reply asap”

Hobnobs will make you better
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartwebster/5763420136

12 days of memories gone

Public vs private discourse
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburt/318463437/

Public guestbook

Over sharing or over listening?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/re-publica/4520056599

The age of publicness
http://www.buzzmachine.com/2010/06/21/oversharing-on-oversharing/

Public notice

Like a celebrity

Social Media Cafe Manchester

Thinking Digital in Newcastle

An Event Apart in Boston

CD of get-well's from Rainycat
flickr.com/photos/philliecasablanca/3294994210

First thoughts...
flickr.com/photos/smoodysarah/4953634569

What did Google announce?
flickr.com/photos/brendanlim/5224567968

What happened in Lost?

What about the flat, I was buying?

Hello world
Thank you very much for taking the time to find out how I am doing. I am doing okay. I am still in hospital, but making a positive recovery. Thank you to everybody who has written to me and my family and thanks for writing such amazing things. The trach tube is out and I can speak again. The feeding tube is also out. I had solid food for the first time yesterday--it was horrible! Of course it was hospital food. Thank you for all the messages to my family. I'm on the way to recovery
http://www.flickr.com/photos/funky64/2608802644/

A difficult return to life
http://www.flickr.com/photos/adewale_oshineye/2061497542

Missed the conversations

Missed Gladwell in Manchester
flickr.com/photos/kk/2987240002

From a perfect 100% to 85.7%
http://www.flickr.com/photos/funky64/2608802644/

Forgetting peoples names
http://www.flickr.com /photos/barkbud/4914492619

Lots of time to think (sabbatical?)
flickr.com/photos/smoodysarah/4953634569

The human mind is incredible
flickr.com/photos/photowolf/4996673949

Happiness is all in the mind
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericparker/3052056645

Happy with life?
60,000 thought's a day 95% are the same as yesterday 80% are negative thoughts

Fear is also in the mind

Complex & unique organisms

And yes, I'm still a atheist

Together we can do amazing things
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shankbone/6199349311/

Steve Jobs
" Death is the destination we all share, no one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life (...) Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life "
- (2005. Stanford University)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rizzato/6216846288/

How many lives have I inspired?

What is the purpose of life...?

...Inspire others

...hopefully I've done that today

Thank you for listening to my story
Ian Forrester | c ubicgarden.com | @cubicgarden
Presentation : CC BY-NC-SA

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The story of me

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