This is a talk I gave at the (brilliant) CultureTech festival in Derry in August 2012. It's about a lot of things - mainly how important happiness is and how we can use fun, happiness and little moments of levity to generate attention, engagement and much more.

1. Hi
@eamonncarey
eamonn@kiip.me

2. Happiness

3. We’re
doing
it
wrong

4. This
has
been
going
on
for
a
while...

5. We’re
more
and
less
connected

6. Hi
@eamonncarey
eamonn@kiip.me

8. People
use
online
and
social
channels
to
waste
time....
...so
why
don’t
we
give
them
some
cool
shit
to
do
while
they’re
there.

10. Who am I?

11. My first love

12. Then I digressed

15. Our lives revolve around moments

16. What’s yours?

17. Is
it
funny?

18. Is
it
one
of
these?

20. Games
really
get
it

21. Here comes the science

22. So?

23. What
do
people
need?

24. What
do
people
want
online?

25. I
need
to
eat
kebabs

26. This
shouldn’t
be
so
hard

27. Think
about
what
people
like

28. Create stories

29. Have
fun

30. Give
people
goals

31. Surprise
and
delight

32. Simplicity
is
about
subtracting
the
obvious
and
adding
the
meaningful.
John
Maeda

33. Bye
@eamonncarey
eamonn@kiip.me