Interesting things from Interesting2008

World of Warcraft is roughly the same size as the Death Star
There are 28 billion UK coins in circulation, worth £3 ½ billion
Boring audiobooks don’t help you get to sleep. They have to be a bit thrilling – although its OK if the writing is terrible
‘dongle’ and ‘waggle’ are funny words
Rhopography is the study of the overlooked and everyday
Hiraeth is a Welsh word that sort of means the sense of knowing you’re always in a place

and

horses are scared of rustling crisp packets because an unevolved part of their brain tells them that the rustling sounds like a lion about to attack them

Speaking at Interesting has to rank in my Top Ten Scariest Moments, but I’m really glad I did it.

5 Comments Add your own

1. claire | 22 June, 2008 at 8:23 pm

Hey well done for speaking, at least you were early on in the day. Look forward to seeing some audio /video like last time. Was it as good as last year?
2. Roo Reynolds | 22 June, 2008 at 10:09 pm

I really enjoyed your talk Gemma. Nice to be on early, get it over with and enjoy the rest of the day, wasn’t it?
3. almostalwaysthinking | 22 June, 2008 at 10:32 pm

I missed half of Roo’s talk as I was dealing with powerpoint/microphone issues, but handily, he’s uploaded it here http://rooreynolds.com/2008/06/22/lego-is-full-of-win-my-interesting-2008-talk/ and you should really have a look as its fab
4. Emma | 23 June, 2008 at 12:21 pm

Yeah well done, great talk and overall a fab day.
5. rooreynolds.com: Interesting 2008 - thirty more interesting things | 27 June, 2008 at 11:13 pm

[...] discussion here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and [...]