Dr. John J. Medina

Do you drive while talking on a cell phone or read e-mail while talking on the phone? Dr. John Medina, developmental molecular biologist, author of “Brain Rules”, affiliate Professor of Bioengineering at the UW School of Medicine and Director of the Brain Center for Applied Learning Research at SPU explains why the brain can’t multitask.

Dan Savage

Nationally syndicated sex advice columnist and author of several books, Dan Savage has taken the local weekly The Stranger to a national level, slogged his way onto the Net, and has been blamed for destroying podcasting. Dan will be giving the attendees of Thingamajiggr a different perspective on technology than they usually hear.

Ignite

Ignite Seattle comes to Thingamajiggr! Enjoy three lightning-paced talks on three wildly different subjects. The format: 5 minutes, 20 slides, 15 seconds per slide. The cast: ScottO, Divide, Greg Heller and more. The energy: mind-blowing!

Music, DYI and Art

DJ Sweet Chris Bell and DJ? Whatever; Find your matches and nemeses with Pathable; Visual performance by VJ binarymillenium and Joseph Gray; Chumby video messages powered by Eyejot; Scotch Bar by Ontela!

LED Throwies workshop by the Dorkbot Overlords; Knitting 2.0: How "hi-tech meets hand-spun" is changing the face of this traditional craft by Beth Goza.

OBViouS video sculpture, a five-artist show curated by 911 Media Arts Center Affiliate Curator Steven Vroom; Power Tool Races Installation and Conversation Piece by Hazardfactory; The Ionization Clock - where every passing second is another step into obsolescence - by Simon Winder.

Seattle Tech Weekend

Technophiles, this the weekend for you. Be sure to check out our friends, including: nPost & Lunch 2.0 Happy Hour Pub Crawl, for techies and startups, Fri 6pm - 8pm in Pioneer Square; BarCamp Seattle, an ad hoc unconference in the Adobe Conference Center (801 N 43rd), on Sat 10am-5pm and Sun 10am-1pm; SilverlightDevCamp, a community within a community at both Thingamajiggr and BarCamp Seattle.