Neil
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Investment Banking |
| Occupation | CEO |
| Location | Leeds, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | Aim for success, don't plan for failure and buy a fish tank |
| Interests | Current interests blended distiribution, Web2.0, Web3.0, Web4.0, cross-media showcases for creative talent aged 25 years and under, curating, capturing meta data and using that data to develop the design experiences for users, "making Noise", redefing the role of the graphic designer, fuzzy data, making sure that users find what is relevant but allow for the unexpected, random, coincidence and surprise, the careful design of tools that capture the initial meta data from user and the planning of how this data could be used later on, Leeds United, League One Football :( Old favourites cookery, good food, Robin Day chairs, James Turrell, Willem de Kooning, American abstract painting from 1954 onwards, early 1980s british pop art influenced sculpture, John Pawson, minimalist architecture and design, Marc Newson dish racks, long walks in the country quiet nights on the sofa, |
| Favorite movies | The Godfather Parts 1 and 2, Eat The Document, Ghostbusters, Back to The Future,Glengary Glen Ross, Groundhog Day, Battle for the Planet of the Apes, American Splendor, Withnail and I, Ghsot World |
| Favorite music | Wilco,Neil Young,Nirvana,Interpol,Jeff Tweedy,The Shins,The Arcade Fire,Mark Lanegan,Galaxie 500,Kate Bush,Led Zeppelin,Will Oldham,Emmylou Harris,Modest Mouse,Calexico,The White Stripes,John Martyn,Bob Dylan,The Who,The Clash,The Stone Roses,Massive Attack, Gang of Four, |
| Favorite books | The Perfect Digital Portfolio, Our Band Could Be Your Life, Kitchen Confidential, Bill Bryson, Tales from Development Hell, Woody Allen The Complete Prose, " Seinfeld" Scripts, Understanding Media, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, The Tipping Point, The Long Tail, Beautiful Orange |
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Offering a refreshing alternative to the notoriously immobile "it's not what you know but who you know" culture that discourages those without contacts, the Noise festival uses the democracy of the internet to its advantage.