Really good smc_mcr meetup last night. It’s always worth heading out of the office after a busy day to chat with the huge variety of people gathered at The Northern.

This time I listened to Drew Hemment, the founder and Artistic Director of Futuresonic as well as full time academic at Lancaster Uni, talk about how the Futuresonic project was born and what they’re up to this year. The project that caught the imagination of the audience was a link with the met office where Manchester residents will help them record wind patterns with bubble makers.

An interesting discussion about privacy followed where one participant admitted to having a fake Facebook profile and so far fooling 200 plus people. The people you meet eh…