tech fest uk 2013 technology quiz

Derrick Stompco-founder of twoppyco-founder Event Tech Circus@djstomp

1

A Apple IIc

B Atari 1040 ST

C Commodore Amiga

2 A Visual BASIC

B Brainfuck C LOLCODE

3 A iOS 5 official logo

B Shield 5 Antivirus

C HTML 5 logo

4 A Dreamweaver

B Microsoft Frontpage

C Allaire Homesite

5 A TI FX16 programmable fax and printing machine

B TI 59 programmable calculator

C TR84 programmable cash register

6 A Punch Card for IBM mainframe computer

B Fan for internal memory cooling CRAY Supercomputer

C View Master disc

7 A Commodore modem

B Car audio sound boost set

C iPhone dock speaker

8 A 11.001.000

B 200

C 3

1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0

9 A Mario's Cement factory

B Mario Bros

C Super Mario

10 A Moog

B Yamaha

C Roland

Atari1040ST

LOLCODE

TI 59 CALCULATOR

1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1

200

Takeaways

* You don't always oversee the market, prepare for unexpected niches (Q1,6 and 10)

* Fun is a great learning asset (Q2,9)

* Internet is converging towards mobile (Q3,4)

* Tech helps people to do stuff, previously only available to professionals (Q4,5)

Takeaways

* Innovations start with small things and a lot of creativity (Q8)

* Only in hindsight you'll know what's best

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