{"id":44,"date":"2015-10-30T14:38:30","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T14:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redmonk.com\/fryan\/?p=44"},"modified":"2015-10-30T14:38:30","modified_gmt":"2015-10-30T14:38:30","slug":"thingmonk-2015-the-future-is-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/fryan\/2015\/10\/30\/thingmonk-2015-the-future-is-now\/","title":{"rendered":"ThingMonk 2015 \u2013 The Future is Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe future is already here \u2013its just not very evenly distributed\u201d \u2013 William Gibson.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Back in 2013 James<\/a> asked me to help out with organising ThingMonk<\/a>, a new conference focused on the Internet of Things, but built around the people who actually create things, rather than pulling large numbers out of thin air<\/a>. William Gibsons perceptive quote was then, and is still now, incredibly apt when it comes to describing the Internet of Things.<\/p>\n

Fast forward to 2015\u00a0and we are running the third ThingMonk<\/a> in London, and like the Internet of Things, ThingMonk<\/a> has evolved. We are no longer hacking on devices on day one, this year we are focusing on the real problems developers are facing at scale. As Tim Kellogg<\/a>, then working at 2lemetry<\/a>, which has since become part of Amazon<\/a>, said last year<\/p>\n

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You'd think an IoT conference would be a circle jerk of iffy ideas, but @thingmonk<\/a> is proving to be very realistic yet empowering<\/p>\n

— tim (@kellogh) December 3, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n