Last week, we launched our workplaces services with a special event in our home at Makerversity in Somerset House. In attendance were over 60 friends from the private sector working in sustainability and human resources, allies from academic institutions, think-tanks and museums, journalists and a number of people working in technology. There was real interest, and we are taking bookings now for workplace events in February and March.
Get in touch if you would like to bring us to your workplace or suggest and sponsor an event outside of your workplace.
On display were a number of demos related to the workplace services we are launching. One was standard Restart Pop-up repair clinic.
We looked at a number of devices, and helped BBC Click‘s LJ Rich repair her iPad 2 screen (watch out for this segment in February.)
We also featured a “take stuff apart” table that was a focus of attention, as attendees meticulously took apart end-of-life equipment.
Lastly we had a table where participants learned to open iPhones and change their batteries, one of the key exercises of our “Restart for Teams” team-building event.
Thanks to all of our volunteers, and a special thanks to Orsetta from Twice as New and Jenny Fremont for helping us throw a “real” party.
So lovely to see the Restart Party getting a bit more recognition! The iPad repair was certainly one of the more taxing things I’ve attempted, and yes, the saga will indeed be on @BBCClick in a few weeks time.
Hey LJ, what became evident to me as I watched you dismantling your iPad like child removing the packaging around a Christmas gift, was just how similar the internal build is to the iPhone. However even though I changed my battery and digitiser and other bits, It has created a new problem in that the phones GPS only works intermittently. As a child I can remember when the emphasis was on ‘built to last’ , where we have almost devolved to a ‘built to fail’ culture which I think may come back to bite the respective companies on the derrière, (hopefully).
In closing, I think the ‘Restart Project’ is an amazing idea that not only teaches skills to wide ranging individuals, but more importantly it ’empowers’ people and that’s always a great end goal.
One love, take care.
Michael J (not fox)