Dan Williams - Walking With Algorithms

Dan W is a software developer interested in how software shapes our culture. He makes things to playfully explore technology, such as determining the happiness of British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg using emotion recognition algorithms (19% happy) or running treasure hunts across Amazon's network of delivery lockers in London.

Previously he has collaborated with artists and academics as a creative technologist at Watershed's Pervasive Media Studio, creating projects such as musical instruments powered by solar wind or stories told trough sent. He is currently a hacker at Makeshift in London.