{"id":2,"date":"2009-02-27T10:57:03","date_gmt":"2009-02-27T09:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.feedingedge.co.uk\/blog\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-12-19T17:51:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T16:51:13","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.feedingedge.co.uk\/blog\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Feeding Edge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=epredator\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"slogan\">Taking a bite out of new technology so you don&#8217;t have to<\/div>\n<div id=\"content_container\" class=\"content\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.feedingedge.co.uk\">Feeding Edge<\/a> was a consulting company (2009-2016) Now primarily the publisher of Reconfigure and Cont3xt and a blog representing the personal views of Epredator \/ Ian Hughes. He retired in 2025 after 35 years in tech though he retains Feeding Edge as his own company.<\/p>\n<p>Founded by epredator (Ian Hughes) metaverse evangelist, tribal leader and public speaker and developer with over 18 years experience in a single large corporation. Most of that time has been spent on leading edge, initially scary, technology and solutions in customer facing engagements<\/p>\n<p>Epredator led the way for enterprises to explore virtual worlds and new communication technologies in a way that made sense. Passionately evangelising and gathering support speaking to over 40,000 people in 2 years, not including tv, books and blogging.<\/p>\n<p>The technology we are faced with today is not just about version numbers, specifications and function points, it is about integrating with people and with real lives.<\/p>\n<p>There is a radical change occuring to the industrialized corporate entity and all businesses and individuals need to be aware of whats coming their way and how to engage sensibly.<\/p>\n<p>Note &#8211; As of April 2016 this is kept here as an archive<br \/>\nFeeding Edge provides services to companies, conferences and individuals who need:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To know why virtual worlds, virtual reality and the metaverse make sense for business<\/li>\n<li>To hear the story of the creation of an enterprise wide tribe using social media<\/li>\n<li>The personal story of a digital native (a.k.a. my life online as epredator)<\/li>\n<li>Presentations, talks, formal and informal on all aspects of emerging technology<\/li>\n<li>Games to augmented reality to 3d printing\/rapid fabrication changing manufacturing are just some of the topics that can be brought to you.<\/li>\n<li>A rare mixture of\u00a0technical delivery\u00a0and thought leadership can be applied to any project.<\/li>\n<li>A full stack architect and developer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you think a way people are using a technology\u00a0is either a joke or a threat, Feeding Edge will aim to make it obvious for you and help you make the most of it from then on.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Note as of April 2016 this is the core business of Feeding Edge<\/p>\n<p>Publishers of epredator&#8217;s Sci-Fi novels Reconfigure and Cont3xt<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=GB&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=feededge-21&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=GB&amp;placement=B01720X7F0&amp;asins=B01720X7F0&amp;linkId=&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\">&lt;br \/&gt;<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>epredator [at] feedingedge.co.uk<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.feedingedge.co.uk%2Fblog%2Fabout%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><div name=\"googleone_share_1\" style=\"position:relative;z-index:5;float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><g:plusone size=\"tall\" count=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.feedingedge.co.uk\/blog\/about\/\"><\/g:plusone><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taking a bite out of new technology so you don&#8217;t have to Feeding Edge was a consulting company (2009-2016) Now primarily the publisher of Reconfigure and Cont3xt and a blog representing the personal views of Epredator \/ Ian Hughes. 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