Aral Balkan is founder and lead designer of Ind.ie — the independent technology initiative. He works on creating independent technologies that protect individual freedoms, human rights, and democracy.
To learn more about him and his work, watch his RSA talk, Free is a Lie, and the longer version, I, Simulation that he initially presented as this year’s Huxley debate at the British Science Festival.
Follow Aral on Twitter, check out his blog and find out more about Ind.ie.
Photo Credited to Christina von Poser.
Talks I've Given
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Keynote
Featuring Aral Balkan
An inspirational and lighthearted talk on user experience that emphasises the crucial role of design in building the new everyday things.
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Swift: past, present, and future
Featuring Aral Balkan
Technologies don’t exist in a vacuum. In this talk, Aral will put Swift in historical context alongside C, C++, and Objective-C and explore possible future trajectories for how Swift can evolve and what role independent technology might play in this.
swift ios