Julian Hart is an author and essayist known for his stubbornly analog writing practice and his belief that friction can be creatively useful. He writes daily on a typewriter, scans his drafts into a digital archive, and edits with a process that is intentionally slower than most modern workflows. The noise of his typing has reportedly made him unwelcome in more than one café, which has only strengthened his commitment to the method. Julian’s essays explore attention, discipline, creative solitude, and the strange productivity of making things slightly harder on purpose. He has published several widely read books on creativity, work, and the inner lives of people who make things for a living. His process rejects the idea that every tool should make work faster. At the event, Julian gives The Typewriter Method, a lecture on writing without AI input, building a daily practice, and using repetition as a source of clarity. He shares how analog drafting helps him avoid premature polish and stay closer to the original thought. The session is not nostalgic as much as it is practical: a reminder that constraints can protect attention. Julian brings warmth, eccentricity, and a persuasive argument for making the first draft louder, slower, and more human.