So yeah. I went. It was fun. Lots of fascinating discussions. That’s about all. Just kidding. Gov20ne was an Unconference, which basically means that other than a few short “lightning talks” the participants decide the agenda for the day. Rather than talks or presentations, each sessions is more like a facilitated discussion. It’s an incredible setup;...
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I’m off to Cambridge in a few hours for Gov 2.0 Camp New England, an unconference about using social media in government. I admit some hesitation on my part after going through the attendee directory and seeing how many people that are going who do this for a living, are otherwise technologically-inclined, or are...
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I was reading the other day about a product from Fusion Garage called the JooJoo. Yep, a product. Nope, you get no more information than that. Why? Because the name irritates the hell out of me. The mere name sent me on a Twitter and IRC rant for a good fifteen minutes. JooJoo. I...
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BoingBoing offers Augmented Embroidery – patches you can sew on to whatever. Someone takes a picture of it with their smartphone and the QRcode sends them to your website. Pretty neat, and I find ‘em aesthetically pleasing. From Richard Kadrey’s Twitter, a Salon article on what readers wish writers knew. The Guardian asked writers for their...
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So, I’m suddenly twenty eight years old. Also, it’s snowing out and apparently is not going to stop until I’m twenty nine. I should have prefaced that with the fact that I hate snow and it should all be melted and burned and burned again but alas, the moment is gone. So yes, the...
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Engadget, via Colleen Kelly’s twitter. I could think of so many geeky uses for this thing it’s not even funny. Colleen wants it paired with a mil-spec head mounted display, which I thoroughly approve of. I’d rather it be joined wirelessly with one of those awesome hologram-tables like they have on Bones. Hey, I doubt...
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In the episode of FourCast I just listened to (see: previous FourCast post), Molly Wood mentioned something that sent my brain off on a tangent. Molly talked a fair bit about nanotechnology, including both massive dangers and massive changes that it may bring to people. She believes that at some point, nanites in our...
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On twitter, Dave Brodbeck suggested a few podcasts for my listening pleasure. One of them happened to be the FourCast Podcast, a bit of a roundtable four-person discussion geared toward the immediate, intermediate, and distant future. I’ve listened to five or six episodes so far, and I’m loving it. The two regular hosts of...
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Catching up on my TEDtalks. If you’re not familiar with ‘em: TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. Shitload of talks at www.ted.com on pretty much any subject you could ever wish for. Each talk sends me in a new direction, so I stay subscribed to the video podcast via iTunes. Highly recommended. Oh, and did...
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This is what I want to do. I want to start a worldwide prepaid cellphone company where you get a certain number of minutes for using the company’s integrated “Strangerline” and talk to a complete stranger for a few minutes. Running low on cash and cellphone minutes? Dial “STRANGER” and you get credited one...
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