Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
creature of habit
today was my first day working from home full time.
i had the best of intentions when i woke up to start a good routine, but then i made the mistake of turning on the computer before i went for a run, and it all went to hell from there. i spent all day in my bathrobe, ate cereal and leftover chinese, smoked 4 cigarettes out my window, and now i'm wrapping up my day with a half pint of ice cream.
i got a lot done work-wise, but i don't think this is a very healthy way to spend my day.
i had the best of intentions when i woke up to start a good routine, but then i made the mistake of turning on the computer before i went for a run, and it all went to hell from there. i spent all day in my bathrobe, ate cereal and leftover chinese, smoked 4 cigarettes out my window, and now i'm wrapping up my day with a half pint of ice cream.
i got a lot done work-wise, but i don't think this is a very healthy way to spend my day.
Saturday, September 15, 2007
back into the fray
after three years of being a kid in an intellectual candy store, today marks my last real day as a full-time employee of stanford university. tomorrow i fly to cincinnati for a week of meetings and ramping up for my new job with the knowledgeworks foundation. kwf looks at innovations in education and advocates for reform, mostly in ohio (no, i'm not moving to ohio; i'm working from home in sf and traveling about 30%). they're bringing me in to do a variety of tasks, including:
i'll still be involved with ongoing projects and events at stanford as time permits, including writing for the d.school magazine, ambidextrous, helping with a new course on the future of education, and participating in the summer institute at wallenberg hall.
- liaising with strategic technology partners (such as the institute for the future, with whom i've worked before)
- evangelizing for the foundation's mission and projects
- building community around projects
i'll still be involved with ongoing projects and events at stanford as time permits, including writing for the d.school magazine, ambidextrous, helping with a new course on the future of education, and participating in the summer institute at wallenberg hall.
live at Mozilla 24
up first... lawrence lessig, always entertaining and creative in his use of presentation software, spoke about the past, present, and future of the internet from a holistic perspective, but primarily focused on the political and regulatory angles.
next... zack greant, from the mozilla foundation, spoke about the use of technology, from the earliest days of man forward, in the development of literacy and society and culture. he referenced the sumerian code of hammurabi, the torah, copyright law, and the control of information.
after lunch, david humphrey of seneca college talked about how to get started with open source programming.
chief evangelist for mozilla, mike shaver, took over the podium for the next hour to give his vision of the future of the internet.
a quick ten-minute break was followed by mozilla's jonathan nightingale, who presented some of the latest security risks and mozilla's newest security model, which includes a character named larry, an "extended verification" certificate program, and new malware detection.
two speakers were broadcast from tokyo next, describing the work that mdc japan is doing.
the final five speakers before the dinner were the shortest and quickest - four girls and a boy, ages 7 to 13 years old presented their visions of the future. they included learning agents in the form of animals and robots, a library filled with animals, a supernetworked smarthome with a robot maid especially designed for paralyzed people, and a spherical car utilizing centrifugal propulsion and sea water and magnets... the science was a bit fuzzy but i was ready to buy one after the persuasive presentation. after the american students presented locally, students in thailand and other locations took their turn (not broadcast due to child protection laws).
finally, the closing panel consisted of vint cerf, grandfather of the internet and google vp, from his home in washington, dc; jun murai, professor at keio university, in tokyo; mitchell baker, chair of the mozilla foundation, from stanford; and a panel of children in tokyo, stanford, and thailand. half of the session was conducted in japanese and half was in english, with translation provided throughout. the presentations were a "kids summit" of those recorded earlier by the children in each location. common ideas were:
after the student presentations, the three panelists were invited to comment. professor murai said that he might be out of a job because the kids had scooped all of his ideas, and vint cerf concurred that all of their ideas were entirely possible and maybe even probable. they identified the themes of mobility and ubiquity, personal computing, and environmental sustainability. mitchell baker was excited by teleportation :)
next... zack greant, from the mozilla foundation, spoke about the use of technology, from the earliest days of man forward, in the development of literacy and society and culture. he referenced the sumerian code of hammurabi, the torah, copyright law, and the control of information.
after lunch, david humphrey of seneca college talked about how to get started with open source programming.
chief evangelist for mozilla, mike shaver, took over the podium for the next hour to give his vision of the future of the internet.
a quick ten-minute break was followed by mozilla's jonathan nightingale, who presented some of the latest security risks and mozilla's newest security model, which includes a character named larry, an "extended verification" certificate program, and new malware detection.
two speakers were broadcast from tokyo next, describing the work that mdc japan is doing.
the final five speakers before the dinner were the shortest and quickest - four girls and a boy, ages 7 to 13 years old presented their visions of the future. they included learning agents in the form of animals and robots, a library filled with animals, a supernetworked smarthome with a robot maid especially designed for paralyzed people, and a spherical car utilizing centrifugal propulsion and sea water and magnets... the science was a bit fuzzy but i was ready to buy one after the persuasive presentation. after the american students presented locally, students in thailand and other locations took their turn (not broadcast due to child protection laws).
finally, the closing panel consisted of vint cerf, grandfather of the internet and google vp, from his home in washington, dc; jun murai, professor at keio university, in tokyo; mitchell baker, chair of the mozilla foundation, from stanford; and a panel of children in tokyo, stanford, and thailand. half of the session was conducted in japanese and half was in english, with translation provided throughout. the presentations were a "kids summit" of those recorded earlier by the children in each location. common ideas were:
- robots as servants and teachers and ubiquitous companions
- virtual worlds for socialization, learning, and simulation (especially the outdoors)
- smart houses, cars, and bicycles that talk to occupants and use green fuels
- teleportation, matter transmission, and matter creation
after the student presentations, the three panelists were invited to comment. professor murai said that he might be out of a job because the kids had scooped all of his ideas, and vint cerf concurred that all of their ideas were entirely possible and maybe even probable. they identified the themes of mobility and ubiquity, personal computing, and environmental sustainability. mitchell baker was excited by teleportation :)
the future is hot
it's nice to see that foresight research is making gains... or losses, in this case...
architecture 2030 includes maps of many coastal cities as they might appear after a sea level rise.
architecture 2030 includes maps of many coastal cities as they might appear after a sea level rise.
Friday, September 14, 2007
liveblogging
the Mozilla24 event starts in less than 2 hours. i'll be here at Wallenberg Hall at Stanford blogging about anything interesting.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
rising out of the dust
another summer, another trip to the desert for the burning man festival. it was a strange year - the man burned twice and the dust storms were far more prevalent than in the last three years. and i spent more time working as a ranger than playing with my fellow camp lala mates. on the other hand, working and having a radio for the whole event made me feel more connected to the city and the community.
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