I don’t like chocolate that much anymore and I’ve already promised myself to do more exercise, so all there’s left to commit to are a loose collection of interests I’d like to pursue in the coming year: – Find out what’s behind the current trend of doomsday scenarios for the future..is it only a byproduct… Continue reading 2009 resolutions
So true
This is a total re-blog from Patrick but I just couldn’t resist.
RIP Douglas Keen
A little sadness on this rainy Sunday in London. I opened yesterday’s Guardian to find that Douglas Keen had died. I didn’t know him personally nor did I even know his name, but his work is a key part of my childhood. He was the one to teach me english, or to be perfectly accurate… Continue reading RIP Douglas Keen
The best things in life are near
I just came back from a sort of really stupid back and forth on 6 eurostars in the space of a week…but the friends i got to see again, the meals i got to eat and the events I attended made this a really beautiful week, with the real satisfaction of just traveling by train.… Continue reading The best things in life are near
Open Sauces toast
I had the extreme pleasure of attending Open Sauces in Bruxelles yesterday which was organised by the great people at fo.am. I was invited to give a toast and did so on a course that was served with a plate from the Topoware collection. I thought I’d archive what I said. Before I take a… Continue reading Open Sauces toast
The dusty corners of the Internet
I’m curious about the various time-trapped bits of the internet these days such as Barack Obama’s Twitter feed, abandoned land and marketing exercises in Second Life and blogs that people no longer write in. All eyes in one direction for 15 minutes or 6 months, then onto something else. Are these the abandoned memories, newspapers,… Continue reading The dusty corners of the Internet
What a month
So as a light exercise, I thought i’d map the headlines of the New York Times Alert emails to the value of the NASDAQ for most of the month of October. Really interesting both in terms of the quantity of emails sent out, their timing and the subject addressed. Only 1 of some 11 headlines… Continue reading What a month
Find of the month
Just when I thought the world couldn’t get any more bizarre, I found Women Unlimited and my day just took a completely different turn. I realised that media used to treat women and men like this and felt much better about our present day situation, even with Sarah Palin around, because now at least we’re… Continue reading Find of the month
The insane 48 hours ahead
On Wednesday I’ll be in Berlin for my keynote (yikes!!) at Web2.0 Expo Berlin and on Thursday I’ll be in Amsterdam to speak about hybrid toys at Mediamatic. If anyone is up for drinks, dinner, coffee, whatever…ping me! I love both cities and unfortunately don’t get to spend enough time there, so would be great… Continue reading The insane 48 hours ahead
Thoughts on Conferences
I just came back from the Microsoft Research Social Computing Symposium 2008in Seattle which in the end I enjoyed enormously. I say in the end, because at the beginning I didn’t get it. This is only my second American conference and I’m learning that the flavor of these kinds of events is definitely different in… Continue reading Thoughts on Conferences