I don’t really care about money. And I never really have. I’ve always known that that was mostly true because I always had enough of it to get by. I grew up lucky. I mean the lucky of a white, male child of 2 well-educated parents in one of the socially well-functioning country. My family [...]

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I’m half-way through, what seems to be an ever increasingly frustrating half-year period. (I guess I could be about one quarter way through an ever increasingly frustrating year, but i’l choose the optimistic perspective for the sake of argument). For a bit of background, let’s start back in Decemeber 2003, as we were planning our [...]

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Things are gradually returning to normal here, as my back attempts to regain it usefullness as a body-part. I can stand up and work, and even sit down for 30-45 minutes at a time now, and I’ve been doing 5-6 hour work days this week, mostly trying to catch up on my e-mail and get [...]

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Offline and unable to sleep because of a really painful lower back, I spent my laptop battery writing up some notes from my experience at Emerging Tech. The advantage of doing it from that vantage point is probably a bit more reflection than in my previous entries. The disadvantages inclue the failings of my short-term [...]

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O’Reilly Network: O’Reilly Network — 2004 Emerging Technology Conference Coverage [Jan. 16, 2004] Here’s a few comments from my tke on emerging tech 2004 in san diego. First of all, Joi Ito roks. Thanks for all the fresh perspectives, the hecklebot and the sense of humour. Secondly. The most interesting people i met so far [...]

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O’Reilly Network: O’Reilly’s Digital Democracy Teach-In [Feb. 10, 2004] The Teach-In featured nine sessions with a variety of movers and shakers who have been thinking about and using technology to alter the way we elect and communicate with our candidates and political leaders.

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Just to do justice on the whole Amercian Centri rant I had. It is fir to say that the Emerging Democracy Teach-in was highly american centric (as is the rest of this conference), but Joi Ito and Ethan, did a good job of reminding everyone during their talk-show style session that closed the day. And [...]

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So, today has been the digital democracy workshop here at ETech. In about 20 minutes Ethan and Joi Ito are on, and I hope they’ll change my impression of the day for the better. So far I have been less than impressed. I realize of course that we are in California, and that in terms [...]

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O’Reilly Network: O’Reilly Network — 2004 Emerging Technology Conference Coverage [Jan. 16, 2004] So I’m here at the lobby bar of the Westin Plaza Hotel in San Diego, it’s sunday night and the Emerging Tech conference starts tomorrow with the Digital Democracy teach-in. I just registered as a speaker, since I’m going to be talking [...]

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The arrival of another new year is a time for contemplation. Or so i’ve always been told. And some, only partially conscious part of my mind, want to take this opportunity to brood, not on that which passed, for that is not my nature, but instead on that which is expected. 2004, from this vantage [...]

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