May 2010
skeptics forecast: in 20 years social capital will be a quaint concept, a la peace and love in the 60s. #future #forecast #wishitwasnttrue
@WehoDaily what was happening on Norton? 6 cop cars and someone in cuffs...
@WehoDaily was maybe 30 minutes or so ago...
@WehoDaily yup that was it.
@WehoDaily Thanks!
I went into the Alexander McQueen store today. I have a new favorite designer now. HOT: http://bit.ly/c5s4IZ
enough writing/research for tonight, time for anathem dialogs.
Photographers out there, I need a headshot tomorrow for a conference I am speaking at. Suggestions gladly taken.
@burningtorchinc oh I realize that. On a lark I stopped in at his store on Melrose and fell in love. Let's go shopping there ok!
Another reason to <3 Alexander McQueen: his next collection cameos my favorite artist: Hieronymus Bosch @burningtorchinc @pinkyracr
@burningtorchinc I think I am finally motivated to get into shape. His stuff is just so amazing.
I'm looking for an online book writing workshop. Suggestions anyone?
Feeling depressed that I cannot accomplish my simple dreams. The hard ones seem to be no problem.
@roxannedarling cool. will do. I want to give my mom book writing workshop for Mom's day to help her write her book. (don't tell her :) )
@Brain_Wash raw, seared, broiled, BBQed? Regardless, how about you take it in the mouth.
My favorite item in the recent Technology Review is the Martin Jetpack: http://www.martinjetpack.com/ #future
@AnnikaSkywalkr I knew that, which is why I have never attended a GiT event myself and was surprised to see you going to one.
@AnnikaSkywalkr keep your calendar open for GeekDinnerRedux coming this summer.
!!!!!!! RT @sgaudin: First Lady tells students the nation depends on their math and science skills. http://bit.ly/9B2MII
@TechFrog shooting/stabbing. You should follow @wehodaily for all your weho crime news. :)
Cacophonists, purveyors of the absurd & participants: The Caveman Picnic is Saturday at Noon, Griffith Park Old Zoo: http://bit.ly/cUcN7P
@otmg congrats on home ownership!
this is cool, but I don't think it is alien speech. http://bit.ly/dhjOon
Futurists: interesting research on US perception of certain terms. Insight into "values" http://bit.ly/ab8NeU (via @reasonmag)
why sport drinks are so popular with the GenX set: Kool-Aid paved the way. (There is really no difference btwn "sport drinks" & Kool-Aid)
I quite enjoyed that 2 hour sojourn into the archaic cave of HTML tables within tables.
Coworker cracking jokes on the backchannel: What did the chinese couple call their retarded baby? A: Sum Ting Wong" #stuffmycoworkersays
what do you get when you cross an achy breaky heart with a yeast infection? an itchy twitchy twat #stuffmycoworkersays @the_coworker #drunk?
Hard work pays off. Did great in my 1st grad class, rocked my internet startup prod dev & plans for future, new obsessions. Now: time 4 fun!
May come out of my self-inflicted school isolation this summer.
"EMERGENCY!!!! I think I put these underpants in the dryer." #stuffmycoworkersays #OMGaBUGinmyUnderpantDesign
@AnniesAnnuals what's the best way to keep aphids off your roses. I have been hand-picking/crushing them but they keep coming back.
Wheee! Technology fucking up the financial industry again. (via @zerohedge)
@AnniesAnnuals thanks!
OK, so apparently it's wasn't technologies fault, but rather a human error. http://bit.ly/aDtVUe
@RayBeckerman @changeist they're saying it's a human trading error that started the mess http://bit.ly/aDtVUe
@changeist indeed
@jasonburns queue the soundtrack to Brazil
On getting in trouble "OK, I'll put my dollar in, but I'm not going to apologize for being awesome." #stuffmycoworkersays
@ajpape I am celebrating a grad class well completed!
It is a boys locker room in the office this afternoon. The trouble jar is getting filled with dollar bills!
@the_coworker oh, so my dog doesn't count? :-P
Noticed the very first jacaranda blooms today. and I turn another year in the city of angels.
@ericgarland isn't that how we got here?
Going to an old favorite restaurant and trying something new is like switching up your sex life comfortably exciting.
Dear humans of the world. We made these rules. We can change them too. #allbetsareoff #financialmarkets #future
On suicide by gunshot through mouth "There is no sideshot. That's for amateurs." #stuffmycoworkersays
@edrabbit that looks totally awesome!
If u like fire. Consider supporting RT @edrabbit: Help us build giant fire art and get your own flamethrower! http://vb.ly/syzyfire
.@SusinaBakery I am now hooked on your cappuccinos. The chocolate croissant this morning wasn't so shabby either.
Watched Murder on the Orient Express last night. It is THE inspiration for Gilliam's Brazil. http://bit.ly/aZIcvV #shouldersofgiants
@SusinaBakery just realized I haven't tweeted the bazillion times I go. You guys are my new fav/old place.
@emergingfutures when will you be in LA. Would love to meet you in person.
re: yesterdays market problem as cyber attack beta test @jimmath intriguing suggestion.
@egradman why read a book when you have friends smart on the matter (effective branding)
It's official. I have a long attention span. Not phased by 2 hour meetings on Friday afternoon apparently.
Wrangled the wooly mammoths and am headed to griffith park for the caveman picnic.
@Ruth666 come on down to the caveman picnic at the griffith park old zoo.
Enjoying my first stress free weekend in 2010. Ahhh. Feels Good.
Superbig caveman Uhhgggg to @r0b3rta @pinkyracr karen & everyone at cave sweet caveman picnic. Merry-Go-Round ride was the best!
If you missed the APoD today (May 9) you may want to check it out: http://bit.ly/dpFgI8
Ignite3 is June 7th at V Lounge in West LA. Details and tickets (free) here: http://bit.ly/aqpe43 Submit a talk: http://bit.ly/IgniteLA
Please, someone stop me before I plan some more cacophony. I can't help myself.
RT @acoolong: You've found the true rosetta stone when you realize every person genuinely speaks their own language.
@sixwing APoD is my guilty pleasure. Probably the best thing on the whole wide Internet. :)
Sunday night is for Cacophony Futures. Monday morning is for Disruptive Finance Futures.
RT @lasanta: For you Facebooking Santas: http://bit.ly/summersanta
iPad, a return to the ImageMap: http://bit.ly/iPadUsability
@VenessaMiemis polo?????
@WehoDaily very funny! :)
RT @twitter: Follow count display is set to 0 and follow/unfollow is temporarily offline while we fix a bug. Status: http://bit.ly/dhQ3fF
RT @nntaleb: You have a real life if & only if you do not compete with anyone in any of your pursuits.
RT @sciencenewsorg: FOR KIDS: Dreaming makes perfect: A new study connects dreams with learning a new skill http://bit.ly/dAfKah
we move towards our opposite. Does that mean, as an anarchist I will eventually become a politician? #humor #truth
Cultivate your opposites!
@swadeshine oohhhh. I like that!
@pinkyracr pantsuits! now that made me crack up! What about rompers?
Realization: ppl who leave large gaps btwn car en frente are near sighted. Or is that far sighted.
@Viss I think this way all the time. My bet for this era's misinformation/understanding is energy.
I am in a more than usual happy mood. :D
@benjyfeen I forget not everyone has jet pilot's eyesight and is a race car driver! hehe
@pinkyracr I like thinking about romper vs pantsuit competitions. Can we make this a reality please? :)
@pinkyracr Maybe Nassim would be a judge in our romper vs pantsuit competition. #sillyideas
@llangit @sloane whose definition of "better"? not as clear cut as you might think.
@sloane Agreed. Don't assume a valueset is "better" than another's. There is no right/wrong in a world of creative expression.
@sloane No judgment, that is a humanistic perspective. There are other (non-human centric) perspectives as well.
Finished #anathem last night. Intriguing stuff. A must read for futurists. Especially liked the Hylean Theoric World / Plato's Cave Allusion
@amoration awesome. you will love it! #anathem
"Sangria time!" #stuffmycoworkersays
all dressed up and no one to shoot.
poverty is more about power than hunger.
everyone is distracted saving the world while the US tailspins financially. whee! time to change the rulez.
@quackking I'm all over that!
Until we solve the problem of satisfying the power-hungry this financial mess will not go away. It's not a value shift. They will not change
@quackking I can solve it with some bullets. ;) But it will just grow back up. Humans are idiots.
@sixwing yes, that would be awesome. The $$ problem is not the $$. It's the value set: power.
@berkun exactly. that's why the solution to that is tricky.... a mixed up ball of yarn.
@quackking that's a pretty funny edit. I approve. :)
@quackking I was thinking about the "Spaniards drinking gold" "solution" that wasn't a particular solution.
@sixwing YES! Here is the positive future of $$! But David/Goliath situation, unless there is a rug to pull. (I'm yanking)
Going to hide in my man rock cave now. Here I come Supertramp, Boston, Foreigner. Somehow makes the markets less scary.
@berkun it is. and 80s manrock at that. (when I'm all positive futures it's electronic-trance)
@Cruftbox That looks utterly awesome. Have added it to my list. Thank you!
when the financialmarketsystem really tanks, that's the positive wildcard for social/alt currency systems. inspired by @sixwing cc @mathpunk
"did they get you to exchange a walk on part in the war, for a lead role in a cage."
@quackking but I can tell you for certain no wolf gets the love and attention my dog does. Interesting perspective back at me. #mirror
@quackking I have a tendency to take the literal meanings of it all. It's ok. My quote smacked me right back. :)
Really excited because today I am going to Denver for the Association of Professional Futurists Yearly Gathering!
@pinkyracr Totally agree w/ you re: redefining success. But old values die hard.
@berkun You continue to impress me Mr Berkun. Please keep doing what you're doing!
MUST READ - really R-E-A-D it. I did. I agree. RT @berkun: why the world is a mess: a simple theory http://bit.ly/aMHWR3
@swadeshine thanks!
Really excited to see my favorite state (utah) other than calif from the sky. Red rock and mountains ... well rock!
Shoot. I missed the demon horse at denver airport cause @annatude called to read me a zombie story in the cab!
I have missed grain elevators and pick up trucks. #denver
@MissXu I just consumed anathem by stephenson. All 900 pages recommended.
RT @dmplotkin: The best thing we can do, in any given situation...no matter how difficult- is to come from a place of self.
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4th generation ipads for att attendees of the #apf.
On resource constrains: why haven't we pulled an asteroid out of space and mine that? -christian crews #apf
No matter how big you were in the old paradigm it guarentees nothing in the new. -joel barker #apf
Amazing presentation on heros journey and application to futures work. -Lee #apf
People don't need knowledge - they need motivation to work together. -joe tankerersley/disney #afp
So impressed to be sitting this room full of amazing people. Learning so much. I've found my people. #apf #futurists
Everything doesn't have to be high-tech. -joe t #apf
Planting a tree to prevent climate change is like drinking a glass of water to stop rising sea levels. -Bob Frame #apf #scottishhumor
Must ask: does it help to solve the wicked problems? -Bob Frame #apf (answers r almost always no)
RT @leeshupp: #apf If the rate of change is doubling, 25 years into the future is about as different as 50 years ago to now.
RT @BrianNorgard: Best part of product development: it NEVER ends. There is no such thing as the perfect painting (Apologies Mona Lisa).
Front range of the rockies!
Mashing up the socratic method and open space at #apf with view of the rockies.
Managing data used to be the area of experts. It is no longer. -laura lefkowits #apf
I can't believe its taken this long for me to see Howards End. The schlegel apples do not fall far from the tree.
I saw the demon/blue horse at DIA! Houston here I come. Excited for Texas thunderstorms!
Disappointed at lack of job pride at houston supershuttle. Always way more impressed by local taxis. #localeconomywins
I may like texas better in theory. Let's see after a few days.
Any useful idea, must first appear to be ridiculous. -Jim Dator OH at Houston Futures #uh #strategicforesight
A rowdy dinner conversation with a texas democrat and virginian republican among participants. All futurists!
OH Everyone loves kentucky fried chicken. Its halal. (On kfc in abu dabai)
oh, hello there internet on my laptop after days on my phone...
the gaga strings selection = !!!! RT @andrew_chen: Amazing mashup of Gaga, Ke$sha, etc, in violin! http://bit.ly/cOqGC2
RT @mathpunk: This visual guide to cognitive bias should be distributed over all human habitats http://bit.ly/bSHgbw /via @usablelearning
@msjen pretend you are someone else writing about you. scan past client briefs/folders/delivered work/blog posts/emails/colleagues
@msjen self-promotion can be difficult even for those who promote other people/things/products/experiences. But is critical work 4 success.
@msjen yay!
RT @WorldFutureSoc: Thought for day: People who inspire you make you want to find a lever & move the world. (part 1)
This is the tricky part. RT @WorldFutureSoc: Thought for day (part 2): Those who rile you up just make you want to smash it.
Starting out the morning with my favorite financial boom/bust ditty by Stereolab / Ping Pong.
Trying to get in some introvert time, before the $3 pint night with my Texas Futurist Crew.
Heather Speaking Alert: I'm talking about "How WE create I" at h+, Harvard, June 12-13. Your 20% discount is here: http://bit.ly/9MYlmk
RT @JerryThomas: Big weekend coming. My Star Trek club is going to dress as Klingons & ambush some Civil War re-enactors. via@funnyoneliners
Just had the most amazing "beer cocktail". Hummingbird Water is pear cider w/ splash of Framboise Lambic at The Flying Saucer.
Global warming "solution": use methane as fuel for space travel/development.
Third time watching a hero's journey presentation in week. Is the universe trying to tell me something? Hmmm?
@mktgdouchebag we were just reviewing the hype cycle! Wish more ppl remembered it but they are probably distracted by fear and shiny things
Self-Prediction: I'll be a published sci-fi writer and politician living in Washington DC in about 7 years. #lifetakesstrangeturns
"she can tell ya bout the plane crash with a gleam in her eye / GET THE WIDOW ON THE SET!" #lyrics
<3=Chaos=passion "The mind loves order, the heart loves chaos, and the gut loves action" -Antero Alli (long ago a teacher of mine)
@garrygolden safe travels. Thanks for producing an awesome APF! See ya in the future!
He wishes he could give me a Lotus Elise. I told him, in an alternate universe, I have killed us both after driving us off the canyon road.
re-entry to the present from the future is always a b*tch.
The boyf & I have been alternating hanging out w/ the FBI and CIA respectively this week. Pls keep that sekret. Govnt employee here I come.
Whoah-Nellie. My organization skillz are outta control again. #barcampla I swear, sometimes I am not in control of my hands & what they do.
@pkedrosky d?
Its more exciting to think of automatic phone customer service as just very early AI.
RT @mktgdouchebag: Familiar? "They cloaked themselves in idealism but deep down had to know they were engaging in a charade." L. Pressler
@Viss thanks for your awesome wireless comments. I'm only 1/2 kidding about taking over an abandoned warehouse.
@Viss appreciate it! Don't mind my cacophonous nature. :)
Fascinating Nature article about Magnetic-field perception (it's real & I want it) http://bit.ly/bu9bBk (link via theboyf, hardcopy @ home)
"The problem is time is chronological" #futurist I love this stuff
Yesterday us Futurists discussed Google getting into TV. Today, they announced. Coincidence? #futurenow
I fear, if I stay in Texas much longer, I might turn Republican. Can not wait to be assaulted by licks tomorrow. #dogwhipped
@fejsez I'm in Downtown Houston - for one more night! (really loving the humidity)
@fejsez it's really the air conditioning that is getting to me. I'll take the humidity over constant air con.
@fejsez @shanenickerson loving your #lesserbooks lols
@fejsez that happened to me in Austin. I think it must be the pollen. you living here long time now?
My phone is completely offline/shutdown/dead as I make my way back to the city of Angeles.
A truly great week spent in Houston with new longtime friends & futurists from companies & governments. We will create the future.
for the purple tornado, there's no place like home.
@kayeporter I have missed you too!!!! Tuesday!
Packing things up for a photo shoot in Wonder Valley today. Blackberry is still dead, but I'm enjoying the silence.
I'm surprisingly good at pacman. #google
It's official. The blackberry is dead, hence the phone silence. Should I get another blackberry or go Droid/GoogleBord? Opinions pls.
@thework101 so, are we soaking on Tuesday? (I can deal w/ that!)
@kayeporter belated good luck on your preso. It sounds like you rocked it! Will you be back for Tuesday?
Thanks for the droid wishes but the purple curve was too tempting.
Impressed we haven't had an oil spill like this before, nor resolved it w nukes. Stop hating cause you're a product of oil prosperity.
@garrygolden welcome to our fair global metropolis! Enjoy the Jacarandas! #losangeles
!!! RT @garrygolden: flying over Grand Canyon makes my jaw drop & mind expand
We live in the dystopian present. The future is bright if you challenge yourself to think about solutions, instead of hate on the problems.
@quackking credit the Russians.
Calling all LA 0Gs (original geeks) Geek Dinner REDUX 2010 is on June 15 @cantersdeli, RSVP: http://bit.ly/aftjsp conversation: barcampla9
Extending the deadline for #Ignite submissions to Thursday May 27th: http://bit.ly/IgniteLA Still FREE: http://ignitela.eventbrite.com/
@AnnikaSkywalkr YAY! But I didn't see your talk submission on how to be a snarky sexy dame developer yet..... *turningblue*
@electrothusiast in those times, I usually try to do something with my hands and/or body moving: clean, exercise, garden, walk the dog. :)
@AnnikaSkywalkr stage fright, smage fright. :) (ps. I have it too.)
Extending the deadline for #Ignite submissions to Thursday May 27th: http://bit.ly/IgniteLA
@NicolePowers yes! please come! And you should come to Ignite as well. :)
RT @physorg_com: High-energy project in high desert http://bit.ly/aJeyMP
@NurtureGirl allow yourself to change the plans, give yourself permission to be occasionally flaky.
My Epitaph: I have plowed the universe. #simonbolivar
My dad emailed me today to tell me I should start the West America Cacophonist Republic. I love him.
Faux-stoss cupcake at swingers equals yum delish devoured.
@AnnikaSkywalkr aren't we all.
@umairh it's always easier to restart than clean up a mess, but starting from scratch not always possible. We have a mess to clean up. #econ
Playing detective in and navigating complex systems and makes me feel average.
@sixwing i approve of your twitter bio!
Looking like it might be another 4+ hour engineering meeting....
@AnnikaSkywalkr I'm very literal.
@AnnikaSkywalkr you got me with that one. can't top it.
@AnnikaSkywalkr What you call "engineering meetings", I call "meditation". I'm a very enlightened individual!
RT @BrianNorgard: Great technology is indiscernible from magic.
@thesoundla oh yeah. Loving the boston! More than a feeling!!!!!
@garrygolden awesome to see you on this coast! Safe travels back east!
@leahpeah awesome! pictures please!
Excited to be in the philosophy track at H+/Harvard June 12-13. http://bit.ly/c2O2lm The vonSchlegels would be proud of their prodigy.
@leahpeah sounds like all you need is (running) black eyeliner to finish the look. ;)
jeeze pandora, don't be turning my manrock station all sensitive.
@lifeofreilly that was the best response ever to @twistedcat :)
I wanna pour oil down the gullets of the snarkholes going on about bp. You are ALL products of the oil economy. #potcallingkettleblack
If you care about saving the planet, kill yourself. #sustainabilityinaction #snark #eco #green
@quackking I remember a similar sentiment coming out of Bolinas in the late 90s.
@quackking oh, I'm not going to kill myself. It's just a suggestion. :)
@geminica aren't we all! Cheers! :) #entropy
@quackking well, yes I was. I'm tired of judgmental whiners and complainers on all sides.
@stevepavlina it is so far a catalyst for whining and complaining.
LA look at these Texas clouds in the sky. Gorgeous!
Full moon sitting in a bed of fluffy clouds.
@clubsilence where is the scream contest? I want to scream for you.
@neilredding I don't disagree with you. I have issues with the self-righteous nature and lack of beneficiary awareness. Xxx
I love my hair salon. Repurpled with blue streaks, a tall glass of wine and a book for the cacophonous leader of an underground movement.
@clubsilence oooohhh wonderful. Ill have to start practicing! Don't mind my primal scream.
@MissXu cocktails at work make late nights better! Cheers. xx
"Well, I'm taking my time, just moving on" #lyrics (Start the day with Boston and ending with it)
My blood runs cold, my memory will not be sold, depeche modes on my centerfold (pandora station). More manly manrock!
you can see the stars, but still not see the light
Finalizing speaker list for #IgniteLA3. So many good submissions make it really hard to pick. @Ignite2LA
Among the myriad events this weekend, you can join me screaming. http://bit.ly/screamshare #screamshare
Will be announcing #ingnitela3 speakers later tonight. June 7th tickets still avail (we will run out of space) http://bit.ly/aqpe43
I challenge you to practice compassion in regards to bp. It is a true practice for the enlightened.
The power hungry & greedy can not be changed. Know the playing field before you attempt to play or "change" the world. Can only change self.
Adoption of change can only happen when those in the existing paradigm can continue to be successful. Or honestly call it revolution.
@projectfresh the world is a piece of shit sometimes, eh? But usually tomorrow it's peaches and roses.
Wondering how to mashup dystopian rockstar goth nurse hospitalness for tonights activities.
(Fat full moon) Orange. (Twenty-orange) Yeah that's right. Hehahe
My memorial day roses are finally blooming. They smell wonderful.