October 2010
Break from drinking from the scenario firehose to watch R. Rodriguez's El Mariachi. So. Raw. He hasn't changed, just polished.
@mpinner wow. I am honored to be on your heroes list. *speechless*
Blogging: How technology has re-programed me to interrupt you more: http://bit.ly/bQGHFs
.@clubsilence My snarky response would be cheese. But Old Bill (W.Burroughs) says we're full of holes "Sell it, if you can find a fool"
In case you missed it last night: How technology has re-programed me to interrupt you more: http://bit.ly/bQGHFs
#FFs @Urbanverse @paleofuture @clubsilence @futurescape @jenjarratt @mktgdouchebag @swadeshine @sciencegoddess @DaveHarkins @pinkyracr
Heya @taprootfound you should meet @Eveslime, who rocks the LA Film probono community. She zen & connects good causes w/ Hollywood services.
@jenjarratt Like your new profile pic!
Best science theory/experiment ever: How many cats will fit in a sink by @sciencegoddess http://bit.ly/biov2x
Ah, yes, it is time for Friday afternoon cocktails at the office.
Belated congrats @shanenickerson!
If my coworkers won't stop belching. I am going to stop coming into the office. It's scary if I am the most civilized.
@UtahMixologist I blame it on my #coworker... :) I think that's all you really need. A lushy co-worker. ;)
Echosign is awesome! cc @debtmarket RT @defrag: btw: if you're not using echosign to close business (and quick), you're just wasting time.
Starting the weekend right w/ @kayeporter. Conversations about getting what you need, while I clear my closet & she gets a new wardrobe. ;)
In the LADecom vs Dog attention competition. The dog always wins. (And so do I.)
Learning systems dynamics is like learning the alphabet. A whole new language, a way a communicating and understanding, unfolds.
@defrag @bfeld is this mainstream contrarianess only regarding investing? (the non-conformists conform to their definition of nonconformity)
Looked at 4 houses today, 2 yesterday. Passed traffic school. Read hundreds of pages on scenario theory. Picked up my new @fluevog s.
Really enjoying your perspective @pdenlinger. Keep it coming!
What's your disruption motivation? So you can be on top? Not the right answer.
Celebrity sighting for the day: Katie Holmes and daughter as I'm walking into work.
Follows up drooling over Usher's matte black mustang at our usual Sunset Blvd restaurant last night. Go pao de queijos!
@johnedgarpark LOL, but no. It was a sweet matte black mustang parked next to a shiny Dodge charger. Remember, I love cars.
@johnedgarpark ps. where are my fireworks?!
Listening to @Geofutures talk about the future in movies & discussing how they impact our view of the future: http://bit.ly/cn5GJ6
"Most science fiction movies become the partial truth - if you give them enough time" @Geofutures YES!
I'm always weirded out when F.lux changes my screen mid task.
@musingvirtual http://www.stereopsis.com/flux/
I hate to admit it, but I really love good trance. Who needs drugs when you've got soft beats, repetition and mobius sound flips?
Can't wait to get my @square reader. Gotta use today's technology while I'm writing/researching the #futureoftransactions!
@WehoDaily ooooh. I love a good bonfire. But I usually make them in non-urban environments...
Why is it so hard for people to think about the future? If you think about it, you're gonna get what you want more often.
@mpinner sounds like a perfect bfast to me!
Right on @benwurgaft! The future is not an abstract concept! Peoples - you can create/shape/change/impact it. Idiots!
. @realfuturist, @square is a hardware dongle-like thing that you can use w/ a smart phone to accept credit cards. #futureoftransactions
@PeevedMichelle I'm heartbroken that I'm missing it! :P
Sometimes I hate developing products. Like when they are shitty. Like yesterday and today.
Wallstreet: hang on tightly to your wads of cash and chests of gold, there is a revolution coming/happening. #futureoftransactions
So, I'm not supposed to tweet this, but we're having a little cocktail hour this Friday. If you BYO, I'll give you the sekret location.
RT @brandingexpert: Best reason2eat healthy & exercise: high insurance. Buy major hospitalization. No drug, dental or eye. Pay docs in cash.
@brandingexpert Smart man re pay docs in cash! (I do the same.)
>@seanbonner: On behalf of all actual punks, I feel offended that The Social Network ads keep referring to Zuckerberg as a Punk. v@dearsarah
.@seanbonner: On behalf of all actual punks, I feel offended that The Social Network ads keep referring to Zuckerberg as a Punk. v@dearsarah
@renegaderebel83 I think it can. I am composing a longer, thoughtful blogpost in my mind to answer your question. :)
Today I used the phrase, "punk - like a facebook punk", to derogatorily describe someone who is not a punk.
I don't remember BART trains stinking this much.
So strange to be back in the area I lived in for 7 years but now with no home.
Literally woke up on a crash mat gazing at rigging and at least 200 pound weights suspended from chains.
Oakland, why do you tempt me to change my life so? quiet mantra: I <3 LA I <3 LA I <3 LA.
@sixwing you need to meet Luc at pangym! I saw the place and thought of you!
Thinking who & what I want to spend my energy on. Energy is more precious than time.
I love reading the brazilian trending topics. It's language practice and a good laugh. Plus I did live in the #nordestino.
Watching the live stream from #warmgun design conf. Fascinating opening by Geoffrey Miller on psych of design http://bit.ly/dewUCo
@davemcclure great job on warmgun conf. This first session is rockstar ++.
Introverts attend conferences virtually. ;)
"Technology is becoming more of a commodity, and design is a key differentiator." #warmgun
AGREED! "Done is better than perfect." #warmgun cc @davemcclure
RT @missrogue: "Listen to your customers, but then ignore them. Remember your vision." Jason from Mint #warmgun
Ok, how many of my friends are watching #warmgun with me? Wish there was a virtual room with only MY friends and their FOFs.
RT @berkun: please do not use the word breakthrough unless you can explain what it is you are trying to break through
Gap Logo is an example of #howecreatei
Watching @jmspool at #warmgun. Looking forward to this.
Feeling the edge of system collapse. Or the opportunity for a system redefined.
Getting pretty good at french braiding my hair.
If I'm sick of people stealing my soul, then I should stop giving it away. #notetoself
The best/worst thing about being online? You can be alone with a million other people. #ennui
It's been a Dino de Laurentiis weekend in the 25th Century!
@docwho76 Flash... oh yes! Love Flash and Barbarella and Princess Ardala!
RT @Virgin_Galactic: Exclusive stunning footage of VSS Enterprise's first manned free flight. See it now at http://tiny.cc/qxlfw
I love this video. It's like taking (I see the connection of us all) drugs for 3 minutes: http://bit.ly/bxst1k like daft punks tomato sauce
I officially have burnout. ugh. Good night.
I love thinking about the future! Now, I convince YOU to do it too (or just hire me to do it for you!)
Detailed analysis (aka ripping apart) several video scenarios on the future of what we are using right now.
I need a Google Analytics (& API) expert for a brief conversation. @ or Dm me if that is you. :)
+100 RT @berkun: RT @scottsimpson: My new standard of cool: when I'm hanging out with you, I never see your phone ever ever ever.
@sixwing when the lights go down in the city?
++ RT @apperceptions: For the best deal in family entertainment, you can't beat raising chickens. They're as much fun as watching YouTube.
Dead half chewed salamander stinks. #dogowner
Just because you cover/interview/blog breaking cool, edgy, news or events, does not make you cool or edgy by proximity.
It it mentally twisted to be excited to read academic ethics papers? (Ethics... what many people lack.)
Freaking men. Can't you learn to communicate properly.
@Urbanverse nice article re: urban gardening!
RT @Urbanverse: Assoc of Profnl Futurists Chat this Thurs 4:00-5:00 pm EST - "Future of Education" #futrchat #apf http://bit.ly/bfnrAR
@chickenjohn that only counts if you have a club (or wrench) in your hand!
@clubsilence *waves*
@clubsilence on the other hand, the best place to hide is in the crowd. My favorite #hidingplace is the spotlight.
@leeshupp I saw that. Congrats! Sounds like a great panel!
@clubsilence collect the tweets that were never sent.
Looking forward to quality time on the road with only limits of my mind & the speedometer to feast my eyes on the luscious land of America.
FUCK YOU DOUGLAS COPELAND. You're NO FUTURIST - a disgrace to the title. http://bit.ly/djqokR
@citizenrobot it's lamely stereo-typical. The "future" apocalypse is NOW, unfolding, being created, evolving. That's what most do not see.
@egradman No you don't have to be widely optimistic, you have to be realistic. He's off the negative deep end & out of touch w/ human spirit
@citizenrobot touche!
@msjen when I feel that way, I tweet under my sekret unfollowed twitter account. No one hears my screams. :)
RT @benjyfeen: Being cynical isn't a sin, but presenting a cynical face to others is a limiting factor.
Here here. @Urbanverse Ready and present! #futrchat #apf
Heatherv here. Professional Futurist in training (UH Masters Program) joining from a bladerunner Los Angeles. #apf #futrchat
Answer to#1: More virtual classrooms & wider adoption of virtual classroom participation from teachers and students. #apf #futrchat
@cpcrews re: celeb/star teachers - fascinating!
. @Urbanverse Q1: online augments real world classroom with interactive backchannel/chat room. Like twitter in the classroom.
Classroom chat room/backchannel lets me chime in and agree and applaud the other students, share URLs & build relationships #apf #futrchat
Q2: Problem is, you no longer have 1 career per life. Some educations still stuck on the profession, unfort. #apf #futrchat
Agreed re: Ad-hoc @cpcrews. Learn by doing. Academia is behind the curve in some areas. Practitioners lead the way. #apf #futrchat
OMJoy #futrchat is a blast!
. @jenjarratt Change mental mindset around switching careers. Don't have to repay your dues. #futrchat #apf
Education that allows to leverage career knowledge & best practices when you switch careers/jobs. #futrchat #apf
. @jenjarratt Exactly! Pay for new schooling/education by applying existing skillsets! #futrchat #apf
Agree @frankspencer re: transdisciplinary model. Instructors evolve the work & teaching. Does tenure track = paralysis, no risk? #futrchat
Im in too! @wendyinfutures @frankspencer history + futures + systems + rabid curiosity.
Q3: Whats the role of social media in future edu? It will morph. Like blackboard --> computers. Shift the paradigm of teaching. #futrchat
Q3: the impact may be more interactive while wider and deeper engagement with instructors and students. A participatory eduction. #futrchat
@jenjarratt yup. what we call social media today, may be the communication classroom platform of tmrw. #futrchat
Good point re: people skills. @Urbanverse Using so much tech does negatively impact us. For me, I interrupt more. #futrchat
@DayTricat yes, we should def encourage general learning. #futrchat
Q4: Tech most important to future of edu? ubiq wifi, streaming video, archiving, annotating & search. #futrchat learn from the past
@jenjarratt us teaching ourselves. archived, annotated notes from the past. Be my own teacher. Be my own student. #futrchat
Bullseye! @justinpickard Gaming as future of education. #futrchat
Widespread use of chemical learning enhancements? @wendyinfutures #futrchat
Point taken. @wendyinfutures Nano+bio+cogno+education. Custom edu (style/content) for your braintype. #futrchat
@justinpickard its not just the MAN who hires. #futrchat
Q6: A very hearty YES! @jenjarratt! I feel part of the virtual community. You are all here with me in my mind! #futrchat #apf
@justinpickard :) I got ya! But employers are not always the typical MAN these days. Some want renegades and OOTB thinkers/doers. #futrchat
RT @wendyinfutures: #futrchat when you control your computer/infosphere w brainwaves/feelings (Emotiv headset) learning to think will change
Big Thanks to @jenjarratt & @Urbanverse for 1st #apf #futrchat. & every1 in dialog @cpcrews @wendyinfutures @frankspencer @justinpickard ...
@jenjarratt @Urbanverse Will we get any documentation of gems from the chat for later archive? #futrchat
Bingo! @frankspencer. I am the new MAN making the hiring decisions! LOL #futrchat
@justinpickard We become who we dream ourselves to be! #futrchat
That was the best hour I've ever spent on twitter! #afp #futrchat Ty @Urbanverse & @jenjarratt.
@frankspencer I'm LOLing about becoming the MAN. But it's true for younger generations, I may be a traditional curmudgeon.
@frankspencer as futurists, it's critical we are! The best we can do, is be aware of our biases. :)
.@egradman You can challenge me with entropy. I challenge the futurists that shaped your perception & you to go beyond it.
Ah, so that's what's happening behind the shades. This low cut shirt is for you. RT @shanenickerson: Sunglasses give me more "boobs time."
RT @Urbanverse: Here's the transcript for #APF's 1st tweetchat on Future of Education. Nxt #futrchat Th Nov 11, 4-5 EST http://bit.ly/bAn3qX
. @pkedrosky re wolf article (http://bit.ly/cIZtKD). Don't like where breaking the rules brought us? Change the rules! I'm not surprised.
@projectfresh what day is mindshare? the date was missing from your email.
@PeevedMichelle re smoky eye tutorial. Go no further than youtube.
@amoration Thankye kindly! Which costume to wear? I am thinking Gorilla.
I'm in the mood for a melody, and you've got me feeling allright. la la ditty dah.
@berkun I think Harlan E would keel over to see words so misused.
@amoration unicorn horns are easy to come by in my home, well, not maybe because of why you think.
@berkun Harlan Ellison. The great master.
@MackReed why did I click that link?! last words = a film full of death. argh! (thanks, I think)
@MackReed luckily ELO's Down Bring Me Down just came on Pandora.
@MackReed yes, you gave fair warning! I clicked anyway.
Tires give one last hollywood blvd kiss before the freeway and open road. #roadtrip
Disco across the desert. Mashups across the Mojave.
Last Call for Lake Mead. (Hint: Tim Robbins reference)
Why yes. I would move to Utah.
Purple mountains majesty. With a down tempo soundtrack. A seven hour kiss: black rubber, black pavement.
RT @WomenWhoTech: If you use the phrase "Crush It" around me, my eyes may shoot lasers beams at you.
And its not at all peculiar, under the milkyway tonight.
Plus 100 to whomever is playing the zappa albums on the radio in eastern utah.
@kayeporter very soon!
@alizasherman :)
@kayeporter now 9 miles in.
Nice @fairsnape! Here in the mts of colorado the moon is traversing the sky, stars shine bright and soon I sleep with the dinosaurs.
@shanenickerson going on an unfollow spree? (Ducks)
@shanenickerson lol!
@fairsnape this is indeed a new time! :)
@egradman oh Eric, stop with that! Its like riding a motorcycle. :) Its not religion.
Who knew existential philosophies lead to being a futurist? I knew my angst (and English degree) would pay off! #jayogilvy
I think its great the govnt is monitoring social media. Just try to create a picture of who you think I am.
RT @fairsnape: RIP RT @edge Mandelbrot 1924-2010. "Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles, bark is ...
@fairsnape that is some bummer news.
Aspens are trees of flaming color. A valley of shimmering fire.
Outstanding breakfast in Brekenridge/Frisco. Got in a conv with waitress about predictive statistics. Fun.
@mikeatqazam it was a total surprise. Never been here before.
@artlung so sorry to hear about your mom. My thoughts are with you. *hugs*
Today: ascend Pikes Peak. Finished: Ogilvy's Creating Better Futures. Practical philosophy applied to positive scenario creation. +100 good
I'm surprised at how effected I am by the altitude here. Completely exhausted. #rockies
@WorldFutureSoc re: retweeting stats, you can see this by using Twitter website, Retweets dropdown, then select My Tweets Retweeted.
@frankspencer easier said than done and yet, a small change shifts an entire worldview.
@WorldFutureSoc select one of the tweets. A panel will flyout to the right with the info.
I leave the front range and head west into snowy rockies my ears filled with stories of Isak Dinesons East Africa told by another.
Wondering if moab is worth an additional 4 hours on the road.
Q: How many grad students "call in" to classes from their cross-country road trip? A: This one does. #educationtoday #futurestudies
Moab - you're treating this girl right!
A brief stop to exercise the roadtrip legs. Cc @annatude @SamL http://yfrog.com/1gcewzj
A radical financial logans run: once you make over N (500k), you die.
Driving into a post apocalyptic dark n stormy Vegas. Wait. Civilization stands!
Lightning explodes overhead blinding me for a nuclear moment as I slog through the desert thunderstorm.
I return to LA mind clear as the land after a thunderstorm. Unfortunately my attitude does not match. Or maybe it's because of the clarity.
I am surrounded by belching barbarians at the office. I can't take this disgust anymore.
Scanhit for the impending education bubble. RT @pkedrosky: Law student asks for refund. http://bit.ly/cqBlyK #bubbles #education
Dog just pulled possum from a bush, but he's just playing dead.
RT @azcacophony: Hey you! Go to www.azcacophony.org and fill out the Santarchy survey. Do it now!
Totally spent after drooling over cars in Petersons vault. Three bugattis! I am a true car lover!
3 failed movie watching attempts, a 3 hour uphill hike, one missed party, a Venice stroll w/ friends & countless hours offline. #myweekend
Rolling up the planning sleeves on Oct 27, 2010: Barcamp LA Planning Meeting at Canter's http://ff.im/-sBunT (ht RT @jozjozjoz)
Note to self: don't start out Monday morning reading with Gold/Oil Fiat Fiasco/Conspiracy first thing. Nothing positive in that. *sigh*
@justinpickard did you know women were the first computers? Babbage computations were done by women, not men.
@justinpickard Yup! :)
I'm often shocked where my brain goes. Pure brain walkabout is crazier & far out more than any drug. Course I am writing future scenarios.
Dystopian futures are lazy futures & AFAIC the sign of a lazy futurist; although I'm sure I'll write some eventually for shock value.
Love this & agree! @sarahdopp 's description of God: "I take "god" as shorthand for patterns, physics, time, and ways to look at things."
.@SatyaDharmaMus NOT TRUE. Utopian futures do not have to lack drama. Writers lack talent, creativity and ability. Rise to the challenge.
I've got at least 20 good plot lines in this Alt Futures mind map. Some SciFi screenwriter really should become my friend.
@JordanisCreativ Most important thing I've ever done? Not Kill Myself (yet). ;)
.@troy_gardner Robots in drama are an anthropomorphization to make the story seem sci-fi. So I agree. :)
Looks like a great presentation on how language shapes the way you think (I know it does) tonight. Kudos @longnow.
Be a citizen futurist RT @iftf: What's YOUR dream for the future of California? http://californiadreams.org/ #FutureofCA
JS (@jsfuncity) blog post on Argentina is why I'll never go and take Brazil over the Southern Neighbor every day: http://bit.ly/bDQknN
@VenessaMiemis nice job on #futureofmoney video.
RT @mktgdouchebag: Mobile is dead! (Sorry. I just wanted to be the first person in the world to ever say that.)
RT @chickenjohn: Today I will spend the day subverting the dominant paradigm.
What happened to my favorites? Twitter recently dumped over 30 of them? cc @twitter
Internetziens: please participate in my grad research: The Future of Transactions Survey: http://bit.ly/FutureTrans
RT @amoration: Meeting to resurrect @barcampla & @eecue is our first sponsor, thanks for dinner @cantersdeli! Good team led by @mikepras ...
Very inspiring #BarcampLA planning meeting with amazing new leaders.
How will we pay for things in the future? You tell me (a survey of possibilities): http://bit.ly/FutureTrans
Big Thanks to @andysternberg @SketchStudios @amoration @eecue @mikeprasad & 4 others for most inspirational #barcampLA plan mtg last night.
. @eecue re: #barcampla web app, Can't wait to hear about it! Thank you for being the 1st sponsor!
Looking at the #barcampLA planning doc co-created by 9+ of us today and am filled with awe for making it happen! Collaboration FTW!
I am blown away by the thoughtful, provocative responses to: How will we pay for things in the future? at http://bit.ly/FutureTrans
@wendyinfutures Nice posters!
Dear Halloween, ~4+ years of zombie cabaret shows at any time of the year was great, but I need some space. I still love you.
#futureoftrans RT @wired: Don't have coins? This vending machine lets you buy candy with PayPal, your phone or Twitter http://bit.ly/d7IcP4
@Cekent re: mobile payments again! LOL !!! True.
@mactavish or Los Angeles. ;) It's gorgeous, sunny and mild today.
Why is it, as soon as my pandora station has the perfect mix, it changes? Want to freeze it.
RT @incognitosum: the future may not be known, but that doesn't mean it's unknowable
A very domestic Friday night utilizing such modern wonders as the stove and cream of tarter.
RT @thadroberts: Sometimes our behavior speaks more to the truth than how we feel about our own knowledge.
RT @berkun: "If we amplify everything, we hear nothing" -J. Stewart #rallyforsanity
"I want to like you / but you're not on Facebook!" Catchy meta song w/ a breakdancing running man. Watch it! http://bit.ly/jfontana #meme
@justinpickard I had not. Thank you!
"Mars ain't the kind of place, to raise your kids, in fact, it's cold as 'ell." #musictowriteaboutthefutureto
@pdenlinger let me know when you know the answer. re: who is going to finance....
If I vote yes on prop 19, will you promise to pull over when I'm hauling a$$ down the road? #dontdrivestoned #speeddemonspeeds
I'm Pondering: which financial system will we use on Mars? Space? #futureoftrans Thinking bigger and wider, out of this world.
@CoCreatr I think it will include relative local currencies, but must relate to "global" marketplace/exchange. It's fun to think about. :)
@CoCreatr that's also a complex thought to distill into 140 char. :)
OK, that's it. I am writing sci-fi and screenplays. Positive future scenarios w enough DRAMA for Hollywood. Suck it post-apocalyptic future.
@artbrock THANK YOU!
@pdenlinger I like! Howbout Venusian currency will have Bradbury, sun domes and rain. :)
@pdenlinger And Triton - Delaney? Vonnegut? or is that Titan?
@clubsilence yummy vita-minas por la sangue.
Brazil in my pants, The Holy Mountain in my pants, Until the end of the world in my pants, Fellini Satyricon in my pants #moviesinmypants
@musingvirtual that's a good one. (Neverending story in my pants) #moviesinmypants
@sfslim Love the movies in your pants!
@artbrock I did! It's so perfect. Thank you! I owe you a +100 favor in the currency in hbombalicious.
@umairh thanks for RTing my survey. Happy to give you a custom convertible tour of Los Angeles if you find yourself on the west coast. :)
@pdenlinger Most certainly! But I do not expect it in my lifetime.