July 2013
@shamir_k Do it!
RT @susiewyshak: AWESOME reality check for #wds2013: "World Domination Summit: What to Know Before You Go" http://shar.es/A3bGe @shannatr…
RT @syamant: The car's history suggests that the phone's future is about divergence, not convergence http://www.economist.com/node/8353309
Revisiting product ideas I had (for a client) in 2006 - still nothing like it on the net. Makes me sad for my stillborn baby ideas.
RT @krynsky: Don't forget to export your Google Reader feeds folks. The service shuts down tomorrow http://j.mp/1atMDig #PSA
The more I read @ramez sequel to Nexus (which I have an early copy) the more I WANT Nexus in my brain. #futureofintimacy
Started out the day channeling PK Dick. Considering ending the day the same way. Will you take my hand through the ether of worlds?
@sblackmoore Damn straight. You think I can get a date with your protagonist?
@sixwing ABSOLUTELY! I have not been this obsessed with a SciFi novel since Samuel Delaney's Trouble on Triton (my go-to favorite).
@sblackmoore I did say I was channeling PK. ;) The best thing about literary character dates? They go away when you close the book. Mostly.
@supdegrave OMG Totally YES! Mez pulls no punches. The stories have it ALL! cc @ramez
@Radiskulls @SketchStudios yeah, I'm thinking of going that way. Almost impulse bought it yesterday, but I think I should wait a bit.
RT @ThrillDetective: RT @taylornoakes: To American backpackers hiking the world over, you're welcome. Happy Canada Day #happycanadaday
@catvalente Tux with sparkly lapels or wear over sparkly dress. http://www.kensingtoncouture.co.nz/gallery/Jackets%2B%2526%2BBlazers/dark-silver-sequinned-tuxedo/167114?view=jumbo&order=default or Marlene Dietrich style http://www.glamamor.com/2012/02/cinema-connection-art-deco-film-icons.html
RT @sblackmoore: Have been reminded that typing is largely muscle memory after hitting send on that work email. "Funding" has neither a C,…
@sblackmoore Lol.
@Radiskulls yeah, that's what I was thinking... I really should have more paid work before I blow that dough though. @SketchStudios
@sblackmoore fuck yeah!
@nelz9999 jetlag busters just arrived London: go out and walk around (get in sunshine, exercise, get heart pumping).
@nelz9999 then eat good meal w/ protein/veggies. Fuck around on interwebz, take melatonin, zzzz & hope to sleep through the 2/3/4am wakeup.
@nelz9999 next am, drink strong coffee, more walking/exercise/out in the sun. (you didn't ask, but I did this a lot.) Enjoy.
Trying hard not to puke in my mouth re this Clinkle site/new phone payment thing. You've got to be kidding Silicon Valley! #weaksignal
Today proves my eclectic music tastes.
It only took 3 hours for the Smiths to come on rotations. Like sweet blissful ambrosia.
I wish I was special. You're so fucking special.
I wish these skies would crack with thunder and lightning and open up in torrential rainfall. I need something to break before I do.
RT @DaveHarkins: Hey everyone! See you Friday! #WDSvirgin #WDS2013
Dear @ramez . 88% in. So many moments of joy and horror and despair and joy and tears. Emotions both raw and refreshed. <3 #crux #nexus
@DaveHarkins I had a ticket last year, but I did not make it. Looking forward to this year.
I have consumed it & DAMN it's good! #crux @ramez pulls no punches in this non stop action packed future world. Heart-wrenching & satisfying
Good Morning Song: http://youtu.be/Jm-upHSP9KU Love the floppy disk in this video. #oingoboingo #weirdscience
With a Sir Mix a Lot Chaser: http://youtu.be/2ImZTwYwCug
Being human... http://instagram.com/p/bTvcmOpvXO/
@sblackmoore oh man, hugs! I get you. Anger and I, we are old friends. LMK if you want to go smash glassware sometime.
Just learned I shared a birthday with Doug Engelbart. #RIP
Fuck this bullshit.
Srsly, getting an assessment of barely average for some of my best futures work. Fuck that.
@sblackmoore no. it's really not. hence the anger.
Ready Player One? Oh yes, I am ready. #newescapistscifi
@Competia with all due respect, I disagree with many of your top klout rated "futurists" and "trendsetters". These they are not. #brands
@brandonlaird well that's good to know unhappiness across the board.
@rightfuture not in a sendable form. was presentation. soon though.
Making a cup of coffee that is as black as my (fecund) heart.
@rtgarden I really do have a black heart: http://www.heathervescent.com/heathervescent/2013/07/my-black-heart.html :)
The best innovation tools are courage, creativity, action. Things that can never be captured in a software program. #jaded_futurist
@rtgarden :) thanks. Also, I sincerely appreciate your comments. :)
Twenty-five bliss http://instagram.com/p/bXEqZCJvTp/
Headed to stumptown for World Domination. (@ Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) - @lax_official w/ 57 others) http://4sq.com/13xUDfq
Portland, I will be in you shortly for World Domination Summit weekend! #wds13
I'm at Portland International Airport (PDX) (Portland, OR) w/ 21 others http://4sq.com/13ykX9b
The World Domination has begun. #wds13 #pdx
RT @annatude: After a year+ of planning and waiting #WDS2013 here we come! With @heathervescent
Its really nice to be back in Portland for non family related matters. I'm remembering how great this city is and my friends in it.
Hotel phone World Domination Summit style @traviskoplow http://instagram.com/p/bZ2h6cpve-/
Squeee (at @GroundKontrol Classic Arcade) http://4sq.com/1d1oxs9
Tonights fix. http://instagram.com/p/baiOgCpvQg/
So into this game. http://instagram.com/p/baj84IJvSk/
RT @brandonlaird: At #WDS2013 and look who I meet, it's @heathervescent from #designfutrs.
image@traviskoplow yes please!
@robotkid so effing amazing!
@robotkid yay! Welcome home! (Soonish)
Thinking of @k0re because I just bought too much Radish Underground. #pdx
Portland heads at "manthropologie" http://instagram.com/p/bceCRkpvQm/
Stumptown heart http://instagram.com/p/bceLgWJvQ0/
I totally dig this rocketship http://instagram.com/p/bceWXPpvRF/
@LusciousPear you know this store? It's so rad!
@k0re yes! Yes yes!
Claustrophobic Assassination #wds13
They key to happiness? Self-knowledge. Says Gretchen Rubin #wfs13
What's amazing about a leap of faith, is how sure everyone around you is that things will work out. -Tess #wds13
Oh me? I'm just doing what I want. #wds13
Campari for a hot day. http://instagram.com/p/bfVtEiJveI/
Ahhh. Los Angeles' balmy air means I'm home.
After hugging my dog, it's quality time with the pinball. Can't believe I actually missed my machine this much...
@chase_gordon bummer. perchance we meet in our hometown sometime?
@paladin_sf the lemon was squeezed and then discarded. :)
Where the painting lives when I'm home. http://instagram.com/p/bhmXu-JvQy/
"What were the skies like when you were young?" ...... "they were beautiful, the most beautiful skies in fact." #lfc cc @petervan
RT @sfslim: If you’re interested in transhumanism, entheogens, Buddhism, Burning Man, network effects, or digital liberties, you’ll LOVE @r…
@sfslim you read it. Don't you want this to exist like RIGHT NOW?!? :) @ramez
@sfslim I am so obsessed. If you all only knew this design futures project I am working on right now. bwahahaha. @ramez
"Who is John Galt?" Sticker on a Cadillac Escalade. La Cienga earlier today. http://instagram.com/p/bh7ay6pvfb/
@petervan its the spoken word phrase at the beginning of the song. Hugs from halfway around the worls my friend. :)
@chris23 :) cc @petervan
This morning is all Perpetual Dawn 12" remixes. Feeling very desert open skies.
This is so freaking cool! https://immersion.media.mit.edu/
@sblackmoore totalmente! But at least I have access to the data. Government surveillance biotches not be sharers.
All we want, is, life beyond Thunderdome.
Longest playlist on @rdio has got to be this 3988 song one for 345 hours, called The music never stopped. Love it!
Yes, that is the sounds of drops of water falling from the sky.
I have done more creative thinking in the past 2 weeks than all of 2013. More is still needed despite the overflowing font....
I'm right with you sister! RT @kittenhotep Long difficult day is long difficult.
Die Antwoord is the chaser for searching scarification photos. I swear it's for research!
Oh the images you find on flickr (I swear it's for research!) http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahdeer/4183675776/
@jmfaulkner11 yeah, I guess that makes me look a little crazier than I am... oh the places on the interwebz futures research will take you.
When did Chrome become such a flea-infested dog of a browser? It's freezing/crashing 8x daily. Microsoft OS never did that. ARGH!
RT @brookeume: Good morning, world! It's IN-LINE day!!! #nervousandexcited
RT @brookeume: DONE! They were totally right. The procedure is super quick & you can't even tell it's there! #herewego #ume #inline http://…
Like all product launches, I'm busy writing my final bullet points moments before we go live. #inline #designfutrs
RT @brookeume: Thrilled to be joining @heathervescent , @UME's public spokesperson at the press conference announcing the official launch o…
Almost ready for the big announcement for #UME #inline http://instagram.com/p/bpM3AtJvWQ/
RT @brookeume: Press conference in 30 mins! excited! @ume #inline cc @heathervescent
A Perfect Still Life: Two Grapefruits, White Ceramic Melita Filter on a Green Dishtowel; light filtering in from the kitchen window.
The best fruit falls from the tree and rots. #metaphorfortoday
A Nexus moment: feeling blissfully connected to people only to have all devastating fucking hell break loose. Cc @ramez
I look forward to a weekend full of Yes, Yes, Yes! But first, work remains.
This one's for you @k0re http://instagram.com/p/br9JuHpvdM/
Still life at Ace Hotel. #palmsprings #yxyy http://instagram.com/p/br9U76pvdc/
@sblackmoore thanks. It has been!
RT @TechPolicy: I have one more #FF...pii2013 speakers & fellow YxYY goers @heathervescent and @grapealope. #identity #sensors
RT @hardaway: OH: I have this hookup in LA. Where I get my inflatables.#yxyy @heathervescent
RT @smc90: prediction is the wrong word to focus on when talking about future says @heathervescent b/c it focuses on certainty v possibilit…
RT @ilparone: @smc90 future thinking: mapping possible, probable, and desirable futures. scenarios leading to action. @heathervescent
Thr Depeche Mode appreciation society is poolside Palm Springs Ace. #yxyy
OH: Voyager should be radio station. #yxyy
OH: the rainstick is really hard to play. #Yxyy
@lwaldal yay! Glad it found a wonderful new home!
The morning #globalnow. I think about my many connections. The people I love. Strange loops in my brain.
@hardaway we should be now! It was nice to meet you in person finally!
Nirvana will never feel like classic rock to me.
@hardaway did you take one home with you? If not, I'd be happy to mail one to you. :)
@hardaway anytime you change your mind, let me know. I keep a flock of inflatable unicorns with me as much as I can. :)
@Eelizard Totally!
Wondering who to channel tonight: PK Dick, Samuel Delaney or Stanislav Lem... or maybe I will just curl up with some Gibson.
Yes. This! RT @Cruftbox So, maybe the next time you get called in for jury duty, you should do your best to be a juror.
[Blogging] My WFS sessions in Chicago this weekend: http://www.heathervescent.com/heathervescent/2013/07/chicago-talks-at-world-future-society.html #possibility_tour #human_problem #futureoffuturesworkshop
RT @k0re: With @heathervescent cameowood and dale m at #yxyy http://instagram.com/p/bvWQeYPXft/
RT @k0re: YxYY at ace with @heathervescent and @schlomo http://instagram.com/p/bt5WpTPXbu/
Today is all about my ELO favs playlist. Listen along if so inclined: http://rd.io/x/QVP_nDNjbio/ #lasttraintolondon
RT @k0re: I'm Baaack! :)
@k0re @eqe bi-pacific?
I'm right on track with my new research obsession on Intimacy, Relationships and Deep Human Connections.
@busynessgirl I wish. It means I'm tracking what's emerging....
It's 5pm on the day before I go to Chitown, for 3 speaking gigs. Stuff is mostly done. I feel good!
@grapealope would totally love to talk sensors with you! @TechPolicy
Looking forward to hanging with my futurist peeps this weekend! Epic July weekend conferences continue! #wfs13
I am so loving Ready Player One. Might spawn an 80s teenage movie night at casavescent.
@citizenrobot yeah... I forced myself not to read it the past 2 weeks. Too much work. But airport reading is ok!
DAMN! The view from 30k never ceases to amazing and inspire me! #30ktweet
Heather's #Virginamerica playlist includes Depeche, Kraftwerk, New Order, Orbital, M83. That's why I'm rocking out in my seat.
@hjvanderklis Totally! I wish they had Little Fluffy Clouds and some Aphex to add to the mix. cc @VirginAmerica
What I do up in the air. http://instagram.com/p/b6_CpoJvRX/
Little fluffy clouds over Arizona. http://instagram.com/p/b6_LSNpvRs/
Hotel phone with favorite objects. Cc @traviskoplow http://instagram.com/p/b7NvV9Jvae/
Kicking off APF ProDev with the Casual Layered Analysis Game. #apfpro13
RT @IntegralTerry: The Association of Professional Futurists fun has begun at the Catalyst Ranch in Chicago! #apfpro13
@brendacooper I know! @ramonapringle
Great conversations about the Future of Foresight Profession at #apfpro13
@sandjar it's @Urbanverse and @RielM - really fantastic immersive exercise.
RT @busynessgirl: The best part of #wf13 will be seeing friends. @heathervescent @johnmsmart @jenjarratt @Urbanverse (and those I've forgot…
@ramonapringle awh, thanks! @brendacooper
@citizenrobot I couldn't put it down yesterday. Consumed 85% of it in 1 day. It was SO. AMAZING. I almost cried a bunch of times.
And that's a wrap for #Apfpro13. Lots of new peeps and great conversation. Went off w/out a hitch!
Lakeshore Drive!
Post-workshop chaser: Windowlicker #aphextwin
OMG Chicago style pizzagasm.
@sblackmoore Chitown pizzagasm happening in the Chiyown! (I'm in Chicago.) Pizza so chrezey good!
Oh Yeah! A solid Midwest storm with thunder and lightning. Take it away Dorothy!
@robertpmoran Thank you! And you may not know, but @ccarfi and I go way back! @localrat
Totally! MT @localrat Good morning #wf13! Salon 5 is where it's at today. Presos by @heathervescent @jlindenger @JasonSwanson and moi.
Rumor has it, I may turn up as a Viking today. #wfs13
Dear @iBina48 thank you for your awesome quotes! I will be using them in my talk today! #wfs13
RT @jowyang: Robots and computers are extension of those you created them. Are you optimistic or pessimistic about their creators?
@robertpmoran cool! what is being said?
@robertpmoran Nice! I approve of that comment!
Almost ready to start the Possibility Tour. Please enjoy the Well Tempered Clavier as we wait to depart. #wfspt13
Honored. Thank you. "@robertpmoran: @heathervescent This is the BEST futures presentation I have ever attended. Amazing ideas.... #wf13"
You are very welcome! "@eclecthink1: @heathervescent Thanks for the mind messing, brainstretching talk on alternate currencies at #wfs2013."
Thank you! "@MareeConway: Nice ideas - applying embedding emotion and values in currency @heathervescent #wfs2013"
"@MareeConway: @heathervescent introduces me to love currency - I like it #wfs13 http://campl.us/pCdL" #dadara
Future of Celebrations by @localrat starting now.
What props are gonna save parties of the future. #partysaves2030
The best celebrations have novelty, status, specialness and sharability. Says @localrat #wfs13
They're bow up animals. RT @jlindenger: #partysaves2030 ? I hear that @heathervescent carts around a bag of blow-up dolls... #WF13 #yxyy
@GerhardMaier it will be online later. #wfs13
Super excited that @JasonSwanson and @jlindenger 's presentation on education is on! #wfs13
RT @SSquire: Gen-X squeezed out, but we don't care, we'll do what we want! #Party2030 cc: @heathervescent @robertpmoran
@ccarfi yay! Im here! @robertpmoran @HiltonHotels
@michaelspink sweet! Lemme know if I can assist. :)
Could be amazing! RT @SSquire: #Party2030 wants @pontifex to show twitter streams during mass. #wfs13
@ccarfi text me if youbhave my #... I can't dm you back.
Drinking home made mead. FTW.
RT @SSquire: It was great meeting @robertpmoran @heathervescent @localrat and @lschlehuber today! #Salon5FTW #wfspt13 #Party2030 #Everywher…
How to Solve All the World's Problems about to begin in Salon 3. #wfs13 #best ofhoustonfutures
RT @localrat: Best of Houston-- come check out @Bagelx @heathervescent @seandaken in Salon 3 at 9 am!! Espresso shots of excellence.
RT @Bagelx: Doing it. Best of houston kicks off! #WF13
imageRT @futurist_Ahines: Best of Houston 2013 getting underway: Daken, Schlegel, and Breaux -- what a powerful trio!!!
RT @Urbanverse: Human guilt underlies major first world problems. Instead focus on affirmations. @heathervescent #wf13
RT @localrat: Don't look to solve worlds "problems", think instead of how they will shift as we evolve and change our world. @heathervescen…
RT @localrat: The world's problems can also be viewed as byproducts of the awesome world we've created. @heathervescent #WF13
RT @localrat: What characteristics supported human sucess? asks @heathervescent. How can we support those good things to change the world? …
RT @localrat: Most societies have collapsed bc of their inability to deal with complexity. #WF13 T Ramaswamy CC @heathervescent
@localrat thanks for awesome quotes from my preso!
@localrat totes! Xoxo
RT @Bagelx: Life that expresses itself here will express itself elsewhere if extinguished here. @heathervescent #WF13
Loving @ramez 's talk. Blowing away the limited paradigms we believe in. #wfs13
This is made of condesnsed ideas says @ramez about the iphone. #wfs13
Feeling sadness. I would have shared my successes today with mom. I feel her loss - it's a gaping hole.
@anabjain thanks.
Celebrating work well done, first class #fluevogs #virginamerica style. Seat 1F is my fav. http://instagram.com/p/cC3xdxJvfl/
Last bag = first bag. http://instagram.com/p/cDZBN6JvaH/
@sblackmoore some things get way better with age.
A Possibility Tour w/ Special Guests PK Dick, @iBina48, Stanislaw Lem, Samuel Delaney and Donella Meadows: http://slidesha.re/1dSAPDH
The Human Problem (or how to solve all our problems): http://slidesha.re/14DiBq5 & my accompanying Award Winning Paper: http://bit.ly/164P0Cy
@sblackmoore Dude is amazing. Love his work. Screw the focus on young/success/inexperienced. Life gives the best material through living it.
I must be on the verge of a breakthrough, cause today I am in one big really sad funk.
@anabjain thanks for the hug. :)
Borfo and I doing Punk Rock Total Eclipse of the Heart. http://instagram.com/p/cI0tm8Jvej/
Carthsis is punk rock total eclipse of the heart.
Super sad true dream life story.
@Cekent O.M.G.
@Cekent OMG x2! I'm having trouble believing it's not a joke.
@Cekent wow. this trend was totally off my radar. Fascinating, And Thanks!
Holy Fucking Shit Pacific Rim. Totally amazing and inspirational film!
@jhvu next time I want to wear a flowing dress w/ running mascara. Turn around bright eyes. @theroyalacademy @Reverend_Borfo @danielryder
RT @pinkyracr: Real friends help you hang curtains topless. Thanks @heathervescent you're the best!
@pinkyracr anything for you pinky! Xoxo
@AnnikaOBrien you need any curtains hung? @pinkyracr
@davidshein Totally!
I'm back to mainlining ELO.
A love story can take an entire novel - or 4 in some cases. In others, a scant chapter.
RT @markmorford: What people think time is, versus what time actually is.
image"Please understand there's a purpose to our actions."
Plugging away. Plugging away. Mon-day.
RT @gaberivera: On the internet, nobody knows they're a douchebag.
I've become allergic to news/media articles. I think this is due to the quantity of scifi I'm reading.
RT @nprscottsimon: I think she wants me to pass along a couple of pieces of advice, ASAP. One: reach out to someone who seems lonely today.
Reading @nprscottsimon tweets about his mom's death, reminds me of my own, just 8 months ago. I am back there in that PDX October. #grateful
Ain't nothing the streets of Los Angeles and ELO can't uplift. Love you la dona.
I sell the things you need to be. The smiling face on your tv.
Sometimes the mornings feel a lot like Until the end of the World. The film.
Just spent hours in traffic only to end where I began.
image@geminica that's awesome. I saw a tarantula on a hike Saturday.
Creativity block + fugues = movement on many levels.
