April 2014
@TheTransitioner @petervan Thank you!!
I have the best kickstarter backers! Podcast with an amazing couple after they made me dinner! Wow! Can't wait to share!
RT @humanfactors: Film, Future & Futurists | 'Inception' & 'Future of money in Film' @heathervescent http://ow.ly/uUKlN #future #ux
Nice LOLs @EFF
confidence, taken in, by a suntan and a grin. #lyricsgame
Yeah, Strong Bad!
SOLITARYSINGER OMG! RT @xor Big news from @EFF. You won't see these stories covered elsewhere, folks. https://www.eff.org/effector/27/06
@xor awesome headlines and sekret programs!
The great living room destroyed dog toy gyre. http://instagram.com/p/mQdLQ4JvWK/
Is it still April 1st? Feels like it's been at least 3 days already with another 2 before I hit the tempurpedic.
RT @AnnieTerrazzo: I'm So Baroque @SaatchiArt! http://saatol.us/1kqkHhi
Sometime I can't help but think most psfk posts has the tone of jetpack porn: a future that won't happen, but ppl will complain about.
I think I just coined a new term: Jetpack Porn: Sexy visions of the future that will never occur. #notfoolin
It's this NY Times article, A Revolution in Money, that's blowing up my blog stats: http://nyti.ms/1i1KXf9 #futureofmoney
@FutureBoy Thanks!
RT @davidwolman: $2 bill (& doc guy!), @heathervescent, #mobilemoney, @andrewrsorkin & Bitcoin, more good @nathanielpopper -- @NYT may actu…
RT @petervan: A Revolution in Money - http://NYTimes.com http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/04/01/a-revolution-in-money/ by @andrewrsorkin with @heathervescent @pmarca @fredwil…
@julianewsdeck Sounds good. Following now.
Good morning New York Times article. Now drinking coffee with Daft Punk theme song.
RT @Blazenhoff: So awesome to see my sister-friend @heathervescent in the @NYTimes ! A Revolution in Money http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/04/01/a-revolution-in-money #money #…
RT @geminica: Congrats @heathervescent on great interview/photo in NY edition of NY Times today! "A Revolution in Money" http://t.co/scHRqL…
Trivia: The NY Times photo was taken at my favorite place in LA. Can you recognize it?
RT @windley: Look at @heathervescent in the NY Times on the future of money! http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/04/01/a-revolution-in-money/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0
RT @seanptario: Congrats @heathervescent for the awesome write up by Andrew Sorkin on the Future of Money! http://lnkd.in/bgSrQ-C
@seanptario Thanks Sean!
I'll be talking with @shepsmith1 on his Shephard Smith Reporting on Fox at 12:45pm PT / 3:45pm ET. Tune in!
Ready for national tv. http://instagram.com/p/mTKd7YJvax/
A lovely conversation with Shepherd Smith. Thanks! http://instagram.com/p/mTNwP8JvfK/
Thanks for the great NYT write up @andrewrsorkin !
So much for inbox zero.
Here's the Shephard Smith's segment on the Future of Money (with me): http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/shepard-smith/index.html#/v/3423475156001
RT @ilainie: Ever wonder about the future of currencies? My dear friend Heather Vescent killed it today on Fox News: So... http://t.co/sn3…
Buttonwillow sunset enroute to the Bay Area.
RT @rosiepongracz: Watch @heathervescent talk about the #futureofmoney! http://video.foxnews.com/v/3423475156001/the-future-of-money-no-banks-paper-bills-or-credit-cards/
Today: Wake up to NY Times article, lunch with Fox on National TV, afternoon drive to the Bay Area, midnight Chardonnay. Tomorrow: SF mtgs.
RT @rtgarden: we are the new normal. this cyborgian swarm of hive minds
@leimer bummer... :( @giyom see ypu tomorrow!
Yes. That was me playing Mr Roboto in an Oakland dive bar.
so. tired.
OH: I should pay your allowance in #bitcoin. I love surrogate parenting.
RT @BelOnTheAir: Let's talk about the future of intimacy with @heathervescent! Happy 10th show! http://belontheair.com
Friday night http://instagram.com/p/mZYpAyJvas/
RT @FuturistApala: Futurist @heathervescent talks about her fascinating SXSW panel on intimacy through technology. http://www.heathervescent.com/heathervescent/2014/03/intimacy-evolved-through-technology.html
RT @BelOnTheAir: Episode 10: Everyday Heroes and Heather Schlegel - World population over the course of this episode:... http://t.co/cOORp4…
Find out why the La Brea Tar Pits are my favorite place in LA & thoughts on the Future of Intimacy w/ @BelOnTheAir http://belontheair.com/
My own, personal, cheesus http://instagram.com/p/mbBXrsJvYE/
Thanks for the mention @CryptoxAU !
@Ruth666 yessssss! Flesh and bone by the telephone.
RT @Ruth666: @heathervescent I will deliver - you know I'm a Forgiver!
@Ruth666 I know! Happy Monday!
"They hate being told about answers that don’t involve more suffering." says @NYTimeskrugman I agree. $$ should decrease suffering.
@Ruth666 I blame you for Depeche before coffee! It's no (sooo) good! http://youtu.be/I16ZTqlI-CM
[Blogging] How I can have a relationship with someone I've never met. A conversation on @BelOnTheAir. http://www.heathervescent.com/heathervescent/2014/04/intimacy-and-the-third-space.html
@quinnnorton RnR time? ps. you in the Bay Area this week by chance? (I am)
RT @humanfactors: Film, Future & Futurists | 'Inception' & 'Future of money in Film' @heathervescent http://ow.ly/uUL0n #future #ux
@fatemehx2 thank you! See you wed?
RT @fatemehx2 Just read your third space post. I've thought about this a lot in context of the violability of that space. Loved the post.
@simondlr @byroncpt Indeed! (Assuming) Glad you enjoyed!
RT @CryptoxAU: Also, Watch "The Future of Money" TV series from @heathervescent - http://vimeo.com/74412468
@CryptoxAU thanks for your support and spreading the word!
RT @Blazenhoff: Get your own Grilled Cheesus as seen in @heathervescent's photo: http://amzn.to/QQmuUh
Feels like Thursday. Another day of 3 days crammed into it.
RT @petervan: Help Wanted: @heathervescent is looking for a Currency Designer http://bit.ly/1eemEz5
[Help Wanted] Currency Designer. Details: http://www.heathervescent.com/heathervescent/2014/04/help-wanted-currency-designer.html
@DorianSatosh physical artifact and digital counterpart cc @petervan @davidwolman
My dreams this morning were a cross between Dune and Brazil. I never wanted to wake up.
Emotional communication w games via physiological sensors in game controllers. #futureofintimacy http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-video-game-controller-that-can-sense-players-emotions via @KurzweilAINews
> @umairh Don't be so dramatic! The danger is that we become conscious/aware. Many are already programmed by society robots. Are YOU "free"?
RT @Scotonomist: Do you accept bitcoin? Fill in our merchant survey: http://coinde.sk/1g2R5rU
I'm participating in this conversation RT @mkoren Develop a new relationship with your community through technology http://buff.ly/1dVRjRe
some will win, some will loose. some were born to sing the blues. #lyricsgame
The old commute. Bay Bridge life. http://instagram.com/p/mjW_JoJvfg/
Today - down in the Palo Altos.
Awesome conversations today. Exhausted.
Did you know the Kwisatz Haderach was/is a futurist? An egocentric deterministic futurist, but one none the less.
@NickSpacefire LOVE THIS! Thank you!
Doing all the old commutes this trip. Today: Scott's Valley. 880 to 17. I remember the curves from 1998.
RT @houstonfutures: @heathervescent in the news! http://www.houstonforesight.org/
@futuristwatcher @_trendspotter Maximum Head Room? ;) I love it!
@_trendspotter it's pretty LOL! How are you?
@_trendspotter I totally remember! On the second or third level of the Hilton right? Want to skype catch up next week?
@_trendspotter So many watchers!!!
Systems Thinking is critical to be a futurist or think like one. You can learn from master @SystemsThinking here http://youtu.be/CS_2QNuMmdY
There is not enough water in the Bay Area to wash off the meritocracy. I can't wait to get back to LA and our real drivers. #missinghome
there's only one man, who dare give me the raspberry..... Lonestar. (head/camera)
I'm at Pacific Pinball Museum (Alameda, CA) http://4sq.com/Q1E6M9
@efng I think I did...
Because I have no shame. RT @Blazenhoff "So awesome!" -- @heathervescent https://vine.co/v/MJZABlOJBhZ
...in bed http://instagram.com/p/mtrt1sJvXJ/
So they basically teach everyone to cock block the passing lane now.
Helloooooo Los Angeles! How I have missed you.
Goooooood Morning Hollywood! So happy to be home.
After initial processing, I _only_ have 120 emails to deal with... inbox zero is so far away.
RT @LSchlehuber: Just got a chance to watch this @heathervescent @futureofmoneytv You nailed it! GREAT job! http://video.foxnews.com/v/3423475156001/the-future-of-money-no-banks-paper-bills-or-credit-cards/
@LSchlehuber thanks for ypur kind words! @futureofmoneytv
@MylesNye happy to advise when you try again.
We have a relationship with everything - join me to talk about the right relationship w technology. April 15, 1:30pm http://www.matthewkoren.com/1404-registration
Conversation Reminder: What is the Right Relationship with Technology? Join me: http://www.matthewkoren.com/1404-registration
On Air now: The Right Relationship with Technology http://www.matthewkoren.com/1404-webinar
RT @anselm: some tl;drs for your amusement http://tldrwikipedia.tumblr.com/ via @emp
@anselm @emp nice lols!
It's just after 3pm. I've spent most of the day on video calls. And the rest of the time on the phone. Whew.
Eating the most amazing crack coconut. Damn you Trader Joes.
FASCINATING "the visual system sacrifices accuracy for the sake of the continuous, stable perception of objects." http://www.futurity.org/brains-ignore-tiny-changes-keep-us-sane/
I'm back on Fox news today at 12:15 pt / 3:15et to share my thoughts on paying with veins!
I call this my fox news look. http://instagram.com/p/m3Mx59JvV0/
I think it would be cool to pay with my veins! http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/shepard-smith/index.html#/v/3476074334001 Thanks Shep & team.
New Yorkers... I'll be on your 10pm Fox news tonight talking about the Future of Money. Tune in.
It's on a day like today, that I wish mom was alive to see me. I know she would be so proud. Bittersweet.
@geminica @rtgarden @robtow you are all right. Thank you. She lives on in me, in a Hofstadter strange loop.
In other news, I'm at Inbox 10. At least "10" has a zero...
@rtgarden I think I wrote/said as much in my mom's eulogy. sometimes, though, I wish I could hear her happy, excited, proud voice.
@Ruth666 you are a shining light: http://youtu.be/OfJeQDkz4JU
This morning, is MaDonna, with her Rays of Light.
Yesterday's double appearance on Fox: Shephard Smith at 3:15: http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/shepard-smith/index.html#/v/3476074334001 & NY Fox 5 Nightly News at 10 http://www.myfoxny.com/clip/10062106/cashless-future
RT @ariannahuff: “It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams” #…
All women should watch this fantastic 11 minute video on women and confidence: http://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/360676/why-do-men-assume-theyre-so-great/
@ErolKazan Thanks!
RT @karthix: Future of money, Interesting interview of @heathervescent on FOX http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/shepard-smith/index.html#/v/3476074334001 big changes are on the way
Saturated http://instagram.com/p/m6po9dJvUT/
Required Reading Rebuttal by @ramez Is the US an Oligarchy? Not So Fast: http://rameznaam.com/2014/04/17/is-the-us-an-oligarchy-not-so-fast/
@bornonjuly4 yay! Good Morning! @leimer @rshevlin @JimMarous @mattwilcoxpro
@markmorford wow. that's awesome. I remember the first time I saw a pair like this in WeHo walking my dog. Not sure if it's creepy or cool.
Going to the Santa Monica Jail today to talk about Bitcoin. Should be a fascinating conversation!
Talking about Bitcoin (@ Santa Monica Police Department) http://4sq.com/1jeG3Nz
@sblackmoore it was an interesting conversation... chewing on lots of things... many perspective to consider.
@dgwbirch were a few, also detectives and jail personnel. Fascinating.
@sblackmoore I'm still digesting. Here's my brief update on (horror of horrors) FB: https://www.facebook.com/heathervescent/posts/10154016249280580
Homemade din din http://instagram.com/p/m9LAoIJvd0/
Music for this weekend: XTC's Apple Venus
@MarkMcLain Delighted to meet you. Hope you enjoy my tweets. Thanks @MyFoxNY !
Reading wikipedia... and the article quotes someone I know's original research. Totally awesome!
Hedge Fund as a Service (HFaaS) - you heard it here first folks. #futureofmoney #latenightdreamingofthefuture
RT @dailyzen: “I don’t think that people accept the fact that life doesn’t make sense. I think it makes people terribly uncomfortable.” —Da…
... in bed. http://instagram.com/p/nChczSJvQq/
RT @fatemehx2: Kombucha. Just a few more days now. So excited. #sharingeconomy #fermentation (cc @heathervescent) http://instagram.com/p/nD37WLv4mW/
@fatemehx2 can't wait to hear about the results!!
East coasters/early risers, I'll be on WTVN at 5:35am pt / 8:35 am et Tuesday. Listn in here: http://www.iheart.com/live/610-WTVN-1765/
@Joe19366 Cool! Thanks for the terminology... I've got a new rabbit hole now. :)
To everyone looking for my website... it's down due to @typepad DDoS attack. Hold tight and check back. Thanks! http://www.heathervescent.com
Intriguing information warfare... DDoS for content providers.
@typepad I hope it's soon. I just did another media spot and people are looking for the future of money and it's not online... godspeed
RT @typepad: We're working hard to get Domain Mapped blogs back up and running. We do not have an ETA, but all blogs will be restored at on…
RT @thebitcoinbyte: TBB is excited to interview futurist @heathervescent re: #Bitcoin today. Check out her short film: https://t.co/Ooyx1HZ…
@typepad Heya, my site is still down... any ETA on domain mapping and http://blog.com? I'm at http://www.heathervescent.com. Thanks
@thebitcoinbyte Thanks for the shout-out! That was an interesting conversation!
@thebitcoinbyte @GeorgetownCCT My pleasure! Can't wait to hear your results! Keep me posted!
Prog Rock meets Music for Unicorns - A Fleetwood Mac Morning.
@Cruftbox Travel like it's 2006!
My take on the Future of Relationships RT @io9 Forget VR Sex - Here's How Tech Will Actually Change Your Love Life http://on.io9.com/ELr1DEC
Big thanks to UME/Future of Relationship researchers @zahraeb @bouncingideas & Karen (http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/karen-oikonen/3/776/7a4) on io9: http://io9.com/forget-vr-sex-heres-how-tech-will-actually-change-yo-1566528952
RT @Blazenhoff: Forget VR Sex -- Here's How Tech Will Actually Change Your Love Life, an interview with @heathervescent on @io9 http://t.co…
Sometimes I dream of touring North Korea's counterfeiting operations....
Loving (& replying) to the comments on my io9 article http://io9.com/forget-vr-sex-heres-how-tech-will-actually-change-yo-1566528952/all #blowjobs #sexbots #boyswillbeboys
@dgwbirch what did it communicate?
@sznf Thanks! That was some time ago! How are you?
@dgwbirch I wait with baited breath!
@jenrboyd @leimer is not google glass a wearable?
@ramez *fist bump* congrats my friend! Well earned!
RT @grapealope: A9: It's early days in the wearable data space -- there aren't great examples of useful apps and services that people will …
@ramez your humility and gratitude come through. Living it!
@jenrboyd @leimer natural for whom? Men, I expect. I wear only two things on my wrist - a bracelet and a hair tie.
@jenrboyd @leimer I'm never going to check my bank balance on a wrist wearable. That doesn't mean it's not a viable channel.
@sznf oh yeah! I know Brent from wayback! Small world!
This morning, I woke up with Bruce Chatwin in my head. His writing, his stories... some of my favorites.
RT @thebitcoinbyte: NEW: #Bitcoin - Just An Evolution In Transactions http://wp.me/p4pVmC-9u "no single [method] can meet all needs" @heath…
The point this week: good luck, bad luck, who knows.
RT @Cruftbox: Someone reply with an Uber promo code, I'm signing up now.
RT @pinkyracr: Yo @heathervescent you got a shout out from @JerryBrownGov for your home-grown #kale being way less food miles than @WholeFo…
RT @ContentQueen11: #EQ overdrive! @humanfactors: The New Age of Technology Enhanced Intimacy @heathervescent http://ow.ly/vwm7k #ux #f…
Was feeling unproductive, then counted 12 media articles/interviews in the past 30 days. Perhaps I need to redefine productive.
Updated my [Press] Page: http://www.heathervescent.com/heathervescent/in-the-press.html It's been a record month for my research. #intimacy #money #relationships
@pmarca well that's one worldview. it's not the only one emerging - especially around money, currency and economies. kinda limiting IMHO
@pmarca and The whole techno-liberal-technology will save us view is limiting (as much as I come from it). The world is larger.
@pmarca Solutions emerge from unusual places. You know this implicitly!
RT @macengr: If you've not been following @heathervescent on the future of money, you should: Future of Payments on CNBC http://t.co/915PsA…
@macengr Thanks! Got some good press this month, eh?
RT @dearsarah: The Media Has a Woman Problem, by @lizamundy http://nyti.ms/1k6v3SY via @ekp (Relatedly: http://bit.ly/wiredskirts by me:)
Good morning Salvador Dali and Chopin's Nocturnes.
I think there's a big missing point in the "gender gap" conversation. Would some please do a casual layer analysis on it?
@zoomar and Q-tips cc @Ruth666
What happens once _______ has ALL the money? (comcast, verizon, mexican drug cartels, VCs, your choice billionaire, you, etc, etc)
Missing mom today. So I put on the Abba album she loved.
Preparing for the Internet of Things: Google Now. And with beautiful nuanced simple design: http://www.google.com/landing/now/#
@mediajunkie we don't teach/learn alternates to reacting defensively. The ego is a fragile entity.
@mediajunkie ah, so you're asking for consciousness/awareness/mindfulness? so little of that. But I see (and support) what you are saying.
@mediajunkie or observe/embrace w/out judgement where the re/action is coming from/attempting to protect.
@mediajunkie I've been trying a new tact with my own less than positive re/actions.
@mediajunkie I agree. Hard to make the time to pause (though critical) in always on go go go world.
It's become a very prog rock kind of late night here at Chez Vescent.
@TheMadPrepper Not quite to King Crimson... started with Floyd, then Gabriel, thinking about Fripp. I do love the Court of the Crimson King.
@dgwbirch ooohhhh. Sounds brilliant! On my playlist.
> @davos @Airbnb We live in a world of "Don't tell me what to do!." My regulatory guidance: embrace and extend. Accept all paradigms.
Accept all paradigms.
I'm thinking about doing a new blog series - mini-futures based on 3 trend suggestions. Interested?
ESPECIALLY if they are in conflict. Those are the best! RT @doriantaylor @heathervescent what if they conflict?
Prog Rock Madrugrada to Balmy Morning Stereolab.
@GrahamWJenkins LOL.... I'm talking about more substantial trends... and much longer term futures.
@dgwbirch also, you win for using the phrase "prog rock Ur-track"
Yet another trend I was on before the media: New Intimacy #justsayin Let's watch this get twisted.
Fantastic article about reduced jobs making sharing economy work: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/04/sharing-economy-is-about-desperation.html #selfreliance
RT @Ruth666: They need 70k signatures & only have 29k. SIGN. Maintain true net neutrality & protect our freedom of information. http://t.co…
In other words, who wants a day job anyway? The Sharing Economy enables you to follow your dreams. http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/04/sharing-economy-is-about-desperation.html
[Blogging] Peak Fuck You Money: http://www.heathervescent.com/heathervescent/2014/04/peak-fuck-you-money.html Discuss
Now with Chart! [Blogging] Peak Fuck You Money: http://www.heathervescent.com/heathervescent/2014/04/peak-fuck-you-money.html thanks to @mikojava
Never expected my Peak Fuck You Money post to get so much attention. Check it out with Chart: http://www.heathervescent.com/heathervescent/2014/04/peak-fuck-you-money.html
RT @pinkyracr: My brilliant friend @heathervescent on Peak Fuck You Money http://bit.ly/1fpWF8d :-) now go forth and do it now. Live life …
In case you were wondering, these are Santa Anas.
Midnight. The freeways are mine. Top down, hand on the stick. Vroom vroom, my pretties.
Yes sir Mr Dali! Bank of ???? http://instagram.com/p/nYSQOSJvVG/
@intiimi Interesting! I think I saw a DIY hardware hack that modded an input device. What kind of data does the device collect?
@piratess total socal weather fetishist!
Right... I've got a World Domination Summit Ticket... who needs money, trade me something awesome. #wds2014 #futureofmoney
@fejsez LOVE that movie! Classic!
I love a good cafe au lait served in a huge bowl on a hot LA morning.
Just what we need, anthropomorphic moralists RT @changeist Wait til we get sovereign self-driving cars. Libertarian whips.
Get used to moralists, the millennials are growing up. #demographic_trends_in_action
@intiimi cool. keep me posted!
@WARobins @movingdough @waltrcox @leimer damn, at first I thought those were invaders. THAT would be cool!