Heather Vescent

July 2015

All years

  1. Recorded amazing podcast interview w/ @AlexRoy144 where he convinces me the superiority of automous cars. #hellfreezesover

    July 1, 2015

  2. @RachelHaywire you know about the Reticular Activation System, don't you? AKA pattern recognition.

    July 1, 2015

  3. @RachelHaywire Like those google computers, we see what we are trained (or primarily exposed) to see.

    July 1, 2015

  4. @Acuity_Design No, WE are changing/improving the world!!!

    July 1, 2015 · reply to @Acuity_Design

  5. My brain is still buzzing from Hollywood afternoon conversations with @jayiorio and @AlexRoy144 . Wheee, ideas! Whee, the future!

    July 1, 2015

  6. Today's #futureofwearables podcast is w/ @jayiorio on Wearables and Mixed Reality. Thanks to @TheHeterotopian http://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/3647117

    July 1, 2015

  7. @RachelHaywire yeah, it works to see only what you want/are trained/are re-training yourself to see. Once there, actions = manifesting.

    July 1, 2015

  8. Ponder the world where money spent on lobbyists was instead put into a Basic Income fund.

    July 1, 2015

  9. @redesign can you point me to details on that program? Payment into basic incoming seems to be one of the biggest sticking points.

    July 1, 2015 · reply to @redesign

  10. RT @biosopher: Enjoying The Future of Wearables enroute to Joshua Tree. @heathervescent http://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/3647117

    July 1, 2015

  11. RT @macengr: ICYMI Jay Iorio on Mixed Reality and Wearables http://www.heathervescent.com/heathervescent/2015/07/jay-iorio-on-mixed-reality-and-wearables.html by @heathervescent

    July 2, 2015

  12. How tech will really change your <3 life: http://io9.com/forget-vr-sex-heres-how-tech-will-actually-change-yo-1566528952 #tbt #futureofwearables

    July 2, 2015

  13. What it's like to lane-split LA traffic? Motorcyclist @pinkyracr takes LA Times Reporter lane-splitting: http://www.latimes.com/local/abcarian/la-me-abcarian-lane-splitting-20150703-column.html

    July 3, 2015

  14. IMF reminds me of shady car sales: We will finance anyone! No credit, no problem! Sustainable solutions take a dramatically different path.

    July 4, 2015

  15. @rakeshlobster @VirginAtlantic that your video call suit? ;-)

    July 4, 2015 · reply to @rakeshlobster

  16. RT @jasonhickel: We speak of fighting #climatechange, but why not fight the economic system that causes it? #PlanetImperative

    July 6, 2015

  17. California can learn from Australia's dough conditions. A fantastic piece w/ actionable suggestions by @rightfuture http://www.lufg.com.au/events/1221/

    July 6, 2015

  18. @rightfuture OMG, what a typo!

    July 6, 2015 · reply to @rightfuture

  19. California can learn from Australia's drought conditions. A fantastic piece w/ actionable suggestions by @rightfuture http://www.lufg.com.au/events/1221/

    July 7, 2015

  20. RT @leimer: Preparing to do an app purge from my phone. I'm ready to delete many fintech/banking apps that simply don't add value. We must …

    July 7, 2015

  21. @leimer Name names?

    July 7, 2015 · reply to @leimer

  22. @Radiskulls @rightfuture I absolutely am not. I love my Korean Day Spa and long hot showers. Then again, I have no lawn.

    July 7, 2015 · reply to @Radiskulls

  23. @leimer I find Mint completely worthless, irritating notifications and just waiting to be hacked.

    July 7, 2015 · reply to @leimer

  24. @leimer a lot of the time I *don't* want to know my bank balance.

    July 7, 2015 · reply to @leimer

  25. @leimer but we must have mobile apps to appear innovative and relevant!

    July 7, 2015 · reply to @leimer

  26. @leimer so flip side: what are the most valuable banking/fintech apps - your opinion of course. ;)

    July 7, 2015 · reply to @leimer

  27. @leimer you know about DAG right? No one building it yet. :-(

    July 7, 2015 · reply to @leimer

  28. @leimer :-)

    July 7, 2015 · reply to @leimer

  29. Friends taking long exposure photos of the Milky Way in my backyard. #mojave #darkskies

    July 7, 2015

  30. @skathica it's lovely tonight. Wind like a warm bathtub.

    July 7, 2015 · reply to @skathica

  31. My god, it's full of dogs! #deepdreams

    July 8, 2015

  32. Every day in LA has a Vanilla Sky. Remembering my deep love for Los Angeles & my face on the LA Times a decade ago: https://www.facebook.com/503265579/posts/10155728090750580

    July 8, 2015

  33. Today's #futureofwearables podcast is w/ @JohnCHavens on Ethical Robots. Thanks to @sourcebits @TheHeterotopian http://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/3650717

    July 8, 2015

  34. Thank you @johnchavens! It was my pleasure! @Sourcebits @TheHeterotopian

    July 8, 2015 · reply to @johnchavens

  35. RT @IEEESA: Future of Wearables Podcast w/ @heathervescent @jayiorio http://bit.ly/1gnMToX #mixedreality #IoT #AR #IEEE

    July 8, 2015

  36. @rossdawson Hard to define a futurist, bc everyone who thinks about the future, thinks they are one. Not always. ;-) @heathr @digitalfemme

    July 9, 2015 · reply to @rossdawson

  37. Sometimes I read tech news & think, we need humanity more than ever. Some of us are robot-agents in meat bags. #dystopiannow

    July 10, 2015

  38. Genius. Battle AR/VR advertising with your Banksy app. http://journal.georgetown.edu/always-on-augmented-reality-and-the-holo-ing-out-of-the-individual/ Concept by @petersjenkins #futureofwearables

    July 10, 2015

  39. The reduction in compassion that happens when we’re all behind computer screens is not good for the world. - https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/3cucye/an_old_team_at_reddit/ #emoweb

    July 11, 2015

  40. @rosiepongracz @biosopher :)

    July 12, 2015 · reply to @rosiepongracz

  41. On Star Trek Economic: The untapped idiotically overpowering technology of that show is astounding. I <3 /. comments. http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=7677025&cid=50089241

    July 12, 2015

  42. RT @_srl_: RT @k0re: Images and video from SRL mini show last Friday here http://archive.srl.org/2015/07/12/images-and-videos-up-for-the-srl-mini-show-for-zero1/

    July 12, 2015

  43. What does a futurist dream of? Going on a flight with my boyfriend and his jetpack. (True story, from this morning.)

    July 12, 2015

  44. From the "I forget I'm a badass" file. Berkeley. 2004. https://instagram.com/p/5DPx_4pvXF/

    July 12, 2015

  45. From the "I forget I'm a badass" file. Photoshoot. Future Street. 2005. https://instagram.com/p/5DQFnIJvXs/

    July 12, 2015

  46. From the "I forget I'm a badass" file. On top of the LA Times Building by Gerado Molina. 2004 https://instagram.com/p/5DP8PPJvXZ/

    July 12, 2015

  47. Message from my younger self. Don't be so cereal. https://instagram.com/p/5DQOGapvYF/

    July 12, 2015

  48. Pretentious College Poetry. 1993. https://instagram.com/p/5DRGWXpvaA/

    July 12, 2015

  49. How to Crush Silicon Valley (from Los Angeles). My session inspired TechZulu & started a revolution.… https://instagram.com/p/5DRlYtpva-/

    July 12, 2015

  50. . @FutureBoy Well, I don't know that we can say we live in Science Factual times.

    July 12, 2015 · reply to @FutureBoy

  51. RT @FutureBoy: @heathervescent this panel would be infinitely improved with you on it

    July 12, 2015

  52. . @FutureBoy there's always next year!

    July 12, 2015 · reply to @FutureBoy

  53. Sunday afternoon, cleaned my office and went through 10+ years of files! Gonna have a big bonfire of startup docs next Mojave trip.

    July 12, 2015

  54. Why are you so Angry? A provocative Kickstarter exploring why so much hate erupted #GamerGate. Part 1/6 https://youtu.be/6y8XgGhXkTQ

    July 13, 2015

  55. @sblackmoore HFS!

    July 13, 2015 · reply to @sblackmoore

  56. Can wearables improve your happiness? @johnchavens & I discuss on this #futureofwearables podcast: http://www.heathervescent.com/heathervescent/2015/07/john-c-havens-on-ethics-and-wearable-tech.html

    July 13, 2015

  57. Landscapes of other planets look eerily like the Mojave, under moonlight. Another reason I <3 the Mojave.

    July 14, 2015

  58. Nanotech + Cotton = #futureofwearables "cotton as a canvas for creating infinite modern uses" http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2015/07/nanotech-transforms-cotton-fibers-modern-marvel via @FuturityNews

    July 14, 2015

  59. Free/subsidized on-demand rides for elderly. Something #uber will never offer (but could, instead of food delivery). #futureoftransporation

    July 14, 2015

  60. Pluto. #deepdreams Make it so, Internet.

    July 15, 2015

  61. @sblackmoore I had not seen it. Interesting.

    July 15, 2015 · reply to @sblackmoore

  62. Today's #futureofwearables podcast is w/ @grapealope on Data and Wearables. Thanks to @TheHeterotopian @sourcebits http://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/3650730

    July 15, 2015

  63. @t3dy valis = virus = valis = virus ad nauseam

    July 15, 2015 · reply to @t3dy

  64. @t3dy the sweet nectar of two favorite muses, sitting on my shoulders.

    July 15, 2015 · reply to @t3dy

  65. RT @t3dy: Another maddening mantra brought to you by the Runciter corporation. safe when used as directed. @heathervescent

    July 15, 2015

  66. RT @t3dy: When you cut @katelanfoisy @Wolven @heathervescent @jmaccormac @OuroborosPig http://t.co/Uifjy7CmKY

    July 15, 2015

  67. Europe's strength is diversity. The States strength is (more or less) being united. Different economic paradigms require unique solutions.

    July 16, 2015

  68. Indeed. It is near impossible. https://twitter.com/AmuseChimp/status/621728567941038080

    July 16, 2015

  69. RT @FuturistApala: future of wearables podcast series by @heathervescent, partly sponsored by the Heterotopian Design Group http://t.co/AHW…

    July 20, 2015

  70. @windley @sliona hello some of my favorite people!

    July 20, 2015 · reply to @windley

  71. I wish we could speak in plain honest language.

    July 20, 2015

  72. Love this new piece by Jega: Unfurling harmonics punctuated with pinpricks of rhythm by @SUBV3R7 https://soundcloud.com/jega/jega_103

    July 21, 2015

  73. Today's #futureofwearables podcast is w/ power couple @blaurel & @robtow on their projects at Interval Research. http://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/3650751

    July 22, 2015

  74. RT @mjarkiver1: If you haven’t already, check out @heathervescent’s amazing #futureofwearables podcast. #greatpodcasts #Wearables https://t…

    July 22, 2015

  75. RT @Sourcebits: In #FutureofWearables Ep10 go back to the future w/ wearable tech pioneers @blaurel & @robtow http://bit.ly/FoWEp10 http:/…

    July 22, 2015

  76. I never tire of the cold desert wind - 78 degrees. The cloudy Milky Way in a sky of shimmering skies. Me, I drive 90 mph on the blacktop.

    July 23, 2015

  77. @jgoldfein good luck with that. Maybe a ring. Me, I'm waiting for my augmented manicure. The wrist is limited. #futureofwearables @tlockney

    July 23, 2015 · reply to @jgoldfein

  78. RT @dgwbirch: What brilliant news! Our favourite fintech futurologist @heathervescent will be joining as the Tomorrow’s Transactions Toront…

    July 23, 2015

  79. @jgoldfein I always wear a cuff dumbwearable. Just sayin there is not enough market for a women's wearable. @tlockney

    July 23, 2015 · reply to @jgoldfein

  80. @jgoldfein had this conversation with many people over the past months in my #futureofwearables interview series @tlockney

    July 23, 2015 · reply to @jgoldfein

  81. @jgoldfein many women want wearable tech, but we want personalize style. @getringly understands this. Ask them to develop a watch.

    July 23, 2015

  82. @hmason why stop at e-ink? I'm writing an AugAI scenario about this now. Fingers express more than a wrist. @jgoldfein @tlockney

    July 23, 2015 · reply to @hmason

  83. It is more formidable to be positive about the future 7 face our problems w/ courage; than sit & write sensational doomsday headlines.

    July 23, 2015

  84. RT @RobotOverlordz: .@heathervescent More people should try it. Enough with the clickbait-y headlines. The world is changing in amazing and…

    July 24, 2015

  85. @petervan @WIRED beautiful. thank you for thinking of me!

    July 24, 2015 · reply to @petervan

  86. I thought applying tech to banking could be dangerous, but this cars things - wow. Remember, novel technology is always in beta.

    July 24, 2015

  87. RT @petervan: 71-Year-Old Hangs Out of a Copter to Shoot the Beauty of LA http://www.wired.com/2015/07/flying-over-la-jeffrey-milstein/ via @WIRED > cc @heathervescent

    July 24, 2015

  88. What happened to today? Last I looked it was 1:29pm!

    July 25, 2015

  89. The autonomous car paradigm forgets the passion, identity and experience of driving. Crystalizing my thoughts: http://www.heathervescent.com/heathervescent/2015/07/self-driving-cars.html

    July 26, 2015

  90. Some writings on things I love: http://www.heathervescent.com/loveletters/ #flute #elo #coffee #ladona

    July 26, 2015

  91. So does love. RT @ILLUMlNATI Pain changes people.

    July 27, 2015 · reply to @ILLUMlNATI

  92. Today's #futureofwearables podcast is w/ @bwaber on corporate wearables. Thanks @sourcebits @TheHeterotopian @ieeeorg http://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/3650762

    July 29, 2015

  93. @quicklywilliam sorry! just saw this. See you there!

    July 31, 2015