March 2018
@MadelineAshby No sight of it in the Mojave yet...
Washing my wine glasses as I watch a fat ivory moon rise in the sky and a pack of 5!! Coyotes comes trotting by like ndb!!!
Any excuse to use the heirloom crystal. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bfw5R4_FQ5a/
Adventuretime in the desert. This was after we decided not to get stuck. I think this must be a… https://www.instagram.com/p/BfzfCScFagL/
Enjoying the view from the back of the truck. https://www.instagram.com/p/BfzfJmBFJGJ/
Middle of now-here heart of the Mojave Desert with friends. https://www.instagram.com/p/BfzfUDils8Z/
A worthy dedication and my new favorite hiking book. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bfzf4NDFcqv/
A worthy dedication and my new favorite hiking book. https://www.instagram.com/p/BfzgF-ClxPr/
Me: Do we need my megaphone on the camping trip? My BFF: YES!
Current status: flush toilets. @ Ski Inn https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf1nPEoFAC9/
I did not order the "yucky" beer. Lol. Its Sculpin.. @ Ski Inn https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf1symmFw3e/
Gifted to me from some stoopid adults. @ East Jesus https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf3yUSSF0e5/
Mud volcanos. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf4PeAoFsaX/
Current status: diner lunch after oasis soak in the desert. Fighter pilots practicing breaking the sound barrier. Imperial County has its charms.
Performance art. https://twitter.com/GlytchTech/status/970066634651127808
Unintended consequences of capitalism: we care more about proving our seduction techniques work rather than political bribes, also thanks for instagram followers. TL,DR: The world needs more love, sex. OR why dating sucks. https://youtu.be/LNi3pA_m_FE #weaklinks #sundaynight
Kicking off my Future of Security survey. Hackers, ahem, I mean computer security professionals please take and share. ;-) Thanks! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/futuresecurity2018 #futureofsecurity #infosec #CyberSecurity #future
Fighter jets practicing near the oasis. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf8zGC6lvty/
Remembering a conversation I had with a psychotic retired US Army man looking for his heart of darkness in East Jesus. He was obviously dealing with some difficult shit, but was still proud of his wife and daughters, showed me their laminated picture, kept close to his heart.
My heart broke for what I can only imagine he went through, was trying to still process, resolve. I can only guess what lead him to face himself in the wasteland of Slab City.
Future of Masculinity. Decentralized warfare. American Idealism. Identity. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-american-fighter-syrian-militia-20180214-story,amp.html?__twitter_impression=true #weaksignals
Santa Barbara Tacos. @ East Beach Tacos https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf9wmGvFs2B/
I love all the "Why Brooklyn tktktk is taking over the world" posts. Pls send more.
Joe Andreu and Christopher Allen kick off Rebooting Web of Trust. @ Santa Barbara, California https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf_Wh63Ffkb/
Wish you were here @dgwbirch at Rebooting Web of Trust.
@Suitpossum While I agree, good luck with that.
Kill the baby. cc @yaoeo ;-) https://twitter.com/dark_shark/status/970892773615321089
RT @ChristopherA: 13 whitepaper & specifications on decentralized identity in process at the 6th #RebootingWebOfTrust Design Workshop in Sa…
TIL, governance is my trigger word. #commons #RebootingWebOfTrust
Spent all day applying Appreciative Inquiry to Technology Commons Models. Whew.....
I'm very excited to be joining this and explore Security in 2038. Take my survey to help shape this: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/futuresecurity2018 https://twitter.com/WolterPieters/status/971762851995095040
Brain so fried after so many conversations and drafting papers. Whew, check out our work: https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-spring2018/tree/master/draft-documents
Towards of Sustainable Technology Commons: https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-spring2018/blob/master/draft-documents/Towards%20a%20Sustainable%20Technology%20Commons.md
A Survey of Cryptographic Key Recovery Methods: https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-spring2018/blob/master/draft-documents/key_recovery_methods.md
Five Truths about Biometric Data: https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-spring2018/blob/master/draft-documents/Biometrics.md
You can join us next time or come to @idworkshop next month - April 3-5! https://www.internetidentityworkshop.com/
@AlishaBhagat @ivanagazibara @wendyinfutures @localrat @CharleneC6 @profuturists And to you too!
#secretmessages https://youtu.be/eDAcbxz0fuQ
imageAward for traveling the farthest to #rebootingweboftrust goes to @CedricFranz from Cape Town, South Africa.
imageAward for being the most consistant at #rebootingweboftrust goes to @peacekeeper. (@JoeAndrieu will give this to you at IIW)
imageAward for new rookie at #rebootingweboftrust (lots of competition - tie breaker was his name on the wall of papers) is @jungly
imageLike a rock skipping across the water, I touch the 5, then 15, before the black night of the Mojave.
Woke up to hammock weather.
I keep confusing Ethereum and Ingress symbols...
Huge shout out to @JoeAndrieu for an AMAZING #rebootingweboftrust. Enjoy your weekend!
I've replaced wine with Roobios and manicures with leather gloves. #lifeinthemojave
@nicoleradziwill Same here.
@Cruftbox I remember my 1st SXSW. You got me on twitter in preparation for it. Also when Robert Scoble tried to steal my beer and hanging out with you and your brother...
Introspective Blogging: Skipping into the Dark, "I can't think of that last range, the Santa Monica's, because below them is my beloved Queen. Who has sent me away on an adventure I asked for." http://www.heathervescent.com/deep/2018/03/skipping-into-the-dark.html
The metallic smell of creosote, not unlike Ozone. But there is no thunder and little rain.
Throwback to when I was Princess Leia and my brother was Darth Vader. #the70s #deathcleaning https://www.instagram.com/p/BgKNjTwDmH2/
Throwback to my mom in the 60s. OMFG those glasses! #60s #retro #roundglasses #deathcleaning https://www.instagram.com/p/BgKN0tSDspY/
Athletic and freckles. Back before my boobs came in. Oh how I miss those days of running track… https://www.instagram.com/p/BgKOVIGj4lx/
DEATH CLEANING. Why not just deal with ALL THE DEATH today? #deathcleaning @ Dome Sweet Dome https://www.instagram.com/p/BgKOvchjQap/
Food for reducers. This one is for @blazenhoff and popgoesthepackage https://www.instagram.com/p/BgKPHKqDlUx/
If you leave a box of papers in a closet long enough, you can throw the whole thing out. Also, I was a weird kid. Also #deathcleaning is invigorating. I recommend to do it when you are already in a cranky/depressed/sad/irritable mood.
Look, every love story has the possibility of being like a @JSCarroll novel. Just ruthlessly follow the magic that is always here. Also, don't leave the print outs where your daughter, who doesn't want to read about it, will find them after you have transcended this reality.
8 hours of pop music = successful #deathcleaning. It truly is a cathartic experience. Also, I learned way more than I needed about my family history. #endoftheline
@ShibumiKiDo She was more straight-edged than me. I'm the one into psychedelia.
@AlexRoy144 ROTFL
@daryll hmm... depends on the papers. My ruthless pro-tip, if it's not reference materials to your own stuff that is not online, & not required by IRS, & not sentimental toss. But there is an emotional overload most can't deal w/ to even open the box.
@daryll I tossed 2 huge boxes of papers in their entirety with the exception of maybe 10 sheets yesterday. I have another 2-3 boxes of family photos/letters that I've sorted from ~10.
@daryll Yes, agreed. I find the energy to do this when/while I am grieving. (Like now.) It also activates previous death experiences. So yay that. But at the same time, it is bittersweet, many good memories, which makes me feel good.
@daryll I do things in batch mode. Sort a bit. Throw out as much as I can. Then package what I decide to keep into something nicer looking (better box). So I can do it all again in another few months/years a bit smoother.
@daryll Also, for some things of my mom's, I did fast sorting... these are the things I wanna keep for further sorting/processing later. I did manage to downsize 4 boxes into 2 this way. I know there is more work, but it will be easier on 2nd pass.
@daryll Take one box at a time. Have a trash pile/box, keep box, and maybe pile. Take old box and open, with your favorite beverage, good music and maybe a pot of something yummy cooking on the stove. Then start w/ that 1 box. Be fast.
@daryll Keep the stuff/pics that make you feel good. (They go in keep box). Throw out the stuff you have no feeling about to or are crappy photos. (Put them in a trash bag, so you can't pull them out.) The stuff/pics you have mixed feelings put in the maybe pile.
@daryll Then once you are done with the old box sorted, go through the maybe pile. You'll likely find that easier to sort into keep/trash. Then take a break. If that was fun/successful, get next box down. :-)
@daryll Just take your time and don't be in a hurry, and be present with your emotions. :-)
@daryll My pleasure! Hope you're inspired!
RT @Livable79:
imageLove this. Best animations on the internwebz. <3 <3 <3 Hula hooping leaning tower of pisa... genius! Life is absurd. https://twitter.com/cyriakharris/status/973159558494420992
Gorgeous day in the Mojave. I'm working in my yard transplanting cholla cacti (yes, I do such a thing) when a truck pulls into my driveway. I'm eyeing it, as desert dwellers do. But it's another local, and soon after we're chatting like desert locals do. #goingnative
@cyriakharris Have you read Roadside Picnic?
@cyriakharris Yes, very. The film, Stalker was based on it. Premise, aliens stopped for a roadside picinic, their trash creates new zones for humans to experience. Inside these zones, the rules we know do not apply. Also interesting in context of soviet scifi creation.
@cyriakharris Also if you want to break your brain, I recommend the Futurological Congress by Stanislaw Lem.
Watched Obscure object of desire a few days ago. Terrorist bombing (& a lot) reminded me of Brazil. And now a @cyriakharris chat reminded me of Futurological Congress which also reminded me of terrorist bombing. Hmm... themes here...
@cyriakharris My pleasure. Thanks for making such awesome animations. Been enjoying your work for years.
Visited by a flock of tiny desert t-rexs this morning. . . . . .#desertquail #mojave #morning… https://www.instagram.com/p/BgRV3adDJ2k/
@pascalbouvier Hi there! Let me introduce myself, my company and my team. But FWIW, integrity doesn't seem to be in high demand, nor do many companies seem to want to pay for it.
I'm doing new researching on the Future of Computer Security, but I can't do it alone. If you are in computer security (#opsec #infosec #hacker) please take my survey. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/futuresecurity2018
imageDear @Viss @SwiftOnSecurity @hacks4pancakes @evacide @jerickso @mshelton @brianbehlendorf @nelz9999 @strat @harper Might you consider taking and sharing my future of computer security survey? It's for the future. Thank you! https://twitter.com/heathervescent/status/973672891370762240
@richard_lord Thank you!
A little backstory on why I'm studying the Future of Computer Security. After co-writing the Cyber Attack Survival Manual, I started thinking ways you could secure against future cyber attacks.
Combined with this red team/blue team exercise video set in 2021, I started thinking about what kind of attacks, monitoring and systems would be around in 3 years.
As a futurist, I don't just look at the future of the technology, but also the way it integrates with the rest of our lives, the impact on political and military activities, cultural changes in the US and beyond.
Sure, I can do all this research alone... sekretly stalking your feeds, blogs, reddit comments, and reading the research papers. But I like to hear what experts in the field think directly from them.
Oh, and I'm not affiliated with a company or government, so I'm not invested in answers to promote some product or solution. I'm genuinely curious.
So again, if you are in computer security, I really appreciate 5-10 minutes of your time to take my survey. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/futuresecurity2018
Thank you very much https://youtu.be/2ymMyY4GNAE
@SrTurras Thanks very much!!
@SrTurras (ps. I'm trying not to stalk the responses.)
Wow, thank you so much for everyone taking the survey. Really truly thank you!
Day 2 of bootie shorts weather in the Mojave. Ahhhh, so fantastic!
Alternating intellectual work with physical work... so zen raking the desert, places the rocks, feeling wind on my skin.
@RhysRhaven Interesting point. Who else should I include?
I'm so in love with everything in the desert right now: the overcast sky, the temperature, the silence sans the doves, the wind in the pines, through my house and in my lungs. #blissofthenow
Thank you to everyone who has taken the future of computer security survey. Here are some of people's favorites memes (question 19). You can take the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/futuresecurity2018
On job security: http://blog.totaljobs.com/it-memes-ignorance-is-job-security/ignorance-meme
Doges: https://youtu.be/clY151y6kzg (I love the Doge image mapping suit here)
Sir @SwiftOnSecurity was mentioned multiple times. You are a man of meme influence!
Hackers can turn anything into a bomb! https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/13105/is-it-possible-to-turn-a-computer-into-a-bomb
Cats! And Keyboards: https://imgur.com/gallery/4dSv0jH
This is fine.
imageMore later... :-)
@RhysRhaven Love this: "the slow migration of computer security from the cowboy hacker era to more like food safety, boringly baked into everything." That's part of it for sure!
@RhysRhaven Fantastic! Thanks so much!
imageIf you built tech and deal w/ security issues, would you please take my Future of (Computer) Security survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/futuresecurity2018 10 minutes and more fun than scrolling through your feed! Much appreciated!
Only 8% of women have taken my future of computer security survey. Can you please signal boost, fwd or RT to include more voices? Thanks! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/futuresecurity2018
Current status: Backyard hike break into the rock piles. https://www.instagram.com/p/BgUG9OojFtn/
Meditation. https://www.instagram.com/p/BgUH3T2jCwu/
The now-here. Sometimes the path keeps beckoning you on. I went out for a short stroll and foud… https://www.instagram.com/p/BgUIFOSDn_I/
Last shot before returning home for a conference call. Afternoon hike, afternoon delight. https://www.instagram.com/p/BgUIjOvDxqn/
@ericlin I'm so happy to hear! You can take the memories with you. I used to go to NY for work a lot. I hated the concrete jungle. I would pretend all those buildings were Joshua Trees as I looked out from the 34th floor on Times Square, and breath in the memory of the desert air.
@Khanoisseur The Electric Light Orchestra
Love these signs. https://twitter.com/MAKERSwomen/status/974023516872957953
Temporal self portraits using shadow, light, and rock. . . . . . #rockart #shadowart… https://www.instagram.com/p/BgUrfpeDREC/
I can see the graduate level thesis (or whatever it is then) on "Memes of the early 21st century" right now. https://twitter.com/DeanlsReal/status/973954291336667137
So I've been reading the introduction to the Odyssey by @EmilyRCWilson. OMFG I NEVER read introductions. NEVER. But I just read 90 pages of introduction. Gorgeous, beautiful, descriptive, poetic words. I couldn't put it down! I nearly cried at the end of the Translators Note.
I mean, who almost cries at the end of a super boring translators note? OK, it was not super boring, it was delicious. It did exactly what you wanted it to do @EmilyRCWilson, it reached out through time and grabbed my imagination, my intellect, my heart. Kudos!
@EmilyRCWilson You and @SPressfield are sure good at it! :-)
Heya @InfosecWomen. Would you signal boost my #futureofcomputersecurity survey? So far only 6% responses are women and I want to include more voices. Thanks very much! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/futuresecurity2018
Heya @IEEEorg, will you help me signal boost my #futureofcomputersecurity survey? Only 6% of respondents are women and I'd love to include more voices. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/futuresecurity2018 Thanks very much!
Heya @AnitaB_org, would you help me signal boost my #futureofcomputersecurity survey? Only 6% of responses are by women and I want to include more voices. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/futuresecurity2018 Thank you so much!!
@InfosecWomen Thank you so much!!! Trying to hard to be inclusive!
Heya @IEEESSP would you consider signal boosting my #futureofcomputersecurity survey? Only 6% of respondents are women and I'd like to include more diverse voices. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/futuresecurity2018 Thank you so much!
Hi @GetNadya1 would you consider taking my future of computer security survey and sharing with other tech women? https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/futuresecurity2018 Thank you so much! Hope all is great with you!
Heya @busynessgirl would you consider taking my future of computer security survey and sharing with other tech women? https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/futuresecurity2018 Miss you. I promise I'm gonna come crash your house for some puppy love time soon. xx
Hi @grapealope would you consider taking my future of computer security survey and sharing with other tech women? https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/futuresecurity2018. Hope to catch you in person soon! Come visit the dome!
Hi @moniquejmorrow would you consider taking my future of computer security survey and sharing with other tech women? https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/futuresecurity2018 Thank you so much!
Heya @xmlgrrl and @fatemehx2 - double trouble tech privacy ladies, will I see you at IIW? Also would you consider taking my future of computer security survey and sharing with other tech women? https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/futuresecurity2018 Thanks and hope to see you both soon! xo
Heya @lynnlangit would you consider taking my future of computer security survey and sharing with other tech women? https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/futuresecurity2018. Keep on being your amazing self and kicking ass. It's been too long since our last catch up!
@lynnlangit <3 Thank you so much Lynn!
RT @lynnlangit: done - takes < 10 minutes. Calling on other #WiT to assist in @heathervescent 's research as well. https://twitter.com/heathervescent/status/974421638547587072
I fell down a prodigy wormhole and ended up in the 1990s, please don't wake me up, thanks: https://youtu.be/rmHDhAohJlQ
I'm disappointed there is no Die Antwood cryptocurrency.
@romeritomg Thank you for offering! I'm looking for security, infosec, software developers who deal w/ security in their coding for the survey... they should have a technical background, work in IT or have experience managing security systems.
Alien departure lounge. https://twitter.com/70sscifiart/status/974360468532981760
@doriantaylor *listening*
@romeritomg Thank you!
The keeper of the city keys / put shutters on the dreams #lyricsgame
@doriantaylor ta
@doriantaylor ah, I went back and stalked your timeline. all good.
One of my favorite words: externalities https://twitter.com/smakelainen/status/974501701645254656
Tomorrow is a deadline for drafts of two things I am writing. I didn't want to write them tomorrow, so I finished them tonight.
I'm doing a ton of collaborative writing this year and I LOVE IT! Until this year, I did all my writing alone, solomente, but writing with someone is a lot of fun.
At first, it's a dance to figure out how to work/write together. Like, what are you even going to write? What are the characters? Or research questions? What do I think of these things? What do you (co-writer)?
It's about having the space to be curious about what others bring to the writing. About witholding judgement - even on my own opinions about my shitty first draft. It's about being a hard ass about deadlines, but gentle with fresh birthed words.
Mostly, it is about surrender. Surrender to what the research is saying, who the characters want to be, what the story might be, what my writing partner thinks/wants. Surrender to the possibilities... that's my big lesson/practice here.
It's so refreshing to have worthy partners in my life. I don't know where these writing things will go, but the journey is so fun, I'm learning my writing strengths, pushing myself outside my uncomfortable comfort zone and as well my writing partners. Ahhhhh. Such writer bliss.
I'm up for more collaborative writing. I write speculative fiction, experimental research, future scenarios, research documentation and poetic introspective reflections. Mwah.
@WomeninID @xmlgrrl @fatemehx2 Yes, that would be wonderful! Mainly looking for experience in IT, building tech, writing code, and dealing with decisions/tech review/assessment in computer security. Thank you!
@xmlgrrl @fatemehx2 Excellent. I'll see you there!
Woke up to 23% of the responses to the #futureofcomputersecurity survey by women. THANK YOU to everyone who took it & shared @InfosecWomen @AnitaB_org @lynnlangit @romeritomg @WomeninID @xmlgrrl @alizardx @EdwardPrevost @BorealisNinja @SheRaRox @RiotNymia @rgrrl
An example of one of my research "links" on Infosec "threats" + bonus Urban Exploration. Teasing out the future/past implications along multiple threads + fun times. https://youtu.be/TlvbcZEaIB4 ht @shieyfreedom #timetraveler #cacophonist #researcher
@EdwardPrevost @InfosecWomen @AnitaB_org @lynnlangit @romeritomg @WomeninID @xmlgrrl @alizardx @BorealisNinja @SheRaRox @RiotNymia @rgrrl yes please!
RT @bobblakley: Information security friends! @heathervescent and I are doing research for a paper on the future of security (20 years fro…
RT @EdwardPrevost: Oh #Women of #InfoSec and #Technology #Awesomesness.... we need your brain thoughts, again!!! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/futuresecurity2018
@fatemehx2 @xmlgrrl Thank you!
Truck. Red lipstick. Meeting with La Dona this weekend. https://www.instagram.com/p/BgZVc5ejrrA/
If date night is veggie grill and a movie, how long have we been together? (Ps. I'm single.)
Back in civilization. Catching up and eating all the civilized foods!! @ Lunetta/Lunetta All Day https://www.instagram.com/p/BgZ7VRHDkKo/
Civilized. @ Lunetta/Lunetta All Day https://www.instagram.com/p/BgZ_50LD_Sa/
Does it look like a tongue? Uncivilized behavior by yours truly. @ Lunetta/Lunetta All Day https://www.instagram.com/p/BgaIRiKDZIC/
Parking by a favorite. @ Hollywood https://www.instagram.com/p/BgcM-EBjyj6/
Driving down Highland, I thought, I've traded my favorite LA streets: Highland, Sunset, Fairfax,… https://www.instagram.com/p/BgcNsZvjnOs/
Gold dust woman practicing. #goldengoddess #deathchannel https://www.instagram.com/p/BgcS2wBjw54/
Revisiting an old skill????? And learning a new one. @ Stash House https://www.instagram.com/p/Bgc4Qkpj20w/
What we see now is but a dim image in a mirror, then we shall see face to face. -GITS https://www.instagram.com/p/Bgc4kFSjBQS/
Meatball spaghetti taco cacophony. @ Sizzler https://www.instagram.com/p/Bgc5uaijB-A/
A perfect moment on the 10. @ Mid-City, Los Angeles https://www.instagram.com/p/BgdBg95jjpr/
I had a shitty day today, but then I got home and saw all these replies to my survey and now I feel much better.
@fatemehx2 Would deleting accounts compel FB to change? I doubt it. It would be nice if there was another option to express displeasure w/out extreme use case.
@pascalbouvier INTERNAL POLITICS
Waking up in the Mojave is like taking your bra off after an 18 hour day.
@FutureBoy I would like to introduce you to @AlexRoy144. Also maybe you could do a similar comparison with say .... fertilizer or pesticides, whose outcome was a stable food supply. ;-) #context #longtermperspective
@FutureBoy nm I get the subtweet... /shame
@fatemehx2 I'm wondering if there is some other level that can be used to apply pressure, but that might require too much emotional resilience, discipline and self awareness.
@DontFearRepair @bobblakley We don't make predictions. We look at what possible futures are unfolding, until the possibilities collapse into a singular present to be interpreted from multiple contexts/perspectives.
I often do that with customer service people... or end up inspiring them to follow their dreams. The dynamic shifts when you approach a human as another human. https://twitter.com/Johannes_Ernst/status/975838959900045312
cc @fatemehx2 regulation as an alternative? https://twitter.com/anildash/status/975838863104069632
Maybe we're almost at a tipping point for the advertising as a business model for the internet, but be sure, new models haven't emerged as viable yet, because our economic system is still in the old paradigm. We have a lot of economic offroading coming... and I drive a 4x4. ;-)
I did some baking this afternoon. Might have to fight off the coyotes tonight. Also, missing my… https://www.instagram.com/p/BghvOMjj0bQ/
@film_girl @FutureBoy @AlexRoy144 Chris is well versed in problematic futures. I took his subtweet out of context...
Coyote in my front yard howling for some chicken, you are BUSTED my friend!
Adbusters had this same rage in the 90s... Now, where did I put my black stompy boots? Ugh, the 4" heel broke off last year, my patent leather 6" stiletto heels are peeling/flaking & I threw out my double zipper paratroopers from 1992. #bootsIhaveknownandloved
RT @SeamonkeyzRule: Incorrect #UnlikelyWifiPasswords
imageTonight's form is sadness coming from the emptiness of the space you occupied.
Listening to pop music trying to be motivated to write tonight, but just reading about this one buddhist goddess I saw one time.
Heya @AlexRoy144 if you don't make a Depeche Mode, behind the wheel reference, you are not living up to the version of you in my head. ;-P
I'm kicking off the 1:1 interviews for my #futureofsecurity research today. There were many great responses to the survey. Please take it and share: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/futuresecurity2018
The real reason I baked a chicken yesterday. https://www.instagram.com/p/BgjnpIAjqbB/
@fatemehx2 Japantown sushi!
Heya @briankrebs would you consider taking my future of computer security survey and sharing? It's an infosec+foresight mash up with @bobblakley. Thanks so much. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/futuresecurity2018
Update on gender split for the #futureofcomputersecurity survey. 15% women, 82% men, 2.5% other categories. I'd really like to include more womens #infosec voices. Please take and share. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/futuresecurity2018
Hi @DianaInitiative would you consider taking my future of computer security survey and sharing? Only 15% of my replies are women and I'm trying to increase our voices. Thanks so much! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/futuresecurity2018 #infosec #computersecurity #futures #security
Hi @WomenCyberjutsu would you consider taking my future of computer security survey and sharing? Only 15% of my replies are from women & I'm trying to increase our voices. Thanks so much! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/futuresecurity2018 … #infosec #computersecurity #security #womenininfosec
Hi @WiCySconference would you consider taking my future of computer security survey and sharing? Only 15% of my replies are from women & I'm trying to increase our voices. Thanks so much! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/futuresecurity2018 … #infosec #computersecurity #security #womeinininfosec
Hi @RachelTobac would you consider taking my future of computer security survey & sharing? Only 15% of my replies are from women & I'm trying to increase our voices. Thanks so much! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/futuresecurity2018 #infosec #computersecurity #security #womeinininfosec #womeninsecurity
Hi @InfoSecSherpa would you consider taking my future of computer security survey & sharing? Only 15% of my replies are from women & I'm trying to increase our voices. Thanks so much! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/futuresecurity2018 #infosec #computersecurity #security #womeinininfosec #womeninsecurity
Heya @pwnallthethings would you consider taking my future of computer security survey & sharing? Only 15% of my replies are from women & I'm trying to increase our voices. Thanks so much! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/futuresecurity2018 #infosec #security #womeinininfosec #womeninsecurity
Hi @malwareunicorn would you consider taking my future of computer security survey & sharing it? Only 15% of my replies are from women & I'm trying to increase our voices. Thanks so much! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/futuresecurity2018 #infosec #security #womeinininfosec #womeninsecurity
Getting ready for another day of #futureofsecurity interviews. I had so much fun yesterday. Thanks everyone!
I LOVE THIS! https://twitter.com/living_marble/status/976283353413402624
*waves* to all my LA friends. Gorgeous skies here in the Mojave.
@TJL2080 That's beautiful!
Afternoon walk. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bgm_JMEF0dw/
Facebook is not a commons, although it mistakenly things it is. https://twitter.com/matthewstoller/status/976587499685466112
This morning I am pondering the ecological impact of feeding the birds.
@WomenCyberjutsu Thank you so much!!
I'm totally living on Basic Income. It's called Visa. (Srsly, one of these clients has GOT to close, cause I drove off that cliff last month.)
@nicoleradziwill Pretty sure https://medium.com/@dhh has written something like that. If not, maybe ask him.
@nicoleradziwill I could argue the work/research I'm doing on Technology Commons fits in that bucket. And also the way we're drafting the DID spec (I believe v1 is done) https://w3c-ccg.github.io/did-spec/
Blustery and almost humid in the Mojave. The weather is gorgeous.
@busynessgirl Big congrats!
Current status in the Mojave: Heavy cloud, but no rain (touching the ground). I think LA got all the water.
Heya @annebot I might suggest you get yourself some foresight education before calling yourself a futurist. Your medium piece is filled with inaccuracies. You're kinda being the poster child for making my job as an actual futurist harder.
@annebot As well, I suggest you reconsider using the term prediction, since it signals ignorance about the medium of the future itself.
Rant: I get so angry when I come across poseurs calling themselves futurists.
There's this mistaken idea, that if you think about the future, then you are a futurist.
You see, there is a whole profession of people who have actual degrees in this stuff. We learn tools and techniques. We do research.
Media articles like to break our balls constantly when "futurists" get the future wrong. You know who those futurists are? The ones who make (stupid) predictions.
Those stupid "futurists" who make those predictions never have to stand up for their incorrect predictions. Instead, assholes who think they are being clever dis on real trained futurists.
IMHO, if anyone makes a predication, they are an idiot and signal to me they are naive about the medium of the future. Read some effing Bertrand de Jouvenel.
Once, some famous actor came up to me and quipped, I'm a futurist too (after finding that I was one). I almost punched him in the face. I said, no, you are not. And then I challenged him on several well known in foresight circles research methods.
Look, you can think about the future. Hell, that is what I ask the people I interviewed about the #futureofsecurity. But just because you *think* about the future or even if you are a company that is making a product for "the future" doesn't make you a futurist.
First, if you are not using STEEPV - go away.
Second, give it up with proprietary methods that are basically rip off of strategic planning.
Third, if you make predictions, you are part of the problem.
Fourth, if you are clickbait writer promoting some designer's vision of the future who has no power to make it actually happen, you are also part of the problem.
It's ok to inspire. It's ok to show *possible* futures. Many people need this because most of humanity doesn't have the capacity to visualize the future. But realize, you may be showing the *wrong* futures, because you yourself can't distinguish the different.
Rant over.
My anger at poseurs in my own field is why I approach other fields I research (like cybersecurity) w/ humility. I look for the experts & I learn from them, try to give their awesome work visibility. Instead of mistakenly coming into an industry & acting like I am god's gift 2 it.
It's more important that I strengthen the industry I apply my foresight focus to... for the benefit of the practitioners & humanity as a whole. To expand knowledge. Yeah sure, I would love some fame and fortune, but only if I can share it with you.
@jontobinesq I think I might need to hire you. :-)
@ricetopher I lose my shit when I see people co-oping years/decades of work for their own benefit. It is short-sighted, selfish & happens across too many industries. Just because someone hasn't done their research/read the research, doesn't give then any excuse.
@ricetopher Thank you. How can we change this? I need to make a living and these poseurs are fucking it up in so many ways.
Thank you to everyone who took & shared the #futureofsecurity survey. Gender "split" 26% women, 70% men, 2% non-binary, 1% not stated. I knew I could find the women in #infosec. Survey is still live: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/futuresecurity2018
@ricetopher No idea. I left the APF years ago. They have the same arguments, infighting, & are not collaborative. I didn't notice they made much progress while I was there, plus I did not agree with some shady finance behavior (I was on the finance committee).
@ricetopher Things could have changed. IDK. My path took me away from them.
Finding the women in cybersecurity: https://medium.com/@heathervescent/finding-the-women-in-cybersecurity-800fc51ecb7a #infosec #security #womenininfosec
Truck errand day. I love my truck so much. This baby hauled 10 new trees and 25 desert shrubs in… https://www.instagram.com/p/Bgr9t22lO3h/
Sushi stop in Moreno Valley. #latergram @ Moreno Valley, California https://www.instagram.com/p/Bgr-K-8F9rP/
Prickly to touch. #cholla https://www.instagram.com/p/Bgr-QdflUYi/
San Pedro weapons rack. Not San Pedro. Not a weapons rack either. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bgr-VGQF3A2/
I've waited years for this baby. So excited to bring this mesquite to Dome Sweet Dome. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bgr-pPflUiK/
Caught the rock dove peering at me through the window. I look up and our eyes lock. Birdbrain is trying to understand something beyond it's mental capacity? Perhaps the human brain too. Through a neurologically dark scanner...
Please stop using "World's first [blank] for [Blockchain/Bitcoin/Cryptocurrency]. You're just not, and you should do more research you lazy opportunist.
The gurgling of water in the desert, not unlike blood pushing forth, from a wound.
Good morning! Digging holes for my mini-orchard. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bgt10rhl45a/
Bet ya didn't know I lived in rural america, did ya? https://www.instagram.com/p/Bgt18bKFefd/
Like a rosebush flourishes with proper pruning, I'm experimenting with the same with my "facebook" friends. Can I get it down to under 200? Let's see.
In other words, if you have thousands of FB friends, IMHO you have none.
@Livable79 Dolly Parton is my power animal.
Bootie short, knee brace, the hat at computer break time. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bgt33VwFNLD/
@jonibrennan Our friendship is not dependent on whether we have signaled such on a specific platform. Will I see you at IIW? I hope so!!
Heya @windley thought of you today, as I dug holes for my new mini-orchard and pondered where/when to get my bees. :-)
@windley Likely honey bees. But I am planting apricots, pears, grapefruit, nectarine, peach, plum (trying out a fruit salad) to start with.
Might be doing some chemistry recipes later. https://www.instagram.com/p/BguasrPFHi5/
@nicoleradziwill This is awesome. I'm gonna start using it. (I do yearly goals, then monthly goals (that help me accomplish the yearly), then weekly that roll up into the monthly. So normally I have a weekly "todo" list that always rolls over from one week to the next.)
Yesterday at this time, I was digging holes, today at this time, I am review research data.
I can't stop thinking about this phrase someone mentioned during my #futureofsecurity research, "China doesn't think we (USA) are an honorable people."
By (what I imagine) China's definition, we are not an honorable people. But for every yin there is a yang. Also the David & Goliath paradigm. In the end, we become more honorable, while we both chip away and strengthen the definition of "an honorable people."
RT @missrogue: My thoughts on @facebook and privacy:
image@jerickso I would say refining individual cultural views.
Creating my desert Oasis. These are my roses, cacti, bouganvilla, and mini-fruit orchard. https://www.instagram.com/p/BgxhY3Ylo3O/
My alien pets. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bgyo-8dFp9b/
@evievsbrain @KarlieMurphy Hi there! Thanks for the intro... where can I learn more about you obviously fabulous women?
@BlackFish775 Touche. My are not as sentient as yours.
Good morning. Taking care of all my (domestic) chemistry projects before my… https://www.instagram.com/p/Bgy1LVLFtr9/
RT @VickerySec: I found Bannon's tools. Facebook ad tools, scrapers, targeting scripts, etc. Federal authorities have it all now. Smoking g…
@evievsbrain @KarlieMurphy Back in the day I was an OG blogger (and also did BarCamp). Now, I'm a foresight scientist and researcher. I share my research through writing, podcasts and films.
@evievsbrain @KarlieMurphy Would you be willing to do a 1:1 interview via skype or phone this week? I won't ask for any sensitive information. More about your opinions/experiences in the industry. Pentesting background is perfect!
@BlackFish775 Very cool! Squids will be squids for sure.
@dgwbirch *waves*
Needs more humanity, kindness, plants/animals; less guns, matrix, cyberpnk to be reflective of my #blockchainfuture culture. https://twitter.com/Cellarius2084/status/978655165824847874
RT @KimKierkegaard: People say your brows should always match your hair, but I actually think it's more flattering if they're dark like you…
Back in the land of amazing sushi. Ahhhh. Eating this is bliss. @ Chiba Japanese Restaurant https://www.instagram.com/p/Bg2jmd5l9Tk/
Adam and the Ants and a new do for the Vescent1. No purple, but plenty of Sisters of Mercy. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bg5OPZVFv5g/
"True solace is finding none, which is to say, it is everywhere." Deep in the now-here Valley.
RT @fatemehx2: Every week, I talk to another marketer or vendor who, shocked by our #GDPR and #ePrivacy discussions, says "But this will ru…
Normally I'm all about the now-here, but I'm in "the valley", so it's all about the no-where this time round.
Failed deadline yesterday: write 6 #futureofsecurity scenarios. Why? Because I have 12 possible scenarios sketched and another 7 total paradigm shifts. This is how one futures the future. This isn't no 4 by 4 GBN scenario development.
In case you are curious about the methods I'm using to future. I'll give a little teaser.
First up on researching: all the typical survey questions, with a smattering of my foresight question protocol and liberal application of Appreciative Inquiry principles.
Analyze the data: what are the trends (macro-industry, micro-industry, world trends, non-industry trends, tech trends, other STEEPV trends), weak signals, wildcards, user personas, and all kinds of other stuff non-futurists probably discard.
First scenario on deck: THE BASELINE. Which is, if nothing changes (from today), you push/extrapolate all those trends + extra stuff out to your selected timeframe. But let's be serious, the world isn't going to not-change, which is why this is called a "baseline."
Note, when you push those trends out into that future moment in time, you have to ALSO extrapolate what that future point in time could look like (based on the global + other trends expressing themselves right now).
This gives a slingshot into the future with a very reasonable end point.
Then, we move onto Alternate Futures... which is where we twiddle the variable knobs on the trends + other stuff we have collected in our data collection. We can also use different methods to "think around corners" and "up and down" about the future.
I like to use a combination of light CLA (Casual Layer Analysis), post-structuralism, light Spiral Dynamics, human-computer interface evolution, internet technology evolution.
(And by evolution, I use history as the pull back of an arrow, with where the arrow lands as the point in future).
In this project the #futureofcybersecurity, it's focused on *new paradigms*. Paradigms are often difficult to identify, because it's the air we breathe.
So, because I am an academic machochist, I identified some current set of paradigms in cybersecurity.
Then, I un-paradigmified them, for a new set of paradigms. Some of them were pretty incredible. But then I reverse engineered the world so that the new paradigm made sense.
And that, is when we get to some real innovative and interesting places in the future.
So then, if you wanna really stretch your futuring skills, you mash up the methods. Trends + Alternative Futures + New Paradigm + whatever additional foresight methods you like to use.
Oh, you can also apply these methods to the endpoint of the future. So in one scenario the world is like A, but in another scenario the world is like B. You can take the same extrapolation (#23) and stick it in world A23 and world B23 and they can be Totally Different.
This is why NO ONE CAN PREDICT THE FUTURE. It's constantly changing.
This constant changing of the future is a FEATURE not a bug. The point of thinking about the future like this is to come up with new ways of solving problems in the present. And also to anticipate potential problems of the future (e.g. unintended consequences).
There are many people who think it's "cool" to be a futurist, so they change their title to "futurist"or even the bullshit "superfuturist" to sound cool. They don't have the skills I do. They can't see around corners of the future. They don't know what CLA is.
Those people often get a lot of press because they are all about their ego, promoting their shit, and they might be focused on *one* aspect of the future - like technology or even banking technology. They are not futurists.
Futurists are highly skilled at seeing many possibilities of the future. They won't tell you a predication. They do their research. They have so many methods. Using a skilled futurist will make you and your business more effective and successful... if you listen to them.
Listening to faux-fake-poseur-futurists will make you feel good & inspired, because they are con-men and con-women. They also degrade the real industry and skills needed to do this work well.
But most people, media writers and journalists don't even know they are being conned, because they don't even know what a real futurist does.
Maybe by sharing the methodologies I use to future, you can learn the depth and skill it takes. And maybe you can put your own BS detector on the next time you come across a pundit calling themself a futurist.
Back to my 12 scenarios and 7 paradigm shifts now.
Update: Between my co-author and I, we have almost 20 plausible future scenarios for our paper on the #futureofsecurity and also 7 paradigm shifts.
This is what it's like to work with a pro-futurist, who knows their shit. It's not just 2 or 4 or 6 possibilities, it's 20. Now, of course, this is our starting point. We'll boil that down, sift, sort, clean those drafts... figure out the ones that are most productive to include.
Most media journalists are lucky to come up with 3 variations on the future they are reporting, normally talking to different people for them. Little old solomente trained futurist me just knocked out 10 in an afternoon (of analyzing my data).
So yeah, if your futurist is only able to "think up" a 4x4 quad of futures, I am so not impressed.
And, I could apply the 4x4 quad chart to these futures... I might end up with another 15 or so futures...
Bonus round: if you want to be super anal about futures, you could do *probabilities* on the likelihood of the future actually occurring.
To do that takes time, but it really straight-forward by identifying and ranking the trends used in the scenarios.
But here's the thing. Just because a scenario is more "probable" or has a higher probability number, has absolutely no bearing on whether it will become a reality. So it's pretty pointless to do this, unless you want to feel better about yourself.
In fact, low-probability, high-impact events (aka wildcards) happen all the time, and those would rank very very low (thus likely ignored) in that kind of probability ranking.
So where the kind of thinking that works in the present seems common-sense, it is absolutely counter-intuitive and not useful when thinking about the future.
This is because the future is in no way like the present. It's not even the same timeline... it's not even a timeline at all. It's ALL the timelines.
So if you only think linearly, you are gonna be confused thinking about the future. That's where all these people mistakenly think about predictions. Because they are stuck on linear thinking. Of which, the future is not linear.
So I am reading that homo deus book. Some of it is good, but I also think there are some pretty important nuances that are glossed over (at least in the intro). It feels like a very dated book, I mean, the culture of the world is very different from the one described.
