October 2018
Coming home to Vegas is pretty cool. Jet fuel + Mojave wind = adventure. I leave the glitter of the strip and head into the darkness.
Baggage claim. Liquor store. @ Welcome to Las Vegas https://www.instagram.com/p/BoYUdQPhIfw/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1q3cqk0i1l7le
Good Morning Hummingbirds of the Mojave! Last month was some epic traveling, I was only home 10 days the entire month. But I had amazing time with so many good friends and colleagues, travel is worth it.
Not the new authoritarian state you were trying to bring about huh Bannon? https://amp.businessinsider.com/steve-bannon-oprah-women-take-charge-of-society-2018-2 #fourthturning
In case you are like, WTF #fourthturning, this is the new generational theory I am completely obsessed with. Bannon is also obsessed with it. I think he got some key variables wrong in his beliefset/timing. But then again, most wanna be futurists do. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss%E2%80%93Howe_generational_theory
Are you a company that works in #decentralizedidentity or with #DIDs? Then please take this survey to support a W3C Decentralized Identifiers Working Group: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeejJnQGgBJ_foVJlpZUSlfvVsbSwnxEm0XFoucr4j4ZP2oYg/viewform
ICYM - my thread highlighting the papers we started at #RWOT and we'll complete over the subsequent months. A really fantastic set of topics pushing forth the #decentralizedidentity and #selfsovereignidentity space. https://twitter.com/heathervescent/status/1045302686931988482
RT @mcnees: Anyway, one big takeaway from this year’s prize is that 50 years later we’re still giving out Nobel prizes for work done in an…
@dynamicsymmetry This might help you understand the difference between generations and what is expected of them as they grow & mature through varying ages - why millennial are not following a boomer way of maturing. It's a cycle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss%E2%80%93Howe_generational_theory
This should be great. @peacekeeper is an expert on DID resolution. Tune in to learn more. #ssi #decentralizedidentity #selfsovereignidentity #digitalidentity #decentralizedidentifiers https://twitter.com/SSIMeetup/status/1047144058219630593
I know I shouldn't say this, but I am looking forward to a hurricane in the desert. Bring it on and embrace climate change. #forceofnature
The miracle of finding a perfectly ripe avocado at the grocery store!
@PeterKGeoghegan @SwiftOnSecurity Actually.... idk about Irish border, but there are other border patrol agencies closer to home that have already embraced/funded it. But it's not being used for cryptocurrencies... #ssi #decentralizedidentity
@PeterKGeoghegan @SwiftOnSecurity "But just how he thinks a decentralised and immutable database will smooth the path of goods across the border is unclear." Not to me. For those of us working in this industry, we can already see the application. I mapped a flow using DIDs for US-Canada just a few weeks ago.
@wendynather @SwiftOnSecurity I'm not sure.
96 portals of power in the Nevada desert. https://www.instagram.com/p/BodMsWShFgX/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=26j453t1749g
Gorgeous day in the Mojave. Enjoying a day in the dome working through the actions on my todo list -- research, writing, talking with, interviewing, working with the amazing people in #decentralizedidentity. Living the dream.
Fantastic piece -> "Blockchain & self-sovereign identity are seen as very promising solutions that could transform the ways in which consumers engage in managing their identity." https://medium.com/atb-alphabeta/are-we-on-the-brink-of-an-identity-revolution-5016bc4fb0a3 by @mike_brown_yyc, who I met at #RWOT. You meet the coolest people at #RWOT!
"This is this bible of SSI!" <-- what someone said after they saw the #ssireport (https://ssiscoop.com/). We've got an interesting opportunity if you are a though leader in #decentralizedidentity. Contact me for details.
@Acuity_Design Wow, this looks really fascinating. Is there a link to a presentation or more info?
@Acuity_Design WOW! That looks amazing! (I'm reading between the slides.)
@Acuity_Design That sounds really important. What was the response? Did people like it? (I really think we need to practice to expand our emotional capacity and it looked like that was exactly what you did.)
This gas station is terrible!! @ Terrible Herbst https://www.instagram.com/p/Boeu6BYh7Ta/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1ivugmzx76093
@Acuity_Design So true that "rational talk" is prioritized. Thanks for your work in this space. It's very cool. LMK if I can help in any way.
People should leave me prank voice mails more often. You know who you are....
Loving the thunder in the Mojave this afternoon. The clouds are amazing. Thank you Rosa.
Thread... https://twitter.com/RidT/status/1047844345175584768
Shout out to my sister bf @Blazenhoff . A little bird told me we needed to be reminded of our theme song: https://youtu.be/c1QT4VnbQE0
Alien vs Predator https://twitter.com/archillect/status/1047891614897774592
Pretty hard for me to take your success seriously if all the photos promoting your thing are full of white men... companies, projects, friends and colleagues of mine, I'm watching you and while I might not say anything, I'm thinking it, and I have opinions.
@LusciousPear You should try it in July! 120 degrees and the pool is divine! #yesandyesyes #Yxyy
A good reminder for today... #yxyy https://t.co/gHOuB19hr7
Love this memory! Sure could use your playlist these days @AmyLolaM https://twitter.com/missrogue/status/884249130742276096
It's important to understand why/how ZKPs are critical to successful #ssi technology. Here's a chance to learn more. #selfsovereignidentity #decentralizedidentity https://twitter.com/SSIMeetup/status/1047145632308318209
Cybersecurity friends, I'm looking to interview folks about the state of voter data security (not voting machine security) for a new research project. If you work/research this space, I want to talk with you. Please Retweet. #research #cybersecurity #votersecurity
@nicoleradziwill We should talk. We probably have professional and person (and forces of nature) stories to share...
@fernandogaldino @cuducos @felipebcabral @Linuzifer Oh thank you. I'm specifically interested in voter data security, but not voting machines... how it is secured at the state/county/district level. Do you or someone you know work in that space? #voting #voterdata #cybersecurity.
@dfaranha @cuducos @fernandogaldino @felipebcabral @Linuzifer @HarriHursti @JoeBeOne @jhalderm Thanks @dfaranha! I'm specifically looking to interview someone who can speak to securing voter data at the district/state/county level. (Not researching voter machine security... so many folks already looking at that.) Thank you for reading this tweet.
@dfaranha @cuducos @fernandogaldino @felipebcabral @Linuzifer @HarriHursti @JoeBeOne @jhalderm Thank you! Is there a better/more appropriate way to reach them (than twitter)?
@dgwbirch Such a sensitive gentleman you are!
Of all the fishes in the sea, there's none so good as salmon. Salmon, salmon, salmon, salmon, salmon, salmon, salmon. - Sylvie & Bruno, Lewis Carroll #nationalpoetryday
@dfaranha @cuducos @fernandogaldino @felipebcabral @Linuzifer @HarriHursti @JoeBeOne @jhalderm @VotingVillageDC @MaggieMacAlpine @KimZetter @kiniry Thank you so much! You rock!
Little known fact about the Vescent1: I went to college to be a poet. But then I became a technologist, which is basically the same thing Translating the sublime beauty of our human experience with/through technology and the reverse to my engineers through requirements docs.
@nasete @fernandogaldino @cuducos @felipebcabral @Linuzifer Yes. US scope. Thanks
Follow-up re: Fan Bingbing. A view into asian cultural worldview (collective identity). Individualists be-ware. ht @anselm https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/2166744/chinese-actress-fan-bingbing-fined-us70-million-tax-offences #identity
What a gorgeous country. I want to visit. https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2166129/haunted-mongolia-land-earth-and-sky-buddhists-and
Fantastic image of things I love: the desert, the road, motorcycles AND camels (which we do not have in the Mojave.... yet.) https://twitter.com/NickSandersR1/status/1014064833174622208
@kimdhamilton You have to say that deadpan, even if you are drunk. ;-)
Early morning, silverlake shaman is up before the dawn talking with London.... thank you technology for making the world smaller. @ Dome Sweet Dome https://www.instagram.com/p/Bojg4cchRpw/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=2j5cccau027o
We are living through history. These events will long be remembered. To ignore the voices now, will result in thousands more. They are not going away. They can't be silenced. Address it today, or reap the consequences. https://twitter.com/benwikler/status/1048029571621244928
In some ways, I really admire the Chinese government... Americans have a lot to learn from a collective view of a society. We have the US in extreme individualism right now, we are the piecemeal snake. Our power is divided. We are vulnerable.
Gecko-telemarketing cc @CyberSquirrel1 #internetofgeckos https://twitter.com/Claire_Simeone/status/1048069106631471104
Dear @VotingVillageDC, I'm a researcher looking to talk to cybersecurity researchers about voter data security (not voter machines). Can you recommend some folks or Retweet to help me connect with experience folks? Thanks very much.
Thinking about the absurdity that would be a dating site for security professionals, and then thinking maybe it's just easier to use words IRL.
In case you forgot, we are living through an information war. https://twitter.com/johnrobb/status/1048244734202925056
@MadelineAshby @PENCanada That looks cool... do you get it? WDYT?
@cyriakharris Do you need some cramp-ons? I'll provide some cramp-ons if that will help you climb/build that mountain. Also, thank you. I <3 your videos. Those hours you spend delight me.
I'm sitting here looking at Google Slides and it hits me, how the UI is so very close to the first DHTML application on the web - a slide presentation app, made by a little company named iAmaze back in 1999. I was hire #11 for them. That dream came true.
Current listening double shot: https://youtu.be/dZX6Q-Bj_xg & https://youtu.be/vE4VlA_9OrI
Bye all, I'm gonna go play my flute in the desolation of the Mojave. If you hear a haunting melody in the desert, that's where you'll find me. The earth is a globe and my melody is a whisper on the other side of the dome.
At the Stater Bros. #silverlakeshaman https://www.instagram.com/p/BokUsamBNt6/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1g2978roq2avr
The h bomb. Once a nickname in the desert. @ Tecopa, California https://www.instagram.com/p/BomqRHIhe6-/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1bzxzsyq7bcou
Thunderstorm in Death Valley. The thunder and lightening and back lit mountains. Super down pour. So honored to witness this.
Good luck, bad luck, who knows. For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. #longview
Somehow I am back in Vegas. Can’t seem to stay away very long.... but I won’t be staying long either.
An oasis in Death Valley. #oasis #deathvalley #tecopa #hotsprings @ Tecopa Hot Springs Resort https://www.instagram.com/p/BopdKSVhRI2/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1fnu6bqi1jsd7
The open road. Listening to The Orb in a most gorgeous land en route to meet a little guy about a forever commitment. #spanishtrail #deathvalley @ St Therese Mission, Old Spanish Trail,… https://www.instagram.com/p/BopdfoDB317/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=iwgxg8a7sp3q
Friends and trucks! https://www.instagram.com/p/BopfPzEherC/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=s4hlwtl4qwp7
I’m driving through a Carlos Castaneda paperback cover. #mojave #joshuatrees #mountains #raven #silverlakeshaman #forceofnature
Anything is possible.
imageNipton, California. #nipton #mojavedesert #socal #420 #longwayhome @ Nipton, California https://www.instagram.com/p/Bop9DYmhkN5/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=tql9elnea72z
Kelso Dunes in the distance. #kelsodunes #mojave #macosmojave #macos #mojavedesert #mojavenationalpreserve @ Kelso Dunes https://www.instagram.com/p/BoqLoYthB3R/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=15j1glabccbbv
I don't have enough whiteboard space to map out my current k-wave and generational change thoughts... Goood Morning!
Happening today at 1pm PT. https://twitter.com/SSIMeetup/status/1047144058219630593
I've written/spoken a lot about this. This is the method I use to see/develop/focus on positive futures. It's also in a paper with a solution to all the worlds problems. https://medium.com/@heathervescent/how-to-save-the-world-6985fab277b6 #foresight #future #futurist https://twitter.com/AlexSteffen/status/943956512438763520
@AlexSteffen Might want to read fourth turning and research/learn about long wave generational cycles & responses. Our crisis is coming right on time.
If one thing is clear, anything is possible. So yeah, dream the seemingly impossible. Ht to Vaclav Havel.
A++ Pink. https://twitter.com/RandallGrahm/status/1049687787178319872
I can't tell if the Marines are practicing their bombing runs or it's just the wind in the canvas. #lifeinthemojave
Looks interesting. For interested parties - here's the direct link to the paper: https://mako.cc/academic/klein_et_al-couchsurfing_airbnb-PREPRINT.pdf #sharingeconomy #market #neweconomies #nonfinancialtransactions https://twitter.com/makoshark/status/1049708850146729984
Boomer youth characteristics as they fought their fathers — kinda reminds me of the landscape today. Also, I had no idea the peace sign was a f-u to V- victory war sign. #fourthturning https://www.instagram.com/p/BowXj26hWA2/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=gynv9w3x0nff
Two dozen rock doves in the dead tree, warm themselves in the dawning light. The sky is blue and golden and white with clouds - dusky mountains in the distance across the basin. I breathe. #mojavedesert
Where do dystopians come from? Shitty boomer parents. #fourthturning #generationalchange https://www.instagram.com/p/Bowb2zJhlZG/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=ma2jvpvha32b
Two minutes into listening to the new @Orbinfo album and I'm in a lush masterful layered sounds scape. Familiar samples, underlying dub beat, and woven sound thread adventures. This is gonna be a staple in my brain. Thank you.
My @money2020 presentation on #Selfsovereignidentity https://money2020us2018.sched.com/event/Fw36/self-sovereign-identity-what-when-why-how-you is brought to you by No Sounds Are out of Bounds by the @Orbinfo. Prepare to see the future of digital identity. #futureofdigitalidentity
A++ bosslady hardass. (I don't necessarily agree with everything in this, I think it's important to address "emotional" human being issues and approach problems with kindness, while pulling no punches.) https://twitter.com/karaswisher/status/1050394395797794817
This week is just wow, yesterday felt like Friday, today felt like Friday... and not in a good way. Hope you are all cranking on your GTD todos!
Living in a dome, you get used to hearing unusually quiet/subtle sounds - the only question is where they are from. Sometimes it's the resonance from an airplane or helicopter far away and farther above.
I don't understand why no one sees solving the climate change problems on Earth as a dry run for Mars. I mean, even if you hate Earth and want to go to Mars, you still win.
Ending the day, the way I started: https://youtu.be/HZgYmR2IYLo
[The] American government [has] from G.I. To Silent to Boomer, gone from moon walk to gridlock to train wreck. -The Fourth Turning. (I think we’ve found our political problem now.)
RT @barsteward: <Answers phone> “I’m from xxxxx calling about your house insurance renewal” Me: “Ok” Caller: “First I need to go through so…
@JSCarroll Perfect timing JS. I planned to check into this breed when I was ready for a new best friend. Happy Hols and all that.
@boxeswithknobs It's been navel-gazing their entire life. You might say, that was the point.
The bliss of opening up an avocado and it's *perfect.* Soft, creamy green/yellow. That's when you know you are a true Californian. #blissandemptiness #avocadoisgod #reachedperfection #themomentisover
@johnkellden @NurtureGirl @IdentityWoman @dazzagreenwood I'm not sure I understand your question John... building common technology infrastructure - what we're doing at the W3C, IIW and RWOT are to me, #1. #2 is competitors building interoperable proofs of concept. No technology is a silo anymore.
It's true - Identity hub stuff is being developed in the open (https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot7/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/did-auth-jwe.md & https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot7/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/identity-hub-permissions.md ) & MS supports @idworkshop & #RWOT. But maybe we can see more of you at the W3C Tuesday am mtgs. :-) Sounds like this is a branding/perception problem by outsiders. https://twitter.com/csuwildcat/status/1050789913434644480
It is a dark and stormy (for the Mojave) night. Which means, I am out dancing in the rain with the fragrance of creosote.
TIL: Hitchcock directed the first James Bond film.
“War is hell, even when it’s a cold one.” So classic!!!! Love watching old films through generational lens. GI and Artist generation in the spotlight!!! Of course it inspired James Bond!!!
Phenomenal story about wearable technology + the cloud + augmented selves + protection/security. A reflection of our times in so many ways. (GenX technology vs Boomer authoritarianism values) Every man is James Bond today. ht @PJManney https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/jamal-khashoggi-latest-missing-journalist-apple-watch-recording-murdered-torture-turkey-embassy-a8582351.html?amp&fbclid=IwAR1E-w8QuYDIl_67HncEPSm4S_88s1ql6PMVsPCTlLxuXpjvfmoFBKCLoWc
I'm not gonna lie, I am completely and utterly obsessed with generation change theory right now. Slowly slotting it into my previous obsessions of spiral dynamics, systems thinking, limits to growth, & appreciative inquiry.
It's really challenging in some ways, because as a GenXer the Boomer's worst characteristics are so clear to me & my generation. I don't want to blame that generation, I know it came of age & was playing the role it had to play (destiny). Plus I have many amazing boomer friends.
But the Boomer generation is not making the solutions to the worlds problems any easier. In fact, they are making it worse - and (based on history) that is part of their personality. They challenged their own parents (GI - the previous Hero generation).
Now two decades after the summer of love, they have taken their opposite place on the spectrum... but the same behavior - fighting, polarizing, fanning the flames. Not about making friends or building solutions. (That's what the next Hero generation - Millennials will do.)
For a generation that was focused on consciousness and awareness, it's hard for me to see it. I wonder what the world will be like when the boomer attitude is gone... will we finally be able to solve the world's problems? Climate change, new infrastructure & a new golden age?
I wish there was a way for boomers to change, to actually find the awareness, consciousness and transcendence they so desperately have searched for their entire lives. They would be better people. But I'm not gonna hold my breath. GenX are the parents they never had/never were.
@Jamesco ;-)
Also, wow does Naomi Watts looks just like Eve Marie Saint in NxNW. And a lot of David Lynch makes so much sense! (Interpreting film from a generational theory perspective...)
Good morning! 1.3 inches of rain last night was gorgeous! Thank you for reminding everyone the desert is a dangerous place! https://twitter.com/JoshuaTreeNPS/status/1051191745524854784
@DaveLaFontaine Yes 5 decades or 2 generations (which is what I meant...:-) )
Finally visited this place. It’s cool I guess but then there’s also #eastjesus. Same thing. @ Noah Purifoy Foundation https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo5Mds4hb02/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1r5nzd57p6rt4
@KarunaSessions No but they never dropped out imho - they just smashed everything they touched calling the destruction enlightenment and themselves the ubermensch.
@KarunaSessions You may be genx sympathetic. :-)
@csuwildcat I think you might be confusing those for the boomer generation version of those things. :-)
"Bioresorbable electronic medicine" <-- This is seriously cool stuff --> https://www.futurity.org/biodegradable-implant-nerve-healing-1886052/ #wearables #embeddedtechnology #health #medicine #internetofbody
When I came home from a morning errand, a gorgeous, well fed coyote was trotting away from my front porch. Please come again.
Put the final touches on my talk on #selfsovereignidentity https://money2020us2018.sched.com/event/Fw36/self-sovereign-identity-what-when-why-how-you for @money2020. See you in Vegas Sunday, 10am. #ssi #selfsovereignidentity #futureofidentity #decentralizedidentity #money2020
imageYou know, @blueorigin & @richardbranson were the inspiration for the corporate space currency, & saving for a sub-orbit flight in my first future scenario film, showing the #futureoftransactions circa 2011. https://vimeo.com/52354666 Some of that stuff has happened.
Weird @blueorigin story... I was driving around west Texas one year after #SXSW, intent on finding the clock of the @longnow (this was before the location was released) & I had identified two locations: one ended up being the clock location & the other was @blueorigin.
Another interesting story, but about @virgingalactic - a few years after my short film came out, @Virgin did a giveaway similar to the one in my film... whoever got the most airline points in a year, won a sub-orbit flight. It's pretty cool, when your futures come true.
Sometimes it's cool being a futurist, listening to your gut, and driving around the countryside.
@idworkshop did you sell out?
@Wraal_soul @Livable79 BEST ALBUM EVER
@dominicsayers You are very welcome. Enjoy...
@dominicsayers LMK your favs from the album.
"Take the ticket to Level 5." - my favorite new sample
I'm excited to do a 101 Session on Self Sovereign Identity at @idworkshop next Tuesday. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/internet-identity-workshop-iiwxxvii-27-2018b-tickets-45998232953 See you there! #selfsovereignidentity #digitalidentity #decentralizedidentity #ssi
imageOn Being a Boss, my experience as #bosslady for #nationalbossday https://medium.com/@heathervescent/being-a-boss-22479bef01fa
@dominicsayers I'm loving Rush Hill Road (but it had to grow on me a bit), Wolfbane, Donuts Forever... and The End of the End is a great way to start it all. Just a lovely album. Been listening nonstop for a few days on repeat.
Dear @Orbinfo I know a volcano in the Mojave desert where you should have a "concert". I'll bring a generator, my 4x4, & haul your gear out.... #justsayin #dreamingtheimpossible
Attn @dgwbirch - System 7 too!!! https://twitter.com/Orbinfo/status/1015227305122193410
@dominicsayers Just realized "Wish I had a Pretty Dog" reminds me of this entire album (which is SO GOOD!) https://youtu.be/SD_mKqwF3Oo #plone #forbeginnerpiano
This is especially delightful. https://youtu.be/J0_j0d0J9Bo #plone #retrofuture
RT @beesandbombs: :)
imageThis is today's obsession on repeat. https://youtu.be/A4LUyCcqvaw It reminds me of Legion.
@dominicsayers Yay! Yeah, love them. They only put that one album out, but it's near perfect. Also reminds me a bit of Lemon Jelly (https://youtu.be/cSBVuImIFkQ). My love of this style of music goes deep.
Antifa vs Proud Boys. #fourthturning #crisis #totalwar #civilwar #present https://www.instagram.com/p/BpDsWg9HO8D/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=39d4l3u0y6c7
RT @Ch33r10: Women in #Infosec Survey! Preparing a talk for managers on how to effectively integrate women into mostly male work environmen…
Next year is soon... this year, I'm watching how well my succession planning/Santa training has been. See you in the red tide (or maybe with a red nose - HONK!) https://twitter.com/lasanta/status/939773325126934529
At first I was like, not into Google finishing my sentences. But then I was like, hmm, this is interesting and kinda cool. I wish I could turn on the more polite & kind variation though... Feel like we can use a lot more of that in our communications these days.
Where is @trueamericandog when we need it in these critical times? #memewars
Oh Mah Gawd. Sometimes you come across some amazing artist and you are like HFS this is the zeitgeist of the times. It's not the future - it's the present. Let me introduce you to the amazing work of @Maclean_Rachel. I'm loving everything I've seen so far... ht @boxeswithknobs
What are people saying about The SSI Report https://ssiscoop.com/? --> "SSI is hitting the identity community like a tsunami, completely changing the foundations of how digital identity will work in the future - with this report you will stay ahead of the tide." - @peacekeeper
RT @idworkshop: We are excited to have Heather Vescent @heathervescent and Kaliya Young @IdentityWoman fill you in on what's happening NOW…
RT @idworkshop: We are excited to have Heather Vescent @heathervescent and Kaliya Young @IdentityWoman fill you in on what's happening NOW…
RT @KamalaHarris: Spread the word: You can register in person on Election Day in California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, H…
“The absurdity of a life that may well end before one understands it, does not relieve one from the duty to live it as bravely and generously as possible.” - Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard #lifegoals
LOL, Dude; Internet speak, California speak <-- A language analogy
Friday night in Twentynine Palms. These beers are $3.50 each!!!!! @ Cactus https://www.instagram.com/p/BpIyG8kHD60/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1pjzyelp6bz8
While in the desert... the smell of smoke and desperation. https://www.instagram.com/p/BpI-1l_Ht4f/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=i03r2be0pxky
Adventures in a small town in the Mojave. @ Twentynine Palms, California https://www.instagram.com/p/BpJIN09nTUL/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=3uparwkokfhq
@Livable79 That's a good one. Have you recently read the entire series?! ps. I recommend the Foundation series next. They are great "double-feature" sci-fi series.
Amboy, Kelbaker, Cima; Wilshire, Highland, Sunset Boulevard
I love this hotel. Tonight is introvert nights in Las Vegas. Room service on the menu. @ SLS Las Vegas https://www.instagram.com/p/BpLOCFwnOgV/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1l62x3vrcrbg9
Nothing like a rehearsal after driving your sand worm 4x4 three hours through the desert. #selfsovereignidentity #money2020 https://twitter.com/dgwbirch/status/1053789051839565824
Through the looking glass. I love everything about this hotel. https://www.instagram.com/p/BpLQyCNHPJu/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1ldvia8s6t0ht
@Livable79 OK, so I LOVE the Hyperion series. One of my absolute favs... but be sure to have volume 2 in hand when you finish volume 1, otherwise you may throw the book across the room at the end like I did the first time I wrote it.
@Livable79 Also, are you reading any China Mievelle? I recommend the Scar, it's one of my fav sci-fi of all time (along w Dune)
@Livable79 Also the Shrike is inspired by Joshua Trees and the Institute of Mental Physics (https://jtrcc.org/) in Joshua Tree inspired other things in book 2 (it's pretty obvious if you know of the place).
With or without the jacket? It jacket looks better in the pics but I think I look better with it off. #speaker #conference #money2020 @ Las Vegas, Nevada https://www.instagram.com/p/BpM2ijnnJcg/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1a4x59a635k4v
My favorite man in identity - the one, the only, Dave Birch! #money2020 #ssi #digitalidentity #identity @ Sands Expo https://www.instagram.com/p/BpM90fFnwDj/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=i6gi5m5nfoea
Well I totally rocked my #Money2020 presentation if I do say so my self! Thank you for the opportunity to share the new digital identity paradigm - self sovereign identity.
Thank you! https://twitter.com/Zil_Bareisis/status/1054060133888622592
@elenalitani Thank you!
RT @elenalitani: @heathervescent gives a great 101 talk on #SSI: standards, protocols, #DIDs, universal resolvers, #puckickeys, and no PII…
@NateShackelford @elenalitani @EmLindley Hi Nate - our report is available at http://ssiscoop.com. I’d be happy to give you a curated tour if you like.
Interesting arguments for a bank to do your identity... but I’m skeptical they’ll really put resources to build it. Unless they use standards, they will be locked out - and if they do use standards, they’re proving my point about new markets for products and services. #money2020
@bobblakley You’ll have to ask the CEO of Capital One ;-)
RT @myglobal_id: Sunday Funday! We are so excited to be at @money2020! First up: self sovereign identity, biometrics and identity verificat…
AirBnB @airbnb talking about bank identity - they already use @AmericanExpress to piggyback KYC. #money2020
image@WomeninID @bobblakley @winemaker Thanks for connecting the dots Em. Are you here? Would love to meet.
@nanwar You know how to reach me.
Love @dgwbirch pushing AirBnB about reputation. I have a LOT of opinions!!! And I wrote a white paper on it a few years ago. #reputation
@dgwbirch I’ll do better and email it to you! Also I am waiting for so@wine to actually do aggregated reputation. There was a company doing this (I’ve spoken about it) but it alas didn’t survive.
@ruescasd @Livable79 Not necessary. I read PSS once and the Scar once every year since it came out. It is my favorite Mievelle.
@winemaker @bobblakley ROTFL!!!
@matteorizzi Whoa - blast from the past Matteo! Ps I name dropped Innotribe circa 2012 in my talk! Hi!
Back o the room, my favorite place of the room other than the green room. But feel free to come talk with me. #introvert #speaker
imageMeeting peeps in SSI. Nice to meet you @pcrockford #money2020
imageBubbly in the speaker lounge, so I had to have a sip post talk. Thank you money2020 for a fantastic experience - your team is amazing. Great audience questions from my session. @ Sands Expo https://www.instagram.com/p/BpNMsRiHJL7/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=15o44vjpt5kic
@shamir_k @matteorizzi @money2020 I am ... but really just today and tmrw am. Where are you this afternoon? Ps I LOVE your new company website!!
@pauljoynt @dgwbirch Hi Paul - details here http://ssiscoop.com. Happy to schedule a curated tour of the report.
@Livable79 @ruescasd My pleasure. It’s wonderful to share your fav sci-fi with someone discovering for the first time. I am at your service.
The MAJOR!!! If I could be an anime character.... https://twitter.com/archillect/status/1054082417642876928
@jerickso If you have time, check out the Tate Modern! Amazing space and lovely place to have a refreshment with a view up top.
@jerickso Also @Maclean_Rachel has some stuff on exhibit. I would run to see anything by her. (But I have *particular* tastes in memepop culture. I think she is a genius.)
@pauljoynt @dgwbirch Nice! Have a fantastic week!
Self sovereign identity at Money2020. https://www.instagram.com/p/BpNhjWBniJd/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=5is9qgrzeyh4
So when @winemaker made a little dig about my #SSI presentation saying I left out OpenID (because I had plenty of time to talk about the history of identity on stage, ps it's in the report) I whispered 2 words - a name - in his ear when he sat down: It was @Johannes_Ernst. ;-)
What we see now is like a dim image in a mirror, then we shall see face to face. https://www.instagram.com/p/BpOF7nYnevA/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1ip6fgj3uhdh9
"You will not find a corpse, because I have never possessed a body." I have loved this film for decades. https://youtu.be/XHfs7OQ_Cwk #npe #nonpersonentitity-identity
@diskgrinder OG Ghost in the Shell
My one “Vegas” dress that I brought. Thinking it might be too scandalous to wear to this Money2020 pool party thing as I don’t want to confused with working girls. Hmmmmm. I need wingman. https://www.instagram.com/p/BpOJE4VnuJY/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1o2stdxd6mt3p
@diskgrinder Yeah I was like, I’m not getting any younger, so .... Vegas Vescent time.
Great recap. And nice to meet you @StevePannifer https://twitter.com/StevePannifer/status/1054375415056400384
Patterns at the SLS. @ SLS Las Vegas Hotel & Casino https://www.instagram.com/p/BpPndTcnDmK/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1vl0d1ag7iv9
This very cool Bond/70s inspired bar. I loved everything about it - including that it was empty!! https://www.instagram.com/p/BpPnyxin5kW/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1ri9nfnfh8i5f
Meeting internet friends IRL! It was a pleasure @pascalbouvier! https://www.instagram.com/p/BpPn56hnX_o/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=7xt5uvj56sb9
Thank you @money2020 and Las Vegas. On to be with my identity gang @idworkshop! #ssi #digitalidentity
My forever traveling companions. #travelingpainting #mrdogforever https://www.instagram.com/p/BpQIVrqnpNi/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=pqejqzsq4gg4
Multi-tasking identities is my favorite. Hidden in plain sight.
Kicking off #iiw27. Love this community. So many great friends, smart folks to talk about digital identity.
Opening circle at #IIW.
image image imageKicking off #IIW with sharing how/why we got into identity. Great conversation with some of my favorite identity curmudgeons. ;-)
image image imageHeidi @nobantu explaining #openspace - how we do things at #IIW .
image“Who ever comes are the right people. Whatever happens is the only thing that could happen. Whenever it starts is the right time. When it’s over, it’s over.” Great principles for #openspace and life in general. #iiw
@trbouma @ChristopherA Lol. Wishing you the best in Lyon!
Bliss and Emptiness: what can we learn from a Buddhist approach to identity? #iiw @ Computer History Museum https://www.instagram.com/p/BpSMnE-H2I0/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1kdyq96pys5b
My #IIW sessions. The 101 session is today. Bliss and emptiness every moment. ;-)
image imageRT @windley: #IIW XXVII kicking off this morning. Almost 300 folks. Opening question: what moment or event led you to believe digital ident…
Share and tear is a method being used in several #IIW sessions. Cool!
Today at #IIW @ Computer History Museum https://www.instagram.com/p/BpS5Ku7nWl4/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=l28zgxw734v6
Ask me about Decentralized Identifiers. #did #iiw @ Computer History Museum https://www.instagram.com/p/BpS5V6enUSJ/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=13tnjhvuzqsaf
These are my Bruce Lee socks and my @trippenshoes shoes. https://www.instagram.com/p/BpS6AYzn-Gf/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=13k0h8331stgs
Day 2 IIW started with a bang! Session 2: seven myths of SSI
imageThis #iiw is a firehose. Loving all the conversations and amazing people and discussions about #ssi. If you are curious or building or want to buils #ssi solutions, this is THE event to be (along with #RWOT).
Polar tic tac toe thanks to taoeffect. Bonus points for spiral/diagonal wins (IMO). #iiw @ Computer History Museum https://www.instagram.com/p/BpVWnMiHkwW/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=g6c3owaskotl
Demo table number 9. #iiw @ Computer History Museum https://www.instagram.com/p/BpVd4knnxZG/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1qw62z9prpsvk
I hate to admit the majority of the files on my desktop are academic papers... I guess I need to spend more time reading them. I seem to download three to five new ones each day...
Couldn't make #IIW? Check out the IIW Wiki - notes on many sessions. http://iiw.idcommons.net/IIW_27_Session_Notes
@fatemehx2 Yeah, sometimes I remember to send them to my kindle, but I wish there was better management for that on my kindle. So many pdfs there, and not all work well with the kindle structure...
@titus_k Thank you for being part of the community!!
After party at the Avante for Identity geeks is the best. I may have shared some things I didn’t mean too. #carkill #iiw #avante
Augmented reality is beautiful. https://www.instagram.com/p/BpWOdZhnkPq/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=44e110brdkfq
At the end of a long day... bliss and emptiness. #travelingpainting https://www.instagram.com/p/BpWZosLHqEh/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1c5yexfpc4ffk
Thanks for the kind words @kudrakarma . It was a fun session with great insights. https://twitter.com/kudrakarma/status/1055513874500206592
Turtles all the way down. I suspect this is taoeffect at work. ;-) @ Computer History Museum https://www.instagram.com/p/BpX2jxBnzlV/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1w315qz6u4cur
RT @windley: The #IIW Singers at closing circle
imageSan Francisco concert time. @ The Masonic https://www.instagram.com/p/BpYVUE2HO2O/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=4j9g4zws9kti
“I try to laugh about, hiding the tears in my eyes... cause boys don’t cry.”
Before Simple Minds takes the stage. @ The Masonic https://www.instagram.com/p/BpYWEErHFPK/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=bqulagg1d7hy
Back in my favorite guest room in the bay. Friends are the best! @ San Francisco, California https://www.instagram.com/p/BpYvd6tHVSS/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=tmyvum6njkf0
@adamkcooper @iglazer Here are my Fuji tsunami pair - today’s selection.
imageRock star move in any city: bed head, no make up, sunglasses, waiting in line for coffee. Even if it’s foggy in San Francisco. Also you are not a rock star if you’re waiting in line for your own coffee. Ps will someone bring me coffee?
Coffee, San Francisco, Sun and Fog. @ Peet's Coffee https://www.instagram.com/p/BpZzeNMnLUE/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1gjmig1gzjgg7
One of my best friends of my life. I’m so grateful for the decades of friendship. https://www.instagram.com/p/BpafLJunmkT/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=miyk1xbmfepm
Walk along the ocean before I return to my Mojave. https://www.instagram.com/p/BpafU_HnWdg/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1wu4edwc1gkl
Friday night Vegas flight.
Rainbow unicorn socks. These fabulous babies are from Oz - Dangerfields in Melbourne to be exact. I couldn’t pass them up. I also got these @trippenshoes s in Oz during the same trip.… https://www.instagram.com/p/BpatUXjHv2q/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=ffmeb67ti0wx
America “cannot always build the future for our youth,” said FDR on the eve of WW2, “but we can build our youth for the future.” -The Fourth Turning
@m1k3y I am going to get another dog, that’s what I’m going to do. :-)
@m1k3y I’m glad you approve. If I can’t save the world, I can at least save a dog.
@m1k3y Truth.
After a week of intense socializing, the bliss of silence, stillness, solitude.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO https://twitter.com/FilmStruck/status/1055834635429666816
I suspect this is about end of year earnings - cutting bone from Q4 to make CEO look good + get his bonus. This is the same timing as the yearly AOL/Time Warner layoffs. http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-warner-shuts-down-film-struck-20181026-story.html #filmstruck #earnings #capitalism
+ other strategy to slash and burn previous efforts and bring in own/new people in 2019 and build the exact same shit with different leaders that are controlled/have allegiance to new leadership. Then leadership will say - we launched new stuff - to take credit.
Another way to do this would be to keep the existing assets (products) going and re-tool... to understand if a unified stream brand makes sense. In media, long tail offerings give best customer experience. #FilmStruck But not for CEOs looking to cash out option at EOYear.
I'm pretty confident the #Filmstruck closure is ALL about increasing stock price for a CEO cash out. --> "John Stankey, made $10.1 million - less than $1 million in base salary & the bulk of compensation made up of $7 million in stock awards." https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/at-t-ceo-salary-climbs-287-million-1094017
Let's add some stock price analysis. This is all super fast and loose, running on gut and experience from my time at AOL when they did the horrible Time Warner merger. And did these layoffs in Oct/Nov EVERY YEAR. #filmstruck
Back to stock analysis ... There was a bump in stock price when the Time Warner AT&T merger closed. I bet that is stock strike price. So end of year need to be over that otherwise you're under water on your options. https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/twc/charts?countrycode=ca #filmstruck
The stock was highest on the merger close day ($13.31, 6/29/2017 was $12.99 previous high), than any time the previous 12 months. That says something. Stock price has gone down since merger announced. https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/twc/charts?countrycode=ca #filmstruck
What would be interesting to this equation is the P&L for the divisions that were cut - #filmstruck & there were others. (I'm too lazy to dig for stuff that may or not be in an annual report.)
I GUARANTEE that in 2019, TWC will spend cash on these same things being cut (w. new people)... but they have another year runway & the CEO will have already cashed out the stock so he won't care about the stock price as much EOY 2019. #filmstruck
Just want to point out how CEO compensation using stock has #unintendedconsequences. Read between the lines, watch the timing and it's clear, this is not about the product... it's about personal/CEO wealth goals. #filmstruck
In conclusion, I'm pretty confident, after my super fast & loose research, the #filmstruck closure is based on CEO compensation mechanisms - specifically using stock. If you want your long tail products to stay in business, that is the law we need to change. Knowledge is power.
Found this page that shows C level compensation for AT&T... that dark blue part of the bar is equity - the value of that blue bar depends on the stock price, the higher the stock = bigger value : https://www1.salary.com/AT-T-INC-Executive-Salaries.html
If you want to learn/read more about the trouble with incentives (and Executive compensation with stock is one example), this is a great article https://thesystemsthinker.com/%EF%BB%BFthe-trouble-with-incentives-they-work/ #filmstruck #unintendedconsequences
PS. this type of thinking is called "systems thinking" & it's somewhat counter-intuitive to linear and logical thinking... it's the way my brain works, and what helps me see things other people can't see. And it's fantastic and I love it.
I started out this morning researching Marlene Dietrich fashion for my upcoming trip to Hong Kong, planning to watch some of her films later on @FilmStruck, & ended up writing a thread about the #unintendedconsequences of executive compensation. https://twitter.com/heathervescent/status/1056235857764483072
@ThatVDOVault @WarnerMediaGrp @ATT @FilmStruck Thanks... Not to just put the CEO on the hot seat, but all the executives who get equity compensation.
More thinking about this (cause if I had the $$, I'd buy @FilmStruck), which made me wonder what is the price/value of it? I'd say @FilmStruck is worth the difference in the executive compensation between a stock price based on earnings w/ it in the bottom line vs it not.
That's an unusual way to think about the value of a product line. The value to the CEO compensation vs the value to us, the subscribers of @FilmStruck. It tells a lot about the leadership of a company.
@ThatVDOVault @WarnerMediaGrp @ATT @FilmStruck They could have spun off and sold the property too... if they had more time... they might have made more money as well... but if you're intention is to increase stock price ... you have to do it fast. Also, the Oct/Nov timeframe is especially telling. #filmstruck
Another thought: they could have spun off & sold @FilmStruck - but that would take too long to make a difference to the 2018 earnings. With a little effort and time another company would have gladly bought the assets.
Heya @MegJamesLAT you might be interested in my analysis of the #filmstruck closure. https://twitter.com/heathervescent/status/1056235857764483072
@Livable79 https://youtu.be/O0lf_fE3HwA ;-) <3
More Hong Kong fashion research.... https://youtu.be/uNteoE1Kyes ;-)
Part 2: https://youtu.be/irrFZMjdLNg
And the definitive one from Madonna: https://youtu.be/GuJQSAiODqI (OK, maybe not just for research for my Hong Kong trip...)
@MegJamesLAT My pleasure. Feel free to contact if you want to discuss.
@pascalbouvier you are!
More thinking about this thread and personal wealth goals. I wonder what the execs plan to do with the $$ (let’s not talk about the tax situation - would be super cool to see how much tax they all pay on this).
How will those execs use the money? Buy another house, pay off divorce, kids school, investments, their fuck you money? Contrast their use of money to lost capability & enjoyment by the #filmstruck employees /subscribers.
Going even deeper into the emotional reasons those execs need the stock price to go up... what emotional needs does their million dollars poorly satisfy? And are there non-financial solutions? Anyway, deeper musings on the point of humanity.
@sblackmoore @FilmStruck ROTFL!!!
@sblackmoore @FilmStruck I blame shitty human emotions.
All I wanted to do today was chill out and pick out styles for my Hong Kong tailor trip (a 20 year bucket list) not have these questions about the nature of capitalism.
@sblackmoore @FilmStruck This is why I live with the coyotes. ;-)
@sblackmoore @FilmStruck Hey, is there some new Carter for my bedtime reading? I forget your release dates...
@CynWag1 Sounds heavy! ;-)
@sblackmoore Fire season .... oh yeah! Bwahahahahhah
@sblackmoore Wait we talked about money transfers to the land of the dead ages ago right? I didn’t dream that... or did I?
Looking at all the great films on @FilmStruck and can't believe they are all going away because of some man's financial goals. Welp, I guess I'm gonna binge-watch Zatoichi tonight.
Psss @adamkcooper @justin__richer + who else was at the #IIW Avanti session? https://www.flickr.com/photos/sadmanduck/2324745913/ & https://www.flickr.com/photos/heathervescent/2324001761/
@adamkcooper @justin__richer Alas no. :-(
@adamkcooper @justin__richer Well, let me introduce you to my alter ego...
If you can't achieve INBOX ZERO, you get bonus points for inbox 23.
@vibronet @adamkcooper @justin__richer It was the afterparty session!
Since following the World Cup this summer, Twitter shows me sports trends. I was like, does Twitter think I'm a dude? Well the answer is yes. Gender assumptions are so messed up, because I hate sports, except for the Croatian team & @lukamodric10, who of course I am crushing on.
Well there goes my South America exit strategy.
@TheMadPrepper I basically live here already. Everything that goes to Mars is tested in my neighborhood first.
@mattblaze @munin @spacerog Purple is a good color.
Magic hour is pink sherbet sunset, dueling hummingbirds and spotting a tarantula on the walk around the property. The sky is an ocean of pink ripples.
imageA new layer of the slack. Payments are just one sitting in that space today. https://twitter.com/anildash/status/1056720975889338369
This --> <3 <3 <3 http://www.laist.com/2018/10/26/the_new_grinch_billboards_are_savage_and_spot-on.php
“I’ll tell you right away, I am a man who likes talking to a man who likes to talk.” The most convoluted conversation ever!
@sblackmoore Last time I was in LA, I noticed a distinct increase of Range Rovers and I was like WTF NYers GTFO. I never thought I'd say LA needs more BMWs but I was sure thinking it.
Hellooo Monday firehose...
@jPhoniks Yes, but it's my second favorite country in the world, and the fashion is amazing and I can never get enough pao de queijo or suco de acerola. It was a dream of mine, so many years ago with a boyfriend from Acre.
Three bags of veggies and some cupcakes --> shopping after workout.
Hey, just cause I'm not tweeting/RTing/responding to the news here... doesn't mean it's not breaking my heart. But I ask, which wolf are you feeding?
I know better than to look on petfinder, but I couldn't help myself tonight... it ends in tears and memories and maybe I'm not ready for another furever commitment yet, but I miss him so much. It's been particularly acute the past few weeks. I guess I'll know when it's time.
@jmichaelgraglia Wait, wolves can't vote! Thank you for your service! Made me much needed LOL.
Looks like I will partake in some retail therapy today.
I've been binge watching old films from the 30s, 40s and 50s on @FilmStruck. Part of this is binging on the best streaming service I've ever experienced (it's the content), the other is feeding data into my brain to parse re: generational theory & then there's fashion research.
It's fascinating, watching films during the last major infrastructure build. Looking at all those LA/SF buildings, cars, freeways all new, polished (& remembering the shitty windows, traffic - but we've got better cars.)
The "sexism" is stunning. Gender roles (and gender fashion) is typical, classic. I finally understand my grandmothers behavior, grace, helplessness, and amazing furnished parlors with a grand piano, chess set and drinking accouterments.
It was the end of WW1 & WW2, the struggles of those parents were overcome, time to put that behind and have a family. The children that would then challenge everything, destroy the structure of society, & blame everyone else.
But be careful what you destroy. These things you rage against served a purpose, they helped us to get to today. How can we keep and move forward the things that still serve us, and say goodbye those that no longer? Both in society and our selves?
While my grandmothers haven't been here for a long time, they are here with me. In my DNA, my crystal wine goblets, and my aspiration to be as kind and graceful under the pressures of living a totally different generation.
So I think about these things, put this media into my brain, slice and dice it as only a trained futurist's brain can. Watching the biases of the past, extrapolated through to the present & the variables/levers pushing it beyond.
I can't wait for VC for LinkedIN so I can revoke the BS credentials I just found someone I used to hire using. When we gonna get that @csuwildcat? #verifiedcredentials #decentralizedidentity #ssi #revokethatbs
I'm in the middle of a conference call today, and El Coyote saunters by in the full daylight of mid-day! I stop my interview to watch this fine specimen with whom I share the desert with.
This will be a great opportunity for someone, and most importantly, it pays a London living wage. Starting out or want to get more involved in #digitalidentity? Consider working with @WomeninID. #identity https://twitter.com/WomeninID/status/1057368653568622593
Hello Tuesday firehose. Crashed my mac for first time ever. I guess my zoom calls caught up.
Today's holiday used to be my favorite and the one I always celebrated. But this year, it barely registered. The marks the end of any Holiday acknowledgement. There's some meaning in this, but I have no idea what. #blissandemptiness
My x was in the neighborhood last night, so we caught up. It's amazing how many inside jokes we still had about each other, after all these years. It was bittersweet at times, but in the end, it's the friendship that lasts till death. #blissandemptiness
I had a visitor. https://www.instagram.com/p/BpnCBAqBIry/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=t6mwnugmoufk
