May 2022
It's Infowar, & it's hitting the markets too. https://medium.com/@heathervescent/the-internet-2020-rules-cda65d3b1098
ICYM, you are a target for infowar. (Also, I can not return to my hermitage fast enough.) https://twitter.com/heathervescent/status/1521337181423382528
Am I the only person who found it bumpy being with people IRL after 2 years of online interaction? Especially those who caused drama & distress in online communities I'm part of/lead? How do you deal with seeing the trolls of your online community IRL? #communitymanagement
Phrases to keep in your back pocket in the rest of non-California USofA. https://www.theonion.com/what-to-say-to-someone-considering-abortion-1848873614/slides/2
Quails calling, the hum of bees in vibrant yellow Palo Verdes, purple Jacaranda blooms, the dog recovered from the stress of travel. Memories of the black pavement at night, my friends the stars in the sky above. I find myself home & expand into the spaciousness of the Mojave.
@NishantK hahaha, standards is focused on *tech* with a side of politics or visa versa. UX, usability, unintended consequence, dev training and long term thinking are not applied and considered unwanted to developing a pure tech solution. yes. I am cynical.
@zatennisfan @NishantK OMG that's genius!
The problem with standards eloquently expressed. https://twitter.com/zatennisfan/status/1522312107714306048
@hautepop I have a lot of thoughts about this, but on Twitter my only comment is, you can always get a dog (or two).
We are at the feeding the dog mackerel paella specialty dog food stage of rescue dog ownership. I mean, who knew they made mackerel paella with pumpkin in aspic dog food!!! At least she likes it.
@jamesdgreig It is useful to research the ethos upon which Fight Club was based. Much of Fight Club (minus the fighting) was "borrowed" from The Cacophony Society, spawned from SF Suicide Club, which came from the Situationalists & Dadaists. It's the artist struggle against "normal" life.
@jamesdgreig It's not about the lulling of corporate jobs. It's about the struggle to listen to one's inner dream to be something beyond what society tells you should be, but you are too scared to take that leap (b/c comfort) until you are.
I like it when reporters ask me questions for their pieces via email. Working on a piece about the #future #identity #security #espionage #intelligence #insight #creativity #joshuaTree #mars #climatechange #wearables or just want a unique opinion? DM or send an email w/ deadline.
imageUsing @Docker? Want to get into #web3? The @storj team is giving a presentation how to do that right now. https://docker.events.cube365.net/dockercon/2022/content/Videos/83FmHBuJy2cwCAzXJ #dockercon #web3 Helping to build the bridge into web3!
I am back in the room where we legalized VHRs via new regulations in 2015 to revisit VHR regulation including a quantity cap. The regulations have served us well, but must adapt to change.
RT @GluuFederation: IIW 2022: A return to the Computer History Museum as decentralized ID hype peaks https://www.biometricupdate.com/202205/iiw-2022-a-return-to-the-computer-history-museum-as-decentralized-id-hype-peaks @idworkshop @…
A luxurious day with no meetings.
Short and sweet: Six Insights on the Future of Biometrics --> https://heathervescent.medium.com/six-insights-about-the-future-of-biometrics-963b1a101046 #biometrics #privacy #security
TFW you cannibalized your sacred writing time this morning dealing with other items. #amwriting but slowly.
To my credit, the writing inspired the things I started to do. Because it took 2 minutes to do them, but that lead to one more thing, and another things. Writing is a discipline of chaotic focus.
Reading about the Russian reaction to Sweden & Finland joining NATO, and all I can do think about this song. Seriously, Putin has gone Fatal Attraction. https://youtu.be/qrO4YZeyl0I
Join me this Wednesday for a sure to be fascinating discussion about The Future of Digital Identity at @CapitalOne 's Virtual Meetup with @WomeninID. I'll sound off about #voicebanking #mDLs #FacialRecognition #SSI #BYOI #interopableID https://www.eventbrite.com/e/women-in-identity-virtual-meetup-2022-hosted-by-capital-one-registration-324921407677. #digitalidentity
RT @johnnystantoniv: I just found out the person killed in the Laguna Woods shooting yesterday was my primary care physician, Dr. John Chen…
How to do spyware in 2022. Like selling malware infected USB sticks in the markets areas with lots of US military. PS. GENIUS. https://twitter.com/briankrebs/status/1526297731748216833
@js_horne hire a futurist.
@KateRoseBee This is how I process 4 active inboxes a few times a day & still find time to do quality work. https://www.heathervescent.com/heathervescent/2011/07/gtding-your-gmail-inbox.html. Happy to help or answer questions. Guess I've been using this system for 10+ years.
@KateRoseBee Also, for writing, I now try to get up at 6am ish, and write for 1-2 hours a day and have the discipline to not look at anything else. It's a practice, and even if I only get 30 minutes of writing in, I still feel happier and more balanced.
@karlitaliliana Love that it's bilingual. Great knowledge sharing.
The panel starts at 4pm ET / 1pm PT. See you there. I've got my notes all ready! #digitalidentity #govid #privacy #security https://twitter.com/idpro_org/status/1526955774135504896
"I'm on deadline today and that means I will be doing any manner of various things other than writing because I am a writer on deadline today." me to @ronmichael this morning. Yes, I am on deadline today.
Are you web3 culture native? 🦄🌈✨ One of my web3 clients is looking for help with developer relations, evangelism, content + more. Come work with me. I'll teach you what you need to be organized, successful & get things done w/ web3 ethos. My DMs are open.
Just because I've said forever goodbye to two dogs before (past 5 years) doesn't make it easier. Honestly, Archibald's decision was the easiest b/c it wasn't a decision. Mr Dog was my first & that was terrifying. Shoog continues to slowly decline, it's just the timing now.
@summer_burkes OMG GENIUS! #alreadyamember #cacophonysociety
Genius! I love it! Long Live Cacophony! https://twitter.com/summer_burkes/status/1527649685107642369
A Cacophonist’s bookshelf with morning coffee. #cacophonysociety https://www.instagram.com/p/CdyTIuhp7ej/?igshid=YTgzYjQ4ZTY=
@sphcow It wasn't! But our meeting was excellent!
These days, I delete more tweets than I tweet. Because, “Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” -Frankl
Our little girl. She loves this soft rug. I don’t mind it either. https://www.instagram.com/p/CdzNwqmp4w_/?igshid=YTgzYjQ4ZTY=
Yes indeed. I did write for 5 hours and still did not hit my deadline. 😭
Been thinking a lot about workplace sabotage. It's a foreign concept to me, but I'm naive. My first thought is to help. Still, I'm grateful to that dysfunctional team from a decade ago for the crash course. (Reflections on my failures in a soon to be ending volunteer role.)
It's sad, all the closed possibilities due to bad interpersonal dynamics, but then again, most startups fail due to interpersonal dynamics. Which is probably why I worked for myself for so long, but still, you can't escape, even if you move to the Mojave desert.
Contrasted with the impossibilities that are overcome in a team that respects each other, assumes the best, has open transparency & truly has each others back. You can overcome anything with a team like that. Those are the values I try to instill in all the teams I lead.
Especially if those "teams" are doing counterculture activities in order to influence mainstream society. (Looking at you cacophony society!)
Airdrop is your love language.
What do 30 y/o counter culturists do in 2022? Crypto? Street art? Weekend desert raves?
Maybe there aren’t any more counter culturists and it’s just militias, Airbnb hustling, Nuevo pagan desert witchery and judgmental activism. Disinformation is mainstream.
@bengo Just trying to figure out what 30 y/o self would be into rn.
With 20 pages of writing notes & fragments, you'd think I could edit it to 800 words. You would not be a writer.
@vgr More like people who wish they are futurists, but have no idea what Spiral Dynamics, Systems Thinking or Causal Layer Analysis is. See also, people who make predictions. See also, "strategists." See also, people who think about the future who think that makes them a "futurist".
I'm totally scattered today. Had a packed day of meetings and am canceling as many as possible now to spend last hours with Shoog. The last few weeks have been really tough, & so today, we send her off with as much love and mackerel paella that she can eat.
@mikojava Thanks Miko
First morning in a long time to wake up without a dog. I guess this concludes my 6 years of service to the last 2+ years of 3 rescue Boston Terriers. I’m sad. I’m relieved. I’m glad I gave them their forever homes. Til death do us part. Until we meet again in the golden light.
This is so LA. & I love it. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-05-12/california-drought-gavin-newsom-messaging-rating-water-conservation-graphics
RT @samkscholten: This is the only photo needed to explain stegonography.
imageMy evergreen comment on the state of the world: https://youtu.be/eo7iwlMFPrM & https://youtu.be/tsumMcjEPtQ
Really cool science story #1 (of today) https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1529579532906373128
Really cool science story #2 (of today) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04780-4
A hybrid path for identity. My latest for @BiometricUpdate --> "Maybe after decades of failures, we can bring our own identity layer to the internet and solve some of today’s rampant security problems in the process." https://www.biometricupdate.com/202205/avasts-charlie-walton-wants-you-to-bring-your-own-identity #digitalidentity #hybrid #security
@nicoleradziwill Isn't VenSim free?
@nicoleradziwill Haven't used it in a bit, but when I get a hankering for systems or stock and flow diagramming, I go there. It looks like maybe there were improvements over the last few years.
RT @hackinraccoon: Out of all the amazing things we could be using technology for, it’s often reduced to your stealing information to tryin…
Cocteau Twins play & I think of you @pinkyracr. In the pink cotton candy colored emptiness of the beyond. Right here, with me, but this veil of time and life separates us. Call me on the dream phone anytime. I miss you.
Today I realized, noticing the tarot reader in front of the laundromat in DTJT, that Joshua Tree is the new Venice beach. I'm not sure how I feel about this. But I'm glad there's a good pilates studio and heirloom tomatoes at the farmers market.
Did I tell anyone I was going to work this weekend? Sorry, I haven't.
Woo-hoo, so proud of this team. They did a fantastic job presenting several ways to use web3 with docker (minus the hype). (Disclosure: Storj is my client & I worked closely w/ the team on this.) It's real good web3. Watch, learn & roll up your sleeves! https://twitter.com/golubbe/status/1528844630833643520
Since I'm showcasing my client @storj today. I'd be remiss to not mention they are hiring a Director of Product Marketing: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/heathervescent_director-of-product-marketing-activity-6937490396650381312-1uil. Come work with me, with a great team on real web3 at a company that values diversity. Remote location!
