Thursday, May 3, 2007
Found
He provides a number of answers.
Here's a more personal one. Phil is the guy who got me back into full-time journalism after decades away from it, and for that I'll always be grateful.
And while I'm happy for all he's doing for Nicagagua (and geekery, and much more), I miss seeing him stateside. Back when both Phil and Linux Journal made its home in Seattle I traveled up there frequenly and enjoyed every minute of it.
Working for LJ is still as fun as it ever was, but there's only one fyl.
Gotta add Nicaragua to the itinerary.
Perhaps a ProjectVRM retreat?
News about news
The Future of Multi-Media Digital News and Cultural Networks features many of the folks at UCSB and beyond who have been thinking about the titled issue for a long time, plus fellow travelers like JD Lasica. I'll be there. Look forward to seeing other locals (and visitors) there too.
Get a robot to blog for you
Hi, Bloggy.
Progress
One post at a time.
[Later...] David Wallace points out that the above link goes to a login page. I don't remember what the original post was, so the context is lost. But I'm leaving the post up, just in case something starts to make sense. Not counting on it, though.
Under the hipdar
According to this, I'm not going to all the "ten hottest conferences in tech".
Yet I'm making more conference progress than ever — at events that don't make the list. These include the ones over on the left there, plus a few more.
It's interesting to actually Get Stuff Done, rather than the usual.
Here's one key: small groups. Another: purpose-driven.
The >$128,000 question
The biggest why-opener in our 4-day visit to England was the brutal exchange rate. We seem to have chosen a bad time to visit, with the dollar worth less than half a pound. London is expensive to begin with, but ... jeez. Even if you put a $ instead of a £ sign in front of the prices, they looked high. A little bottle of water cost $5. A lousy lunch at a faux fifties hamburger joint inside Harrod's came to more than $100.
As I look toward more international travel in the next year, the prospect of a tanking dollar is an unfun prospect.
The big question is: why? Not that I can do anything about it. Just, y'know. Wondering.
Catching up
I'm back home. The trip was long, but had its fun parts. Watch here for some remarkable pictures from aloft of the U.K. Greenland and parts of Canada and The West.
Meanwhile, I have many errands to run and stuff to catch up on. If you're among the many waiting for me to get back with you, stay tuned.