Just got back from the latest tech cocktail, enjoyed most conversations, including an extended philosophy session with the ravenously beautiful Ron May. Saw a lot of old faces and an even greater number of new ones.
If I met you there, drop me an email.
A while back, I mentioned that I went to the Daley Urban Forum at UIC. The final panel of speakers included Sarah Dunn from UrbanLab. She spoke about a design project that she was working on called Growing Water.
In her presentation, she said that 20% of the Earth’s fresh water is in the […]
I generally like the free trade coffee that you can get in Chicago’s Farmer’s Markets, but it is pretty inconsistent as to where you can find it and it is only available in the Summer (as far as I know, please correct me if I am wrong). When we traveled to Costa Rica last […]
About 2 months ago, I started pondering the application questions for Bruce Mau. I have come up with a couple of drafts for the questions, and posted them as I had time. I’d love the opportunity to talk with Bruce Mau Design about working with his team, it seems like a fantastic opportunity […]
Harper and I went to Barcamp yesterday over in Wicker Park. I was showing off the XO and answering questions about the OLPC project, while Harper mucked around with 500,000 devices he brought in tow (including the super awesome bluebox).
I’m headed back over there this afternoon to catch Jason Jacobsohn from CEC talking on […]
The OLPC program has officially stated the while the initial plan and long term goal is to benefit third world and impoverished countries, the only qualification for the laptops to be rolled out in a region is government buy in. One of the largest issues that the program has to overcome is to avoid […]
Last week, when I found out that Bruce Mau was coming to Chicago, I decided that I wanted to work with him, and that brought me to this: http://www.brucemaudesign.com/jobs.html
The application process involves answering 3 questions:
1) In the future, how will we communicate?
2) Will we shift from the service of war to the service […]
Last Wednesday, I went to the third annual Richard J. Daley Urban Forum at UIC. I had a great time and meet a lot of interesting people, including Shylo from Gapers Block.
I learned a couple of valuable things at the forum:
- The keynote speaker, former Secretary of the United States Treasury Robert Rubin, […]
