Category: Events

  • Digital Backchannels in Shared Physical Spaces

    danah boyd and I are organizing a panel on "Digital Backchannels in Shared Physical Spaces" at CSCW 2004.  If anyone wants to "join" us on the IRC chat channel, we’ll be at #cscwC (on irc.freenode.net) from 11:00am-12:30pm Central Time today (Wednesday, November 10).  More info on how to use IRC can be found on the…

  • Entrepreneur University 2004

    I attended Entrepreneur University 2004 today, a daylong workshop at the University of Washington sponsored by the Northwest Entrepreneurial Network (NWEN).  Lots of interesting and inspiring presentations and discussion, much of it emphasizing the importance and value of passion and emotion in the success of a venture. 

  • When One Door Closes, Another Opens

    I have left Intel Research Seattle to open up to new opportunities. I sent out farewell messages, and a number of people have asked for more information. I decided to post some more information on this blog, motivated in part by a desire for efficiency — write once for multiple potential readers (a sort of…

  • A Reptilian Birthday

    We had 9 boys over for Evan’s 9th Birthday Party on Saturday. The highlight of the party was Scott Petersen, The Reptile Man, who brought a frog (the most difficult of all the animals catch), a lizard (who provided pieces of an old layer of skin as “gift bags”), a tortoise (who gave rides to…

  • CSN @ CSM

    I went to see Crosby, Stills & Nash at Chateau Ste. Michelle last night with Amy, Bruce & Mary; it was the last concert of the season for both the band and the winery. Bruce arrived when they opened the gates and braved the rain to secure fabulous, front-row, center, lawn seats for us. By…

  • Vicariously Experiencing Burning Man

    I’ve never been to Burning Man, but know several people who have participated in the annual event, including Pat Baudisch, on whose office door I recently saw this wonderful list of “How to enjoy the Burning Man experience from the comfort of your own home.” I’m not sure how well this approximates the real experience…