Monthly Archives: February 2008

Qik Interview by Robert Scoble

Yesterday morning, Robert caught me for an express interview on Qik with his cellphone. Here it is. I speak about the beginning of my LIFT08 experience, and about Going Solo, of course. Here is my blog post about the open … Continue reading

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LIFT08: Paul Barnett

Creative director. Between the creative vision and the huge raft of people who do all the work. Is going to try and strip the gibberish away. “Lots of people online doing things.” Bother, too large to talk about! One of … Continue reading

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LIFT08: Guy Vardi (Casual Games)

steph-note: live blogged notes, may be incomplete, etc. Casual games? “silly, stupid games” “games for the housewife” steph-note: video went way too fast for me. If a hardcore game is a full meal, a casual game is a snack. Snacks … Continue reading

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LIFT08: Robin Hunicke (Game Design)

steph-note: live blogged notes, may be incomplete, etc. Computers aren’t really fun. Frustrating. Games and AI, on the other hand, are. Building and sharing is better than just building by your self. A little bit of vocabulary to think about … Continue reading

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LIFT08: Zentrale Intelligenz Agentur (Holm Friebe & Philipp Albers)

Very incomplete notes. What these guys are doing seems really exciting. Quality and nature of work changing. Lots of people from our generation are discontent with the opportunities they find in organizations, career opportunities. The Hedonistic Company. How do you … Continue reading

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LIFT08: Zentrale Intelligenz Agentur (Holm Friebe & Philipp Albers)

Very incomplete notes. What these guys are doing seems really exciting. Quality and nature of work changing. Lots of people from our generation are discontent with the opportunities they find in organizations, career opportunities. The Hedonistic Company. How do you … Continue reading

Posted in Being the boss, Live Blogging | Tagged Coworking, freelancing, holm friebe, lift08, My work, philipp albers, Videos, web culture, zentrale intelligenz agentur | 2 Comments

LIFT08: Kevin Warwick, the “Cyborg”

steph-note: live blogged notes, may be incomplete, etc. Kevin is exploring where the machine starts and the human stops. Two things: chips in humans rat brains in robots Working with Parkinson’s disease — deep brain scans to try to detect … Continue reading

Posted in Live Blogging | Tagged arm, cyborg, Events, implant, kevin warwick, lift08, nervous system, neural system, neurology, robot, science, surgery | 3 Comments

On Being Wiped Out

[fr]Epuisée mais contente. Si je ne vous reconnais pas, si je vous demande trois fois votre nom, si j’essaie de vous donner des cartes de visite trois fois… soyez indulgents. Je suis hyper contente de la réception de mon discours … Continue reading

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LIFT08: Eric Favre

Live notes that don’t really do justice to the talk — I had trouble keeping up. Passion is a necessary ingredient to invention (hence the presence of his wife here). Eckert is one of the first inventors, for Eric Favre. … Continue reading

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LIFT08: Rafi Haladjian

Note: live notes, probably incomplete, possibly misunderstood. Please post comments, links to photos, videos, or other coverage in the comments. Rafi founded Minitel start-ups, and now makes wifi rabbits. Calm technologies. Attention economy: screens require an exclusive attention span — … Continue reading

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