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Lift09 — Future Cities — Carlo Ratti

We are headed for the death of cities. In 2008, half the world population is living in cities. mapping = complexity to simplicity How do we make sense of all these digital representations of physical spaces? Bunch of projects. (haha! … Continue reading

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Lift09 — Florence Devouard — Update on Wikimedia Foundation

At the start, was difficult for the foundation (not enough money, etc). During the last couple of years, has stabilized a lot — much better situation.  25 staff members, 350 servers, 8mio dollars budget, audited and located in San Francisco. … Continue reading

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Lift09 — Ramesh Srinivasan — Cultural Futures

What would a diverse digital world/web look like? How is the web impacting the world? Design exposed Ramesh to questions of culture. (steph-note: I think this is a very good point/thing.) Put technology in the hands of people: things happen. … Continue reading

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Lift09 — Change — Yeong Roh

Arts: helps her think about herself. Shift of mode from previous speakers. More reflective. Change what, and how? and what should we change? Start with changing our outlook or perspective of ourselves. I Ching. Book of change. 2800 BC. Author … Continue reading

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Lift09 – David Rose – How Fiction Shapes the Future

Persistant needs/wishes fantasies: to know to communicate to heal to protect to create for mobility Inspirations for where to advance. Know To know the truth. Invention and fiction. Marsden (?): here were no cultural icons representing strong women => WonderWoman, … Continue reading

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Lift09 — Change — Nicolas Nova — The Recurring Failure of Holy Grails

Videophone 1969 — so expensive that nobody could use it. The Intelligent Fridge 1996 Location-based services 1993 — a success in terms of communication, but not in terms of where people are (steph-note: not sure I got that right) — … Continue reading

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Lift09 — Change — Patrick J. Gyger — Science Fiction and the Future

Amazing stories (pulp magazines). Looking into the future. Thirties. This is when SF started becoming a genre. SF starts creating a new 20th century. SF zeitgeist, science programme. SF moves over to other media: films, radio. Commercials start using SF … Continue reading

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Lift09 Workshop: Where will you work tomorrow? (Pierre Belcari)

Workshop information. Watch the video. Developing environments. Different solutions available at the moment in Europe. Evolution of the workplace. Where do we come from? Office: individual offices, cubicles, open spaces Hoteling: book work spaces when you need them, inside the … Continue reading

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Workshop About Coworking at Lift09

[fr]Je participe à un workshop sur le coworking à Lift, mercredi après-midi. Si vous avez prévu de venir à la conférence, rejoignez-nous-y. J’y parlerai de mon expérience avec l’eclau. Si vous avez des aventures style coworking à partager, contactez-nous pour … Continue reading

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