October 2008
was kind of amazed that out of 550 visitors,only 3 seemed to use twitter. These older ppl are supposed to be the designers of modern society
it actually helped creating a contrast between the programpart, and the closing episode of speakers - intensifying the experience.
Going for a graduation social in Utrecht
although I couldn’t be sure in the begin how authentic it was, I now understand how there was a disconnect between the ppl on stage/audience
rethinking the groundswell of this afternoon. Pretty impressive how 500 ppl turned against 3 ppl on stage.
groundswell: audience against stage, so it seems..
‘real life is just one more window’ - ict 101 by valerie frissen
harold doornbos, warjournalist, just finished his talk about the 10 wars he reported in the past 15 years.
disturbing fact: just talked with someone from the dutch police about international weapontrade. A AK47 costs only $0,50 when from China.
heading straight for the coffee corner. 2 short nights after 2 long days..
entering workshop by christian van t hof - google earth real time
next speaker: robert polet - gucci, about mobilizing creativity.
lunchtime..
metaverse stuff
100y that is
next, lord alec broers. Talking about the 14 tech challenges for the next 10 years.
Beatrix just drove by. Seems like she’ll join for the coffee.
theme is based around charging. What drives us? In the broadest sense of the word
prince Constantijn on stage now, reading out the rules (phone won’t turn off)
make solar energy economical, provide energy from fusion, heath informatics, secure cyberspace, enhance vr,
a really long introduction..
sun hitting earth produces 10000x more energy we use.
but also restore/improve urban infrastructure and provide clean water..
theo jansen closes his talk on how he creates new forms of life - part of such beast on stage - http://mobypicture.com/?3w0b5y
theo creates ‘new forms of life’ check youtube for some videos, he has one of there things on stage.
he uses pvc (it’s typical dutch, he says. That is why it is the same color as cheese)
lack of clean water is causing more deaths in the world than war.
next on stage, an artist: theo jansen
the evening kicked off well with kris verburgh with a talk on science and religion.
heading for ‘de tent’, or what is disputed to be the olderst student society in The Netherlands.
#veer “to start with, please turn off your mobiles”..
staying in the very center of Leiden, in a house which reminds of my own, but cleaner.
secretly tries to decipher the bahasa Indo of 3 elder ppl in the train.
Packing for de Veer. Let’s she what to bring and what to leave at home.
internet is reaching snailspeed here. Hard time to load any page..
Interview for this evening was canceled.. So I’ll spend the evening at home pimping the sweetcron theme.
Appointment set for another supervisor meeting in Enschede for Thursday next week.
Preparing badge files and briefing the crew for next Mondays event. Exciting days ahead: VeerStichting & MOMO8
More people added to the list of interviewees! :)
Trying sweetcron on my domain. Still beta, but I like it better than a blog:) www.samwarnaars.com
Just received an email that someone can’t make it to #MOMO next week.. In case you know you can’t come, free your seat by changing ur RSVP:)
quite an international audience here. Talks are about powerstructures in Sierra Leone, Malaysia and Indonesia.