Talk at Bristol
Today I went to Bristol to give a talk at the Pervasive Media Studio. The Studio is in a redeveloped 19th-century building, surrounded by the Bristol cathedral, the
Ducks at the Abbey
Tonight, while walking back from dinner, we were crossing the square outside Bath Abbey, and saw two ducks. They looked like they were sightseeing. It was amusing.
Greetings from Bath
We got into Bath this afternoon, and spent the afternoon and evening wandering around the city, soaking in the Georgian excellence, and generally seeing things that Jane Austen
“I am for… I am for Bath”
Off to Bath this morning, where Heather and I will spend the day. Then tomorrow it's a short ride to Bristol to give my talk. I got the
Pretty much how I’ve felt about all of Cambridge
Down at Addenbrookes today, giving a talk about weight loss and futures. Across the parking lot from the building where I was speaking, there was this lab: sign
Photography as a technology that invites skill
One of the lines of argument I'm developing most strongly in the contemplative computing project is that contemplation (and more generally, any kind of sustained concentration or focus)
Francis Bacon on “the contemplation of things as they are”
The contemplation of things as they are without substitution or imposture without error or confusion is in itself a nobler thing than a whole harvest of invention. (Francis
My upcoming appearance at Watershed in Bristol
I'm giving a talk in Bristol this Friday at Watershed, one of those super-hip harborside renewal projects / performance / research spaces. It actually sounds quite cool: Watershed is a cross-artform
Talk at Bristol
I'm giving a talk in Bristol this Friday at Watershed, one of those super-hip harborside renewal projects / performance / research spaces. It actually sounds quite cool:
My last couple days
This is what's been keeping me busy: a new map of the project, which I'm converting into the Prezi. It's a fabulous example of one of those things