In Stockholm
We're in Stockholm, Sweden for the next couple days. I'm at a conference at the Mobile Life Center, in Kista, which is the high-tech neighborhood of Stockholm. Lots
My talk in Malaysia
I've put a copy of my Malaysia talk, which I delivered last week, up on Slide Share. The version below shows you the slides themselves, but not the
Expecto Patronas Twin Towers
I'm in a taxi that's barreling down the freeway to KLIA, and will get to the airport really early and have lots of time to explore and take
On academic presentations and the future of conferences
Author and creative writing teacher Rachel Toor writes in the latest Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription required) about the problems of either dashing off talks the night before,
Dymaxion surprise
On Wednesday, during a break in the conference (they scheduled half-hour breaks between speakers, which I think was intended to give people lots of time to go look at the exhibits, network, etc.), I was walking around the entrance hall of the Suntec convention center, and taking pictures of the water sculpture-slash-fountain.
via flickr
It's hard to see, but the sculpture has water running down the sides.
via flickr
It also has lights that change color. And it's big. So it hits the triefcta of Singaporean public sculpture.
As I walking around the floor, I noticed that the tiles seemed to make a map of South Asia.
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