The Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference and a Social Network Users’ Bill of Rights (DRAFT)
DRAFT! Work in progress! Feedback welcome!
Final verison intended for Pam’s House Blend
What rights should social network users have? (DRAFT!)
Draft! Work in Progress! Feedback welcome!
Final version intended for the Computers, Freedom, and Privacy blog.
2010 06 09
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Computers, Freedom, and Privacy in a Networked Society: June 15-18, in San Jose and Cyberspace (DRAFT)
Draft! Work in Progress! Feedback welcome!
Revised version intended for Blog@CACM.
Notes from underground: heading into the home stretch
It’s another Geomagnetic.tv party, this time at the Gingerbread House — which is open for business again, apparently having gotten its permits in order. San Francisco’s “War on Fun” has even gotten coverage in Reason magazine; as Lois Beckett asks in SF Weekly, is it enforcement or harrassment? Hopefully it’ll all be copacetic tonight …
What would it mean if women were paid as much as men? (DRAFT)
Draft! Please do not link here!
Update, April 20: Rrevised version has been posted on Qworky’s blog, Better Software/Better World
Twenty-four years. Wow.
April 11, 1986, was our first date. I had no idea what it would turn into. Lucky me!
🙂
Happy Virtual Anniversary!
Notes from underground: Kinetic 4 at the Pacific Science Center
Okay, it might be stretching it a little to call it “underground” … still, Infinite Connections’ parties at the Pacific Science Center are always great fun. Promoters Amanita and Osiris Indriya are also the guys behind Hotwired, Seattle’s psytrance monthly, and know how to create a great vibe. The setting is amazing … Insect Trance, Dinosaur Downtempo, D&B in the Playground. What’s not to like?
It’s such a different experience going out in Seattle than it is in San Francisco. In SF, we usually cab; here, it’s driving — meaning hassles with parking, being careful not to drink too much, etc. etc. In SF, we have bunches of friends who are into the darkwave and psytrance scene, so often are meeting up with people … here, well, let’s just say our friends tend to have different interests and schedules, so we’re usually on our own.  We’ve been semi-regulars at some of the SF clubs and parties for years and so always see a lot of familiar faces; in Seattle, we’re not really part of the scene, so it’s much more the two of us hanging out. It’s all good, just in a very different way.
2010 03 20
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To friends old and new …
It’s been a beautiful and relaxing week in San Francisco. We had a great time at Death Guild’s 17th Anniversary, and things are going great with Qworky. Tonight, on the first night of spring, our friends at Kismet World Wide are having a launch party for their iPhone app WasteNot tonight, and later on perhaps there will be (properly-permitted) dancing and adventure.
Walking in Buena Vista park earlier this weekend, looking out over the city, I was thinking about how lucky I was to be here and share my life with so many great people. The next thing I knew, I was writing a haiku on my iPhone. After a bit more tweaking, here it is …
Relaxing spring sun,
Enjoying sweet memories
Of friends old and new
Life is good 🙂
Notes from underground: Warmth for Valentine’s Day
So tonight, and the rest of the weekend, I’ll be choosing desire over fear, trusting my intuition, trying not to analyze things too much, falling through the limitations of intelligence into pure and simple creativity, and bringing inner ecstasy back into my consciousness. And hopefully that’ll set the rhythm up for the entire year — and decade.
— A blue moon and an embarrassement of riches, December 31 2009
Good advice indeed, if I do say so myself! Six weeks later, looking forward to Psybertribe’s Warmth (and Dutch!!!!!) and then a dinner tomorrow with Deborah at Delfina, it’s a good time to take stock. How am I doing so far on my new year’s resolution to have more art, beauty, and fun in my life?
Not bad at all. Â And the trend is definitely positive 🙂
So my appreciation to the goddesses and muses I am so lucky to know. Thank you, thank you, thank you for the art, beauty,and fun you bring to my life. I hope you’re having a wonderful weekend and your year is off to as good a start as mine is.
And to the anomaly I worship … will you be my Valentine?
Tales from underground: HOTwired Seattle!
This’ll be the first time we’ve been to Seattle’s psytrance monthly HOTwired since it moved to Waid’s a couple of months ago.
Aminata and Osiris Indriya, Lara, Blue Spectral Monkey … and it goes to 4 a.m.
w00t!
Time to dance!!!!!
Rant: I still hate software (DRAFT)
Draft! Work in progress! Feedback welcome!
Revised version intended for Qworky’s blog Better Software/Better World
If you’ve got any examples of or stories about software you hate, please leave them in the comments!