Archive for the 'conferences' Category

TED and the pursuit of happiness

« 8 March 2004 | 23:43 | America, conferences, diary, humour, worklife | No Comments »

Tony Delamothe posted a great entry on his attendance of the TED conference, this year’s theme being on the pursuit of happiness. Something I’ve definitely been trying to work on, and an impetus for my current trip to Boston. Choice quotes from the detailed entry:
Nancy Etcoff, Harvard evolutionary psychologist, was next [the first [...]

Seoul, Korea

« 5 March 2004 | 0:54 | conferences, diary, law, media, sonystyle, travel | No Comments »

Just got back from my first time in Seoul, Korea attending the 59th IETF conference. Overall a relaxing few days since my presentation was held early on and went fairly smoothly. Have a bit of work cut out for me, but nothing to stress about. Had some downtime to check out the [...]

Adaptation follow-up

« 27 February 2004 | 0:14 | Japan, conferences, tokyo life | 1 Comment »

Checked out the 2004 World Orchid Fair last weekend hosted at Tokyo Dome. Goes on until this weekend. Quite a crowd, but mostly of grandmas and grandpas so if you’re 5′6″ or taller you’ll see things fine. Quite a collection of vegetation, with some serious designs and interesting things for sale, as [...]

The Pursuit of Happiness

« 13 January 2004 | 15:44 | America, conferences, education, scitech, travel | No Comments »

If ever there was a conference to attend this year, TED would probably be it. Check out this amazing lineup of speakers. From Alpana Singh, one of the youngest Master Sommeliers, to famed architect Shigeru Ban, this is quite a gathering. Unfortunately, it’s invite only :(
Monterey Bay at the cusp of spring, [...]

Hey Sony, Ask David Rockwell

« 8 September 2003 | 17:03 | conferences, design, salaryman, sonystyle | No Comments »

Fast Company held their RealTime Conference a few months ago, and now they’ve got transcripts from some of the speaker sessions up. I say Sony should work with David Rockwell after having read his speech. It’s a bit incohesive, but I like his key points.
Why Great Customer Experiences Start with Great Design

CHI 2003 paper accepted

« 4 June 2003 | 23:55 | conferences, geekery, r&d, scitech | 1 Comment »

CHI2003 already happened, but I’m just getting around to posting the paper for the project I helped work on at PARC, formely known as Xerox Parc. I was there last summer as an intern coding up the audio framework. It was a trip walking down the hallowed halls, and I managed to snag [...]