“What’s up with those Mommy Bloggers? They keep hugging each other.”
It is weird being one of only three men in a sea of people at a party. Now I know what it feels like at a usual tech conference, albeit in reverse. And the hugging? Well, this crowd definitely has a different social contract than most of the tech geek things I attend.
Leaving BlogHer for a minute, today I attended (and moderated a couple of demo-style sessions) the AlwaysOn Conference. Lots of suits. VCs. And other various riff raff, like me. Tony Perkins, founder of AlwaysOn (the conference I attended today), showed me Dave.TV, which looks interesting but is way too slow to keep my attention.
Then Stewart Butterfield (co-founder of Flickr, now at Yahoo) dropped by the table that Steve Gillmor and I were hanging out at (sorry, I’m so BORED by speeches that come with PowerPoints and hearing Steve explain why links and Office are dead is infinitely more interesting) and told me some tantalizing new things that his team is working on. Of course I immediately asked if I could come over with my new soooopppppeeeerrrrr dooooopppppeeerrrr video cameras (sorry, Christopher Coulter, I got a Sony, not the Panasonic you recommended, cause I couldn’t justify the extra $2,000 and cause I like the Sony) and someone at the table said “oh, so you’re gonna do Channel 9 for the rest of the world now, huh?”
Damn, caught me.
Oh, and if you’re waiting for me to answer your email. Keep waiting. I didn’t do any email today and the pile just gets deeper and deeper. I’m already two weeks behind on email. Not good. But, then, I’m on vacation, and too busy trying to keep up with Maryam (who dragged Patrick and I to two furniture places after the BlogHer speaker shindig tonight).
What else is on my attention radar today? Wiki’s! But, not ready to talk about them. Damn, though, lots of you are really interested in them. That post generated a lot of email and phone calls. All of which are greatly appreciated.
Anyway, all around me tonight I heard great business opportunities. Especially for video bloggers. I’m gonna stay quiet on this one, though, cause I see some opportunities no one else has bothered doing yet.
More to come from BlogHer over the next few days, I’m sure, the tag to watch is BlogHer06.
I’m gonna disappear again. Damn, my email is going nuts. Calling David Allen! Calling David Allen!
If you’re at BlogHer, say hi! I won’t be hard to find. I’m the blonde. Heheh.
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State of VR with Philip Rosedale (done in VR itself, very cool): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zAA1EVGUZU
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Augmented World Expo, June 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4xHILvLD8E
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Scoble gives you a front-row seat on the future.
Literally. He had the first ride in the first Tesla. Siri was launched in his house. He's been the first to share all sorts of technologies and companies with you, from Flipboard to Pandora to Instagram.
Today he's focusing on mixed reality, AKA "next-generation augmented reality" which will include a new user interface for EVERYTHING in your life (IoT, Smart Cities, driverless cars, robots, drones, etc).
That's based on his view thanks to his past experience as futurist at Rackspace.
Best place to find Scoble? On his Facebook profile at https://www.facebook.com/RobertScoble
He has been a technology blogger since 2000, was one of five people who built Microsoft's Channel 9 video blog/community, worked at Fast Company Magazine running its TV efforts, and has been part of technology media businesses since 1993.
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TITLE: The Fourth Transformation: What's next in mixed reality (AR and AI) and the future of technology?
Here's an example of this talk at Leade.rs in Paris in April, 2017: https://youtu.be/52_0JshgjXI
Why "the Fourth Transformation?"
Soon we will have phones and glasses that do full on augmented reality. Everything you look at will potentially be augmented. This world is coming in late 2017 with a new iPhone from Apple, amongst other products. Microsoft is betting everything on its HoloLens glasses that do mixed reality and the industry is spending many billions of dollars in R&D and funding new companies like Magic Leap.
This future will be the user interface for IoT, Smart Cities, autonomous cars, robots, drones, and your TV.
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Over the next four years, or two clicks of Moore's Law, a ton about our technology world will change. Scoble will bring you the best from his travels visiting R&D labs, startups, and innovators around the world.
He views the world through his rose-colored-mixed-reality glasses, which will be the new user interface for self driving cars, Smart Cities, IoT, and many other things in our world.
He'll send you off with some lessons for companies both large and small.
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"Personalized Meaning: What is Augmented Reality For?"
As we enter a far more technological world where even cars drive themselves, I predict we'll see a blowback toward the analog, more authentic world.
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Get Scoble's insight into where augmented reality is going, see tons of real-world demos, and understand what he means by 'personalized meaning.'
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ENDORSEMENTS:
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Time: One of the top 140 Twitterers!
FT: One of the five most influential Twitterers!
Inc. Top 5 on list of Tech Power Players You Need to Know: http://www.inc.com/john-rampton/30-power-players-in-tech-you-need-to-know.html
Next Reality: #4 on top 50 AR influencer list: https://next.reality.news/news/nr50-next-realitys-50-people-watch-augmented-mixed-reality-0177454/
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PS – Actually I’d really want the Panavision Genesis over even the 24P-dream Panasonic’s. 🙂 And start pointing your camera at non-techies, getting Douglas Spotted Eagle, Stephen Pizzello or people like that on camera…
PS – Actually I’d really want the Panavision Genesis over even the 24P-dream Panasonic’s. 🙂 And start pointing your camera at non-techies, getting Douglas Spotted Eagle, Stephen Pizzello or people like that on camera…
And why can’t it be about excellence, real ideas, or expertise rather than gender identification?
I am reminded of an old Doonesbury cartoon in which Joanie is on the telephone explaining that she only gives her son “gender neutral” toys.
Her son suddenly runs into the room, wearing a colander helmet and wielding a broom like a rifle, screaming, “BANG! I SHOT YOU! YOU’RE DEAD, SHE-RA!!!”
Joanie then tells the person on the other end of the phone, “Unfortunately it hasn’t been entirely successful.”
(I am quoting this from memory, so the text is probably wrong, but that was the gist of it.)
And why can’t it be about excellence, real ideas, or expertise rather than gender identification?
I am reminded of an old Doonesbury cartoon in which Joanie is on the telephone explaining that she only gives her son “gender neutral” toys.
Her son suddenly runs into the room, wearing a colander helmet and wielding a broom like a rifle, screaming, “BANG! I SHOT YOU! YOU’RE DEAD, SHE-RA!!!”
Joanie then tells the person on the other end of the phone, “Unfortunately it hasn’t been entirely successful.”
(I am quoting this from memory, so the text is probably wrong, but that was the gist of it.)
Why David Allen?
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Why David Allen?
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Robert,
Have you changed your mind about taking a few days off?
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Robert,
Have you changed your mind about taking a few days off?
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Ahh, no biggie on the Panasonic, I can’t afford either… 🙂 I love Sony too.
Channel 9 for rest of world sounds great…
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Ahh, no biggie on the Panasonic, I can’t afford either… 🙂 I love Sony too.
Channel 9 for rest of world sounds great…
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Have a good time at BlogHer Robert, wish I was there….
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Have a good time at BlogHer Robert, wish I was there….
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PS – Actually I’d really want the Panavision Genesis over even the 24P-dream Panasonic’s. 🙂 And start pointing your camera at non-techies, getting Douglas Spotted Eagle, Stephen Pizzello or people like that on camera…
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PS – Actually I’d really want the Panavision Genesis over even the 24P-dream Panasonic’s. 🙂 And start pointing your camera at non-techies, getting Douglas Spotted Eagle, Stephen Pizzello or people like that on camera…
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cc: because his system is the best I’ve seen at keeping up with a busy life.
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cc: because his system is the best I’ve seen at keeping up with a busy life.
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Munir: I’m going to be in a slow-down mode until August 14th to try to catch up on my email.
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Munir: I’m going to be in a slow-down mode until August 14th to try to catch up on my email.
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For someone attending BlogHer, you seem to oddly just talk about and drop the names of men.
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For someone attending BlogHer, you seem to oddly just talk about and drop the names of men.
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Maybe I’m missing this, but why in 2006 do we women need our own blog site?
Frankly, it looks like the same old fashion, mommies, dating etc. . . . Ladies Home Journal/Redbook/iVillage…stuff
Can’t we all blog together? And why can’t it be about excellence, real ideas, or expertise rather than gender identification?
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Maybe I’m missing this, but why in 2006 do we women need our own blog site?
Frankly, it looks like the same old fashion, mommies, dating etc. . . . Ladies Home Journal/Redbook/iVillage…stuff
Can’t we all blog together? And why can’t it be about excellence, real ideas, or expertise rather than gender identification?
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Can’t we all blog together?
No.
And why can’t it be about excellence, real ideas, or expertise rather than gender identification?
I am reminded of an old Doonesbury cartoon in which Joanie is on the telephone explaining that she only gives her son “gender neutral” toys.
Her son suddenly runs into the room, wearing a colander helmet and wielding a broom like a rifle, screaming, “BANG! I SHOT YOU! YOU’RE DEAD, SHE-RA!!!”
Joanie then tells the person on the other end of the phone, “Unfortunately it hasn’t been entirely successful.”
(I am quoting this from memory, so the text is probably wrong, but that was the gist of it.)
Besides, it’s kind of difficult imagining a “mommyblogger” going to Iraq, picking up an automatic weapon, and inadvertently turning a propane tank into a bomb during a firefight with insurgents, then, say, making a batch of cupcakes for the wounded.
Though that would be cool. In a Sigourney Weaver vs. Aliens sense.
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Can’t we all blog together?
No.
And why can’t it be about excellence, real ideas, or expertise rather than gender identification?
I am reminded of an old Doonesbury cartoon in which Joanie is on the telephone explaining that she only gives her son “gender neutral” toys.
Her son suddenly runs into the room, wearing a colander helmet and wielding a broom like a rifle, screaming, “BANG! I SHOT YOU! YOU’RE DEAD, SHE-RA!!!”
Joanie then tells the person on the other end of the phone, “Unfortunately it hasn’t been entirely successful.”
(I am quoting this from memory, so the text is probably wrong, but that was the gist of it.)
Besides, it’s kind of difficult imagining a “mommyblogger” going to Iraq, picking up an automatic weapon, and inadvertently turning a propane tank into a bomb during a firefight with insurgents, then, say, making a batch of cupcakes for the wounded.
Though that would be cool. In a Sigourney Weaver vs. Aliens sense.
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re: e-mail backlogs..
When is some startup going to come up with a semantic analysis program for e-mail, that sorts e-mail into categories like:
“Wants Money”
“Meaningless Rant”
“Rant with good points”
“Reasoned discussion”
“Personal Attack”
“Me Too Mail”
Etcetera. Sometimes a lot of e-mail (and I imagine it’s worse for well known people such as yourself)is just of the last (“Me Too”) category…
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re: e-mail backlogs..
When is some startup going to come up with a semantic analysis program for e-mail, that sorts e-mail into categories like:
“Wants Money”
“Meaningless Rant”
“Rant with good points”
“Reasoned discussion”
“Personal Attack”
“Me Too Mail”
Etcetera. Sometimes a lot of e-mail (and I imagine it’s worse for well known people such as yourself)is just of the last (“Me Too”) category…
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