Entries tagged with: Travel

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Astana: Impressions

If you follow my Twitter stream (or my Flickr account), you'll know that I just got home from a week in Kazakhstan, participating in the Fifth Astana Economic Forum, or AEF. Kazakhstan is a geographically massive but lightly-populated Central Asian...

Posted on May 28, 2012 10:45 AM

London Calling At the Top of the Dial

I will be in London next week, and have arranged a talk -- open to the public -- on the topic of Geoengineering. Thursday evening, November 10, I'll be speaking at the Hub Westminster, as part of the TruthAndBeauty series....

Posted on November 1, 2011 1:07 PM

Interview at Futuro e Sostenabilita -- Rome

I spoke recently at an event in Rome entitled "Futuro è Sostenabilita" (Futures and Sustainability, unsurprisingly). After the talk, the organizers took me aside for a brief video interview. Nice, short summation of why thinking about the future is useful....

Posted on August 3, 2010 1:13 PM

A Dilemma

Is something still meaningful and true, even when it's been turned into a marketing slogan? (Spotted in London, in the window of a brand marketing agency.)...

Posted on June 24, 2010 3:36 AM

Radio Silence

Sorry for going quiet for the last few days -- I've been in Vienna, Austria, giving a talk at the "Future Space" event. That bit is done, but now I'm off to another project. The trip included the surreal...

Posted on November 18, 2009 3:05 AM

In Manchester...

Now I'm in Manchester, and will be giving the opening keynote for Futuresonic tonight. Wish me luck!...

Posted on May 13, 2009 3:11 AM

Quick Update -- New Hampshire & Australia [Updated]

Lots going on. Tomorrow (Wednesday) morning, I'll be interviewed live for New Hampshire Public Radio's "Word of Mouth" show; I think it's carried outside of New Hampshire, so if you happen across it (I'll be on 12:08-12:15EDT/9:08-9:15PDT), let me know...

Posted on April 7, 2009 9:17 PM

Upcoming Stuff

My 2009 is already filling up! Here's what the calendar holds so far: February 18-19: "Expanding the Vision of Sustainable Mobility" Art Center College of Design, Pasadena California. Talk to be determined, but likely about the future of sustainability. March-April:...

Posted on January 6, 2009 2:12 PM

80 Hours in the Air-Conditioned Nation

"What do Americans think of Singapore?" Three different people, all government officials, asked me some variant of that question. And all three times, they eventually made it clear that they were wondering how often "caning" came up in discussions...

Posted on November 7, 2008 4:02 PM

If I'm Quiet...

Here's my next month: Ongoing until November 17: Superstruct (online) If you aren't playing, you should be: I'm already seeing some wildly innovative ideas about what can be done to deal with global problems. October 24: Emerging Technologies Workshop as...

Posted on October 22, 2008 1:12 PM

Waking Up in Austin

My travel from Wisconsin to Texas went with fewer than expected hitches, and I'm now camped out at Jon Lebkowsky's flat in Austin, here for South by Southwest Interactive. I head back home on Wednesday, and thankfully have few travel...

Posted on March 7, 2008 5:24 PM

Back Home

I'm home now from London, and will be here for a week or so. Posting will resume shortly. In the meantime, here's a shot I took of Tower Bridge in London, the location of the horizonTAL workshop I attended: Here's...

Posted on February 25, 2008 9:23 PM

New World, Old World

My arrival in Budapest yesterday afternoon was largely uneventful*, and today's my first full day in the city. Already, however, I can see what the primary theme of the visit will be: transition. Hungary is still in the midst of...

Posted on October 1, 2007 3:20 AM

Budapest

I'm heading off to Budapest for the next week. I'm not sure what kind of Internet access I'll have while there, so posting may be sporadic or worse until next weekend. If I can, I'll post pictures from the trip...

Posted on September 29, 2007 9:59 AM

Security Theater of the Absurd

(This post written in the departure lounge for my return flight from London to San Francisco, about 2am Pacific Time, and posted upon my arrival home.) Security specialist Bruce Schneier uses a particular term to refer to the practices that...

Posted on May 21, 2007 4:54 PM

Back to the UK

And today, I'm once again chalking up the carbon debt, heading back to London for the next part of the Open University engagement. I normally fly British Airways, but I've been annoyed enough at their service (especially with regards to...

Posted on May 16, 2007 2:31 PM

Heading Home Soon

Looking forward to seeing the kitties and sleeping in my own bed. The meeting went very well; I'll have posts on it at some point soon. This week looks to be amazingly busy, though. As does the next. In fact,...

Posted on April 7, 2007 3:40 PM

Monday Topsight, March 5, 2007

• Pope-Emperor Declares Victory to Washington Officialdom: Mr. Sterling gets a Washington Post opinion page platform! It's the Net vs. the 20th-century fossil order in a fight that the cybergreens are winning. Why? Because they're not about spiritual potential, human...

Posted on March 5, 2007 6:06 PM

Mr. Cascio Goes To Washington

I will be heading to Washington, DC, in a couple of weeks, ostensibly to take part in a short workshop for the Institute for the Future. I'll be coming in a few days early, however, in order to hit a...

Posted on November 22, 2006 1:33 PM

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