Archive for July, 2007

Pattern Recognition and the Elusive Life/Work Balance SPEECH: RESOLUTIONS, Orlando 02.05

THERE’S AN INTERESTING BOOK CALLED PATTERN RECOGNITION, just a piece of fiction, science fiction, by William Gibson. I’m an avid fiction reader, don’t like self-help books, can’t do too much non-fiction on my time off. When it comes time to choose, I choose fantasy. Pattern Recognition. Just the title alone is fascinating to me. If… Continue reading…

Thoughts on Spoleto 2007

ASIAN DANCERS IN BLACK, making shapes, in groups of one, two or three, each entering and exiting the shape at a different time to make more (shapes). Silence. Then music and paint in mitts. Dancers leaving an insect trail of black, then color across a giant floor canvas. Loops, and curls, flow. A painting was… Continue reading…

Apple Shakes It Up

TAKING A POT SHOT AT THE STATUS QUO has always been Steve Jobs modus operandi. With the iPhone launch, he’s out to create a sea-change in the way cell phone services are bundled and controlled. In other words, he’s messing with who makes the money for what and how. PROFIT MODULES FOR CARRIERS through limiting… Continue reading…