Ever wanted to own a desktop mill, what about one that you could take on your walk to the bus or just hand carry to a friend’s home? Well, the San Francisco-based makers of Otherfab, a team inside Otherlab, have made this a reality, and kicked butt on kick starter by reaching funding goals in … Continue reading
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Conscious Capitalism: Make your Mondays Matter #cc2013
This a second article around my learnings from the Conscious Capitalism conference. Given the choice, how would you do your life differently next Monday? Mondays are tough for many people for whom Sunday ends their weekend. Yet whatever your schedules, “Monday” is the word used to mean the beginning of your work week. How can … Continue reading
FF: March: Unplug | Dent | Hack
Fridays are filled with all sorts of requests, so I decided today to start a Feature Friday where I share per week, ongoings during the month. This Friday’s three share are: Digital Detox, a get away to escape your digital gadgets, Dent the Future, a conference that brings together people from all over the world … Continue reading
San Francisco Bay Lights Get
Disclaimer: I made this video while at the gathering still, and it was too loud to realize what music I had chosen to accompany the video. Sorry folks! : Leo Villareal, the American artist known for creating illuminated displays using LED lights and programming, used the Bay Bridge as his canvas to put together a … Continue reading
MYO Gesture Control Armband: Is the Time of the Keyboard Ending?
MYO, by Canadian Thalmic Labs, is a gesture control armband that is currently on preorder, is planned to sell for $149 usd off their site. The website has a video of the product and holds a caption that points to a potential that will have us all gesturing our commands. I suppose Italians will … Continue reading
LASER Talk at Stanford: Where Art And Science Try Connecting
Carina Earl, Luke Muelhauser, Christine Marie, and Helene Mialet presented insight of their projects this month at the LASER held at Stanford. LASER stands for Leonardo Art/Science Rendezvous and LASERs provide artists and scientists and opportunity to do informal presentations and conversations with audiences who can usually attend LASERs for FREE. I was delighted to … Continue reading
San Francisco Valentine’s Street Spotting: Flowers and Men
A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art. Paul Cezanne Spotted: Flowers and attractive men on the streets of SF, sometimes both of them together. Since tech culture exploded, this city might be majorly tech, and known more for the shy than the high strung and loud but the city … Continue reading
Thursday Tip for Autistic Men and the Like
mango heart shape I photographed in Myanmar’s Mandalay. *Note: If you are the bearer of the compliment, be kind enough to accept it, this is also a good day not to be a Grinch or negative about anyone approaching you with kindness. Social experiments where one interacts with strangers are easier to do on days … Continue reading
Getting Personal: TechLife in San Francisco and Dating
Living here is odd when you do media. I am always at a conference and I’m constantly surrounded by men, but I definitely give the “don’t want to date a single one of you” vibe, which isn’t really true, but I like to separate professional and personal life. Unfortunately, now that I’m single, it feels … Continue reading
GAFFTA: Be a Part of the Summer of Smart Hackathon in San Francisco
Originally posted at: Be a Part of the Summer of Smart Hackathon in San Francisco | Dutiee San Francisco, CA: GAFFTA provided opportunity for Hacking for Public Health and Food Spaces. This is my first hackathon as a participant, after attending over a dozen of them in my life. Day one of the Summer of … Continue reading