October 15, 2004
random carpe notes
. looks like i might get a deja view to experiment with after all
. spoke with a recent phd grad from media lab. interesting to hear his thoughts and experience
. big props to dr drucker, who is sitting next to me as i write this, for walking me around when the conference started.
. steve mann, who actually offered to be on my thesis committee, invited me to his conference next year (hopefully to present) and offered whatever help he could.
. ive got video of almost all of the sessions, but its small and im not sure of the sound quality. i have to shrink it further to get it on the blog, so im not sure it will end up being worth sharing. once i get cleaner installed, ill see what i can eek out.
. met the eyeblog guys and have some media of myself from them. was cool to talk about their work, their experiences and their publicity (they left early to go get interviewed by 'good morning america'.)
. it looks very very likely i will get my hands on a sensecam in the future to play with narratives on it. exciting to know that i will be able to work with a variety of hardware systems this year. being able to explore video/audio vs. video vs. stills is great.
. this was an amazing day. so nerdy but so compelling to me. i feel caught up, educated and linked up. i have felt behind since i got sick, but just this one day here had made me feel on top of my game. i am now part of the community. i am ready.
