Here's me at a GBN party

I basically took a day off and traipsed about. Visited with friends and attended a lecture. I thought that I'd bring you along and show you my day! Here we go!

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Here's me at a GBN party
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Here's me at a Global Business Network networking party, which hosted a very interesting talk by Kevin Kelley from Wired. Kevin is working on a new book, with is a very compelling analysis of the evolution of science and technology. Anyway, you can read more at www.kk.org/thetechnium/.

sitting in Union Square

Union Square
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Here I am, sort of reversing time, sitting in Union Square, which is really starting to look like a piazza in Europe, isn't it? I took three photos of the Square on my cameraphone and composited them... Anyway, I'm here to meet with Po Chi Wu, a venture capitalist with a heart. One that beats and everything!

Having coffee with Po Chi Wu

Having coffee with Po Chi Wu
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Po Chi Wu and I met to hang out, catch up, and talk a bit about doing business in China. It's pretty stimulating whenever we talk - right there, over coffee, we may have invented a way for US startups to partner with China startups. Sort of like mental calisthenics!

Art at the Open Source Apps Foundation

Art at the Open Source Apps Foundation
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Then I went over to visit with Mark Resch, who's now at Creative Commons. The foundation is situated at Mitch Kapor's Open Source Applications Foundation... and I have to admit, he's got some great art on the walls. Here's one that a bit whimsical. I saw a very nice collection of photographs... but they didn't come across well on cameraphone. There's one photo of a room in some wartorn country, with bulletholes where art should be hanging, that was quite evocative. Another, a living room in Sarajevo, it almost brought tears to my eyes. Amazing works.

Art at the Open Source Apps Foundation

Art at the Open Source Apps Foundation
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Walking around the OSAF offices, I saw some very nice artwork hanging and sitting. A notable collection of contemporary art.

An Open Source Dog

An Open Source Dog
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The Open Source App Foundation is apparently a dog friendly work environment. Here's one napping.

Hanging with Mark Resch

Hanging with Mark Resch
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Finally, here's Mark Resch, hard at work. He's now catching hold of the hottest new trend in Internet metastructure: re-inventing how to manage intellectual property. They're working on some really cool stuff! Afterwards, we walked to the Ferry Building and had a couple of chicken pot pies at MarketBar, sitting at the sidewalk cafe, enjoying the sun. What a terrific day!

If Henry Miller were alive right now, in his writing prime, what would he be like? What would he write? Where would he live? What would be the name of his first novel? Who would be select to be his Anais? As a starving writer, what would his wife June be like? What are the equivalent of Paris and Big Sur today?

My guess is that he'd live in San Francisco, with his wife June, who would be a Mitchell Brothers stripper. He'd run off to Prague to be quiet and write, and he'd meet up with his Anais, who was married to an investment banker named Robert. And instead of Big Sur, our modern day Miller would probably be in Thailand, somewhere in the south, on a dingy hot beach without tourists, where he could get a room for $3 a night. He'd borrow some money from a rich American he'd just met drinking, and would binge on Thai whores at the local brothels for two weeks at a time. He'd use a laptop, a cheap one, and would still use floppy disks because he didn't trust hard drives. He'd write something so shocking and real and beautiful that it would be banned in America. He'd write about fucking, about stupid rich tourists, about looking hard to find something that was visceral, to indulge in, to be passionate about. He would hang out with performance artists and writers and yoga masters and retired professors. He'd drink cheap beer and good wine. He'd ride a bike instead of driving a car, except when he had to.

What do you think?

little shed

shed
Originally uploaded by Moses Ma.

Just a little shed I saw, and took a photo of. Kinda pretty huh?

So here's what's going on inside my head today, the internal monologue that goes on and on and on:

There are definite signs of a business recovery out there. I find it hard to believe, but the signs are there. Um hum. Yessiree. So I gotta keep the nose to the grindstone!

I've been experiencing great focus at work, and wondered why. Actually, I don't think I've ever been this focused, as I have been pumping out some really great stuff. I think it's either the kidney purifying tea I'm drinking for the liver flush I've started, or maybe the dire poverty, that's giving me this focus. I'm off coffee and tea now, only drinking the kidney herb tea... In any case, the liver tea and herbs finally wiped out my lingering jetlag and has put me on a normal sleep schedule. I'm sleepy around midnight, and up at 7 am, wide awake. I'm actually doing exercises in the morning.

I want to go biking, but it's just too damn cold to do Mt. Tam! Maybe when it gets warmer... or maybe I just need to buy warmer biking clothes?

Wonder if Diebold can be trusted? Maybe the Republicans really did steal the election? Nah. Can't be. Just can't be.

Well, you get the idea...

Tom Trenker

Tom Trenker
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Tom is the founder and chairman of the Institute for International Film Financing. They threw a mixer/party that I attended.

Gail Silva

Gail Silva
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Gail Silva, head of the Film Arts Foundation, with a pal. She was working the room like an old hand.

Mitch Posada

Mitch Posada
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IIFF Board member Mitch Posada makes a point.

Pitching the Buddha

Pitching the Buddha
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At the IIFF mixer party, a small group pitched making an independent film about the life of Buddha. Good luck guys!