Archive for May 19th, 2007

19
May

Beam Me Up (and Down), Scotty

   Posted by: Jeffrey   in Culture

I thought when Scotty's ashes were sent into space they were supposed to stay up there. How disappointing to learn that was never the plan.

19
May

PDF2007 Unconference

   Posted by: Jeffrey   in Politics

The PDF2007 Unconference today was really engaging. I found that some people were somewhat new to the concept of an unconference, so the there was some tension at times between presenting and discussing, but that perhaps is so fitting at a conference about personal democracy. I especially liked Josh's final session on the "personal in personal democracy." It started off by expressing what different people mean by the concept, and soon turned into a discussion with Micah Sifry about how the conference went and what some suggestions for next year are. I thought there were some good suggestions there, and hope the conversation continues on Confabb site. I know I did not do much with this site before the conference, so now I will make up for it.

I wish I could have joined the group for the after-conference drink, but I was completely spent. Watching East Enders in PBS Channel 21 now. Nothing like the BBC to help me relax!