WWDC 07 trip [the images are in ...]

Muzik :: Radio.Blog.Gadget [for Google Deskbar]
Mood :: Trying to get myself to work ... we've all been there.
Podcast :: The Sceptics Guide to the Universe || Mr. Brown's Show
Book :: Freakonomics
Series :: Pinky and the Brain

That's me in San Fran ... don't I look cool in red?

I'll be uploading most of the pics on to the page setup by Leon. Interestingly I bumped into Jit today and he was asking for the pics too ...

Hmmm, well it's back to work now, with the internal presentation looming closer by the day [it's on the 18th of July] I need to start the Yahoo dictionary search for CC content and try and plot the data from the CC-Mixter community in a social network analysis tool. BTW Mike's and our presentations from the i-commons summit can be found here.

Also thanks to Steve's interest in the Interactive Digital Media, Special Interest Group that I am to initiate I'll be meeting with folks from TDM [The Digital Movement]. I'll see if I can get them to help us with the launch of the Singapore CC licenses.

I also need to work on the stuff for MetamorphoSIS 07, like setting up a registration system which is quick and easy to use.

I guess I'll have to get something to watch soon, I've seen all 4 seasons of "Penn and Teller: Bullshit" (worth the watch) and I am left with only 5 un-watched episodes of Pinky and the Brain. Which basically means I need to get myself more storage space.

Oh and I am planning to finishing off my comm serv this term through the largest CSP undertaken by SMU titled "Starring SMU".

Well here's another pic from San Fran, this one is from the Stanford campus we visited. The 2 folks standing predominantly visible are a married couple with the guy being a prof in a poly ... a say in "a" poly since I've forgotten which one ... sorry :P

And yes the campus does look church-ish at places but I guess it's just too difficult to escape religion in any /every walk of life that one eventually either just gives in, becomes a skeptic or comes up with their own ... I, BTW am a Pastafarian. =)

So here are the folks we spent most of the time at San Fran with ... that's SMU and NTU guys and gals [respectively ;) ] except for Jit ... remember the guy I told you about asking for photos ... anyways ...

And a final pic to prove I really did go to San Fran and the pics are from there [No, I am not that good with photoshop ... yet!]

That's all for now ... more to follow soon [hopefully] =)

SIN - AHD - SIN - HKG - SFO - SEA - LAX - TPE - SIN ... WWDC

Muzik :: Evanescence - Imaginary (watch my purple sky fly over me)
Mood :: Mundane
Book :: None :(
Series :: Bullshit || Pinky and the Brain

Yep, been all over the place just to attend WWDC 07 [Photos coming soon]. It was great fun, though Seattle was fun too, more so because of the folks at Seattle - "Sina is a fish out of water."

So basically (to cut a long story short) found a round about way to make it to WWDC and back and in turn missed going to the CC i-commons summit in Croatia [not enough time to get both visas stamped].

So what next? Co-authoring another paper for CC-Monitor, doing another project for SCB I-Lab and possibly going back to SFO to meet with Mike and other CC folk, reps from Google, Yahoo and the internet archive. And then there is the Orientation camp - metamorphosis, community service and bunch of other things ...

Started swimming now, planning to go on all weekdays with Philip [the German guy whom I am helping out with VBA for his masters project :P]

Okie thats the general picture as of now. Here's something I noticed, flip almost anything around and half the time [irrespective of what it is] it reads the words in fine print "Made In China". Here are a couple of things which I successfully tried it with:

Google Key-chain
Space needle souvenir from Seattle
Seal soft toy souvenir from Golden Gate bridge
Apple water bottle

and the list goes on ... FYI This blog was written in Singapore ... NOT China!