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EG Conference 2012

_tango! — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:43:59 +0000

My favorite conference (which is from a list of many) is coming up again April 12-14 2012. This breath-taking conference is the EG Conference (Entertainment Gathering) that gathers in beautiful Monterey CA. I’d be able to write a entire book about why this is the most fascinating gathering I have been to in 10 years, but in simple words, come experience an eclectic gathering filled with mystery, surprise, emotion, connections, and entertainment for a few days in beautiful Monterey…. you will leave imagining the entire world differently, with a different perspective, and a twinkle in your eye again for curiosity, to perhaps create magic.
Come join, this year will be my 4th in a row. Let me know if you can make it and I’ll be sure to connect. Tickets are almost sold out.

Corkers

_tango! — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:14:01 +0000

ha, these are awesome. I’ll have to get some of these for my next wine party.

“These made my day. Corkers are a design collaboration between Oded Friedland and Reddish Studio forMonkey Business are push pins that you can prick into wine/champagne corks to turn them into little creatures! The options are ?Monkey?, ?Deer?, ?Buffalo?, ?Bear?, ?Bunny? ?&? ?Crow. The packaging turns it into a fun wine bottle hang tag/gift ~ perfect for the next bottle of wine… Take a peek at more details up close on the next page.”

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SOPA: Stop Online Piracy Act

_tango! — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:04:12 +0000

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For those unfamiliar with SOPAÂ (Stop Online Piracy Act), you must read and dig into this crazy Act that can and will pretty much screw up any freedom and innovation like Google, Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, Reddit, etc if it happens. Please sign up to petition against it HERE.Â Learn more about it from the video above from Chris Hayes.

Vittana: What does Education Mean to you?

_tango! — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:44:54 +0000

Over the summer, Â at myÂ first FooCamp, I was asked “What does Education mean to you” by the amazing team over atÂ VittanaÂ which you should look into.

I knew Education was incredibly important in my life and one of my thoughts made it into the Vimeo video aboveÂ (with some other awesome individuals), but I thought this would be a good time to reflecte into this question a bit more for the holiday break.

What does Education mean to me?

Education is the opportunity to learn from the world and discover myself to share with others.
Education gives me the ability to breath, Â to grow, to be curious, to be wrong, and at times be right.
Without Education, I’d never learn, I’d Â never try, I’d never know myself, nor would I Â even question if I were wrong or right.
Education enables life.
Education is what makes us human.

If you have some thoughts on What does Education mean to you, drop a note over to the team at Vittana… I’m sure they would appreciate it.

TEDMED 2011: Juan Enriquez, FDA Regulatory Hurdles

_tango! — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:44:27 +0000

A must watch video…who knew playing it safe could actually be the dangerous decision. Aspirin and salt would not be approved to this day. How would life be without those?

“Juan Enriquez discusses current regulatory hurdles to introducing new drugs, why aspirin would never make it to market today, and the hidden costs of missing out.”

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Steve Jobs’ Vision of the World

_tango! — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:36:46 +0000

Some words of wisdom by the one and great Steve Jobs:

“When you grow up you tend to get told the world is the way it is and you’re life is just to live your life inside the world. Try not to bash into the walls too much. Try to have a nice family, have fun, save a little money.

That’s a very limited life. Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact: Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you and you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use.

Once you learn that, you’ll never be the same again.”

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Here’s looking at Hue

_tango! — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 01:03:04 +0000

Neat! I should make a filter on my google search engine to do this to me daily…maybe link it to the weather. When its hot, its red, when its cold, its blue, when perfect, everything is green!!

“By now, color-coordinated bookshelves are nothing new. But hey, why not organize your website content by color? Yep, that’s what Here’s Looking at Hue does. Neat idea.”

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FooCamp 2011

_tango! — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:23:09 +0000

I’m heading out to SF towards Sebastopol for a new unconference that I have never been to but was incredibly excited to be invited to FooCamp (Friends of O’Reiley) which is an invitational camp, where 250 awesome people, hackers, designers, creators, makers, and questioners gather to come up with whatever is on their mind and have great discussions with people from all over the world from different fields to boggle your mind! I’ve had quite a few friends attend and everyone seems to be energized full of ideas and disruptive ones when they return from this 3 day backyard camp gathering. There is not much online about it, but here is a write up from our friends Andrew on his experience a few years ago! I’ll be back next week with lots to write up about, and keep secret at times. Let me know if your in SF. I’m out there right before Foocamp this week.

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Jay Walker’s library of human imagination

_tango! — Sun, 22 May 2011 04:33:28 +0000

I’ve been waiting to visit Jay Walkers incredible “Library of Imagination” for several years now and in about 12 hours I’ll be inside pondering, wondering, imagining, and wishing I could take everyone along. I’d write more about it, but the 2008 TED video above or the Wired article will explain it best until after I return, though I’ll have no photos as this is not allowed during my visit. I’ll have to thank TEDmed for arranging this visit, which is also a must go to conference I highly recommend.

TEDxCambridge: Chandler Burr

_tango! — Mon, 16 May 2011 06:51:09 +0000

A follow up from the TEDxCambridge event I co-organized: Chandler Burr, the New York Times perfume critic from 2006-2010, is the Director and Curator of the Center of Olfactory Art at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City. In his TedxCambridge talk he speaks about eating scent and smelling food.

TEDxCambridge: Kenji Lopez-Alt, Food Science

_tango! — Thu, 12 May 2011 01:06:08 +0000

A follow up from the TEDxCambridge event I co-organized: Chef, writer, and recipe developer Kenji Lopez-Alt explains how he got into the business of questioning conventional cooking wisdom and shares some of the more surprising insights he has discovered.

MIX11: August de los Reyes, 21st Century Design

_tango! — Mon, 09 May 2011 06:50:09 +0000

I thought I’d start this week off with a great short talk from our friend August on design thinking in the 21st century which I highly agree with and wished more designers thought about these points…especially about what is user centered design and is it needed…so here I go in sharing it… boom!

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TEDxCambridge: John Gertsen, Cocktail History

_tango! — Thu, 05 May 2011 20:17:26 +0000

A follow up from the TEDxCambridge event I co-organized: From Drink bartender John Gertsen uses the history of cocktails to show us why “it’s not what’s in the glass.”

GEL conference 2011

_tango! — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:13:27 +0000

I’m off to nyc for the GEL conference. Will have more posts soon, otherwise, let me know if there is anything else I should catch while in town this week.

EG conference 2011: Jake Shimabukuro and Charles Yang

_tango! — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 04:00:42 +0000

One of the amazing highlights at this years Entertainment Gathering was the duo Jake Shimabukuro and Charles Yang who met the day before and magically performed this amazing composition of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”. Anyhow, if you have 5 minutes, turn up your speakers and be ready to be wowed! Charles played several more impromptu times at the Aquarium party and in the hotel lobby.

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Roger Ebert: Remaking my voice

_tango! — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 07:44:51 +0000

“When film critic Roger Ebert lost his lower jaw to cancer, he lost the ability to eat and speak. But he did not lose his voice. In a moving talk from TED2011, Ebert and his wife, Chaz, with friends Dean Ornish and John Hunter, come together to tell his remarkable story.”

TEDxCambridge: Wylie Dufresne – The Egg

_tango! — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:15:37 +0000

As another talk from the TEDxCambridge event I co-organized last year:
“Chef Wylie Dufresne of WD-50 talks about his favorite food – the humble egg – and the amazing things he has been able to transform it into, aided by a little curiosity and hunger.”

Entertainment Gathering (EG) 2010

_tango! — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:01:01 +0000

I’m at the EG conference the rest of the week in beautiful Monterey CA. Let me know if ya have any must go to tips in Monterey, otherwise swing by to say hi though I’ll be indoors watching speakers and performances most of the time.

TEDxCambridge: Don Katz, Food Neuroscience

_tango! — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 04:04:43 +0000

Last year I helped organized TEDxCambridge and starting this week we’ll be releasing a few of the amazing talks held during that event.

“Neuroscientist Don Katz uses experiments with rats to shed light on where taste preferences come from and, when it comes to food, why we like what we like.”
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Help Japan poster

_tango! — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 19:03:22 +0000

“James White made this poster, which you can buy at the Signalnoise store. All profits go to the relief effort.”

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