With the announcement of Timeline from Facebook, Lifelogging will soon reach the masses. As Kevin Kelly wrote four years ago, lifelogging is an inevitability. With how much digital information the average person produces and consumes, it was inevitable that someone would come along and enable easy lifelogging. “The goal of lifelogging: to record and archive […]
The Future is Going To Be Weird
What Gregg Gillis does most nights is weird. Really weird if you think about it. 10 years ago it would be extremely difficult or next to impossible. Three years ago he was a biomedical engineer. Today he performs as Girl Talk, triggering multiple samples of music at once to create an entirely new musical experience. […]
What I Learned From Doing Data Entry for Nine Months
A few years ago I found myself without a job, little savings, and the bill for an engagement ring I just bought coming due shortly. Out of desperation I took an open temp job doing Data Entry. The job was contracted through a large well regarded bank. I can’t remember the exact title of the position, but […]
Finding Your Element
Just four years ago I was in my element but I had no idea at the time. I knew I loved what I was doing but didn’t know it was my element. In the great book End Malaria, Sir Ken Robinson has an essay on finding your element. “The first is that when you’re in […]