San Francisco Excursion

I'm headed to the glorious San Francisco Bay Area in a few weeks for the 2007 edition of O'Reilly's Foo Camp.

I'm hoping to finance my trip with a few speaking gigs. This may prove difficult, for while I'm not flying the furthest, I may have to buy a Segway as well as a tent.

So, if your group is interested in a short presentation or in-depth workshop (ideally on June 21) on such topics as information architecture, user experience, ambient findability, or the future of search, please pull this string.

Strange Connections

In the lemur book, I used Ambient Devices to illustrate the imminent proliferation of alternate interfaces to digital networked information. It looks like Microsoft Surface is a big step in that direction. Here's a bullish report.

With the recent launch of Smart Experience, Victor Lombardi has become a bona fide 21st century education entrepreneur. Grow Victor, grow!