Digital Democracy Teach-in
 Doc Searls is driving to San Diego today for the Digital Democracy Teach-in tomorrow. Of course I'm a "Doc Searls Groupie" and I hope to be able to meet him in person tomorrow, shake his hand, look 'im in the eye (important to westerners), and tell him how much I respect his writing.
Here's a weblog post from Mr. Searls about the Internet in politics and in life.
Now it's off to breakfast and to buy a map. Gotta find a beach and watch the ocean for a while. Water is scarce, and the only oceans around are those that you can see in the rocks, in Coyote Gulch's regular haunts. ==>
Update: Well the 'Ol Coyote was successful in finding the Pacific Ocean today. Anyone who has ever been to San Diego will tell you that it's not that hard to do. But of course they wouldn't be a land mammal from Colorado.
There are no parking places close to the beaches on a Sunday. I did get next to the ocean at Cabrillo National Monument and managed to sit and relax a bit, watching waves, sea birds, and surfers. I also touched the conquistador's armour on display (Please don't touch!) and took some pictures. Then it was off along the coast to La Jolla. My tour eventually landed me at Balboa park late in the afternoon, (not on the coast but in downtown San Diego) just before sunset. Perfect ending to a very warm and sunny day. Balboa park is very different from say, Berkeley Park in Denver. It's green there in February, the trees are much closer together, and much taller, and some of them are Palm trees.
Registration for O'Reilley's Emerging Technology Conference and the Digital Democracy Teach-in was tonight from 5:00 - 8:00PM. The 'Ol Coyote was hanging at the bar in the Westin trying to act suave and cool even thought his business is sewers (I can talk about sewers for hours). Kelsey from Seattle poured a glass of Wild Horse cabernet.
I ended up howling with several very cool new friends. First off was Alan from England. His company creates "Business solutions for disruptive technology innovation." He cautioned me not to miss the chance to talk to Ethan Zuckerman of GeekCorps.org.
Of course Ethan came up to the bar later on. We didn't get a chance to talk about GeekCorps. He's presenting tomorrow afternoon on the subject of "Emergent Democracy Worldwide." Aaron from Seattle poured another glass of Wild Horse.
I was able to talk at length with John from Mountain View about software development. He made some good dough during the boom and is now "liberated." "Don't cry for me" is his line. I think he's loving life. He asked me about touring the Utah/Arizona canyon country, something I know a bit about.
Tomas from Copenhagen is working the digital divide in Africa, providing technical consulting around Wi-fi. He dislikes the term "Digital divide." "It's too binary," he says. Digital Divide implies that there is a "line" where on one side people don't have access to computers and on the other side everyone has access. The reality is that it's a difference of degree. Also, there is the problem of priority. In the hinterlands. for instance, clean drinking water and food is of more concern than surfing the 'Net. In Lagos there are many small businesspeople that can benefit greatly from computer technology and being online.
Aaron from Seattle is heading to Colorado for a family reunion this summer. He's an Italian gentlemen and the family that shows up is 500+ strong. They've rented some dude ranch. He didn't know about the Italians in North Denver and Pueblo in the early 20th century. I invited him for lasagna at Patsy's Inn on Navajo St.
Kelsey from Seattle poured another glass of Wild Horse cabernet.
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