Birthing of a new age…
Wow… I had no idea… For years I was trying to understand why people take vacations. Hadn’t really had one myself in my adult life so far. Just went on my first one, the first week without a computer in tow in probably a decade (and I did have 1000 emails waiting for me upon my return). How awesome, amazing and fun was that! Will definitely have to do this again. Spent an amazing week in Hawaii on the Big Island, away from the tourist stuff. Rented a lovely home there (view from the deck at sunset to the right) and spent most of the time driving around the island, dancing on volcanoes, and snorkeling (which I never understood before either). Really a fantastic voyage.
The main reason for my vacation was to celebrate the beginning of a new year of my life with all kinds of interesting things to look forward to. Decided that I should take next year off from consulting and told my pimp that I did not want any tricks for 2007. Instead, I will finally get back to my thesis (now close to a year overdue), will start marketing Six Sigma for Your Life and we have some lovely gigs planned with c3. Among other things we are planning a monthly lecture series to be filmed and turned into documentaries on the transformational power of art and media. Should be fun, and it’s all about using the alchemical power of art to create new paradigms for this ailing world we live in. Just read a lovely quote by Gloria Steinem: “It is more rewarding to watch money change the world than watch it accumulate.”
Many people I know suffer from the strange dualism that while on the one hand they would love to have money, on the other they have very low opinions of people with money. Based on how psychology and this universe seem to operate, consequently they are not attaining any riches. Always thought that the more money can be made with art, the more can be turned into more art. So, next year, I guess, will be about just that for me. Look forward to playing in this new paradigm and will keep you posted on adventures 
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Twitter- Great advice on using your time rather than spending it - http://t.co/NsuxFB99
- Get some sleep. Your brain needs to defragment http://t.co/FT6j6yes
- Like #TED talks? Here's a list: http://t.co/hppq21xw
- It's not hard to be happy http://t.co/FdFLztX7
- Disney and Vaginas. Who would have thought? http://t.co/SZrFVE9n
- I'm going to "Meet the Angels" Rooftop Lounge Mixer presented by TCA. http://t.co/N0DQrHKB via @goplanana.
- RT @museumofrobots: Museum of Robots Daily is out! http://t.co/612LqpIq ▸ robots, robots, robots!
- Finding time to innovate http://t.co/jhZNXDSr
- Slice of brain anyone? Google maps for brains... delicious brains... http://t.co/MIVFcffq
- Scanning in 3D http://t.co/3ujHHDEO
- Posts by others I enjoyed reading
- The Silliness of Busyness
- Remaining human: A Buddhist perspective on Occupy Wall Street
- The Fringes Disagree But Science And Religion Do Mix
- Five Tips to Break Through Your Filter(s)
- Reminders from the world
- Tattoo 2.0
- Violin made with a 3D printer
- Realtime Face Substitution softwear
- On The Creating And Sharing Of Awe
- Unautomate Your Money
- 5 Ways To Turn Fear Into Fuel
- Become a God of Learning Your Trade
- A Young Artist's Guide to Playing for Keeps, Pt. 15
- Twelfth century orgasmic brain heat
- Projecting meaning
- AGI and the Emerging Peer-to-Peer Economy: Ben Goertzel Interviews AI Researcher Mohamad Tarifi
- The Future of Brain Workouts
- Breaking Free From Consumerist Chains
- Data is the new Oil: must-read PDF by the World Economic Forum
- TED: JR's TED Prize wish: Use art to turn the world inside out - JR (2011)