Everyware

He put together the First International Moblogging Conference, where I met a lot people I continue to bump into at conferences. And he participated in Dav and my side-show; the First International Love Hotel Moblogging Conference. That was fun!

But what I remember most is Adam's closing remarks in which he questioned what happens to serendipity when we start having technology at our fingertips at all times giving us information instantaneously. His example of how he discovered a whole new genre of music as a teenager by accidentally finding a dusty old box in the back of his favorite record shop haunts me. With so much digital information to guide ourselves around our world, we lose random events, meetings, and new discoveries. At the time of the IMC, I was enthralled by all the technology and fun I was being introduced to. And I deeply appreciated Adam's words that made me take a step back.

I wasn't disappointed with his talk about his book either. Dav already knew about the technology that Adam spoke of, but for me, Adam posed questions about what it means to have technology embedded all around us in an increasingly invisible way, recording all sorts of information about us. I suspect his words will provide food for thought for a while.

But also, it was just good to see Adam!! I loved hanging out in Tokyo, and even got to see him and his wife Nurri at Burning Man, yet haven't been able to see them for quite some time. Thanks, Adam!