The future of the future

I'll be at Silicon Valley 4.0 tomorrow. It's taglined as "The Future of the Future", though I'm sure we'll be lucky if we get much more than "The Future of the Past and Other Handwringing About the Post-Bubble Valley" or something like that.

As a leading indicator, I called up and was told there's no conference WiFi, and I was also informed they will not allow power cords in the auditorium "because of the safety hazard". So I'll be husbanding my precious battery power accordingly, sigh.

Actually, the speaking lineup is packed with local luminaries, so it could turn out to be a lot of fun. I'm cautiously optimistic. Well, at the very least it'll be a chance to see the new Computer History Museum ;-)