deep namedropping

I’m at a workshop called “new geography: strategies for deep place”, being produced by the Institute For The Future. We just sat down for the opening speakers; I’m looking around the room and there is some pretty impressive brainpower here. Paul Saffo is talking about maps and meandering toward introducing the first speaker, David Rumsey. Stewart Brand is here, as are Kevin Kelly, Howard Rheingold, Michael Naimark, Mike Liebhold. Chris Goad and Schuyler Erle of the locative media cabal are here, putting the finishing touches on the geolocation application we’ll be using later today. This is going to be interesting.