Wed, 07 Nov 2007
Tokyo
John Wilbanks from Science Commons asked me to give a talk about the Neurocommons project on SC's behalf in Tokyo.
Monday evening, as I was sitting in the CC office wondering what to work on next, I decided I would put all my papers in order and update my calendar so I would have precise notes about which of the many email attachment I'd need to refer to at which time. I wasn't leaving until Wednesday, but I figured I'd need to do this sometime.
That's when I learned that I was actually leaving Tuesday, not Wednesday. The only reason I made my flight is because I procrastinated real work with organizational work. The shock from that realization lasted for pretty much the twelve hours that followed it.
But right now, I'm in an airplane that will soon land in Tokyo. I'll be presenting on Thursday, and attending the rest of the conference Friday and Saturday, and then I plan to sort of hang out in Japan for a week (ingeniously, I'll work remotely, so I can hang out in Japan without using precious vacation time). So if you want to hang out, or if you want to tell me what to do / where to eat / who to meet, drop me a line!
I'll probably get a cell phone for the time that I'm here (apparently the Japanese aren't really into GSM, so I'll have to rent a real local one), and presumably I'll post its number when I have it.
If you're wondering where I'll sleep and bathe after the conference, it's in Joi's Lab!
