Watching Bunnie’s amazing “5 mins in Shenzhen” talk. “China is default open source”. LOL! #ncc2011s
Notes
3, 4 years ago, @Flickr was the place to go to see latest happenings via Tags. I haven’t seen Flickr mentioned even once this earthquake!
@lifeyoutv there was that prophecy that a big one will hit today huh? Still waiting… #BringItOn!!
US’s impression of Japan - “kind of” crazy? Try “Bat shit” instead.
@fukumimi Well, more like they don’t see other viable choices. We just need to provide a new environment for the young ones!
@plibin “Be rigorously optimistic, but also rigorously measure things so u know u’re not being stupid” #ncc2011s
@Joi There are smart Rubyists in Japan but they’re stuck under 3, 4 layers of contracting doing boring stuff for large companies. #ncc2011s
@Joi: The bank heads used to brag about how much money they spent! As if that was a good thing. LOL! #ncc2011s
@Joi: There’s an image of “if it’s cheap, it’s bad” in Japan. #WORD #ncc2011s
Evernote CEO @plibin: “There are ‘doing stuff’… and then there are a whole bunch of stuff that just waste time!” #ncc2011s
@Joi: The problem of “Division of Labor” in Japan. If people can all work closely together, then things will move much faster. #ncc2011s
@uncorkedstudios started http://rdtn.org and the Kickstarter project http://j.mp/gKbZoo #ncc2011s
@Joi: What used to be expensive & can only be done by govrnmnts can now be done by individuals w/ open source software & hardware! #ncc2011s
Cheap Russian Geiger counters are $200~300, the one @Joi holds up is ~$700. High end ones range from $3K ~ 15K. #ncc2011s
RDTN.org: Radiation Detection Hardware Network in Japan by Marcelino Alvarez on @Kickstarter http://j.mp/gKbZoo #ncc2011s
In Soviet Russia, Radiation Owns You! #ThisIsNotYoutube #ncc2011s
Really cool panel about grassroots radiation monitoring groups & movements right now at #ncc2011s Watch it live here: http://j.mp/gskAvV
In Soviet Russia, it was illegal for normal citizens to own a geiger counter. #ncc2011s
THE NEW CONTEXT CONFERENCE 2011 Spring on USTREAM: そのUSTREAM中継です http://j.mp/gskAvV
FACT: There are more hula dancers in Japan than in Hawaii. #NowYouKnow #ncc2011s