by lucaso

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Damn. Weekly column and I already skipped my second week! I’ll try to make up for it by sharing some of the primo spice from my amazing two weeks of nomadic adventure. (yea, I shoulda been mobloggin’, but I’m not hooked up like that yet) .

The west coast corridor is bad ass. The beauty of the tribes matches the beauty of the landscape. Having grown up in the east, I’m blown away by it all. I still love a stint in NYC, DC, New England and, of course, Philly. But, really now, ain’t no Catskill, Blue Ridge, or Whitey gonna stand a chance next to the mighty Shasta, Hood, or Whitney.

Anyways, two weeks of travel through my network of digital tribes (and REAL mountains) begins now:

REWIND. San Fran two weeks ago for Web 2.0.

I walked into the hotel lobby at the end of the day to see the post-show deals being worked out. Folks were hunched over cocktail tables conversing in hushed tones, the glow of laptops reflectin’ in countless pairs of eyeglasses. Yea, not exactly my scene (where’s the DJ? Yes, we CAN close deals while listenin to killa’ grooves, y’all).

My one question: where’s web culture 2.0? Ya know, the stuff that happens when you’re not geeking out? This is the leadership of the next generation of innovation. Where is the creative culture that goes with that innovation? What is the culture of our creative class?

BOOM! Off to the afterparties.

First stop: Yahoo RSS party (As an RSS guy, I had to get the new RSS metrics in person) Nothin’ too funky, of course (it’s yahoo afterall), but the numbers were good to see. Bottom line: lose the RSS! It’s time to stress what this technology can do for people, not what it’s called. Leave the geekspeak to the geeks and let’s cross the chasm and get people using these amazing, emerging technologies. Yea, old topic



MOVING ON: Time to shake the tech off and get physical. Off to the SF BM decompression party to get down with the cutie from Santa Cruz, dancing the night away with Ka’nal.

HOME for a little biz in God’s country: Portland, OR:

I got to sit in on the FreeRange board meeting (damn, they got vision... and its MOBILE. Bad ass!) I ended up betting the new head of Apple Germany that Apple’s big announcement would be the vidpod (and, thanks to Tom, I won! Heeheehee… now I have a sponser!). Then it was back to the arts world to start rehearsals for a performance piece I wrote, “Under the Harmony of Heaven” (based on Maxim Gorky’s “The Lower Depths”) We will perform it Nov 4th for “Suono Angelica: The Language of Harmonics.”

Whew… breathe….

BAM! On the road again:

This time travelin south to LA for the Beverly Hills art fair with my good friend (and amazing sculptor)Taji. We were very blessed to be accompanied by the beautiful, sassy, and sultry painter Lily Noches. Taji rocked the show, earning third prize in sculpture and selling four sculptures, while Lily kept me sharp as I interviewed some of the more striking artists there: John Hung Ha and Gabe Leonard

And if all that wasn’t enough, I still found time to stroll Venice, boulder Joshua Tree, and party with a super lawyer who sues giant corporations for posioning you and your children. Yea, bad ass.

The ICING ON THE SPICE:

A stop at the Light Space Gallery in Venice to visit with the lovely and talented Star Simone and have a chat with gallery head and uber-talented artist Dean Chamberlain.

HOMEWARD BOUND:

Two weeks of a vagabond existence, filled with incredible inspiration and amazing encounters, and now it's time to get home. Autumn in the NW is divine and I'm looking forward to soaking up the earth energy before headin' out again, next time makin' dat mobloggin’ thang happen!

Holla'atcha next week (or two ; ) !

-lucaso

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