Monthly Archives: April 2009

global dislocation

Posted April 25, 2009 by Chris

i find it incredibly hard to be at such distance from my team and my PA. They are in London and I am in the San Francisco area. This experiment with a digital team set-up has been/is a valuable learning experience. I have no support network. Fascinating how both my efficiency and effectiveness have plummeted.

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an experiment you would not want to start. not it is our job to figure out how to stop it.

Posted April 22, 2009 by Chris

the quote of the year from an ocean biologist in talking about the acidification of the world’s oceans.

she made me really worried.

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scripps institute.

Posted April 22, 2009 by Chris

OK. i love geeks and reallly passionate people. the scripps institute is such a place. i had two days at the western edge of the north american continent. the scripps family bought the land over a hundred years ago and dedicated it to the study of the earth. i was very impressed with the mission, the quality of the people and the facilities. the meetings were held in a new conference facility. small but one of the best exemplars of great design that i have seen in AGES!

it is also a part of UCSanDiego. i need to learn more about it…..

a return visit will have to take place.

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a few thoughts as london wakes up.

Posted April 7, 2009 by Chris

the move to san francisco has been a study in centricity. how many places, groups, people feel that they are the centre of the world. who is right? in an way each are as each are indeed the center of their own little world. the boon and bane of my existence is that i see so much all over the world that nothing seems centered at all. there are times that i truly envy those whose world is so small that they are so sure that they already know all the answers to all the questions that will ever be asked.

every day i feel that there are more questions that need to be asked. questions waiting to bubble up to find their way to daylight. biding their time. my head swims at times. most of the time actually. the thing that then brings me back is a word or gesture by a random person. a reminder that we are all one race. here and now. occupying a fragile blue gem that needs us all to never stop asking questions and searching for better answers.

change is constant. the context is always variable.

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