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james has a c4 flickr stream available for people that are interested in still views of a conference. not exactly exciting but at least you get to see rentzsch and his crisp clean ties. yes, i think he was the only person in a tie.

the c4 presentations are very lessig and takahashi like. minimal, mostly text, simple, and directly to the point.

here’s a good example of a lessig style presentation. no, it’s not a c4 presentation but it shows the style.

[world hello]

i’m attending the c4 conference this weekend. it’s a conference in chicago where a bunch of mac related indie folks are getting together to network and geek out. i’m excited to meet some like minded people with the same geek tendencies within the indie industry. as you may (or may not) know i’m an aspiring indie developer so it’s my cup of tea.

the official, just of the presses, meaning of c4 is “code culture community conspiracy”

i’ll be posting random tidbits throughout the conference if time permits. anyhow … back to the conference.

some of the changes i’ve made recently are to convert to a more low-tech solution for managing my life. these little black books are the definition of low-tech. these beauties are portable and have an oilcloth bound cover with acid free paper pages that are thread bound. they have an elastic closure strap which is convenient for keeping it closed in your bag. it also has a simple inner pocket perfect for business or index cards. finally, they have a built in bookmark in the binding for quickly jumping to your current lists. in short, nerd-friendly in features and life-friendly in simplicity.

after reading getting things done (more on that later) and waking up to the hipster pda revolution, i’ve been turned on to low-tech. now don’t get me wrong, i’m not going to be throwing my powerbook away any time soon. i am however no longer relying on my brain to take notes. gone are the random stickies and papers on my desk to manage my work and personal life.

i have one pocket moleskine for my work lists and notes and one for my home lists and notes. i also have some larger books for ideas and brainstorming, but i mostly just carry around the 2 primary pocket moleskines.

the whole concept behind the lists and managing my “stuff” is central to getting things done. needless to say part of getting things done is taking control of the random “stuff” in your life. it’s as simple as putting actions around “stuff”, archiving “stuff”, or just getting rid of “stuff”. obviously there is a bit more to it, but honestly it boils down to being just that simple.

i plan on posting more about getting things done at a later time. i did however want to share some of the new happenings in my life with my fellow bloggers (in case i happen to have any readers lurking around). this is one of the bigger changes i’m making in my life along with taking control of my health & fitness again.

looks like i’ll be able to woop my brother on his pc from my mac in wow (worlds of warcraft). i was wondering if blizzard was going to implement this right, unlike everquest where macs are second class citizens on their own servers. we wouldn’t want the pc and machead mixing would we verant.

i just picked up unreal tournament 2004 for my mac the other day and am looking forward to fragging my brother and my buddy mike a few times before wow releases. i was a serious gamer a few years ago and though i don’t think i’ll ever be that hard core again i am looking forward to playing a bit.

well after 3+ years i broke down and finally picked up a new cell phone. after much bidding on ebay and monitoring on froogle i won the auction at the price i was willing to pay. what phone did i end up getting? i picked up the new sony ericsson z600, new to the united states at least. i picked up an unlocked version so that i could use it on the t-mobile network.

a few of the features: 128×160 pixel 65,536 color screen display, bluetooth wireless, tri-band (1900, 1800, 900), java, infrared, modem, wap 2.0, isync support, polyphonic ringtones, built in organizer, talk time of 9 hours and stand by of 300 hours. pretty cool ahe?

i picked it up not only because i was tired of the crap nokia phone i had but because it is so tightly integrated with my mac. i can have the phone in my bag while using it to surf the web on the train, message my friends and family via sms, and it can automatically sync with ical and the mac address book. i can remotely control my computer to play songs, give presentations, lock when i walk away, and more. basically it allows me to become more mobile and more connected at the same time. all brought to me by mac os x and it’s tight bluetooth integration. it’s not very often that a computer company really gets it right, but this is one of those times.

mozilla … nope phoenix … i mean firebird … dang it, no wait firefox 0.8 was released today. despite their inability to pick and stick with a name they have a great browser. if your into branding i recommend you check out this good writeup. i use safari on my laptop most of the time but at work and on my windows machines firefox is my browser of choice. now if i could just get the bad ars new firefox mac theme on my windows machine i’d be all set.