Greenland – Part 3 (The conference)
The Konference Sarfarissoq took place in Nuuk — the capital of Greenland — at the Katuaq cultural center. The conference began with a Greenlandic dinner at the Hotel Hans Egede (the only hotel in Nuuk) and included an A cappella singing performance by a group of natively dressed Inuit men and women. It was quite […]
Greenland – Part 2 (A unique place)
Thoughts about the conference to follow shortly, but since Greenland is such a unique place, it deserves some comments first. Greenland is actually part of the Kingdom of Denmark and is the world’s largest island — about 80% ice-capped. The history is a bit complicated but it is certain that the the culture started with […]
Matt Ganis — Quarter Century Club
Dear Matt, Congratulations on joining the Quarter Century Club. Only twenty-five more years to go before you enter the Half Century Club! You have a lot to be proud of during your career and I have a lot to thank you for. During that part of our careers that we shared, you were so helpful […]
Greenland – Part 1 (Getting there)
The security line after checking in at Icelandair was not so bad but using Clear made it a breeze. The biometric fingerprint and iris images enables the Clear agents to know it is really you and they then escort you to the head of the line. Shoe and laptop removal are still needed but those […]
Supernova 2008 – Part 6 (final)
This will be my final comments about things I learned at Supernova 2008 in June. The prior comments are all in the conference section of patrickWeb. A "People" panel was moderated by BJ Fogg, whom I first met when he presented YackPack at Demo a few years ago. The research shows that people are endlessly […]