“What if people could just… do things?” This was one of the themes of Causal Islands Berlin, the fourth iteration of the “Future of Computing” conference, and the first one to take place in Europe. I flew out from Vancouver last week to reconnect with some old friends and meet new potential collaborators. I have been involved with CI since the beginning but this was the first one I could attend in person.
DJ party at the cafe in Berlin
What’s gud, peasants?
CURRENT STATUS: Baroque
Feeling terribly jet lagged? Some Classic Quebec Poutine will help right? Right?
I missed sending out my personal newsletter last month so this is a double, but I kept it short.
Had a nice time walking around Mannheim taking selfies in front of old/impressive things
Now that I’ve been in Germany for more than 24 hours, some impressions:
🚗 fast driving 🎨 graffiti ✝️ churches ⛪️ more churches ◼️squat square buildings 🗼lotta round towers…? 🍞 bread 🥖
Took the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim. Really enjoyed seeing some of the countryside. Inter-city train travel is so civilized… reminds me of Japan
Wandering around some European plazas recently myself, I am so glad for this! Amazing that they turned these lovely spaces into car parks!
Started listening to Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie on the plane to Germany. Loved his First Law series and looking forward to getting back into the universe! 📚
Made it to Frankfurt 🇩🇪
(Squeezed out that long blog post just as the call for boarding happened! Enjoy the Taiwan photos. I will be posting lots of Germany photos next)
This post is part of a series. See the introduction here → Despite being the beginning of May Taipei was very warm. The sun was out as we walked the wide sidewalks around Taipei Station downtown, cars and scooters zooming by. Even when it was cloudy, crossing the Keelung River through the tech area of town (I spotted the Foxconn tower), the lush green mountains of the north were a tropical reminder.
🚌🚃🚋🛫 Heading to YVR and then to Frankfurt! See you all in Germany 🇩🇪
Causal Islands next week!!🎉🎊🪩
Nice lively discussion about different communities of women and power throughout Japanese history booksonasia.net/podcast/b…
Wow 😳 Canada’s first ever tsunami tower is being built in BC
Hanging out with the monthly tech coffee crew this morning at Trees Cafe. Made a bunch more connections!
Went to Katsuya for… Korean Pizza 🍕
Got #DnD 🎲🐉⚔️🧛🏻♂️ tonight so did my #craigsgymclass early.
2 min planks are killing me bruv! 😩 How am I gonna get to 5🖐️⁉️
Okay, more Germany trip recommendation requests: what’s good in Mannheim? Also, thinking aboutut popping over to Strasbourg for a day. Any reccos for there?