Since I moved my standing desk, monitor, and everything out of the coworking space in preparation for our move to Osaka, this has been my standing work setup

A small room with wooden floor and exposed wooden cieling with a shelving unit. On the top shelf at eye level is a laptop. On the bottom shelf just above waist level there is a keyboard, mouse, and iPhone.

On my way to get a latte ☕️ and maybe a slice of cake 🍰 just walking past a 13th C temple ☸️… as you do in #EverydayKyoto (only 4 more days left until we move 😢)

Temple building down a long walkway lined with hedges and trees

Forget that man baby manifesto, I recommend this one 🌱 www.sustainablewebmanifesto.com

GOLD: an acronym for sustainable web design principles = Green, Open, Lean, Distributed. 🌱Read more at branch.climateaction.tech/issues/is…

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Good morning, clear blue sky. ☸️ 📸

Buddhist Temple eaves against a clear blue sky, brass fittings shining in the morning light

Got a Covid booster in one arm, and a flu shot in the other 😵‍💫

🐡 Fugu skin hot sake 🍶

Cup of alcohol with pieces of fish floating at the top

🌅 Sun has set on the final day of the #IGF2023. I attended 21 sessions, only about 5% of what was on offer. I had many interesting hallway discussions and took 7000 words worth of notes. I still have much follow up, and will write about takeaways. But for now, good night IGF, and thank you! 🙇‍♂️

Sun goes low behind a part of the Kyoto International building next to the pond on a clear dayInside the conference building people sit at low tables conversing while reflections of sunbeams shine through the windowsMain hall. A man from Benin on the projection screen addresses the crowd

Gorgeous day for day 4 of #IGF2023 at the Kyoto International Conference Center. Today we discussed how the nature of the internet has changed and how the IGF can evolve as a multistakeholder forum for the future. This year there are over 8000 participants, the most in the IGF’s 18 year history.

A stage with 8 speakers. A large screen above displays the face of Vint Cerf who is speakingAn angular building with garden against a blue skyChad takes a selfie at the IGF main stage

Day 3 of #IGF2023. Starting the morning off with a Tor session. The weather has finally brightened up so we can get a nicer view of the Kyoto International Conference center’s garden. THIS is the Kyoto I want everyone to experience 🥰

Chad selfie in front of the entrance to the Internet Governance Forum where there is a giant #IGF2023 hashtagLandscape shot of the conference Center pond. A part of one of the Center buildings to the right. And some low mountains in the distance

Official greetings at the opening ceremony for the #IGF2023 conference. Lots of messaging around keeping a SINGLE internet, and “global digitalization” (getting EVERYONE online)

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres delivers a speech from a large screenAsst Secretary General Jinhua Li and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida come on stageJapanese Prime Minister Kishida delivers a speech. The captions screen displays the lines:&10;&10;It has not only become essential to our daily lives and socioeconomic activities, but it also forms a critical foundation for Democratic societies.&10;A free and unfragmented Internet is also essential for…

A few snaps from Day 0 of the #IGF2023

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Entrance display featuring real maple trees arranged against a backdrop featuring a pagoda. Above is the sign “18th Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum”A large IGF logo on the floor once you exit the subway to the conference sessionThe funky design of the main hall in between meetingsOne of the lobby areas in the morning before many people had showed up

Been in #IGF2023 sessions all morning. Doing booths and hallway track in the afternoon. Just had Taro Kono and Maria Ressa walk by.

Just finished Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy by Henry Farrell, Abraham Newman 📚

(off the cuff review posted on Goodreads)

The new Nintendo mural is complete in the Hankyu underground passage between Karasuma and Kawaramachi stations! I popped down early before there were many commuters to take some photos. Symbol of Kyoto! 🎮📸

Wall mural with scene of Super Mario crouching to go down a pipe. Above are the words "Welcome to the Warp Zone". Next to that scene is an underwater scene with Mario swimming Illustration of Mario, Luigi, Peach, Bowser, and Toad in front of a castle. A large sign says "Nintendo Kyoto"Wall mural with scene of Super Mario going through a dungeonChad selfie in front of a wall with Super Mario jumping up steps

The UN’s #IGF2023 is about to kick off on Sunday. Over 7200 people will be attending here in Kyoto. Already I feel like a ton of people have arrived, but it is hard to delineate them from the regular tourists 😅 Still though, getting excited!

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Opening with a quote from Invisible Cities and celebrating reading to muse on atomization and social capital? This was a nice little read

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Been waiting for the internet repairman for 2 days, recalling those times on the road with spotty to no internet connection. O! Where art thou device-to-device sync!? ⛈️👰

#LoFiSoftware

Goodnight Kyoto

Looking at the sun as it goes down behind the mountains westward across the city