I have been hunkered down writing, sticking religiously to the schedule I’ve imposed on myself. But I’ll venture forth from my den over the next couple weeks for a few things.
Tonight, I’m planning to go hear Ray Kurzweil talk at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco, as part of the Long Now Foundation’s seminars. I’ve always found Kurzweil’s vision of “the coming singularity” as interesting to ponder as it is hard to believe. He’s got a new book on the subject, too, titled “The Singularity is Near.”
A week from Monday, I’ll be back in San Francisco to hear B.K.S. Iyengar, the founder of modern yoga, speak. I’ve been practicing Iyengar-style yoga for more than 10 years now, though I still feel very much like a beginner; it’s kept me sane through some major crises, including becoming a parent, being a parent, nursing a company through financial straits, and trying to write a book. Iyengar is 86 now, and says this visit to the U.S. (in part a book tour) will be his last. I’ll just be hearing him lecture; my wife, Dayna Macy, leaves this weekend for a week-long conference in Colorado organized by her company, Yoga Journal, where he’s giving a workshop, too. And she’ll be blogging about it (along with a former Salon colleague, Kaitlin Quistgaard, and other Yoga Journal folks).
Two weeks from now (10/7-9) is the latest edition of the Digital Storytelling Festival, to be held for the first time in San Francisco, over at KQED headquarters. I’ll only be able to attend part of the fest this year (I’ll be participating in a presentation about the work of the late festival founder, Dana Atchley) because it’s the weekend we celebrate our boys’ birthday, too. But I’m sure the whole thing will be great.
Finally, also that week, I’ll be trying to keep up with as much as I can of the second edition of Web 2.0, Oct. 5-7. The John Battelle/O’Reilly production will be my last chance to try to keep up with this ever-fermenting industry before I go into deep-retreat mode and attempt to finish my book. (Except I’ll have to emerge some time in November, because that’s when Salon is planning special, not-yet-announced but stay-tuned-for-more, 10th-anniversary festivities!)
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