Crashin' the Commons
My friend Rob was on the guest list last night for the Creative Commons 2.0 party up in San Francisco and took me along with him. It was a fun, interesting time with all kinds of free yummy food and soda (and beer for Rob). It was cool getting to hobnob with the CC folk, including Larry Lessig - a true American genius - and getting to hear a few words from Mark Resch, CC's new CEO.
Of course, I hadn't been there five minutes when the girl at the registration table wondered if I was the Jason Bentley - you know, from LA. "No," I replied. "I'm the other Jason Bentley." So to avoid any confusion or uncomfortable starstruck letdowns, I put "www.JasonBentley.org" on the name tag instead of just Jason Bentley. Maybe I should just make that legal and permenant. No, no...he's Jason Bentley. I'm www.jasonbentley.org.
Still, I had a really good time. Lessig gave one of the more interesting PowerPoint presentations I've seen, in which he highlighted some of the recent press coverage given over to Creative Commons, including a excited review from Billboard, ominous storm clouds of warning from the entertainment lawyer's lobby, and a charge of communism by no less than Bill Gates himself (which Lessig hilariously juxtaposed with images of Darth Vader). Fun stuff.
The party was really the debutante ball for Science Commons, and they're clearly very excited about it. Its goal is to bring the Creative Commons ideas and philosophy to the realm of science, and they've had some significant successes so far. If you haven't yet, go to their website [http://www.sciencecommons.org] and check it out.
I walked out with some boffo free stuff that Wired Magazine was giving away, including a few issues (including the one with the Wired / Creative Commons CD) and a goodie bag full of neat Creative Commons/Science Commons loot, including a DVD of their short films that describe CC principles and licensing, a button, stickers, and a Science Commons luggage tag. Woohoo!
...SIMBA UPDATE
So Simba seems to be doing a little better, although he's miffed that it's raining again and he can't step outside for a few. It's not so much the rain, actually, as the wind. There's cold, persistent gusts that make Simba crouch low to the floor and do a 180 away from the open door.
Anyway, the scabbing on his nose seems to be easing up somewhat. And last night he ate a whole plate of moist cat food. Yay! We're no where near out of the woods yet, but at least we're walking in that direction.
Of course, I hadn't been there five minutes when the girl at the registration table wondered if I was the Jason Bentley - you know, from LA. "No," I replied. "I'm the other Jason Bentley." So to avoid any confusion or uncomfortable starstruck letdowns, I put "www.JasonBentley.org" on the name tag instead of just Jason Bentley. Maybe I should just make that legal and permenant. No, no...he's Jason Bentley. I'm www.jasonbentley.org.
Still, I had a really good time. Lessig gave one of the more interesting PowerPoint presentations I've seen, in which he highlighted some of the recent press coverage given over to Creative Commons, including a excited review from Billboard, ominous storm clouds of warning from the entertainment lawyer's lobby, and a charge of communism by no less than Bill Gates himself (which Lessig hilariously juxtaposed with images of Darth Vader). Fun stuff.
The party was really the debutante ball for Science Commons, and they're clearly very excited about it. Its goal is to bring the Creative Commons ideas and philosophy to the realm of science, and they've had some significant successes so far. If you haven't yet, go to their website [http://www.sciencecommons.org] and check it out.
I walked out with some boffo free stuff that Wired Magazine was giving away, including a few issues (including the one with the Wired / Creative Commons CD) and a goodie bag full of neat Creative Commons/Science Commons loot, including a DVD of their short films that describe CC principles and licensing, a button, stickers, and a Science Commons luggage tag. Woohoo!
...SIMBA UPDATE
So Simba seems to be doing a little better, although he's miffed that it's raining again and he can't step outside for a few. It's not so much the rain, actually, as the wind. There's cold, persistent gusts that make Simba crouch low to the floor and do a 180 away from the open door.
Anyway, the scabbing on his nose seems to be easing up somewhat. And last night he ate a whole plate of moist cat food. Yay! We're no where near out of the woods yet, but at least we're walking in that direction.
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