Geez.. I can’t beelive it.. I fell asleep before blogging again. No big wonder.. the Me Convention in Frankfurt was both wonderfully surprising and exhausting. The programs during the day were’ fascinating.. from AI, to HR, to on demand commerce, the rise of chatbots,  to cyborgs, space exploration, Ad hoc community building, to leadership, To human  rights  to Microdosing with LSD.. Not whatI expected from an industry conference. Daimler was bold and insightful for partner with SXSW to put this on. It really showed them both as forward thinking. Deep, deep kudos to the folks who curated the speakers, topics , space and schedule.

What  was exhausting and most fun were the nights.. Endless parties and endless streams of really fascinating and wonderful people. I met so many folks there that I want to (need to ) keep as friends … Connections from so many parts of my life.. work. art, hobbies, burning man  , universities.

my talk was midday yesterday .. It went well.. I could tell that folks ‘got’ the message on the importance of Play i was tryign to get out. I got good feedback and helpful critique from many folks afterwards..

I also got a chance to run around inside the International Auto show a but with friend Miriam.. nice to see all the new technology..   Aroudn 4:30 I headed to the Train station … and randomly ra into my friend Simone and her family from Stutgart.. and my new friend Jeff..   and old friend Colja.. It’s getting to be a really small world

 

heres Rana… i sat next to her collaborator ‘Cookie’.. a freind of Hannah and Daves;; on a plane the other day.. totally random 

 

ibm crew.. miriam, sven and mark 

 

my talk and friend davids running side be side.. as viewed by jeff at the back of the divide between them 

 

 few pics of my talk.. . ‘

 

a talk from the plane (OK>. I know I need to create some different bling) 

 

A$AP Rocky closing interview.. he was inspiring.. 

 

my very good freind simone and her family.. whata funny chance meeting. 

 

jeff .. totally randomly walked into the train station lookign for soemthign to eat..   he baight us all chocolate !

 

Colja and I were on the same train back to munich.. great spending time catching up with him !

 

Tamer]s freind Ravi was IN Munich for 1 nitght.. i met him for a late night beer… . He works in our education area.. great guy.. he’d just come back from Oktoberfest . 

 

the night got so late that i came back and sat on the bed to begin writing my blog.. and the next thing I knew.. it was morning !…   good nights sleep though

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ok.. off to work

nite all, nite sam (good morning too !) 

-me