Category Archives: The Life Coté

Themes of Bruce Sterling Works

Having finished up The Caryatids and the spime-tastic (unintentional) playbook for IBM’s “Smart Planet” Shaping Things, I’ve now read all (I’m pretty sure…except for the Difference Engine, co-authored with William Gibson) of Bruce Sterling’s books. There’s a passel of them, but I’m a pretty big fan of his fiction and non-fiction. The list above is [...]

How to Listen to a Podcast

While catching up with the lovely R2 this pas weekend, I thought I’d share some tips for podcast listening. Not technical ones, you know, but enjoyment tips:

(Here’s an even larger version if you’d like.)
In the spirit of one of the above, here’s the podcasts I currently subscribe to - and occasionally listen too! ;>

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The longer your email signature, the less you “get it.”

Lightening SXSW 2009 Reviews

While in the Gingerman, Kim, Charles, Silva, and Cote’ give their review of SXSW so far.

Peelander-Z at SXSW 2009

Originally uploaded by cote.
I’ve written about Peelander-Z before here, last time I saw them at SXSW. They’re pretty damn fantastic. Their show is hyper-fun. They make whole songs out of two phrases. Like, the guy in yellow there will start out saying, in his Japanese accented English, “I so hungry! What I eat? STEAK! [drummer [...]