Blog Pattern Language
By Sam Martin - July 15, 2011

Here's the third full day of the conference. Another solid group of speakers.
Blog Pattern Language
By Sam Martin - July 12, 2011

Pre-conference TEDGlobal is in the books, the first session is near, and after days of wondering what the “stuff” in this year’s Stuff of Life theme could mean, I may have a start. Thinking about stuff automatically includes thinking about things. And indeed we are fond of our stuff: computers, cars, Saturday jeans, running shoes, and whatever other objects you value. But the stuff of life is not only objects (and besides, you can’t have a four-day conference only about things). The Stuff of Life is actually the stuff in life—inspiration and disappointment, marriage and divorce, life and death.
Blog Pattern Language
By Sam Martin - July 20, 2009
This morning I was fortunate to go on a private tour of the Bodleian Library, Oxford University’s official biblioteque and one of the world’s greatest book depositories. There were eight people, including me on the tour, so it was truly an intimate and special look.