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Thursday, March 12, 2009

John Wilker


I’m John Wilker


My Wife Brought me here
I’m
Phillip


Highlands Ranch


Downtown


I write Software


I do stuff


I’m pretty easy to reach
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How does Ignite Work?
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Tony Hillerson


The Myth of Left
and Right (Brain)
Tony Hillerson
Ignite Denver - March 2009


Raise your hands
How many of you are Right Brained?
๏

Left Brained?
๏


Well,
It’s more complex than that


Pop-psych sez...

Left Brain Right Brain
Math
๏ Creativity
๏

Logic
๏ Emotion
๏

Rigid Thinking
๏ Fashion
๏
Sense


Actual

Left Hemi Right Hemi
Language Language
๏ ๏
(grammar, (context,
syntax) intonation)
Symbols Metaphor
๏ ๏

Computation Computation
๏ ๏
(exact, (approximatio
comparison) n, estimation)


Actual

Left Hemi Right Hemi
Emotion (and the stem)
๏

Math
๏

Loss on one side *sometimes*
๏
means the other side takes over


That’s more like it...

Analytic Synthetic
Step-wise, Pattern
๏ ๏
Linear thinking recognition
Recognizes the Suggests
๏ ๏
parts that make context based
up the whole on bits of the
whole


A-Brain: Synchronous

Steps through details
๏

Results (or gaps) are evident right away
๏


S-Brain: Asynchronous

A “search” runs in the “background”
๏

Results come later, unpredictably
๏


Modes are Exclusive

It’s hard to get functions from one side
๏
to work alongside functions from the
other or share memory
Evident from studies on patients with no
๏
link
Math prodigies seem to have better links
๏


Voices in your Head

Be Quiet!


Voices in your Head

The A-mode takes over
when your brain idles


Have you ever seen words
in your dreams?

The S-mode doesn’t
present information in
words


Memory: Not RAM

Not stored in one place
๏

Seems to run in an endless loop
๏

Everything is stored, but nothing is indexed
๏


Memory: Not RAM

Memory is stored
๏
holographically -
every bit of the brain
stores the whole
Mice have shown
๏
us...


Why is this important?

You can learn to learn better
๏

You can become an expert
๏

The signifier of an expert is intuition
๏


Old Dogs and New Tricks

Your mind can still learn as it gets older
๏

Mice in grey labs have proven it
๏


S-Mode Tip #1

Defocus


S-Mode Tip #2

Play


Everyone has one...

...Use your whole brain


Phil “Floating Bones”


Everything we know
Phoenix

about our bodies
is wrong.


Manmade Structure


No hinges


No levers

Floating Compression
Models

“You never change things by fighting
the existing reality. To change
something, build a new model that
makes the existing model obsolete.”
Buckminster Fuller


Tensional Integrity

Omnitensional Integrity


Long Lines of Tension

Superﬁcial + Deep Layers

Imagery


Pervasive
Compression-Based

Floating


Body/Mind


Vocabulary


The world’s simplest
body/mind discipline:

“In Spatial Medicine, nothing is
added but information; nothing is
taken away but strain.”
Thomas W. Myers
“Spatial Medicine”
AnatomyTrains.com

[Group Exercise]


Homework:
Keep ﬁnding the ﬂoat. Share
and discuss your results.

FloatingBones.com
phil@FloatingBones.com
Twitter: @floatingbones
Twitter: #floatdujour


BugFrog


Human Online Identity
Who the hell am I
and why am I talking about identity?

Bryan Giese or then again

BugFrog

blog at BugFrog.com

portfolio at BgxLabs.com

projects at RedGhostLabs.com

SMS BugFrog to 50500 (text message rates apply)


BugFrog.com

RedGhostLabs.com


John Bryan


Renewable Energy
and Its Uses and
Issues

John R. Bryan, PMP
Xcel Energy, Utility Innovations, Program Manager
550 15th St, 11th Floor, Denver, CO 80202
Phone: 303-571-7248 Cell: 303-997-2824 Fax: 303-571-7440
Email: John.R.Bryan@xcelenergy.com


Renewable Energy
and Its Uses and
Issues
from the alternative energy R&D guy
from the Fortune 500 energy monopoly

John R. Bryan, PMP
Xcel Energy, Utility Innovations, Program Manager
550 15th St, 11th Floor, Denver, CO 80202
Phone: 303-571-7248 Cell: 303-997-2824 Fax: 303-571-7440
Email: John.R.Bryan@xcelenergy.com


What is Power and Energy?
Power is the size of the pipe where energy
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flows
Energy is the amount of juice in the tank
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Cost to run a 100W Light Bulb
is: 1 cent an hour
(in CO but 3 in HI)

Power * Time is Energy
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Xcel Energy sells Energy at a Rate but also
๏
sells the use of our Power assets to make
and send energy


Cost to Build a Power Plant

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How about cost of Solar?



How about cost of Solar?
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without
Fed support
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with!



Solar is coming!
if we can ever borrow again
or have jobs to want to buy it

that’s GOOD, right?

well...


Sun is before the load (but not much)

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Not just solar...
with more time I could show that Wind
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Energy is very similar but even cheaper

but not good near the surface so not good
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for personal homes

in any case, what do we do?
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How do we turn the sun on
when we want it
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at the price we need
๏

so the lights come on
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ALL THE TIME
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even at night or on rainy days
๏


That looks REALLY expensive
yup
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Xcel has a 1,000 home battery in
๏
Minnesota that will cost about $3 per watt
or more than “peaking units”
at scale ... it will be
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cheaper but can we
find another use to
store energy to
integrate 8$#6quot;#$%&

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How about Electric Cars?
They are only used 8% of their day
๏

Our real world test show that people plug
๏
in more often over time
85% of the country drives 40 miles or less
๏
each day so there is energy left in the
batteries


Not MY Battery
you giant monopoly!!!
They are expensive at about $200 per
๏
mile range
If used too much, they can loose range
๏
over time
At $1.50 gas, why would I switch?
๏


Well, yah, but...
I’ll pay you for using them (hopefully)
๏

Maybe as much as $30k over their 10
๏
year life (when I don’t have to build power
plants and other assets to support their
load)

“Big Talk. Can you prove it?”
๏


No, but I’m working on it

Photo by ASC Designs 303-522-0066

and also...

Wind 2 Battery Project
1 MW NaS Battery System
Can deliver 1 MW for 7 hrs
Power Conditioning Equipment
Wind farm/grid interconnection
Local and remote data and
communication equipment

Two Phases of Study
Understand how system could
optimize wind farm economies
Understand how system could
optimize utility integration of wind
resources


There is a bunch of us trying!
Entity Role
Battery technology, wind integration expertise, test
NGK Insulators plan development, and data interpretation

Overall system design and construction, supplier
S&C Electric of power conversion system

MinWind Energy Grid interconnection; “Wind Farm” optimizer

Design participation, data collection and
University of Minnesota interpretation, report preparation

Design participation, data collection and
NREL interpretation, report preparation

Analysis of energy storage regulatory policy
Great Plains Institute implications, independent perspective

Battery System communications and remote
V2Green / GridPoint controls

Functional specification development and design
EPRI participation

System Owner, engineering, and development
Xcel Energy management.


Can we store Renewables
Absolutely!
๏

Can we do it for the same price as the
๏
cost of energy now?
With the same reliability as we presently
๏
enjoy?

We had better figure it out quickly.
๏


Can we store Renewables
Absolutely!
๏

Can we do it for the same price as the
๏
cost of energy now?
With the same reliability as we presently
๏
enjoy?

We had better figure it out quickly.
๏
WISH US LUCK AND SUCCESS!


Jun Heider


Using Garageband to
Generate Lame-Core
Jun Heider
RealEyes Media


Who am I?
Sr. Flex Developer and Technical Trainer
๏
at RealEyes Media
GarageBand Enthusiast
๏

The Trent Reznor of Lame-core
๏


What is Garageband?


What is Lame-core?


What is Lame-core?

+


Base requirements
Either a Macintosh or Hackintosh OS X
๏
10.2.6 or higher (Currently 10.5.x)
iLife ’04 and higher Suite version (iLife ’09
๏
currently comes pre-installed with new
Macs)


Optional Requirements
USB or Firewire Audio Interface such as and
๏
M-Audio FastTrack Pro or Line 6 TonePort
Good quality microphone
๏

Midi controllers such as keyboards
๏

Analog instruments such as electric guitars
๏
and bass
Audio clips, loops, whatever you can think of
๏
as a source of sound
Audio Hijack pro
๏


My Tools


Step 1: Find your Source


Step 2: Start up GarageBand


Step 3: Creating a New
Project


Step 3 Result: What you’ll see


Step 4: Remove the Default
Track


Step 5: Verify Your Settings


Step 6: Drag in your source
and Disarm Track Recording



Drag in Source Audio



Disarm the track
Drag in Source Audio
(Red circle=armed,
Grey
circle=disarmed)


Step 7: Create a New Track
to Record MIDI or Analog


Step 8: Arm and Record


Step 9 through whichever
Repeat steps 7 and 8 as many times as
๏
you need to.
Make sure to only arm tracks you want to
๏
record on


What Your Project Might
End Up Looking Like


Ways to Embellish the Mix
Adjust Pan and Volume

Select effects for Real Instrument Tracks

Pick different loops and clips for the MIDI tracks


Last Slide: Exporting to Audio File and
References
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FZ4tmNIdAt8/SKaoAqBO-5I/AAAAAAAAAMQ/8N3-z06Ixcc/
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s400/milli_vanilli.jpg

http://www.apple.com
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ILife
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GarageBand
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http://www.m-audio.com
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http://www.knowzy.com/images/M-Audio-Fast_Track_Pro-Front.jpg
๏

http://www.theangelconversations.com/pics/FenderHMT.jpg
๏

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?
๏
skuId=8814358&type=product&id=1211586115102

http://img3.musiciansfriend.com/dbase/pics/products/1/3/6/563136.jpg
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http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/cm/goodhousekeeping/images/maudio-fb.jpg
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http://www.rogueamoeba.com/audiohijackpro/
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwatjHcV1ZM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKT-o7fg2Rg
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSqV3rWM4iQ
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcc8dTqflh8
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Taj Moore


postmodern photosafari

the inﬂuence of social photography on
perspective, place + purpose

— Taj Moore —


Next Colfax Photosafari is Saturday May 9, 2009

www.colfaxlove.com

Learn about other socially innovative projects
like this one at
the Abundance League

www.abundanceleague.org

— Taj Moore —


Sean Christmann


Dude, Where’s My
Solar Powered Car?
Sean Christmann

Email: mech@craftymind.com
Twitter: @seanalltogether


There’s a lot of myths floating
around about cars these days.

“Forget water powered cars, I’m
getting a solar powered car!”


It’s true that solar cars exist, but
the laws of physics are against us

= 2 hp
~27% solar efﬁciency

= 190 hp
would require over
2500% solar efﬁciency


“Well what if I buy power from renewable
resources like solar and wind farms”

“Then I can drive an electric car that’s
technically ‘solar powered’”


The truth is, unless you own one
of these...

...then congratulations, you
already drive a “solar powered”
car.


Don’t believe me?


In fact, almost all energy we use
today is a by-product of solar
radiation


“Yeah, but we can’t wait a million years
for more oil to be created”

Thats true...


...but don’t assume that electricity
is the only “renewable” way of
storing energy


So what fuel will be in your
next car when petroleum
runs out?

Answering that question is
problematic, because we built our
entire economy on the best fuel for
the job - petroleum (gas, diesel)


People don’t want to lose the comforts
๏
engineered around petroleum
I want a lot of horsepower
-
I want to drive 300 miles between refueling
-
Refueling should be fast
-
Fuel tanks shouldn’t take up much room
-


Fuel Contenders: Batteries
Cheap and no exhaust waste
๏

Electric motors are very efficient at turning
๏
electricity into motion.
Energy density is horrible. In the Tesla car, 200
๏
miles of battery power weigh 1000 lbs and take
up alot of space


Fuel Contenders: Hydrogen
Electrolysis should allow for clean creation,
๏
fuel-cells cleanly power cars
Should be fast to refuel
๏

Low energy density, compression requires
๏
cooling


Fuel Contenders: Alcohols
(Ethanol & Long Chain Hydrocarbons)

High energy density; would need a 15 gallon
๏
tank to match a 10 gallon gas tank
Existing technology and infrastructure is ready
๏
to support it
Generates
๏
pollution as
exhaust from
being burned


Anything else?
General rule of thumb is, the more dense
๏
and complex the fuel, the less you can
create of it

1 Acre

Biodiesel / ??
Electricity

Hydrogen Alcohols


What’s the bottom line on
these different fuels?

Which one is most
practical?


Is hydrogen worth the
investment?
Hydrogen only solves one problem with
๏
batteries (refuel rate), but introduces a
more complex problem of building an
entirely new infrastructure.
Hydrogen is more suitable for low
๏
temperature environments


Can we make enough
alcohol?

Ethanol production might compete with
๏
food production, can we spare the land
and addition water?
Algae might prove to be the holy grail for
๏
generating alcohols


Are batteries good
enough?
Batteries need to reach 5-10 minute
๏
recharges. Right now you might get stuck
at a station in the middle of nowhere for 2
hours.
Densities need to improve to increase
๏
distance and give people back their trunks


My predictions for the future
Manufactures should ramp up
๏
on alcohol powered cars
Alcohol is our natural transition
๏
beyond petroleum. Brazil has
already made the transition.
Electric cars will expand when
๏
battery advances allow for
“roadtrip ready” cars.


Gina Schreck


Changing the Way
Organizations
Learn
Gina Schreck


Way Back When
Why do we
Shhhhh!
have to be
quiet?

“I’m the
Expert!”


Learning is
NOT a
laughing
matter!


Preparing for
Their Future


Into the Future…

200
9


WAIT A MINUTE!


Same Kid


Creative Tactics
for
E-Learning


What Has
Changed?


Tech Savvy

Digital
Natives


Millennials
Born from 1981-2000


Shiny
Object!
Lost is
on!
PING!
New Tweet..


HEY! You in the
blue shirt…
(yes you)…Put the
phone down!
It’s only 5 minutes!


Byte-Sized


Thank You…

for Your 5-Min
Attention Span

Gina
Schreck


Peggy Dyer


Inspiring change through conversation,
community, connection, and photography


Feb 26, 2009

Bon Jovi
“I’ve seen a million faces, and I’ve
rocked them all.”


Goals


The Math
Peggy Dyer leaves Boulder, CO
bound for Birmingham, Naples
and plans to photograph 1 million
faces. How long will this take?


Face # 1,000,000
President Obama


Change

starts with an idea


plant
your
garden


community

Friends, Small Business Owners, Charities


INSPIRE


What if people
started talking
about something
different?


#100


#101

Cosmo
Kramer

Avon, CO


#115
“Donnie”
Boulder, CO
March, 09, 2009


MESA, Moving to End Sexual Assault

The Davis Phinney Foundation


The Chanda Plan


Yes, I Can
and you can too!


Chris Messina


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