# Off to ECD and PopTech

- Author: Joichi Ito
- Date: 2002-10-16T05:04:24Z



I'm off to Michigan to visit ECD. I haven't been in Michigan since I was still on the board of ECD. I'm excited to see all of the new science and technology that must have happened since I was there last. A tour of ECD is like nothing else on earth. It's really like a trip through the future. I'll also be seeing a lot of old friends as well as my father who still works at ECD... If I can get my connection working, I'll blog stuff about it from Michigan.

Originally, it was just a trip to ECD and back, but I got the following email yesterday:At 12:18 02/10/14 -0400, Megan wrote:Joi,

Are you in the US Oct 18-20?   I'm going to PopTech then --- www.poptech.com --- I got an extra ticket for my sister, but she can't come... so I was trying to sell it. It's an excellent conference up in Camden, Maine (leaves changing colors)...

hosted by John Sculley, Bob Metcalfe and others -- great themes each year and a great group.  This year it's Artificial Worlds -- about communities and games and VR, etc etc etc.  Lots of people you know are going.  Any chance you'd be interested?   Conference is mainly Friday, Saturday and Sunday am -- with an reception on Thursday night.

-- Megan
Howard Rheingold, Dan Gillmor, Linda Stone, Simson Garfinkel, Jaron Lanier, Amy Bruckman... Lots of people I know, plus John Sculley, Bob Metcalfe, Alexander Shulgin, Vernor Vinge, Stephen Wolfram... Lots of people I don't know. Camden, Maine... OK I'm there. Unfortunately, I can only go for one day...





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