rejon is Jon Phillips.

great gift from my parents to youngens but reminds me, is there a wikipedia for human genealogy? wikiroots?, originally uploaded by rejon.

Much happening. So much in transit. So much necessary to end the year. Happy holidaze #xmas2009!

I’m cleaning out my queues and killing tasks until 2010.

You may or may not see more blog posts prior, but you’ll definitely see some traffic.

NOTE: The above image is a great genealogy that my Mom pulled together with some family and gave to all grandkids on my dad’s side. Very cool!

Check out my other photos up on flickr.

[ Assume you start on the #FLIST ]

Hi all, round one of Asia travel is nearing completion. I’m ending with a bang at Joi’s NSC1 unconference in the always great Singapore figuring out how to build a startup culture in asia. I believe I’ll be spending much more time here over the next year, so great to build out!

I’ll be in SF for about 24 hours on Sunday Monday which will be nice, do some meetings and have an Overlap Dinner and Party. Then, onto Montreal for the week to powerdrive on StatusNet!

If you are in and/or around Montreal, please come to the first StatusCampMontreal1:

Its not too late to add your topic, name to the wiki, and help spread the status updates about the first ever StatusCamp in Montreal on December 18 from 9 until 5 PM at Station C. As mentioned before, its free and open to the public, just RSVP or email me jon@status.net, or message me @rejon to confirm your attendance please.

Here are a few of the topics upcoming attendees want to discuss:

• Status.Net software + technology
• Social concerns and movements
• Building business off of Status.Net
• APIs
• Hack session
• Free Network Services
• Identi.ca: now what?
• How micro-blogging (aka Status.net) is changing the web & the world
• Using status.net to make change
• Documentation sprint: we’ll create a list of all the “pain points” that need to be documented

Also, I should add that changeMedium will be a part of the StatusNet StatusCamp. Check out this snippet about from Michael:

In that spirit I’m putting out the call to all you folks interested in making change using the medium of change. Status.net has opened their arms and their community. Let’s show up and return the spirit. How can we advance our understanding, contribute to, and apply this medium for change?

Check out ChangeMedium.

[ My new obsession are pirated, shanzhai and old books found in developing nations (Delhi, India) ]

My whirlwind bizdev journey I’m now calling #timetraveling is nearly wrapped up. I had to make a quick trip to Delhi from FOSS.in to have a great meeting with a large media organization in India. Then, zoomed off from there to Guangzhou to take my first stab at making the case for analyzing Shanzhai technology culture, and building a legal international movement from this rapid hardware remix culture.

Shanzhai VS. Qi Inside: Making Legal Open Hardware in China –

Here is the non-PDF non-FLASH version of the presentation. Here is the slideshare and scribd version, which I’m having battle here for best quality. You can grab the PPT from them so you can use and spread the Qi.

[ Photo by Adeh ]

There is a tedtochina website which has some info about the TEDxGuangzhou conference and then many more photos. Check the press hits out:

继TEDxShanghai, TEDxXiamen以及TEDxBeijing之后，TEDxGuangzhou亦将于12月5号在广州市大学城广东科学中心举行。本次TEDxGuangzhou 的主题为“创意锦缎——想象无界”（The Fabric of Imagination）。本次的TEDx活动邀请到了来自科学、艺术、建筑、设计等多个领域的专家，分享他们最优秀的创作、思想和故事。

Thanks to CiCi (not CC), for taking good close-ups of me.

The TEDxGuangzhou conference I really appreciated the large 700-1000 person audience at one of the weirdest/coolest buildings in guangzhou that looks like an alien spaceship. Big thanks to the organizers, Lonnie Hodges and all the volunteers who made it real! Big thanks!