foam dust is the culprit
Too many expressions are possible for a quick summary of the Phoebe’s Field Symposium. However, our mighty leader urged us this morning to “get back to the rest of your lives”, and I find that to be a good exit survey result, if I may use that analogy. It was all-encompassing and enliving; the public lectures were amazing; the private talks very productive.
Yet, my favorite moments were the interpersonal conversations held with some of our guests/advisory board members. I spoke to Paul Orselli several times, a brilliant genius of interactive design elements and practical requirements for exhibits. He has far more of a hemispherical hair cut that his bio photograph suggests.
I thoroughly enjoyed the chats with Bruce Schena, co-founder of Intuitive Surgical and co-inventor of the da Vinci Surgical System. It took only minutes to discover he could speak on the level of the geek, a chat about wireless internet and the draft-N spec coming up. To push the envelope, as we were walking to the dinner hall for the final reception, I saw a bathroom corridor which had the male, baby, and female placards on the wall. I pointed and said, “Giant Baby.”
Without a moment’s hesitation - I kid you not - Bruce replied with, “Duckies!” I was almost in shock, but elated to find that the successful engineers of the world may actually have free time to waste on superfluous internet endeavors.
Overall, an amazing two days of non-stop exhibit design action. But, now, for the rest of my life..