ON THE BOOKSHELVES OF THE DIGERATI
Lawrence Lessig
Author, Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters by Matt Ridley Despite some examples of if-you-have-this-gene-you'll-get-that-condition, most gene expression is more complex, depending on environment or even on stress. The genome is both software and hardware, foundational yet changeable, and it's amazingly platform-independent - the same basic code runs on all species, with extremely small changes making the difference between a fly and a human. It's an open source coding project that runs on handhelds as well as mainframes, and 97 percent of the programming apparently does nothing, like revisions that get superseded but never discarded."
Jackie White
Conference chair, Siggraph 2000
Tuesdays With Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom Morrie says we all need teachers in our lives, and as a teacher, this really got to me, and made me realize the impact of conference planning - playing the Pied Piper to so many students, professors, and professionals. The information I gain in one week at Siggraph is more effective than anything I learn during the rest of the year. You soak it up like a sponge. I probably shouldn't be saying this, but Siggraph is like a cult - once you start going to it, I challenge you to stop."
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