I've had a wonderful time in Australia; as will be shown in my forthcoming Seed column, the experience has also been very eye opening in a lot of ways. It's winding down, though: I do one last talk here in Sydney, and then it's off back to the states on that ridiculously long plane ride.
Tim Lambert (who I'll get to meet for the first time soon enough) has already blogged the talk, but here are the details:
Tuesday, April 24
6:30 PM-8:00 PM
Berkelouw Books--Leichhardt
70 Norton Street
Sydney, Australia NSW 2040
And then, when I get back to the states, it will be time for some talks on "framing"--followed by hurricane season.....
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The most beautiful City the World is not Sydney, not San Francisco, not Cape-Town. First City of the World, with special beautiful natural Place is the Rio de Janeiro!!!