Seeking work: Remote or in Canada (willing/love to travel!)
* Privacy/Information Security
* Systems administration (Linux/BSD/UNIX)
* Business Development (co-founder?)
* Event Organization (I founded http://www.ideawave.ca and http://www.ideasmeetings.org)
* Strategic Social Media Campaigns
The pirate ship of Theseus talk would probably also interest hackernews readers and/or Canadians, as it's perhaps even more politically relevant today as it speaks about copyright.
I really look forward to the low level radiation to improve talk, I've read his research and it is really interesting. I have two science/techy types who verify all the talks, so there is some verification.
You can read about the submission and approval process at:
http://www.krisconstable.com/ideawave-2012/
as well as in the Times-Colonist:
http://www.timescolonist.com/Conference+swamped+wave+ideas/6...
Ian is a lot more science than magic hand wavey then you may think; he's built a hydrogen assisted sailboat, and spoke at IdeaWave before on his rediscovery of nickel-iron batteries that the Thomas Edison battery company made disappear:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO0-mGrWcjo
along with a another few decades of inventions and innovation. I hope you get a chance to attend the conference and dialog with him!
Thanks for the pointer. Entertaining to see their pricing structure, I'd honestly never heard of them before today. I'm wondering if I can sneak down there before CanSecWest (technical security conference in Vancouver). I hope to make it work, it looks great!
Thanks, I appreciate the feedback!
A couple of pointers:
1) Just do it. When in doubt, if you've got the resources to make it happen, the worst case is you'll learn a few things on how to make it better.
2) Bring in your network to help you out. I'm also lucky to have a large network, but it was awkward telling close friends that I didn't accept their talk, so I brought in a diverse team who reviews all of the talks now.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate.
I'll be sure to email you, thanks again!