In Person

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Public Event

NYC Future of Coding Meetup

March 24, 2023

5:30 pm

Postponed: New Date TBA

Castle in the Sky

About

Let's explore the future of coding!

Hosted by Charles Chamberlain (prev birch.ink, Jane Street, Uber); come, huddle over a laptop, sip some tea, and discuss the future of interfaces, data, and functions with fellow dreamers!

When

March 24, 2023

5:30 pm

Where

Betaworks • 29 Little W 12th Street • New York, NY 10014

Agenda

Speakers

Charles Chamberlain

Ecosystem Whisperer

Biography

Hi! I'm Charles. I like tea, clouds, and cabins!

I'm working on my own adventures! Right now that means personal research related to coding education, art, and tools for thinking. In the past it's been programming language research and birch.ink. Before all this, I worked at Jane Street on developer tools and at Uber on trip storage.

Sponsors

Proof of Full Vaccination Required

Betaworks requires all visitors to show proof of full vaccination to enter. No exceptions. Two ways that you can show proof:

Official vaccine card with at least 2 weeks having passed since the date of the last required dose (1 dose for J&J/AstraZeneca, 2 for Pfizer/Moderna)
An active digital pass such as the NY State Excelsior Pass or the CLEAR app

What else is happening?

In Person

–

Public Event

NYC Future of Coding Meetup

When

POSTPONED: New Date TBA

March 24, 2023

5:30 pm

Where

Betaworks • 29 Little W 12th Street • New York, NY 10014

Sold Out

Postponed: New Date TBA

Castle in the Sky

Event Details

Let's explore the future of coding!

Hosted by Charles Chamberlain (prev birch.ink, Jane Street, Uber); come, huddle over a laptop, sip some tea, and discuss the future of interfaces, data, and functions with fellow dreamers!

Agenda

Speakers

Charles

Chamberlain

Ecosystem Whisperer

Hi! I'm Charles. I like tea, clouds, and cabins!

I'm working on my own adventures! Right now that means personal research related to coding education, art, and tools for thinking. In the past it's been programming language research and birch.ink. Before all this, I worked at Jane Street on developer tools and at Uber on trip storage.

Sponsors

Proof of Full Vaccination Required

Betaworks requires all visitors to show proof of full vaccination to enter. No exceptions. Two ways that you can show proof:

Official vaccine card with at least 2 weeks having passed since the date of the last required dose (1 dose for J&J/AstraZeneca, 2 for Pfizer/Moderna)
An active digital pass such as the NY State Excelsior Pass or the CLEAR app

What else is happening?

RENDER();

Tools
For
Thinking

How New Technologies are Changing How We Create, Share, and Build Knowledge

When

March 24, 2023

5:30 pm

Where

Betaworks • 29 Little W 12th Street • New York, NY 10014

Proof of Full Vaccination Required

RENDER is Over, but Camp is just beginning

We had some great speakers and participants turn out for Render, and we all got to participate in very interesting conversations. You can find recordings of all of our sessions below. If you're working on a Tool for Thinking and want to participate in our upcoming accelerator program, you can learn more here.

Building Bicycles for the Mind

Let's explore the future of coding!

Hosted by Charles Chamberlain (prev birch.ink, Jane Street, Uber); come, huddle over a laptop, sip some tea, and discuss the future of interfaces, data, and functions with fellow dreamers!

Speakers

Howard

Rheingold

Author

Tools for Thought

Charles

Chamberlain

Ecosystem Whisperer

Schedule

11:30 AM

Doors Open

12:00 PM

Welcome

with MC

12:10 PM – 12:20 PM

How Do We Define Tools for Thinking and Why Do They Matter?

Join Jerry Michalski and John Borthwick as they talk about their interest in tools for thinking, and what excites them the most about the future of the category.

12:20 PM – 12:50 PM

Inflection Points for Tools for Thinking

What are the key inflection points that will supercharge Tools for Thinking in the near future? How will new technologies, user metaphors, and funding models change how people build these tools? John Borthwick will be discussing how the landscape is changing with the co-founders of Readwise, Daniel Doyon & Tristan Homsi.

12:50 PM – 1:00 PM

Q+A

1:00 PM – 1:15 PM

Demo: Protocol Design for Tools for Thinking

Gordon Brander will be presenting a brief demo on Subconscious and the Noosphere, products he and his team are working on to allow Tools for Thinking to become interoperable and better connected.

1:15 PM – 2:00 PM

Lunch and Networking

2:00 PM – 2:45 PM

The History and Future of Software as Tools for Thinking

Some of the earliest examples of software explored by pioneers like Doug Engelbart, JCR Licklider, Alan Turing, and others were at their core technologies that help magnify, inspect, and spread our ideas. Jerry Michalski will be sitting down (virtually) with Howard Rheingold, author of Tools for Thought, to explore the history and future of "mind-amplifying technology".

2:45 PM – 3:00 PM

Q+A

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Tools for Thinking Product Demos

We’ll hear from builders and thinkers deep in the space and get to take a look at what they’re working on. We’ll be checking out Plexus, Re:Collect, Jerry’s Brain, Subconscious and more.

4:15 PM – 4:45 PM

Leveraging AI and ML in Building New Tools for Thinking

Alice Albrecht and Linus Lee will be sitting down with Chris Pedregal to discuss their work in leveraging AI and Machine Learning for creating new kinds of tools for thinking.

4:45 PM – 5:00 PM

Q+A

5:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Idea Dimensionality and Representing Semantic Meaning

How do ideas - and the human brains that make and hold them - interact? Get prepared for meta! Esther Dyson and Jerry Michalski, will discuss the idea of how people work together to shape, compare, intertwine and ultimately produce multi-faceted ideas and multi-dimensional idea spaces. As David Waltz (Thinking Machines) once said, “Words are not in themselves carriers of meaning, but merely pointers to shared understanding.” Watch and lob questions as the two of them try to build and share the idea of how better ideas can be developed through collaboration.

5:30 PM – 5:45 PM

Q+A

5:45 PM – 7:00 PM

Closing and Happy Hour

Proof of Full Vaccination Required

Betaworks requires all visitors to show proof of full vaccination to enter. No exceptions. Two ways that you can show proof:

Official vaccine card with at least 2 weeks having passed since the date of the last required dose (1 dose for J&J/AstraZeneca, 2 for Pfizer/Moderna)
An active digital pass such as the NY State Excelsior Pass or the CLEAR app

Let's explore the future of coding!

Hosted by Charles Chamberlain (prev birch.ink, Jane Street, Uber); come, huddle over a laptop, sip some tea, and discuss the future of interfaces, data, and functions with fellow dreamers!

speakers

Charles Chamberlain

Ecosystem Whisperer

Biography

Hi! I'm Charles. I like tea, clouds, and cabins!

I'm working on my own adventures! Right now that means personal research related to coding education, art, and tools for thinking. In the past it's been programming language research and birch.ink. Before all this, I worked at Jane Street on developer tools and at Uber on trip storage.

Schedule

6:00PM – 7:30PM

Panel Discussion

About + Ticket info

The two hottest topics in tech right now are the rise of generative AI and the mainstreaming of augmented reality with Apple’s recent push into spatial computing. Will silicon-based machines develop sentience?

Join us for a provocative discussion with some big (human) thinkers.

* Dinner is a ticketed event, not included with purchase of a Panel Discussion ticket *

speakers

Steven Johnson

AI Visiting Scholar

Google

David Chalmers

Cognitive Scientist and Philosopher

John Borthwick

Founder and CEO

Betaworks

Rufus Griscom

Co-founded

Next Big Idea Club

8:00PM – 10:00PM

Dinner meets Artificial Worlds

About + Ticket info

Pull up a seat to the table. Join our panelists and fellow enthusiasts for a post-panel dinner where the conversation will continue to flow.

* Dinner is a ticketed event, not included with purchase of a Panel Discussion ticket *

dinner guest

Steven Johnson

AI Visiting Scholar

Google

David Chalmers

Cognitive Scientist and Philosopher

John Borthwick

Founder and CEO

Betaworks

Rufus Griscom

Co-founded

Next Big Idea Club

WHEN

Friday, March 24, 2023

5:30 pm

WHERE

Betaworks

29 Little West 12th Street

New York, NY 10014