Leg No: 4 - New York - May 25th / June 1st 2012

277 days, 4 hours, 23 minutes

Well I get back to the big apple yet again. :) This will be my third time and I really love it. The architecture, the environment, the contrast. 

My Visit to New York is meet up with a number of specialist in the field of Usability. I looking to meet with a number of Usability Experts.

Usability Expert: Charlies Mauro of Mauro New Media,

Adam Greenfield of Urbanscale and author of a very interesting book called "Everyware" which is about "The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing".  The book is about the form that computing will take in the next few years. Its about the vision of distributed processing power that basically computers will disappear in the way we know of them today. That computers will be so integrated into our lives that we will not see or think of them as computers. We will just engage within our environments and over time will not even be aware of where the line between carrying out a task and our engagement with using a computer. 

Norman Vincent Peel

Someone who has had a big impact in my life on perspective. Wrote a very good book call the "Power of Positive Thinking". You should read it.

The Empire State Building

The first time I was here I got to 34th Street which is where the Empire State Building was situated. I looked around and I could not see the building. It was 10pm at night and the building across from me was only half light up. anyway I asked the Police Office where I could find the Empire State Building, he looked at me and said "you're not from around here are you?" no was my answer. He then proceeded to pointed over his left shoulder to the a building and said "that's it, there". I looked again "it's not that tall". He then advised me to check-it out in daylight. 

Second Hand Rose
(Owned by Friend of Mine's Father)

This place is where a lot of movies are filmed in when they are looking for a street scene in New York. My friends dad specialise in Antique Wall Paper. The shop is very interesting inside, wall to floor antiques.

The Wedge
First Skyscraper in New York

I have a picture of this building over my bed and always wanted to see it for real, well I got the photo and I dare say I will try again as the weather last time was not to good.

IBM Research: The other areas I am hoping to get to is IBM's Research Laboratories. This I am still working on and when I have firmed up details I will post to the site. IBM also has research locations in Cambridge, Boston and there is my next leg within this trip.

Again accommodation has been arranged via airbnb.com.