Articles and Publications
Below are some of my various writings. Feedback is appreciated.
Articles
- An
Introduction to Spyware, and Why You Should Be Concerned
(2003) - A look at some of the newer threats to your privacy and
security in the online world: Usage-trackers, adware, spyware,
key-loggers, persistent pop-ups, and more. Most of these things
aren't (yet) detected by current antivirus scanners, but this
essay points to some free tools specifically designed to look
for these types of threats. I also discuss why you should
care, even if you don't think you do anything important on the
computer, or that you don't have anything to hide.
(If you use Microsoft Windows in any way, shape, or form, you
should probably read this article.)
- Viable
Utopian Ideas flier (2003) - A double-sided, single-page
flier (PDF format) produced as a quick introduction to the ideas
presented in the "Distributed Floating Cities" essay,
below.
Background: In April, 2003, some of the book's 47
authors held a group panel discussion, Q&A session, and
book-signing at a Barnes & Noble store in Philadelphia, PA. The
event was apparently quite lively and well-received, and similar
events are now being planned for bookstores in the San Francisco
Bay Area and possibly other regions around the country.
Many of the authors produced similar single-paged fliers to
introduce their topics at remote signings and panel discussions
that they are unable to physically attend. In this way, we hope
to represent the larger community of authors who came together
conceptually to produce the work, while being geographically
spread out across the planet.
If you would like to help bring such a panel discussion to a
bookstore near you, please contact me with
details about your location and ideas, and let's see if we can
make it happen.
- Distributed Floating Cities: A Laboratory for Exploring Social
Utopias (Short version) (2002) - Published in the book,
"Viable Utopian Ideas: Shaping A Better World", Edited by Arthur
B. Shostak. (Copyright © 2003 by M. E. Sharpe, Inc.) [ISBN 0-7656-1104-X (alternate, search) (clothbound) & ISBN 0-7656-1105-8 (alternate, search) (paperback)]. More information is available at http://www.utopianideas.net/
- Comprehensive
Anticipatory Design Science - An Introduction (2000)
- How Much Is Your
Time Worth? (1999)
- Atmospheric
Condensing: A Proposed Solution To Global Thirst (1998)
- GTE vs. Pacific Bell - A Pricing
Case Study (1997)
- Just
Where Are You Speeding To, On The Information
Superhighway? (1997)
- Hydroponics
And Housing For The 21st Century (2001) (ASCII text Version)
(1996)
- I'm From The
Future...And I'm Trying To Get Home. (1995)
- How To Break
Up Traffic Jams. (1995)
- "Reforming" vs. "Newforming" (1995) (ASCII Text
Version)
- Economies
of the Future (1995)
- An Educational
Brush With Death (1995) (ASCII Text Version)
- Thoughts
About Dec. 21st, 2012 (Terrence Mckenna's Novelty Theory)
(1993)
- Oceana: A Proposal
For A New Country (1992) (ASCII Text Version)
Designs and Creations
- Agricultural Water
Tower Domes (2001)
- The Autonomous House (2000)
- The
Whole Future Catalog (Online Edition) (Concept: early
1990's. Ongoing Implementation: 1999-present) -- A
collaborative, interactive, and ever-expanding guide to The
Future. (Or at least, some aspects of our possible future.) It
was inspired by a wonderful and long out-of-print book, and has
been realized using Wiki software to allow the community (that
includes you) to add, edit and update entries...even to correct
typos and spelling errors that others might have made.
Thus, together we can create a body of knowledge and a resource
for helping prepare our current and future generations. By
teaching the tools and techniques for studying the future, as
well as pointing out new technologies that are being developed
constantly, we may prepare ourselves (as best we can) for the
changes we're sure to encounter.
- The Synergy
Ball (1989) -- A spherical paper tensegrity model (and
hangable mobile) that demonstrates principles of structure,
geodesic math, tensegrity, and a surprising amount of physical
strength. (Due primarily to synergies arising from the
interaction of the component parts, with the overall structure,
and not so much from the material itself. (It is made from a
die-cut paper material, and is produced by Design Science Toys, Inc.
Public Speaking and Interviews
Reviews
Technical Documentation
Patrick Salsbury
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