Past projects of 2008:

• Organizing a digital media conference at UC Berkeley
• Travel to Egypt (spring)
• Revising the "greatest Western paintings"
• Images for "Synthesis" (see below)
• Trip to the Middle East (feb)

Past projects of 2007:

• Publishing my 19th book, "A History of Jazz Music" (scheduled for january 2007)
• South India (february-march)
• Timelines of world literatures
• Lecture on India, China and the West
• Organizing a "Scientists Working Group" for the Leonardo International Society for the Arts
• Paper for Mutamorphosis 2007
• Executive consulting for Silicon Valley company
• Swissnex round table on "Boundaries and Meaning in Landscapes"
• 2007 hikes
• West Africa (october-november)