Jazz musician Herbie Hancock was among the participants at Entertainment Gathering, a three-day conference that demonstrated how modern specializations–3D animation, world-class concert music, evolutionary biology, architecture and blogging–reveal their underlying similarities in the light of the information age. Here Hancock accompanies himself in a high-tech jam session.
Entertainment Gathering, held in the Hollywood hills, inspired a fair share of unscheduled events. Here the Rev. Rick Warren, an author and megachurch pastor, presides over the marriage of Bill Nye, aka the Science Guy, and his fiancee, Blair Tindall.
Cellist Yo Yo Ma plays excerpts from a Bach concerto at Entertainment Gathering.
A coffee-table-like computer interface, designed by Applied Minds, lets groups work together over the same document.
Architect Frank Gehry, model Naomi Campbell and jazz musician Quincy Jones jam together on a new sample-based instrument designed to let people with any level of musical skill perform.
Bill Detwiler is the Editor for Technical Content and Ecosystem at Celonis. He is the former Editor in Chief of TechRepublic and previous host of TechRepublic's Dynamic Developer podcast and Cracking Open, CNET and TechRepublic's popular online show. Previously, Bill was an IT manager in the social research and energy industries. He has bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Louisville, where he has also lectured on computer crime and crime prevention.
