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[HOLO][TRAILHEAD] Holomove (was Emergen-C)
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alexbutterfield
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 		Holomovement
Mousekinn wrote:

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There is such a thing called the Holomovement, a metaphysical concept involving enlightenment in man's consciousness...It's a pretty interesting concept the more I read into it, but it may be just a coincidental tie in to the name of the company.


That can't be coincidence. You wouldn't call the company Holomove if you wanted people to ignore holomovement.

I've got to say though, it sounds way over my head.

About the XKCD comics, I looked into that site briefly and it seemed too well formed to have been manufactured. I got the impression it had been linked to from Nate's blog just to bulk up Nate's blog. Like the Onion video. (re: that onion video: I checked it again, it seems the Scarlet ads are embedded (I could be wrong), and what's more it seems like the content is out of place. That is the advert has more relevance to the game than the fake news content. pretty funny skit though. I'm not throwing my weight behind an LG (whoever that is) funded ARG, but it's a possibility.)

Having gone on that tangent - the bio for the comic artist does seem quite coincidental at the very least. But maybe the PMs deliberately found a site to link t that had an author who worked for Langley. If this ex-Langley physicist had been in a band, maybe they'd have linked to his band's site - if you follow me. Although it seems too coincidental, maybe it's supposed to - a bit of a red herring.

Code Writer Nate - of course, what an idiot I am. I was never good at reading license plates.

Edit:

this might seem obvious but I just want to make sure I'm on the same page as everyone else here seeing that this is my first ARG.

We are trying to uncover a mystery that we don't really know what it is. But it's probably something to do with the disappearance of Dr. Gough.

Nate is our in. He has a blog which gives us eyes inside the offices of Holomove, and a place to get responses. He also seems to have conflicting ideas with Holomove - their campaign about Scientific Anarchy conflicts with his love for coding based on its logic and reasoning (which he mentions a few times in his blog). At the same time Nate seems, well not naive, as he doesn't know he's in-game, but from our perspective he certainly isn't living the conspiracy theory.

Are we supposed to try and connect with him and rouse him into action to find things out for us?

Also what about these packages people were sent? Which in-game character sent these? Or are we supposed to overlook that and just use them as a starting block? If a character sent them, if Dr. Gough sent them, that would coincide with the theory that Dr. Gough knew he was going to disappear, and this is a clue to alert us to a mystery, just as the bogus crossword is.

Also - i don't think it's been mentioned, and it doesnt really matter, but it seems that players were sent these packages with different portions of the memo blacked out, if we are supposed to take that as in-game context then it's clearly an effort to get a group of puzzle solvers to look into what ever mystery you are alerting them to. rather than just getting one consiracy theorist to do your work, you get a group hooked instead. Also was the holomove sticker sent out in different pieces (that add up to a whole) because the piece on page one of this thread is not the whole as seen on c-net.

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celina63
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 		FWIW, about XKCD - that site has been around for YEARS, and is well known and well loved by geeks large and small Smile

It just makes sense that Nate would dig it, and makes him "more real".
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danteIL
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 		Nate has posted a new video blog:

http://codewtrn8.blogspot.com/2008/05/blogging-while-you-work.html


His boss asked him for advice on IP phones?

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Agent Lex
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Location: No longer London, still in England

 		He also confirms that the twitter is he, but it's unlikely to update soon.

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alexbutterfield
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 		Positronic matrix
I also found this choice of phrase in his blog interesting - seems like yet another link to AI.

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shylilembrace
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 		It would amuse me highly if the guy behind XKCD was involved in this somehow, that is by far my favorite webcomic, the only other one that comes close is a softer world, anyways, i think it was just to flesh him out, geeks like XKCD, so let's have our geek like XKCD, alot of background went into this site, whoever was working on this did alot of planning, it looks like it could be fun when it gets moving, i need to start reading Nate's blog, i dislike most on general principal but i can justify this as for an ARG so it's all good.
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celina63
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 		Re: Positronic matrix
alexbutterfield wrote:
I also found this choice of phrase in his blog interesting - seems like yet another link to AI.


It could also mean he's a Star Trek N3rd Very Happy Data had a positronic brain...
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shylilembrace
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 		Didn't H2G2 mention Positronics as well?
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celina63
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shylilembrace wrote:
Didn't H2G2 mention Positronics as well?


We were just talking in chat (#holomove) about it being possible that Asimov was the originator of the "positronic" term - the robots in I, Robot also had positronic brains.

Still, just a reference, IMO Smile

/me waits to be proven wrong Very Happy
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mousekinn
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 		bam: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positronic_brain

It also lists all the other places it's been used, but Asimov was, as you say, the creator of the term.

Though the more I think about it, it's probably just a plain old ST:TNG reference. I overthink things

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celina63
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 		[EMAIL] Nate responds to LinkedIn message
I added Nate to my LinkedIn connections and he accepted a couple days ago. Today I thought I would send him a message via LinkedIn:

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Hi Nate... my name is Celina and I'm a Software QA Engineer here in San Diego (well, as you can see from my profile Very Happy). Just wanted to welcome you to Sunny Sandy Eggo! If you're looking for someone to give you a tour of this fine city, or take you to a Padres game (I'm a Season ticket holder so have tix - and maybe they're start playing good again soon!), I'm your gal Smile

Just curious - where in town is Holomove located? I'm in La Jolla, if you're near was should meet up for lunch!

*Disclaimer* - I'm married, but doesn't stop me from making new friends of both genders Smile

Hope to hear from you soon!
Celina


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Hi Celina,

Thanks for the offer. I guess networking is what this thing is for. Good disclaimer, I was starting to wonder. I actually just started a relationship, and between that and work, I don't think I should be networking with anyone. It all seems innocent enough, but I don't want to do anything to even imply infidelity. Maybe I'm being paranoid, but I really like her.

I've moved around too much to grab onto a "home" team. But umm, go Padres!

Nate.


Gee. Did I come off like I was wanting a date or something? He's gonna have to get used to that from the fine folk of San Diego - we're a friendly bunch!

ETA: WOO... 600th post! Very Happy
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 		Eliza Marks added me to her LinkedIn Connections. Her other two are Nathan Bozeman and Annie Goldstein.

The whole profile enchilada:

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Email: elizamarksSPLATgmail.com

Project Manager - Holomove
(Privately Held ; 11-50 employees ; Computer Hardware industry)
November 2006 – Present (1 year 7 months)

Ensure that objectives are accomplished in accordance with outlined priorities. Coordinate the successful development of several projects simultaneously. Delegate responsibilities and design time schedules. Review project status reports during each operational phase. Prepare weekly project status reports for management. Negotiate contracts that ensured quality.


Senior Associate Consultant - Mitchell Madison Group
(Privately Held ; 501-1000 employees ; Management Consulting industry)
October 2005 – August 2006 ( 11 months)

Provided business and technical consultation services. Responsible for all facets of business analysis, scope and specification reviews, system analysis and design, project management and scheduling, maintenance and training. Planned, directed, and managed designated projects.



Associate Consultant - Mitchell Madison Group
(Privately Held ; 501-1000 employees ; Management Consulting industry)
October 2003 – October 2005 (2 years 1 month)

Provided management consulting services and project support in strategy and business planning, network design operations and organization. Analyzed results of operations to discover more efficient ways to utilize resources.



Education:

University of Wisconsin
BA, BS, Psychology, Economics, 1998 – 2003

Graduated with honors with a double major in Psychology and Economics.

Managed annual student voting program, increased student participation by over 73%.

Thesis titled "Sexual Hormone Arbitration of Cerebral Sex Disparities: A Feminist Critique", 2003.

Activities and Societies: Intramural Martial Arts Club, Debate, A Cappella, Delta Sigma Theta, Republican Women's Club, snowboarding, bungi jumping, hang gliding, running, triathlons.


Interesting thesis there... Shocked
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Darren Knight
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 		Has anyone tried befriending Ms. Goldstein. I shot her a request via my LinkedIn (saying that I am one of the people looking for a job) but I am still waiting for a reply.
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Nighthawk
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 		Nathan added me to LinkedIn as well, but i don't have time right now to copy/paste his profile.
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Darren Knight
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 		Ill do that for you, here is Nate's Linkedin for everyone to see:

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Specialties:
3D modeling, rendering, lighting. Computer/Video interfaces. Amplifier
Design, optimization, physical simulation, software design

ExperienceDeveloper
Holomove

( Computer Software industry)

April 2008 – Present ( 2 months)

Recommend Nathan's work at Holomove

Research Assistant
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

(Educational Institution ; 1001-5000 employees ; Higher Education industry)

August 2006 – June 2007 ( 11 months)

Study in (DPSS) Diode Pumped Solid Sate Lasers and Copper-Vapor based lasers, Acousto-Optic Devices

Recommend Nathan's work at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Summer Research Scholar
National Science Foundation

(Government Agency ; 1001-5000 employees ; Government Administration industry)

June 2005 – August 2005 ( 3 months)

3D Printing: Rapid prototyping using FDM Fused Deposit Modeling and 2-Photon Photopolymerization

Recommend Nathan's work at National Science Foundation

HelpDesk Representative
James Madison University - Computing HelpDesk

(Educational Institution ; 1001-5000 employees ; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2003 – April 2005 (1 year 8 months)

Diagnosed software/hardware issues in person and via phone

Recommend Nathan's work at James Madison University - Computing HelpDesk

EducationJames Madison University
B.S., Computer Science, 2003 – 2006

Keio Gijuku Daigaku
Computer Science, 2002 – 2003

Additional InformationWebsites:
My Blog
My Company
Interests:
Legacy computer system emulation, travel, motorcycles, video games, music, photography

Honors and Awards:
JMU Association for Information Technology Professionals Award

Contact SettingsInterested In:
career opportunities
job inquiries
expertise requests
business deals
reference requests
getting back in touch


EDIT: BTW, everybody, there is a new post up by Nathan. apparently it is Pay Day!
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