Robert Scoble, Startup Liaison Officer at Rackspace discusses his recent book, Age of Context: Mobile, Sensors, Data and the Future of Privacy, co-authored by Shel Israel. Scoble believes that over the next five years we’ll see a tremendous rise in wearable computers, building on interest we’ve already seen in devices like Google Glass. Much like the desktop, laptop, and smartphone before it, Scoble predicts wearable computers represent the next wave in groundbreaking innovation. Scoble answers questions such as: How will wearable computers help us live our lives? Will they become as common as the cellphone is today? Will we have to sacrifice privacy for these devices to better understand our preferences? How will sensors in everyday products help companies improve the customer experience?

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• Age of Context: Mobile, Sensors, Data and the Future of Privacy , Amazon
• Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers, Amazon
• The Rackspace Blog & Newsroom, Scoble

The TLF crowd will converge upon the MCCXXIII Club at 1223 Connecticut Ave in Washington DC from 6-9:30 this Wednesday, June 25 for Alcohol Liberation Front 5.1.  Why are we having an ALF event so soon after our last one?  And why is only minor build (.1)?

Because we’re crashing blogger and celebrity geek Robert Scoble‘s mini-convention/happy hour for the DC tech community.  We’ve been promised an open bar of some sort, though details are still sketchy.  Of the turn-out at April’s “TECH Cocktail” is any indication, this could be very well-attended and fun event.

RSVP now on EventBrite (and check out the Facebook event page) and be sure to wear your best capitalist flair.  We’ll hope to see you there as we spread the gospel of Technology Freedom to our fellow geeks.