October 30, 2007 – 9:22 pm
Recently, I heard the awesome Gustavo Esteva speak about his experiences with multiple uprisings in Mexico. What struck me was how empowered he described Mexicans as being. At one point, he compared the citizen engagement to the story of the Wizard of Oz:
[paraphrased] Government is much like the Wizard of Oz. Just like the scene [...]
October 30, 2007 – 8:29 pm
As TechCrunch reports over here, Songbird has released 0.3 and launched their shiny new developer site (thanks to the help from the talented PM of Jeffrey McManus and some creative derailing by us *sorry Jeffrey!*).
Why is this significant? Well, #1, I’ve been really excited about the future of the media web ever since the whole [...]
October 30, 2007 – 7:46 pm
On Sunday night, Chris and I returned from an awesome gathering of super smart peeps in Oaxaca, where we discussed many random things and wonders. One of the cool things we discussed (amongst many) was the giant hairball that is our seriously divided country (USA).
A particularly bright lightbulb went off for me when Christian [...]
October 29, 2007 – 11:00 pm
Some stuff I’m reading this week…
YouTube - The Day The Routers Died…
The Day The Routers Died… a song performed by the secret-wg in the closing plenary of the RIPE 55 conferencea long long time agoi can still rememberwhen my…
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October 29, 2007 – 9:25 pm
Well…it’s finalized…
I’M WRITING A BOOK! Wa-hoo!
Thanks to my amazing agents, Danielle and James at Levine Greenberg, I signed a book deal with the awesome Crown Publishing and get to work with fabulous editor John Mahaney over there. I’m heading to NYC this weekend so that I can sit down and meet with him regarding all [...]
October 23, 2007 – 11:00 pm
Some stuff I’m reading this week…
Vintage Spinner Upright - Samsonite Black Label
Nostalgic for the days when travel was all about glamour, the Vintage Collection was created to reignite the romance and luxury of travel.
I think I heart this case, too.
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October 20, 2007 – 10:59 pm
Some stuff I’m reading this week…
Google Says Its Health Platform Is Due In Early 2008 — InformationWeek
Google plans to bring its immense data storage and organization capacities to the field of medical care and patient records, Marissa Mayer, the company’s head of search, said at the Web 2.0 Summit.
AndrewBlum.net: Local Cities, Global Problems: Jane Jacobs [...]
October 17, 2007 – 11:00 pm
Some stuff I’m reading this week…
Diane Pozefsky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Diane P. Pozefsky earned a Sc.B. Degree in applied mathematics from Brown University in 1972 and her Ph.D. from the Department of Computer Science at UNC in 1979 under the tutelage of Doctor Fred Brooks. She joined IBM Corporation, Raleigh, NC, in 1979 as [...]
October 15, 2007 – 10:51 pm
I have a few questions I’d love some musings/answers on:
Do you trust government services? Local (municipal)? State/Provincial? Federal?
Can you name 5 government services? 10? Are they local, state or federal? (not a test)
Do you think it is more important for people to trust their government or for a government to trust its people? Or both? [...]
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