I missed the first two days of the Web 2.0 Expo (created because the Web 2.0 Summit proved so popular), so I can’t make any general observations other than this one: It’s a shame that there was no interaction between the speakers and the "former" audience in the main hall. Unlike the preceding Web 2.0 […]
At Stanford’s MediaX conference
I just finished a talk, along with Dave Toole of Outhink Media, at the fifth annual MediaX conference at Stanford, being held today and Tuesday. About 300 educators and business people in the audience. (Why oh why did they have to schedule this smack in the middle of the Web 2.0 Expo? I’ll be there […]
Meeting Rep. Jerry McNerney
In all my years of voting, I’ve never actually met any of my congressional representatives face to face — until a few minutes ago. I took this shot of Rep. Jerry McNerney, who was voted to represent California’s 12th Congressional district in last November’s election, at the Pleasanton BART station. We spoke for a few […]
Girls soccer
When you live in the subbies, might as well get out in the spring air and enjoy youth soccer, the sport of the suburbs, no? Here are some shots of East Diablo United (a friend plays on their team) playing Livermore Sayso Flame over the weekend. Here’s the Flickr photo set (2nd half).
Debra Galant on citizen media
Here’s entry No. 5 for Videoblogging Week. A little while back I interviewed Debbie Galant, editor and co-founder of the North Jersey publication Baristanet.com, one of the most successful of the 800-plus citizen media sites in the nation. They’re pulling in close to six figures a year, and Debbie tells how they’ve achieved that level […]