At lunchtime during day 1 of TechCrunch50 I caught up with Michael Arrington, founder of TechCrunch and co-founder of the tech conference, now in its second year. (See below for my writeup.) The three-day gathering drew nearly 1,800 people to the San Francisco Design Concourse on its first day Monday. Mike toyed with me about […]
Highlights from TechCrunch50
There are lots of folks live-blogging TechCrunch50 in San Francisco, so I’m here mostly to conduct video interviews, take photos, meet people. I’m really enjoying the vibe and the energy Here are a few snippets I took away from Day 1 of the conference: • VC Chris Sacca (formerly of Google): "75% of my portfolio […]
Total Recut mashup contest winners announced
It was my pleasure during the past few week to serve as a judge in the 2008 Total Recut Video Remix Challenge. After an initial vote by the public, the judges’ panel — also including Lawrence Lessig, Henry Jenkins, Mark Hosler, Alison Hanold for Pat Aufderheide, Matt Mason, Kembrew McLeod and Luminosity — reviewed eight […]
EPIC: The state of online privacy
Here’s a 7-minute video interview I did with Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, about the state of online privacy and the challenges citizens face today with regard to both the government and corporations, including some of the issues on the front burner in Congress. Conducted at the Aspen Institute in […]
The NY Times on ManyEyes
New York Times: Lines and Bubbles and Bars, Oh My! New Ways to Sift Data. The Times look at Many Eyes, site was created by scientists at the Watson Research Center of I.B.M. in Cambridge, Mass. Above is a visualization of Barack Obama’s speech at the Democratic National Convention last week, and below is a […]