2008

Debating the cleanliness of airplane pillows.

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Just learned that Zappos, in addition to a CEO and CFO, also has a Mayor.

At SFO, with @amylola and @teddyg, ordering $9 breakfast sandwiches. Next stop: Vegas.

A sign of the apocalypse? Street cleaning reduced to every other week (and parking violation revenue...

Sunday worksession with @amylola & @monstro, with Quinn playing his Star Wars video game in the...

When did Saturday morning cartoons become a quaint notion from the past? I still remember the...

Watching file footage of Eleanor Roosevelt on Meet the Press defending her comment that Kruschev was...

Reading about Gross National Happiness [http://is.gd/9yVv] and wondering if We will soon be ready to...

I suspect we’ll reflect back on these times and realize that balloon animal sidewalk artists...

Mothers, don’t let your daughters grow up to be passive aggressive restaurant hostesses.

Watched ‘Stardust’ last night w/ the kids. Shades of Princess Bride. Loved De Niro as a...

Tim O'Reilly to Obama: Put change.gov under...

“The only important obstacles to world prosperity are the obsolete doctrines that clutter the...

Just as Starbucks shutters hundreds of stores Blue Bottle expands…newest store coming to the...

There’s a guy with an “Accept Jesus or Burn” sign here that lists those that God...

#MrTweet is very clever and quite well done: http://mrtweet.net?c=5

An optimistic (though perhaps not predictive) sign: Union Square in SF is packed with shoppers...

Taking the family ice skating!

Does having sex with a replicant count as fornication (biblically speaking)?

SIlver lining dept: If we go into a real depression, I’m thinking it would a good time to go...

And now I’m wondering how much Amoeba Records will pay me for all my used CDs. That’s my...

I know it’s a Chinese curse to live in interesting times, but it is a riveting experience to...

Thankful that my baby sleeps through the night, that SF’s winters are mild, and that Earth...

Entraced by beautiful diversion: http://playauditorium.com/

Having the most painful conference call ever with Hungarian procurement officers. Soviet bloc meets...

“He’d strangle on his own spit if he didn’t have me to swab his throat out for...

My niece, who’s in nursing school , isn’t allowed to use Wikipedia for research —...

Thanking It Up

The financial tsunami reminds me of this Krugman article from 1998 where he explains economics via a...

Seignorage is a very interesting word. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seignorage

Does anyone know how to unregister a Kindle? http://is.gd/93yF

Quinn falls asleep with his groucho glasses on

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“I wish I married a woman who was taller,” said @tedr, as he walked up the stepladder at...

Someone tell Bush that preaching free markets right now is like standing in front of a burning...

My favorite thing about flying Virgin America? They have TED Talks on the personal entertainment...

The east coast is virtually as foreign to me as the UK, though London’s subway map is a lot...

Hey, the likely Treasury SecretaryTim Geithner is a dead ringer for Matt Marshall, publisher of...

Recovering from a sudden bout of food poisoning at the NYC Embassy Suites, averted from my trip...

Question of the day: How do startups pitch for capital in a deflationary environment?

Wow, @aviary really knows how to make startup schwag that people will wear: http://bit.ly/VABk.

Silver lining: One point in this BBC post about US decline (http://is.gd/8oKo) is that Al Qaeda may...

Had a fab lunch with one of the superstars behind MediaBistro, @scheidel. She made me eat an Indian...

Sitting in a hotel room I’ve discoverd the Sarah Silverman show. In this episode she starts a...

If the U.S. follows the Japan recession we could see the Dow at 4,000 and real estate values drop by...

Larry Lessig is on Charlie Rose tomorrow night. Must TiVo!

Just discovered a great tune by The Submarines (http://is.gd/8nh8) thanks to an iPhone ad...

“People are denying it, but we are mirroring the whole Japanese situation … interest...

En route to ColumbiaU for the consumer revolution conference. First up, David Pogue, discussing pro...

Legal claims against bloggers have climbed at nearlyas fast as the blogosphere. Mostly defamation...

Traditional media “provides a kind of ‘spine’ for all the information coming...

David Pogue: “if there’s been a big story broken by a blog that hasn’t involved...

I’m excited to see such passion poured into projects like Your Own Democracy...

Staring up at the steam pouring out of Grand Central Station. It smells like NYC.

At 6am the SFO intl. terminal is truly a civilized way to travel. Virgin America is relaxed and...

“If Vampire politics are more important to him than me…I don’t know, I’m so...

“Playboy Playmates of the Year tend to look more mature during recessions—older, heavier, more...

Congrats to @boxee on their funding from Union Square Ventures! I love their product.

Flattery Will Get You Everywhere

There are several vendors selling memorial Obama coins (24k gold!) on late night TV. Marked down to...

Quinn: “Do you have to be President for four years? What if you don’t like it?”

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Great Expectations

Join me, Jeff Jarvis, Steve Rubel, Bob Garfield on Thursday @ Columbia Univ: Consumer Revolution on...

Talked to an e-commerce guy today who says his business is off 30% relative to last year. BUT...

The gorillas are actually throwing their poop at the crowd here at the zoo. It narrowly missed...

Obama has to break it to the autoworkers unions that the carcass they’ve been living off of is...

At SFZoo, explaining the science of Emergence to Quinn via the example of bird flocking. Even a 6...

One reason Afghans are fighting us infidels there is that “life is pretty boring in...

Okay, that Paul Rudd SNL sketch about auctioning off his erotic painting is frighteningly hilarious.

A photo of a real live baked Alaska, attached. http://snipurl.com/5imgb

About to eat a magnificent baked Alaska at @Christine’s Open Kitchen (the theme this month is...

I have to admit I’m persuaded more by the calls to let the auto manufacturers fail,. There are...

I’m going to be in NYC next Wednesday/Thursday/Friday. Who wants to entertain me?

Retweeting @sacca: To be clear, our president-elect called the latest Jay-Z album...

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“The country needs bold, persistent experimentation. If [a method] fails admit it and try...

Wow, China just announced a $586billion stimulus plan. Is infrastructure investment the new...

Wattzon.com is a brilliant new way to track your own energy consumption and compare with others. Now...

Actually, I’d love to integrate wattzon.com into Get Satisfaction. Hey Saul Griffith, any...

Interesting possibility—Steve Westly as Energy Secretary: http://is.gd/6N0z

“Bitch may be the new black, but black is the new president, bitch.” - Tracy Morgan...

Watching E.T. with Quinn. Still holds up well, except, hey, there are no redwoods in San Fernando...

Let the arms race begin: http://is.gd/6yq6

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Retweeting @amylola: @tempo & I have just agreed that Obama is our anniversary gift to each...

Finally celebrating my 12 year anniversary with my real wife, @amylola (sorry @monstro, you’re...

Umair Haque (@umairh) just posted a great HBR article “Obama’s Seven Lessons for Radical...

While San Francisco hipsters were chanting USA in the streets, rednecks in the deeps south were...

Obama actually said “sacrifice,” the dirtiest word in politics. This truly is a new...

That was a moment. Who’s coming to the Inaugural with me and @amylola?

On a plane back to SF from Denver. Hoping people are in a celebratory mood when @monstro and I land.

Maybe it’s because I’m a father of two little kids, but I teared up after reading this:...

My son, age six, in the voting booth, doing the deed: http://is.gd/6kyn

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A brisk, clear morning in Colorado. I’m voting today for the second time this...

I feel like I’m strapped into a seat onboard Spaceship One, about to take off. There’s a...

Election Eve must read on the starkly different foreign policies of Obama and McCain:...

Happy anniversary, dear @amylola. You’re the best wife ever.

Oh, AltaVista, how I used to love you. But what were you thinking with that logo? #defrag

A mere three hours old, @smartgrid is now powering the meme on Twitter. I <3

Relaxing after an exhilerating hike up a craggy peak near Boulder. Didn’t quite reach the...

What we need in this country is a smart power grid. The perfect infrastructure project for troubled...

OH: “I feel like every one of your tweets is a tweet for help.”

Landed in Denver, where it’s as balmy as Miami Beach. Then welcomed in Boulder by our host,...

“This election day feels like one giant collective, global puke. We’ll feel a lot...

Is this the “fifth ‘pivot point’ election?” http://tinyurl.com/5qne9g

Observe! A clash of the titanic pollsters: http://www.gqrr.com/index.php?ID=2277

Andrew Sullivan— “The post-boomer era I wrote about a year ago is about to begin.”...

Policing GetSatisfaction.com = stopping rival companies from defaming each other for competitive...

Hot! Learn the secret @Zappos’ famed company culture in a free audio book version of Tribal...

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Retweeting @kevinmarks: eric schmidt: if we’re going to pump a big stimulus into the economy...

Today’s unexpected treat, ‘Foux da fa fa’ : http://tinyurl.com/33dqdc

New POTUS-themed breakfast cereals, Obama O’s and Cap’n McCain:...

The “Socialist” refrain boomerangs on McCain and Palin: http://is.gd/4VT7

Just learned that @monstro’s grampa was known in Winnipeg as the “Jewish...

Watching the dancing waters with @monstro, and making plans to start a luau band. Lane on ukaleili,...

Another sign of the apocalypse: many of the shops at Hawaiian resort mall are “temporarily...

Swapping war stories with @zappos and @zappos_alfred. These guys know where the bodies are buried.

Discussing the coming apocalypse with smart people sharing all kinds of great end of the world...

Attempting to decode binary strings. ASCII conversion not working, any other bright ideas?

Preparing to play the Paniolo challenge on the Pu’u Wa’awa’a Ranch. The Mighty...

Landed in Kona. @monstro lost his luggage, and is now taking it out on me by tweeting lies about me....

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This is a pretty darn effective Obama ad: http://tinyurl.com/3lz722

Good piece on polling aggregators (like fivethirtyeight.com) in SFGate: http://is.gd/4sWh. BTW, John...

The Powell endorsement may not be converting new voters but it is definitely solidifying leaners, if...

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Painting frosting on Halloween cookies with the family. Mine all look like they belong on the Island...

Ironically, Eleanor Roosevelt followed her husband into feminism: “I realized that if my...

Retweeting @dickc: Whoever engineered the Colin Powell for Joe Lieberman trade can be GM of my...

I dismissed this at first as a hometown endorsement, but BO’s the first Democratic candidate...

Having amazing conversations at Baracknroll @ the Independent.

The Zoo: Connecting with Customers During...

True Blood is pretty riveting entertainment.

Also, boning up on deflation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deflation_(economics)

Comparing this bear market to previous market crashes with this handy NYTimes visualizer. Check it...

The SF Zoo is deserted today. Are people still scared to come after that tiger attack?

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Watching Yo Gabba Gabba with @amylola, @monstro and @cskott

“This crisis doesn’t wear you down over time. It hits you over the head with a two-by-four. On...

“Pork barrel spending” origin: giving slaves a barrel of salt pork as a reward, making...

Thanks to everyone who sent in their clever, and occasionally perverse, Scattergories answers! We...

Play Scattergories with us; the letter is M. The categories for you to tweet are ‘Things You...

Game night at the mullers! You’re all invited starting now. First game is…Scattergories!

Happy birthday to @drewmcmanus, who in honor of his, ahem, ‘seasoning’ has canceled his...

Via @davewiner, Nixon’s 1972 political commercial: http://is.gd/3wDL. It’s like a Coke...

Wow, Obama is taking Web politicking to a new level with this new site:...

I must admit i’m disappointed it didn’t rain today.like an idiot I’ve been...

The vastness of the Obama ground game is matched only by the emptiness of the McCain effort:...

Sabre should be ashamed of its ticket purchasing site (via Frontier Air). It’s like something...

Whenever Sarah Palin says “you betcha!” I can’t help but think of a wood chipper.

Found a gorgeous bouquet of flowers on our office front door this morning with a note: “Are...

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