Category: Paleoblogs

  • SXSW namedropping, day three

    I must be getting old (duh) since by then end of a half-hour fascinating conversation I no longer remember the name of the person I just met and it’s too dark and rainy to discreetly look at their badge to refresh my decaying braincells, so apologies in advance to very cool people (you know who…

  • Raw notes from 'Everything you wanted to know about the mobile web…' @ sxsw

    …but were afraid to ask: Great talk! Very thorough. Making me, helping rethink my upcoming Mobile IA presentation at the IA Summit. Here are my raw notes. Apologies for the stream of consciousness nature. You may be better off with Brian Fling’s slides. Who is Brian Fling? dir of strategy for blue flavor mobile designer…

  • SXSW namedropping, day two

    Met (and saw) fewer new people today, but spent time with some of the same folks from yesterday, and hung out a lot with Ted and Kirsten: * [Kiersten Lammerding](http://yahoo.com/) (got a better link k-lo?) * KD / Kristy (klo’s friend from the evil empire) * [Ted Nadeau](http://dotline.com/) * [Robert Scoble](http://scobleizer.com/) * [Chris Messina](http://factoryjoe.com/) *…

  • SXSW namedropping, day one

    Links are people I talked to. Nonlinks are people I spotted but didn’t talk to. I know I’m leaving people out from Break Bread with Brad at Buffalo Billiards. I didn’t always get everyone’s name and by then my beer-to-food ratio was really out of whack (had only southwest peanuts all day until George kicked…

  • Bush’s legacy: The Cheney Administration

    I think it’s clear now with the conviction of “Cheney’s Cheney” aka Scooter Libby that the Vice President’s Wizard-of-Oz-like pulling of levers behind curtains is the mind behind the Oval Office, and that fat balding head floating over us all is saying, “We have to make America the best place in the world to do…

  • Open sourcing the patent process

    This story (Open Call From the Patent Office – washingtonpost.com) suggest that a breath of fresh air may be entering the patent-review process: The Patent and Trademark Office is starting a pilot project that will not only post patent applications on the Web and invite comments but also use a community rating system designed to…