Monthly Archives: January 2007

Why I Love Video Blogs

Click To Play Josh Leo is one of my inspirations for video blogging, and this episode, in which he asks his girlfriend to marry him, really touched me and made me happy. Here’s to a long and happy union of … Continue reading

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Street Scenes

We are back in Denver, where the views on Larimer Street this morning were less orderly than those experienced during my walks down Brattle Street in Cambridge, Mass., where we spent the weekend for the dedication of my grandson at … Continue reading

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You Gotta Love Them Western Democrats

Time Magazine has an excellent piece by Joe Klein titled “The Democrats’ New Western Stars.” It concludes with this anecdote about Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer: In the end, the real impact of the Rocky Mountain Democrats on their party may … Continue reading

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First Trip to Vegas

I took this photo yesterday at The Palms in Las Vegas, where I gave a Web 2.0 demonstration to the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) Board of Trustees. I had never been to Vegas before in my life, and frankly … Continue reading

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Obama Begins a Long, Long Journey

I just opened an e-mail from Sen. Barack Obama which included this video and his announcement that he is forming a Presidential Exploratory Committee. I doubt there is any turning back, so this is a big day for someone who … Continue reading

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Still Insanely Great

Tonight I stumbled upon a video of Steve Jobs introducing the Macintosh computer in 1984, and the similarities with Jobs’s keynote last week, in which he introduced the iPhone, made my spine tingle. There are plenty of reasons to doubt … Continue reading

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Apple’s Latest Disruptive Breakthrough

I only had time to scan half of the exposition space at MacWorld Expo this afternoon. The carpet is very red. The place is a-buzz with iPhone enthusiasm, and so was the stock market, which boosted Apple shares to a … Continue reading

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Line-mates

My Portland friends Henry and his grandfather Bill showed a generational difference in preferences for killing time this morning while waiting five hours in line to hear Steve Jobs at the Moscone Center. Send to KindleTweet

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Live from the Line

At about 6:45 a.m. the doors opened to the Moscone Center, and the long, wide line flowed indoors. We were like a herd of bats, blinking our eyes in the bright lights. The line is now recreated in a vast … Continue reading

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Waiting for Steve Jobs

By the time I joined the line (at 4:05 a.m.) for Steve Jobs’s keynote, the line was already stretched all the way around the Moscone Center West. I joined it pretty sure it was the right line, and this was … Continue reading

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