CC Party Jan. 6 San Francisco

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Dinner/Party in San Francisco --
Tuesday, May 10

Dinner/Party in San Francisco --
Tuesday, May 10 06/05/2005 10:59 PM

I'm hosting a party next Tuesday in San Francisco. It's sort of a pre-kickoff event for Supernova 2005, which is less than two months away. OK, fine, it's mostly an excuse to bring together interesting tech-oriented folks for drinks, dinner, and networking. Is that so wrong?

Tuesday, May 10, 5:30-9:00pm
Cha-Am Thai
701 Folsom St. (at 3rd)

Please RSVP and pre-pay through the wiki site below, which has additional details:

http://www.socialtext.net/sn party/

If you're in the Bay Area, I hope to see you there!

Lisa Rein open-invite party/showcase on
Dec 13, San Francisco

Lisa Rein open-invite party/showcase on
Dec 13, San Francisco 12/02/2003 02:40 PM
Lisa Rein -- XML wonk, activist, writer, musician -- is holding a giant, open party on Dec 13 in San Francisco at which she will be performing her music. Admission's free!

This party is basically a chance for me to present my music and catch up with old friends. I've wanted to have a party for some time since I moved back to San Francisco in October 2001, but I kind of know a lot of people, and wanted to invite all of them, and still have enough room for the people I don't know personally yet to come by and say hi and hear my tunes.

6:30-6:55 Lisa and Ron and Friends
7:00-7:30 Alex Walsh
7:30-7:55 Lisa and Ron and Friends
8:00-8:30 Paul de Benedictis
8:45-9:30 Lisa and Ron and Friends

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The Washington party is a failed party,
and Dean's criticism of the Washington
party is incredibly accurate

The Washington party is a failed party,
and Dean's criticism of the Washington
party is incredibly accurate 12/30/2003 02:43 AM
As Pre-Primary Season Closes, Questions Cling to Dean's Gains (washingtonpost.com)

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Digital Music Download "Party All Night"
by Dre is Named Top Party Song of 2004

Digital Music Download "Party All Night"
by Dre is Named Top Party Song of 2004 12/30/2004 05:06 AM
DJs Kid Capri, Kay Slay, Jam Master Flash, DJ Smooth and others selected TCOOO label’s “Party All Night” for top honors. [PRWEB Dec 30, 2004]

Take New York's Party Scene. Add the
Grand Old Party. Stir.

Take New York's Party Scene. Add the
Grand Old Party. Stir. 07/08/2004 10:30 PM
From the moment that the news media arrive at the Republican National Convention until it closes, New York City will be teeming with parties.

2nd Issue of The Deli Released March 25;
Todd P, Best NYC Indie Rock Party
Impresario, and 1970s NYC New Wave Scene
Featured; Launch Party at Sin-é with
Over 200 People

2nd Issue of The Deli Released March 25;
Todd P, Best NYC Indie Rock Party
Impresario, and 1970s NYC New Wave Scene
Featured; Launch Party at Sin-é with
Over 200 People 03/30/2005 03:29 AM
The second issue of The Deli hit New York City streets on Friday, March 25, following its successful launch at the end of 2004, with expanded review and feature sections, and a new bi-monthly publication schedule. The second issue launch party, with more than 200 people attending, was held on March 25 at Sin-é (150 Attorney Street) with performances by Hopewell, Mudville, Nicole Atkins in 3D, The Epochs and Hello Nurse. [PRWEB Mar 30, 2005]

We?re Not in Lake Wobegon Anymore: How
did the Party of Lincoln and Liberty
transmogrify into the party of Newt
Gingrich?s evil spawn and their
Etch-A-Sketch president, a dull and
rigid man, whose philosophy is a jumble
of badly sutured body parts trying to
walk? -- In These Times

We?re Not in Lake Wobegon Anymore: How
did the Party of Lincoln and Liberty
transmogrify into the party of Newt
Gingrich?s evil spawn and their
Etch-A-Sketch president, a dull and
rigid man, whose philosophy is a jumble
of badly sutured body parts trying to
walk? -- In These Times 08/28/2004 08:35 PM

We’re Not in Lake Wobegon Anymore:
How did the Party of Lincoln and Liberty
transmogrify into the party of Newt
Gingrich’s evil spawn and their
Etch-A-Sketch president, a dull and
rigid man, whose philosophy is a jumble
of badly sutured body p

We’re Not in Lake Wobegon Anymore:
How did the Party of Lincoln and Liberty
transmogrify into the party of Newt
Gingrich’s evil spawn and their
Etch-A-Sketch president, a dull and
rigid man, whose philosophy is a jumble
of badly sutured body p 08/28/2004 02:58 PM
Garrison Keillor on the transformation of the Republican Party .. We€™re Not in Lake Wobegon Anymore

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SelectSmart.com Selectors | 2004
AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SELECTOR
| President Candidates Bayh Biden
Bradley Browne Buchanan Bush Clark
Clinton Constitution Party Daschle Dean
Democratic Party Dodd Edwards Feingold
Feinstein Gephardt Gore Graham Gr

SelectSmart.com Selectors | 2004
AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SELECTOR
| President Candidates Bayh Biden
Bradley Browne Buchanan Bush Clark
Clinton Constitution Party Daschle Dean
Democratic Party Dodd Edwards Feingold
Feinstein Gephardt Gore Graham Gr 12/11/2003 06:11 AM
2004 American Presidential Candidate Selector quiz .. which candidate do you match up with" .. Find out who you'll be voting for .. Choose your President .. some online poll

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Democratic Party party

Democratic Party party 04/27/2004 11:36 AM
Quite an action-packed day yesterday. I did two keynotes, at two separate events. After the second one, I went back to the first event, a gathering of about 125 people who run libraries and museums, because I'm trying to write some stuff about metadata and taxonomies. I learned, for example, that one well-known art museum has had to create over 300 new Dewey Decimal categories for illustrated manuscripts ... and one for astrology. Afterwards, I went to a cocktail party put on by the hosts of the second event. It was quite the power party. I got to chat for...

San Francisco

San Francisco 06/11/2004 04:23 PM

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Off to San Francisco

Off to San Francisco 04/09/2005 09:28 AM

Thanks to everyone who showed up in Mar del Plata to participate in the ICANN meeting. I thought that the discussion was healthy and productive and although we moved forward on a number of things, we are left with a lot of work to do based on the feedback we received on the strategic plan, the board governance guidelines, .pro, .net, IDNs, transparency, process and a number of other topics. Special thanks to staff for running such a great meeting in the absence of our CEO Paul Twomey. I think you did an excellent job.

Thanks to everyone who showed up for dinner last night and special thanks to Mariano for organizing everything. It was great to meet the Argentine bloggers. I'm sorry I was late. Our bus from Mar del Plata broke down and we had have them send a new one.

Thanks to Mookie letting me stay at his place in Buenos Aires.

I'm off to San Francisco today to do my usual rounds and to go a Institute for the Future retreat.

Since my flight doesn't leave until this evening, I hope I can do a bit of moblogging in Buenos Aires.

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San Francisco day four and a bit...

San Francisco day four and a bit... 08/16/2004 02:02 PM

So the day before yesterday didn't go quite as I'd planned. I didn't go and see Dinah or her kittens, but I did get to give Flakes to Heather and then go with her to Taco Bell where we consumed about $16 worth of faux Mexican cuisine between us. Then there was the car wash, and the drive back into the city to go say hi to Derek, two chihuahuas and a cat named Spoo before wandering off to kid robot (dumb toys purchased: 2) and then Giant Robot in Haight Ashbury. Then there was a nice "Blue Meanie" smoothie in a wifi-enabled café which was pretty bloody pleasant, all things considered. The next planned excusion was the epic walk over to the Tonga rooms, which would actually have been pretty bloody epic if I hadn't walked in completely the opposite direction for the first twenty minutes or so. So I got a cab with a driver who listened to light country and suffered manfully the hell of Tim McGraw's My Next Thirty Years (and I quote):

My next thirty years I’m gonna settle all the scores
Cry a little less, laugh a little more
Find a world of happiness without the hate and fear
Figure out just what I’m doing here
In my next thirty years

Oh my next thirty years, I’m gonna watch my weight
Eat a few more salads and not stay up so late
Drink a little lemonade and not so many beers
Maybe I’ll remember my next thirty years

You see what I'm talking about? Anyway - so I got to the Fairmont a bit early and so decided to loiter around a bit in the foyer and read my new book while all the smartly dressed people looked at me strangely and tried to remember my face just in case they'd need to identify me in a Guantanamo tribunal later in the year. And then the event began and I got to talk to a couple of dozen neat cool web people that I just don't get to see enough. I danced (badly) with Mena and Dinah and Heather and chatted a lot to David about what it was like to be an Englishman living in the States at the moment which was extremely interesting. I felt a bit sorry for my poor ex-flatmate Mella who had just got off the plane in San Francisco and come straight to the bar because she didn't know anyone, but I think she enjoyed herself. And of course the bar's fake thunder, lightning, rain and floating boat/island/band were as awesome as ever...

Yesterday started a little more sedately with an enormous cooked breakfast over at the Pork Store with Leslie, Lance (also here) and Mella. Mella and I then wandered up into town, up Valencia and past a few second hand stores up to the Civic Center and then up Market for a bit of an explore. (This feels a bit like a 'what I did on my holiday' tract, so apologies for that.) And then after a few confusing disorganisational miscarriages, we ended up with a friend of Mella's called Emily driving through Chinatown, then walking up to Coit Tower and then down to Pier 39 for Oysters and general seafood. Then Mella wandered off to meet Emily's parents, while I returned back to Leslie's (past the San Francisco Bear Fair), met up with Ben Cerveny and Webb, drove around the city in a convertible car before wandering up to Molly's place and drinking a few glasses of wine and basically passing out. Nice evening!

And what's next over the next couple of days?

• Visit Six Apart
• Meet up with Kevin Marks for lunch
• See Ben Cerveny and Jim Speth and talk about geeky shit
• Try and do some gay stuff of some kind

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"San Francisco Examiner"

"San Francisco Examiner" 06/30/2004 04:45 AM

ProNet: Out and About in San Francisco

ProNet: Out and About in San Francisco 06/17/2005 02:05 PM
Though it's short notice, we'll have a number of Six Apart staff members participating in some events in San Francisco tonight where bloggers are gathering. We'd love to meet you there. First, with the release of the Tags plugin for...

Return to San Francisco (already)...

Return to San Francisco (already)... 09/13/2004 08:25 PM

So I might - note might - be in San Francisco again in about three week's time for a few nights, well actually only really two or three nights: 6th October, (maybe 8th October) and 9th October. I'd be going to an event in Sonoma on the 7th and 8th, so it would really be a flying visit. Does anyone have a convenient pile of floor or sofa that they might be prepared to lend me?

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Jon Udell, San Francisco

Jon Udell, San Francisco 11/10/2003 11:18 PM
If you've never seen the video, or haven't watched it in a long time, do a Google on "knowledge navigator quicktime" to find a copy. ...

San Francisco update...

San Francisco update... 08/17/2004 03:19 PM

So what did I do yesterday... Er... Basically went for lunch with Kevin and Jesse where we talked about Apple and set-top boxes and food and stuff, wandered into Technorati and said hi to people (wave to Tantek), micro-bumped into Joi, then got the CalTrain up to see Six Apart (purely for fun), got a train back with Anil and finally wandered off to The Cafe for my required dose of gaydom, which was a bit weird as it was hip-hop night and I felt like everyone's fat beardy grandfather. So I got a bit drunk and danced clumsily and collapsed back at Leslie's unconscious at about one. Funny day.

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Flowers for San Francisco

Flowers for San Francisco 05/31/2004 02:05 PM
There are quite a few people dropping by ongoing today on account of the article in the Chronicle about advertising. Among other things, it says I run lots of flower pictures, only I haven’t for a while, so here are some...

Art bashing in San Francisco

Art bashing in San Francisco 06/01/2004 12:22 PM

San Francisco, baby...

San Francisco, baby... 08/13/2004 01:59 AM

Ping. Now in San Francisco after cool drive with fun people in which I mostly slept and pointed at wind farms and acres of densely packed cows. Had subsequent great fun at the SixApart Mixer thing where I met loads of people - some for the first time, others not. Looked slightly nervous around some people who do really good work. Touched a couple of them without them noticing (or at least without them calling the police). Got a free USB dongle thing and saw the 3.1 release of MT which doesn't seem overly dramatic at first but kind of sits in the back of your head and wiggles its tush in the direction of interesting things. Cab back to Leslie's place - talking about The O.C. and TV shows in general when I get to pull out my trump card - super-secret super-cool thing that made Leslie go oooooh. Don't think I'm going to make it to LobbyCon now though. Shame!

I'm quite enjoying not taking this weblog as seriously as normal for a few days. It feels pretty liberating, although possibly not very productive or good in the longer term. God knows what it's going to be like going back to London. I can already feel it on the horizon and must confess am vaguely dreading it.

Third of San Francisco Without Power

Third of San Francisco Without Power 12/21/2003 07:25 AM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 21 2003 6:38AM ET

San Francisco Keeps Gay Weddings Going
(AP)

San Francisco Keeps Gay Weddings Going
(AP) 02/16/2004 09:13 PM
AP - As hundreds of gay and lesbian couples lined up at City Hall for the historic chance to wed with the city's blessing, opponents filed legal papers Monday arguing that only judges can declare California's prohibition on same-sex marriages to be unconstitutional.

San Francisco Sushi Finder

San Francisco Sushi Finder 11/18/2003 07:53 PM
Nice. (There are other cities, too.)

Photos from Seybold San Francisco

Photos from Seybold San Francisco 08/20/2004 04:48 PM
The folks at Inside Mac Radio have posted a photo gallery from this week's Seybold Seminars in San Francisco...

Power Being Restored in San Francisco

Power Being Restored in San Francisco 12/21/2003 01:07 PM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 21 2003 12:35PM ET

Power Restored to Most of 120,000 in San
Francisco

Power Restored to Most of 120,000 in San
Francisco 12/21/2003 10:41 PM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 21 2003 9:35PM ET

San Francisco sues Microsoft

San Francisco sues Microsoft 08/30/2004 07:43 PM
Despite numerous out-of-court settlements with various state governments around the country, it appears Microsoft's legal woes aren't over yet.

Just A Geek signing in San Francisco

Just A Geek signing in San Francisco 01/05/2005 02:15 PM

Good news, everyone!

When the press release went out about MacWorld, a lot of WWdN readers asked if there would be a reading or signing for people who were unable to afford admission to the conference.

Well, it turns out that we have a mole at Bor ders in Union Square. She made an introduction for me, and I am super excited to announce that I've been invited to their store for a reading and signing when I'm in town!

It looks like the Borders website hasn't been updated yet, but I'm scheduled for Friday January 14th at 7pm.

Oh! I just got a Really Big Idea™, that could be a whole bunch of Supercool: I have a short list of stories from Just A Geek that I choose from when I perform at bookstores. Based on comments and e-mail, I know there are a lot of WWdN readers in NorCal. How about, instead of me choosing what to read, I let you guys pick what you'd like to hear? If you're planning to come out on the 14th, say so in the comments, and leave a brief description, or chapter number, or page number, or whatever, and the majority will rule.

San Francisco: Saturday morning...

San Francisco: Saturday morning... 08/14/2004 01:20 PM

So I kind of slacked off yesterday, if truth be told. Not a lot of exploring, not a lot of drenching myself in San Francisco - just a fair amount of doing things I like to do that I don't really often get the opportunity to do. So I went to see two films (the other one was the Manchurian Candidate - much recommended), bought a couple of books, a case for my iPod, had a really nice Clam Chowder and portion of Fish and Chips at San Francisco's best American restaurant and sat in Starbucks for a bit (thanks Anil) starting to catch up on all the cool stuff that's been going on around the web in the million years since we started working on representing programming on Radio 3.

Today I think is going to be more about getting some of the flavour of the city - or at least starting to ramp up my mucking around with local geeks. Hopefully I'm going to go see Danah's kittens in the next couple of hours, go see Heather at Taco Bell around lunchtime, and then go see a movie with Leslie this afternoon.

But all of this is really preamble to the main event which should be happening this evening - a drink and catch-up with local geeks at San Francisco's famous Tonga Room and Hurricane Bar from 8.30 this evening. Come along if you can. It'll be fun...

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LinuxWorld's San Francisco shindig

LinuxWorld's San Francisco shindig 08/02/2004 12:20 PM
As the show kicks off, everyone wants a piece of the action. For example, does Sun really want to buy Novell? Also: Patent power.

Segway Banned In San Francisco

Segway Banned In San Francisco 01/20/2003 07:39 PM
A quick search [google.com] on Google News reveals a Register article [theregister.co.uk] stating that the city council of San Francisco voted last month to ...

Robots Are Us! benefit in San Francisco

Robots Are Us! benefit in San Francisco 04/21/2004 03:23 AM
Jed sez, "The Speculative Literature Foundation is holding an event in San Francisco this coming Friday, April 23, as a fundraiser for the new SLF Fountain Award for sf short stories of exceptional literary quality. The event will feature Pat Murphy, Rudy Rucker, Terry Bisson, Ken Wharton, Charlie Anders, and Omnicircus ("an experimental, surreal-psychedelic musical-cabaret group"); 7:00 p.m., $10-$20 sliding scale at the door. It'll be at 550 Natoma, a few blocks from the Civic Center BART station, near 7th and Mission." Link

San Francisco may not regulate bl0ggers
after all

San Francisco may not regulate bl0ggers
after all 04/06/2005 11:08 PM
Blog: It looks like San Francisco political bloggers may be able to rest easy. Maybe. The Board of Supervisors has been...

Thoughts on MacWorld San Francisco

Thoughts on MacWorld San Francisco 01/07/2004 04:41 PM

I must admit I wasn't expecting anything earth-shattering from Steve Jobs yesterday and for the most part I wasn't disappointed. While unveiling some pretty cool toys, both hardware and software, he failed to deliver anything that on it's surface will immediately sway a consumer to purchase a Mac over a PC.

I say 'on it's surface' because Garage Band may become another one of those things that people fall in love with. The fact that he added it to the $49 iLife package is amazing. Face it, human beings love to create things and that includes music. Today's musical offerings are pretty bland so creating your own might be a good alternative. Garage Band now puts professional level music composition in the hands of the average consumer. A demo I saw last night showed a $99 keyboard hooked up to it and it sounded exactly like a grand piano. Not that cheesy midi sound you'd expect. Pretty impressive.

Other announcements included improvements to iPhoto, iMovie and iDVD as well as new iPod Minis. The knock against the new smaller iPods will be that for the capacity they aren't much cheaper than a slightly larger iPod. Keep in mind you are not paying for capacity, but rather the physical size of the unit. It's the size of a business card. It's the same reason Sony is able sell those tiny Vaios. People want smaller rather than bigger. It's not the $100 iPod everybody was hoping for, but they do come in five fashionable colors. Give him credit, Steve Jobs knows how to sell to your vanity.

The one thing that caught my eye yesterday was not mentioned at MacWorld. iTunes Music Store added lists of Billboards Top 100 songs for every year going back to 1946. While the lists are not complete they are fairly comprehensive. I must admit the fuel behind my Napster addiction a couple of years ago was how easy it was to find music I remembered from high school and college. I was never terribly interested in finding new albums on Napster or Kazaa because the vast majority of new music is rather unappealing. This is the kind of small enhancement that I think will keep Apple and iTMS ahead of Walmart and Napster in the online music biz.

All in all, not a bad day for Apple. Since these announcements focused primarily on software I'd expect some new hardware sometime this summer. Possibly G5 Powerbooks or 3Ghz Power Macs. It's the 20th anniversary of the Macintosh this year so I have no doubt that Jobs has something good in the pipeline.

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The Wild Parrots of San Francisco

The Wild Parrots of San Francisco 02/15/2004 07:32 AM
Wild parrots in San Francisco.

Wild parrots in San Francisco

My first year in San Francisco, I'm living in Russian Hill.

One day I hear squawking up above like I've never heard, and I love birds, don't know why, but I look up.

I see a flock of big green parrots, almost feels miraculous.

Since then, I learn that SF has two flocks of such parrots, and for years, Marc Bittner has been studying and feeding them. I feel this is really cool.

Today, I just finished his book the Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill and it was really good. It also discusses a related documentary by Judy Irving, same subject, and I gotta see it sometime. [craigblog]

When I lived on the Embarcadero - flocks of squaking parrots would coming flying across the sky.  It's wild.  A truly San Francisco experience.

Same-Sex Couples Marry in San Francisco
(AP)

Same-Sex Couples Marry in San Francisco
(AP) 02/14/2004 10:21 PM
AP - Gay and lesbian couples from across the country answered this city's Valentine's Day invitation to wed in an unprecedented spree of same-sex marriages that has challenged California law and sent conservative groups scrambling for court intervention.

Google Making 3-D Map of San Francisco?

Google Making 3-D Map of San Francisco? 06/17/2005 07:21 PM
Man, if it were anywhere near April 1st I would be seriously wondering about this story. BetaNews is reporting on a story at SiliconValleyWatcher that Google is attempting to map...

San Francisco Bay Guardian News

San Francisco Bay Guardian News 09/02/2004 10:28 AM
TRANSLATION: We want the hacks with us the remaining TWO PERCENT OF THE TIME!!!!! .. 'Censored!: The 10 Big Stories The National News Media Ignore'

sfbg.com/38/49/cover_censored.html
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