Can Kevin Martin Grok Technology?
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Maybe one day Pierre will grok it
Maybe one day Pierre will grok it
04/29/2004 07:40 AMLunch With
Pierre.
For some time I've been meaning to hook up with Pierre
Omidyar, the founder and Chair of eBay. We finally got
together at lunch earlier this week in Redwood City, where his foundation is based. I'd heard Pierre is just
about the most down-to-earth, "normal" fellow one might want to meet,
it in fact it turned out to be true. He kicked out of Valley life in
1999 and moved to the desert outside Las Vegas (he also spends a lot
of time in France). He comes back every so often for eBay meetings and
to meet with his foundation staff, and it's this foundation that
really gets him up in the morning these days. He's made news recently by
announcing a new strategy for the organization, one which blends a
bent for social change with capitalism - in other words, he's
expanding from philanthropy into the investment game, but he plans to
focus on businesses that connect people to each other to create the
kind of wholesale change that eBay did. Omidyar repeated to me a very
repeatable observation: that eBay has been the vehicle for millions of
strangers to establish relationships of trust with each other.
Hence his investment in Meetup, for example. It's the first business
Omidyar has seen with the same ability to connect folks for social
good. Good for Scott!
Pierre and I had a good lunch, talking over many issues for the
book. But really, our conversation always came back to community, the
core driver of value at eBay. We discussed Tim's concept of the "architecture of
participation" and how critical it is in the Web 2.0 world,
and how much of the media world has yet to grok it. You can't
outsource participation to the ghettos of discussion threads, in other
words. The online media world is still looking for its Pong, as Martin, says, but I think we're
getting close. Publications are essentially reflections of
communities. And I believe the best blogs are publications, in a very
classical sense.
In any case, those were the kind of tangents we took during lunch.
We did talk search and SFO and such, but I've gotta save that for the
book. [John Battelle's
Searchblog]
I sure hope Pierre groks what we're up to. Maybe one
day some money wil start flowing to open source and open standards
projects.
Hey! Maybe John can help set that up?
Steve Gillmor starts to grok it
Steve Gillmor starts to grok it
03/17/2005 04:26 AMI made sure that Steve Gillmor and Dan Farber listened to Dick
Hardt last night in a nearly deserted BoF - here at ETech.
It's a real shame that Dick's good buddy Tim - couldn't find some
stage time for Sxip.
Oh well - they will.
But at least Steve is
listening and grokking.
Ohio election grok-helper
Ohio election grok-helper
12/30/2004 04:48 PMXeni Jardin:
Lisa Rein just posted a helpful article that attempts to simplify the
Ohio election/voting fraud situation:
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06/17/2004 10:44 PMMartin Studio API
Martin Studio API
05/28/2004 04:58 PMMoving in...
"Martin Röll"
"Martin Röll"
03/27/2005 06:21 PM"Martin of the Copydesk"
"Martin of the Copydesk"
02/13/2004 09:18 PMMartin Beck
Martin Beck
12/26/2003 06:38 AM Martin Beck's Last Ten
Years: How interesting to be able to look at a painter's
work year by year:
patterns and even stories seem to develop, disappear and change before
(and after)
our eyes.
Are there any other good chronologically-arranged artist's websites
out there? Or do painters habitually avoid them to prevent the
detection of similarities and obsessions?
" Kevin Drum "
" Kevin Drum "
05/22/2004 02:19 AM"Kevin Drum"
"Kevin Drum"
01/22/2004 02:49 AMCongratulations, Kevin
Congratulations, Kevin
03/17/2005 03:47 AMSo Kevin Martin has been named the new Chairman of the FCC. This
is not exactly a surprise, although I'm a bit curious why it took so
long -- there must have been some Congressional horse trading in the
background.
As a told a reporter earlier this afternoon, Kevin has all the
tools to be a successful FCC Chairman. He knows the agency and the
White House, and he's more flexible and intellectually sophisticated
than people give him credit for.
On the other hand, Martin has his work cut out for him. Michael
Powell is a tough act to follow. And many critical issues raised
during Chairman Powell's tenure -- from regulation of voice over IP to
spectrum policy to universal service reform -- remain unresolved.
Moreover, to be an effective FCC Chairman in the 21st century, you
have to grok technology. Deep down, you have to appreciate how
quickly the world can change, and how many of the assumptions the
communications industry is based on will likely be overturned. This
doesn't mean being a professional technologist. Powell got it. So do
some executives who come from the telephone business, like Jim Crowe
and Dave Dorman.
Martin is certainly smart enough and interested in what the tech
sector thinks, but the question is whether he's willing to step out of
the FCC's Beltway box. Listening to what the telcos say about fiber
deployment isn't the same thing as promoting technological innovation.
I'll keep my fingers crossed.
"Kevin Aylward"
"Kevin Aylward"
05/12/2004 05:27 PMThe Martin Government Is Toast
The Martin Government Is Toast
04/07/2005 10:28 PMOne the one hand, you’ve got a minority government that’s
just been caught laundering a million bucks through corrupt
ad agencies back into its own coffers. On the other hand, you’ve got
a weak and divided opposition; I for one am unconvinced they’d
govern better. Doesn’t matter; when a government acts this badly it
just has to be spanked,
pour encourager les autres. Go on
Stephen,
Jack, and
Gilles, pull the damn trigger
already and let’s have an election and give the Liberals a dose of
opposition. It’ll make us all feel better, and our politics are
strongly enough centre-loaded that it’ll be hard for the next
government to do too much damage. It’ll probably be another minority
government anyhow, which is probably a good thing at this stage.
Nets' Run Seems Over as Martin Is Traded
Nets' Run Seems Over as Martin Is Traded
07/15/2004 10:17 PMThe Nets broke up the threesome of Jason Kidd, Kenyon Martin and
Richard Jefferson by agreeing to a sign-and-trade deal that will send
Martin to the Denver Nuggets.
what martin tobias wants from the
nextgen web
what martin tobias wants from the
nextgen web
08/06/2004 11:34 AMall he wants is for it to be more human.
Martin Pittenauer Of SubEthaEdit
Martin Pittenauer Of SubEthaEdit
06/09/2004 07:19 PM
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ISC Pre-conference session with Martin
ISC Pre-conference session with Martin
05/14/2004 03:37 AMI'm here in Switzerland at the University of St. Gallen
ISC-Symposium again. I spoke at a leadership session last year
about Emergent Democracy, but felt I didn't get the most out of the
conference because I didn't get a chance to get to know the students
who were attending, which is why I came. The 200 or so students
attending this conference are chosen from hundreds of paper
submissions from all over the world and they are an diverse and
interesting group. In the addition to the students, there are a lot of
government and business big-shots, but I get a chance to hang out with
most of these guys at other conferences. I later found out that my
friend Martin has been giving the pre-conference talk to just the
students to prepare them for the conference and he said that this was
a blast because he got to know the students.
This year, I asked the organizing committee and was able to get
them to let me participate in the pre-conference too. Martin and I got
a chance to do our respective rants about politics, racism, war and a
variety of other topics. We asked the students to talk about what they
thought was wrong with the world and their respective regions. It was
quite enlightening and we had a great mixing dinner afterwards. There
were people from just about every region, but the small number
participants from the Middle East and North America was interesting. I
could tell that the students were actively networking and I think this
process can form the basis of a really important channel of
communications for the future.
I talked a bit about the possibility of using social software to
support this sort of global networking so I hope everyone takes a look
at blogging, wikis and other tools.
Interviews With Martin Fowler
Interviews With Martin Fowler
12/31/2002 01:58 AMIn this six-part interview, which is being published in weekly
installments,
Fowler gives his views on many topics, including refactoring, design,
testing,
and extreme programming.
In Part I, Fowler makes
the business case for refactoring and testing, and describes the
interplay
between refactoring, design, and reliability. In Part
II, Fowler discusses design principles of avoiding duplication,
separating
presentation and domain logic, being explicit, and describes how
refactoring
depends on code ownership. In Part III,
Fowler
differentiates between planned and evolutionary design, suggests that
focusing
on superficial problems can lead to the discovery of substantial
problems, and
claims that doing a good job won't slow you down.
In Part IV,
Fowler discusses design decay, flexibility and reusability versus
complexity,
four criteria for a simple system, and interface design. In Part V,
Fowler describes the unhurried quality of test-first design, defines
monological
thinking, and distinguishes between unit and functional testing.
In this final
installment, Fowler describes how to balance maintainability and
efficiency and create tunable software, and discusses the role of
patterns
and the Agile Software Manifesto.
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"Calpundit (Kevin Drum"
"Calpundit (Kevin Drum"
01/26/2004 03:28 AMAn Evening with Kevin Smith
An Evening with Kevin Smith
09/15/2004 11:30 PM I just finished watching the first DVD of the two DVD set An Evening
with Kevin Smith (get it via Netflix). If you're a fan of Kevin Smith
movies, I can't recommend it enough. It's mostly composed of clips
from Q&A sessions from his visits to various college campuses. Not
only is it very entertaining, but you also get some real insight into
what shaped bits of his movies. That reminds me, I need to buy several
of his...
Kevin Kelly -- Help Wanted:
Kevin Kelly -- Help Wanted:
10/30/2003 09:22 PMKevin Kelly -- Help Wanted: who rejects technology?...
Three Questions for Kevin Drum
Three Questions for Kevin Drum
06/05/2005 11:17 PM(Number One: Is the press, properly understood, a political animal?)
"It's not clear to me what big news organizations would do if they
took Drum's advice seriously and started 'fighting back.'" Plus: Matt
Taibbi hits a triple.
Zap Video: Kevin J. O'Brien
Zap Video: Kevin J. O'Brien
12/30/2003 12:03 AM"Kevin O'Brien, of Prince Edward Island's home-grown ISP, Island
Services Network, told us a bit about himself while a slideshow of his
impressive photos played behind him.
Kevin J. O'Brien speaks at Zap
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Kevin Sites Blog
Kevin Sites Blog
03/14/2003 02:52 AMKevin Sites' Blog .. blog
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Live On the Web: Kevin Mitnick
Live On the Web: Kevin Mitnick
01/22/2003 12:33 PMMitnick then visited a series of sites -– the Screen Savers, Slashdot,
Google News, Wired News and The Register, among others –- mostly to
see what others ...
Microsoft's Martin Taylor Responds
Microsoft's Martin Taylor Responds
03/14/2005 05:05 PMBush chooses Martin as next FCC chairman
Bush chooses Martin as next FCC chairman
03/17/2005 03:42 AMZDNet Mar 16 2005 10:03PM GMT
"Martin Fowler posted about this today "
"Martin Fowler posted about this today "
05/26/2004 04:41 AMEDS beats Lockheed Martin for contract
EDS beats Lockheed Martin for contract
08/10/2004 01:37 AMSeattletimes.nwsource.com - Tue Aug 10, 12:17 am GMT
Bush names Martin new FCC chairman
Bush names Martin new FCC chairman
03/17/2005 03:10 AMU.S. President George Bush on Wednesday announced that he will appoint
former advisor Kevin Martin to be the new chairman of the U.S. Federal
Communications Commission (FCC), which regulates the
telecommunications and broadcast
industries.
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Badminton: Hallam stuns Martin
Badminton: Hallam stuns Martin
08/15/2004 08:03 AMBritain's Tracy Hallam beats 2000 silver medallist Camilla Martin to
reach the women's badminton quarter-finals.
Martin quiz over car plate theft
Martin quiz over car plate theft
02/12/2004 09:00 PMNorfolk farmer Tony Martin, convicted of killing a burglar, is
questioned by police over stolen car number plates.
Don Martin MAD toons onomatopoeia
glossary
Don Martin MAD toons onomatopoeia
glossary
07/28/2004 09:21 AMA MAD Magazine fan has compiled a chapter-and-verse glossary of the
sound effects used by Don Martin in his comic strips.
WORD Sound Of
Source of Reference
AAAAGH! EEEEEOOOW ACK! Removal Of A Deep Rooted MAD #66, October
UGH UGH MMP AGH! AEEK Tooth 1961, Page 20
AAAK AAK Busy City People MAD #164,
Coughing Jan 1974, Page 33
AAEEFWOFAAEE One Of Tarzan's Special MAD #245
Animal Calls March 1984 Page 42
AAGH Indians Getting Shot MAD #121 September
1968, Page 15
AAHT AAHHT BLOOOOT Busy City Horns MAD #164, Jan
1974, Page 33
ACK Indians Getting Shot MAD #121 September
1968, Page 15
ACK Man choking MAD #268 January
1987 Page
42
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'Tony Martin law' is blocked
'Tony Martin law' is blocked
04/30/2004 05:57 PMA proposal to give householders greater rights to "self defence"
against burglars fails to progress.
Kevin Sites in Iraq -- "Toppled"
Kevin Sites in Iraq -- "Toppled"
04/12/2004 11:33 AMBlogger and MSNBC combat correspondent
Kevin Sites has returned to
assignment in Iraq after a short break home in the US. A year ago last
Friday, the famous statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad was toppled;
Kevin has posted a new essay about the state of Iraq since then.
But in light of the multiple hostage situations in Iraq right now, I
want to mention one thing that he does not. This also marks the one
year anniversary of his
capt
ure and subsequent release by Iraqi Fedayeen soldiers. We're glad
that this story ended with Kevin free and unharmed. Snip from his
latest post:
How did things turn so bad so quickly--in which a scattered insurgency
gains broader support and the coalition Shiite alliance begins to
crack? Some critics say it's a combination of a year of mismanagement
by the Coalition Provisional Authority in which the lives of most
Iraqis have not improved much since the reign of Saddam Hussein and
the hardball tactics of occupation military forces that are alienating
the people they were intending to help.
One member of a Ramadi-based Sunni insurgent cell who calls himself
"Continuous Jihad" says the Coalition hasn't delivered on anything.
"They break into houses in the middle of the night and arrest innocent
people," he says, "and they've given us less then we had under Saddam.
People are jobless, they distort our religion, and they're taking our
oil and living in Saddam's palaces. Nothing has changed. They've
become like him, yet they pretend they're here to help us."
Link to "Toppled", blog post from Iraq by Kevin Sites,
Link to
discussion forum.
kevin takes an interesting look at
webmail
kevin takes an interesting look at
webmail
04/10/2004 09:38 PMobviously, required information is only part of the story, but it's
worth evaluating gmail on this basis
Kevin Kelley's Catalog of the Cool
Kevin Kelley's Catalog of the Cool
12/03/2003 12:36 AMwired.com/news/culture/0,1284,61394,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1
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Kevin Rose crashes Google?
Kevin Rose crashes Google?
09/11/2004 09:00 AMDirect and Related Links for 'Kevin Rose
crashes Google?'
According to Kevin Rose of the Screen Savers on G4TechTV, Google
had a bit of a Gmail server crash after Kevin gave a way something
like 4,000 Gmail accounts on his Web site, kevinrose.com….
"Kevin Kelly -- Cool Tools"
"Kevin Kelly -- Cool Tools"
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