Elizabeth Lawley's Breaking Into the Boys' Club ETCON talk

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IRC log from Trippi's talk at ETCON

IRC log from Trippi's talk at ETCON 02/15/2004 09:18 AM
Kevin Burton kept a running transcript of Joe Trippi's talk at the ETCON Emergent Democracy event, pasting it into IRC as he went. He's posted the IRC log, which includes Kevin's transcription and the peanut gallery's responses (Burtonator tells us not to mind the typos: "The Internet is not a system for testing spell-checkers")

amazed that the press frankly can't figure out what the dean campaign WAS
WHY DIDN'T YOU LET US HAVE THE CONTACT INFO FOR LOCAL DEAN SUPPORTERS EARLIER?
not it's defining if it's a SUCCESS but still doesn't konw what it was
the sound of typing everywhere....
it's a mistake to buy the spin from broadcast media
broadcast politics has failed us miserably
no debate about the war

Link (Thanks, Kevin!)

My ETCON talk, in the Public Domain

My ETCON talk, in the Public Domain 02/12/2004 06:13 PM
I have just given a talk at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Confernece called Eb ooks: Neither E, Nor Books, which is something of an anomaly for me in three ways:

1. I wrote out this talk, word for word, in advance of the presentation
2. I am releasing that written text as a free, public domain file, right now, moments before I get off the stage

So here's the text of that talk, dedicated to the Public Domain, for you to do with what you will.

This isn't to say that copyright is bad, but that there's such a thing as good copyright and bad copyright, and that sometimes, too much good copyright is a bad thing. It's like chilis in soup: a little goes a long way, and too much spoils the broth.

From the Luther Bible to the first phonorecords, from radio to the pulps, from cable to MP3, the world has shown that its first preference for new media is its "democratic-ness" -- the ease with which it can reproduced.

(And please, before we get any farther, forget all that business about how the Internet's copying model is more disruptive than the technologies that proceeded it. For Christ's sake, the Vaudeville performers who sued Marconi for inventing the radio had to go from a regime where they had *one hundred percent* control over who could get into the theater and hear them perform to a regime where they had *zero* percent control over who could build or acquire a radio and tune into a recording of them performing. For that matter, look at the difference between a monkish Bible and a Luther Bible -- next to that phase-change, Napster is peanuts)

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Transcendant Interactions ETCON talk

Transcendant Interactions ETCON talk 02/10/2004 09:27 PM
Here're my running notes from Tr anscendant Interactions at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference in San Diego.

Manifesto: Don't build applications. Build contexts for interactions.

The architecture of entertainment has been shaped by the idea of immersion.

We try to design places for people to play, but play is about people, not places.

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Leveraging RSS at Disney ETCON talk

Leveraging RSS at Disney ETCON talk 02/10/2004 06:36 PM
Here're my running notes from Le veraging RSS at Disney: from Collaboration to Massive Content Delivery at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference in San Diego.

Modern computers can handle large files, video, media, etc.

Want to provide experiences above the effective bitrate of our users, and bits are expensive to ship.

Example: Added a high-quality video clip to the front page of ESPN.com.

Came to think about the enclosure tag in RSS -- the idea of asynchronously d/ling content behind the scenes. You can download the experience prior to hitting the page.

Built a client-side technology -- espn.com, disney.com, etc -- an RSS aggregator that d/ls and pre-caches video on the machine, and communicates with the mothership to tell them who's got what in the cache.

We wanted 500k users in 1 year -- in three weeks we hit a million. Over 2 million now. Sustainign 2GB of bandwidth, TBs/day.

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boyd's social networks talk from ETCON

boyd's social networks talk from ETCON 02/11/2004 06:56 PM
danah boyd has posted the text of her ETCON talk, Re venge of the User: Lessons from Creator/User Battles.

Asking favors is fundamentally different than offering them. People gain by being bridges. Thus, to be able to tell you about a job gives me whuffie in our relationship. Feeling pressured to connect you to an open job makes me uncomfortable. In all of the networks described above, the bridge got to control the information flow. In Milgram's "Small Worlds," if you didn't know that i knew the target person, you may not have tried to pass it on to me. If you don't know that i am dating someone who has something that you want, you won't try to pressure me into giving you access to it. Thus, i can choose when to reveal my connections in a situation where i can come across as being helpful, rather than being put in a position to feel cornered. Revealing the network shifts the power.

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Google is Harder Than it Looks ETCON
talk notes

Google is Harder Than it Looks ETCON
talk notes 02/11/2004 06:56 PM
Here're my running notes from Nelson Minar's Go ogle is Harder Than it Looks talk at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference in San Diego.

Query comes into custom httpd, Google Web Server ("gwis")

Sent in parallel to several places:

* Index server, "every page with the word 'apple' in it -- a cluster that manages "shards" or "partitions" (everything starting with the letter "a") and then load-balancing replications for each. Have to calculate intersections for multiple-term queries

* Doc server, copies of webpages -- whence page-snippets are served in results. Sharded and replicated for scaleability and redundancy

* Misc servers: QuickLinks, spell-checkers, Ad server (first two are small servers, ad server is humongous)

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Eric Bonabeau's Evolving the Bad Guy
ETCON talk

Eric Bonabeau's Evolving the Bad Guy
ETCON talk 02/10/2004 04:10 PM
Here're my running notes from Er ic Bonabeau's Evolving the Bad Guy at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference in San Diego.

Bad guys co-evolve with your defenses -- tax code, software and NBA rules all need to constantly evolve, as does Google

Evolutionary computation: represent individuals as genetic strings, i.e. 110100101

Test individuals for fitness -- how good they are at finding and exploiting loopholes

Mutate and crossover to get individuals who are better and better at solving your problem -- at finding loopholes.

In 2002, Sussex researchers tried to design an osscilator using evolutionary computation, but found it ended up weird because of unintentional RFI emission from a nearby PC

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Emotional Design: The Principles ETCON
talk notes

Emotional Design: The Principles ETCON
talk notes 02/12/2004 12:43 PM
Here're my running notes from Donald A. Norman's Em otional Design: The Principles talk at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference in San Diego.

I no longer tell you why everything is crappy -- now I'm the guy who tells you how nice and pretty things can be.

The orange juicer on the cover of my new book, Emotional Design, evokes strong emotion.

I'm here to talk about consumer products, not computers.

Getting the tech right is only part of the problem: the big part is the hearts and minds, so your customers enjoy it.

There's something about physical design that really turns people on. The tech has to be flaawlessly, but no one cares about it -- it's just infrastructure.

See the Mini Cooper -- the NYT said, "It has many flaws, but boy is it fun."

I used to buy stuff that I knew was b0rked, but I wanted to own them anyway.

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Life Hacks: Tech Secrets of Overprolific
Alpha Geeks ETCON talk notes

Life Hacks: Tech Secrets of Overprolific
Alpha Geeks ETCON talk notes 02/11/2004 03:01 PM
Here're my running notes from Li fe Hacks: Tech Secrets of Overprolific Alpha Geeks at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference in San Diego.

It's the 10-second rule: if you can't file something in 10 seconds, you won't do it. Todo.txt involves cut-and-paste, the simplest interface we can imagine.

It's also the simplest way to find intercomation. EMACS, Moz and Panther have incremental search: when you type a "t" it goes to the first mention of "t", add "to" and you jump to the first instance of "to", etc.

This is being added to Longhorn (Unix geeks, we've had this since Jan 1 1900, and it will go away in 2038).

Power-users don't trust complicated apps. Every time power-geeks has had a crash, s/he moves away from it. You can't trust software unless you've written it -- and then you're just more forgiiving.

Text files are portable (except for CRLF issues) between mac and win and *nix.

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[etech] Liz Lawley: Breaking out of the
boy's club

[etech] Liz Lawley: Breaking out of the
boy's club 02/10/2004 04:09 PM
Liz is one of the founders of Misbehaving.net, among other things. Subtitle: "How diversifying your team can expand your market." There's a flawed premise behind most efforts to sell to women: Women aren't involved in the development of the product. E.g., early voice recognition systems were calibrated to men's voices. And video conference systems were designed to focus on whoever is talking, so now women can't be seen and can't be heard. Seatbelts and airbags were designed for men, and women and children are killed by them. Who has been really successful in making products that survived the dot-com...

Revenge of the User: Lessons from
Creator/User Battles ETCON talk notes

Revenge of the User: Lessons from
Creator/User Battles ETCON talk notes 02/11/2004 04:31 PM
Here're my running notes from danah boyd's Re venge of the User: Lessons from Creator/User Battles at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference in San Diego.

The response is an attempt to "configure the users" -- constrain behavior to acceptable behavior with messaaging, kicking people off, etc.

This won't work: you can't tell a hacker not to hack. These kids are social hackers. You can stop some bad behavior, but you chase off your best users, too.

Dating doesn't happen because you're in a dating context. Dating arises out of real contexts.

Taking away fakesters didn't make Frienster more real. Friendster is unreal because people never remove their friends, even if they never see them (the exception is when you break up, ironic, because ex-lovers are strong ties!).

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Sport 'improves boys' behaviour'

Sport 'improves boys' behaviour' 06/14/2004 08:20 AM
Specialist sports colleges could help tackle anti-social behaviour among teenage boys, a report suggests.

Briton reaches boys' final

Briton reaches boys' final 07/03/2004 01:19 PM
Miles Kasiri becomes the first Briton to reach the Wimbledon boys' singles final since 1972.

Beastie Boys' New Album Silently
Installs DRM Code

Beastie Boys' New Album Silently
Installs DRM Code 06/19/2004 10:42 PM
Slashdot Jun 20 2004 3:06AM GMT

Mohammed Enters List of Favorite UK
Boys' Names (Reuters)

Mohammed Enters List of Favorite UK
Boys' Names (Reuters) 01/06/2005 11:29 AM
Reuters - Mohammed has joined perennial favorites Jack and Joshua as one of the most popular names given to British boys in 2004, a sign of the country's growing ethnic diversity and a legacy of Muslim immigration decades ago.

"Teachers At California High School
Refuse To Act When Founder Of A
Conservative Club Is Threatened And
Harassed By Other Students -- One
Teacher Called Tim A Nazi, While Another
Described The Club As "A Bunch Of
Bigots.""

"Teachers At California High School
Refuse To Act When Founder Of A
Conservative Club Is Threatened And
Harassed By Other Students -- One
Teacher Called Tim A Nazi, While Another
Described The Club As "A Bunch Of
Bigots."" 01/01/2004 03:19 AM

The Club For Growth - The Club for
Growth Blog: DNC 'Lawyers Up' Against
the Club for Growth

The Club For Growth - The Club for
Growth Blog: DNC 'Lawyers Up' Against
the Club for Growth 08/06/2004 02:31 AM
DNC Lawyers Also Try To Stop Anti-Kerry Ads By The 'Club For Growth' From Being Played .. independent ads from this other group .. making a habit .. life

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Elizabeth Arden Trounces Estimate

Elizabeth Arden Trounces Estimate 12/05/2003 09:01 AM
TheStreet.com Dec 5 2003 8:47AM ET

Elizabeth Arden Stops the Clock

Elizabeth Arden Stops the Clock 06/04/2004 12:37 PM
Elizabeth Arden's 2004 contains some surprises -- like several fewer months.

Father of Web Knighted by Queen
Elizabeth

Father of Web Knighted by Queen
Elizabeth 07/17/2004 04:33 PM
AP via Los Angeles Times Jul 17 2004 8:04PM GMT

Elizabeth Smart found alive

Elizabeth Smart found alive 03/13/2003 10:25 AM
Elizabeth Smart has been found - alive - in a restaraunt in Sandy, Utah, MSNBC reports.

Elizabeth Arden outsources operations to
IBM

Elizabeth Arden outsources operations to
IBM 11/04/2003 09:54 AM
Computer Weekly Nov 4 2003 8:32AM ET

Late Night with John and Elizabeth
Edwards

Late Night with John and Elizabeth
Edwards 07/28/2004 01:02 PM

W3C Director Tim Berners-Lee Knighted by
Queen Elizabeth II

W3C Director Tim Berners-Lee Knighted by
Queen Elizabeth II 07/16/2004 09:53 AM
2004-07-16: Queen Elizabeth II has dubbed Tim Berners-Lee a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) during an Investiture at Buckingham Palace in London on 16 July. UK Honours are available to all who give service to the United Kingdom. Sir Timothy, a British citizen who lives in the United States and is Director of W3C, was knighted in recognition of his services to the global development of the Internet through his invention of the World Wide Web. Please read the congratulations and press release. (Photo: BCA Film, used with permission. News archive)

Queen Elizabeth Joins iPod Generation

Queen Elizabeth Joins iPod Generation 06/17/2005 04:36 PM
Not even the Queen is immune to the allure of the iPod, according to British daily The Sun. The paper reported on Friday that Queen Elizabeth II had authorized the purchase of a 6GB silver iPod Mini. According to a royal insider, "the Queen loves music and was impressed by how small and handy the iPod is."

CNN.com - Elizabeth Smart found alive -
Mar. 12, 2003

CNN.com - Elizabeth Smart found alive -
Mar. 12, 2003 03/13/2003 10:21 AM
Elizabeth Smart has been found alive .. Elizabeth safe with family .. good to see you home safe .. thank god .. found .. email .. Yay!

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W3C Director Tim Berners-Lee to Be
Knighted by Queen Elizabeth

W3C Director Tim Berners-Lee to Be
Knighted by Queen Elizabeth 12/30/2003 08:54 PM
2003-12-31: Buckingham Palace today announced that Queen Elizabeth II will make Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director, a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE). UK Honours are available to all who give service in the United Kingdom. Mr. Berners-Lee, a British citizen, is being knighted in recognition of his services to the global development of the Internet through the invention of the World Wide Web. (Photo: LeFebvre Communications. News archive)

Lets Talk Computers: Chris Repetto from
Intuit and Luke Chung from FMS featured
on this week's Let's Talk Comp

Lets Talk Computers: Chris Repetto from
Intuit and Luke Chung from FMS featured
on this week's Let's Talk Comp 08/28/2004 02:46 PM
Investors Business Daily Aug 28 2004 6:33PM GMT

Great ETCON pic

Great ETCON pic 02/11/2004 04:31 PM
I love this pic from ETCON. Link

Are there gay people at ETCON?

Are there gay people at ETCON? 01/16/2004 11:30 AM

So first things first, after considerable soul-searching and fiddling around with finances I've found a way to go to Emerging Tech this year to cheer on my BBC other half's paper: Gl ancing: I'm OK, You're OK. Last year the conference completely blew me away and acted as fuel for one of the most creative periods in my working life to date (although unfortunately not all of that creativity ended up being expressed coherently or in the public domain). Hopefully this year's conference will be just as good...

One thing that I found last year that I wasn't expecting was how many like-minded people I met - or if not like-minded, how many people there I felt comfortable around. I felt that I understood their world-view even if I didn't understand anything else that came out of their mouths. That got me thinking about what particular elements or lifestyle attributes we had in common - and that in turn made me thing about all the things things that we might not have in common - and that in turn led me to think about whether or not these events are bastions of heterosexual maleness and whether many of the people present might be gay. So as a result of that, I'm putting a kind-of poll into the field to see if there are going to be any gay people at ETCon this year that would like to get together at some point for a drink and a chat.

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You say Etech, we say Etcon, Etech,
Etcon. Etcon, Etech.

You say Etech, we say Etcon, Etech,
Etcon. Etcon, Etech. 02/01/2005 09:56 PM
The Early Bird discounts for the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference run out on Monday. So hurry hurry hurry, and I'll get the first round in come March 14-17. There's a considerable amount of coolness on the program, and to balance...

NY Post says Elizabeth Smart wanted to
play self in TV movie

NY Post says Elizabeth Smart wanted to
play self in TV movie 11/01/2003 04:14 AM

nypost.com/gossip/42034.htm
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Interview: Elizabeth Peaslee, VP,
Customer Experience, Travelocity

Interview: Elizabeth Peaslee, VP,
Customer Experience, Travelocity 01/21/2003 11:58 AM

Queen Elizabeth Pooh-Poohs Sony Remotes

Queen Elizabeth Pooh-Poohs Sony Remotes 06/24/2005 04:03 PM

Wow, Sony can't catch a break. First the Queen of England buys an iPod mini. Then, at a luncheon with new Sony CEO Howard Stringer—a known Englishman Welshman (Welsh, English, whatev! Don't make us bomb you.)—the Queen chided him for making products that are difficult to use. "I have a lot of trouble with your remote controls," she's quoted. "Too many arrows."

What Queen Elizabeth II neglected to admit, however, is that due to the long history of in-marriage in the Hapsburg line, she has only a single lobster claw at the tip of each arm.

Sony products are too much trouble - The Queen [Macworld]

Is Elizabeth A Dancing Queen? Everyone
Wants To Know What QEII Has On Her
Brand-New iPod

Is Elizabeth A Dancing Queen? Everyone
Wants To Know What QEII Has On Her
Brand-New iPod 06/24/2005 04:41 PM

Afer all, Elizabeth has been around. She's lived through Elvis and Sinatra, the Beatles and the Stones, Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet. She was there when they invented rock 'n' roll, skiffle and swing. Disco? There are rumors of pictures floating around involving her. By Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle

Elizabeth Arden outsources data center
operations to IBM

Elizabeth Arden outsources data center
operations to IBM 11/03/2003 06:00 PM
The six-year deal is expected to save the fragrance and beauty products company several million dollars.

Last chance for ETCON EarlyBird!

Last chance for ETCON EarlyBird! 01/09/2004 09:56 PM
Today is your last chance to get a pass for the O'Reilly Emerging Tech conference -- coming up in February in San Diego -- at the earlybird rate. Be there or be oblong! Link

Put your ETCON notes on the Wiki

Put your ETCON notes on the Wiki 02/11/2004 03:01 PM
Justin Hall is trying to get everyone to add links to their ETCON conference notes to the wiki: Link< /a>

Slashdot bans ETCON

Slashdot bans ETCON 02/11/2004 08:33 PM
Slashdot has a script that bans your IP address if you pull their RSS too often. I'm at ETCON, where I'm sharing a public-facing IP with hundreds of Slashdot readers who are all pulling /.'s RSS. So I have been banned, along with all of them, for 72 hours. Link

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