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Google Versus China, According to Twitter

January 12th, 2010

Google says it's taking "a new approach to China" and will stop censoring search results there, even if it means they have to shut down Google.cn and their China offices. The announcement is a huge deal, and it set off some fantastic insta-commentary from tech writers on Twitter. My favorite, shown above, is courtesy of Joel Johnson. More inside.

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“But Is There Internet on a Submarine…?” · Apparently the U.S. Navy is on the social media bandwagon, because this Friday they're taking a gaggle of San Diego tech bloggers--myself included--out for a day trip on a Los Angeles class nuclear submarine. This thing is the length of a frakkin' football field, descends between 650-950 feet under the sea, and comes equipped with a few Tomahawk cruise missiles. The nerd in me is very excited about seeing a sub in action, the claustrophobe in me is terrified, the peace-loving hippie in me is conflicted, and the skeptic in me wonders why the U.S. Navy's taking bloggers out on a junket. Guess I'll find out! My co-submariner Mitch has all the details of the upcoming trip; photos (of the unclassified stuff) to come this weekend. Update: Here's the local news segment on the trip. · January 12th, 2010, 6 comments

Making Sense of Google Wave at Web 2.0 Expo Keynote Tomorrow · I'm in wonderful New York City this week, getting ready to do a 15-minute keynote talk on Making Sense of Google Wave tomorrow, November 17th. It'll be at 2:05pm Eastern time, and if you're not at the conference, you can watch it live on the web, here. I've also started the first public Web 2.0 Expo wave; search for with:public tag:w2e to chime in or make your own. I'll also have something good to announce about The Complete Guide to Google Wave. (It won't be a surprise to anyone following @gwaveguide on Twitter.) More tomorrow! · November 17th, 2009, 3 comments

iPhone and Mac Talk on Copper Robot · Had a blast last night on Mitch Wagner's Second Life interview series, Copper Robot, where TUAW's Mike Rose, ArminasX Saiman, Mitch and I got to chat about Apple's new iPhone and Snow Leopard announcements last week. Thanks to Mitch and my co-panelists for having me; if you missed the event in-world, you can watch and listen to the video here. I also posted a couple of screenshots from the event on Flickr. · June 15th, 2009

Google Wave, Bing, and the Future of Newspapers on TWiT · Had a blast yakking with Leo Laporte, Don Tapscott, Jeff Jarvis and his son Jake Jarvis on today's episode of This Week in Tech. We covered much ground, from gushing over/being cautious about Google Wave (first take the time to watch this, then read this), to the flailings of the newspaper industry (read this), to redesigning the goals and methods of the modern university (listen to what 17-year-old Jake has to say about that). This was my third TWiT, but it was the first one nerves didn't get the best of me--felt comfortable, chilled out, and quite chatty . Thanks to Leo and the rest of the fabulous panel for putting up with me. Here's the episode page; MP3 available for download. · May 31st, 2009, 2 comments

BarCamp San Diego Recap

May 31st, 2009

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BarCamp San Diego 5 Attended my very first BarCamp here in San Diego this weekend, and came away from it super-impressed. BarCamp is a free, self-organizing unconference where the attendees are also the speakers. The schedule isn't set till the conference starts. At that point, everyone slaps a big Post-It note describing their session on a board in the time slot and room they want to talk in and away it all goes. I've been to several FOO Camps, the invite-only O'Reilly event that inspired the BarCamp movement, and I'll be honest: given FOO, I had low expectations for BarCamp. O'Reilly's in the business of holding tech conferences, and their events are always top drawer. I didn't think a DIY get-together whose funding was scraped together by local sponsors in the midst of a recession could even come close. Boy was I wrong.