I Don't Want to Wake Up Early

I wish we knew the name of this talented songster who stopped by to see us at Burning Man. He rode by on his bike with a guitar on his back. We yelled out "Hey Guitar Man come over and play us a song." He did an hour long concert..

It's a great time to be alive

Barack is what we have needed.

Update: 12/20/08 I feel a lot less gleeful in such a short time. Obama has chosen a homophobe to preach at what would have otherwise been a triumphant moment. We gave a quiet acceptance of Obama to get us out of the Bush quagmire but now the time to stand up to his passive aggressive kicks in the face is here.

Official Google Blog: Our position on California's No on 8 campaign

Official Google Blog: Our position on California's No on 8 campaign

David Allen GTD Interview

In non-fire related news my old friend, mentor and dedicated Carlin fan David Allen interviewed me a couple of weeks ago. David is the author of the bestselling book Getting Things Done. His system has kept me on track and flourishing for over fifteen years. The interview is part of the "Connect" subscription on his site. If you're into GTD it's very worth checking out and they have a free trial.

In the interview we discuss interfaces, connecting, social networks, chirp, Google docs, Twitter, Apple and... world peace. It was just great to get all that out of my noodle and I want to thank him for the opportunity. I've posted the interview here.

Fire Near Our House - mariposa yosemite telegraph fire

**Final Update, Friday August 1st 8:00 a.m. - The fire is now 98% contained. Thanks firefighters!

There has been a wild fire raging near our home in Midpines, California. As of Sunday a.m. over 18,000 acres have been burned. Hundreds of homes were evacuated. At 2:30 a.m. on Sunday morning we got a call from the fire department letting us know we should prepare to evacuate. So we gathered the animals and packed the car. We didn't get the follow up call to actually evacuate so we paced all night and finally got some sleep around 8 a.m.

Here is some coverage:

Citizen


Citizen to AP

a Sprout Builder experiment

Loving this little tool for making veb vidgets. Brought to you from the folks at SproutBuilder

Pheltup Viral Explosion

Mass hysteria and perhaps intrigue surround stealth Pheltup?
Follow me at Pheltup.com/prepop .
Wired headline of the year. Silicon Valley 'Thought Leaders' Clamor to Get Pheltup
Laughing Squid Coverage: Psychological Disorders Affecting Bloggers & Social Media Addicts

Chirp presentation at the Web 2.0 Expo Launch Pad

Chirp Launches our Desktop App

This afternoon we're announcing the launch of our desktop app from Chirp. We took everything we learned from the full screen experience and made it into a tight little viewing screen that you can have running on your screen while you're doing other stuff.



It's like watching a fast slideshow, or watching your friends go by the from the seat of a subway car. I keep seeing it out the corner of my eye, like watching a channel of your friends on tv. Constantly updated with the newest, and some great archival surprises.

Then you can stop it and begin to get more engaged in the object that caught your eye. Share it via email or Facebook, see the meta information about it, who it's from, what others have said about it, comment on it yourself. Just a real nice way to grab all this stuff, stuff you care about but would never unearth. Then go back to the show without missing a beat. Make your own damn social network, if you will.



The download is Windows only (for today). I hope you'll give it a try and tell me what you think.

Drew Domkus interviews me about chirpscreen on N3RD M0M3NT

Listen to a meandering journey with two old online friends. Lots of chirp goodness and plenty of jabber about dogs, Burning Man, and springtime.

Drew Domkus broadcasts n3rd m0m3nt in his free time when he isn't broadcasting his popular podcast The Dawn and Drew Show with his lovely and talented wife Dawn Miceli.