Interaction Society

I Don't Want to Wake Up Early

2008-12-17T09:01:00.012-05:00

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

2008-11-02T01:31:00.003-04:00

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

2008-09-26T18:32:00.000-04:00

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

David Allen GTD Interview

2008-07-29T16:14:00.007-04:00

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

2008-07-27T14:23:00.012-04:00

**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

2008-06-24T17:15:00.003-04:00

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

Pheltup Viral Explosion

2008-05-23T13:41:00.006-04:00

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

2008-05-02T11:39:00.001-04:00

Chirp Launches our Desktop App

2008-04-15T18:26:00.004-04:00

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

2008-04-01T14:01:00.007-04:00

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.

TwitterFountain Test

2008-03-17T18:56:00.001-04:00

Anil Dash at SXSW BattleDecks 2008

2008-03-10T13:26:00.006-04:00

I was honored to be the MC for this debauchery known as BattleDecks at this year's South by Southwest Interactive Festival. Mule Design and Get Satisfaction should be commended for the creative and organizational hutzpa to make this happen. In this Rocketboom video Anil Dash from Six Apart returns from a second introduction and round of applause (the first time it wasn't enthusiastic enough). He nails the presentation and walks away with the trophy.

It's a great time here in Austin, with friendly, progressive people and lots and lots of good music.

Turntable Chirp

2008-02-15T11:08:00.000-05:00

chirpscreen public beta launches - and some early press

2008-01-24T09:25:00.000-05:00

Woo Hoo. It is with great excitement and warm fuzziness that we announce the public beta of chirpscreen this morning. What a ride. What a fun team of real humans.

Here is the early coverage:

Wired: Chirpscreen Helps You Watch Over your Social Networks
TechCrunch: Chirp Launches Its Social Screen Saver In Beta
TechConfidential: Chirp's Eve Phillips weaves networks into the humble screen-saver
Venture Beat: Chirp, a screensaver that shows you what�s happening on your social network

WSJ Covers I Love My Dog Community

2008-01-14T13:06:00.001-05:00

This is a nice story about the community of dog lovers we built at MarketTools.

Visualizing Situations

2007-12-29T12:48:00.000-05:00

Earlier in the year, after animated evenings at Moose's, I'd walk with my friends up Grant Street in North Beach and would point out a storefront that I thought would be a great place to hang out and do creative things with smart people. A bunch of situations and people converged and it happened. Well not in North Beach, but deep in the Mission - and the work is a different kind of work than I saw in the temporary picture. It's all better than the original image. All of it.

I've read that this experience can be described as: you won't know something when it arrives if you don't know what it looks like.

So, I am trying to create lots of pictures with the new, new reality and see what comes next.

See: Shakti Gawain, David Allen

The Chirp Blog - Why We Founded Chirp

2007-12-27T16:12:00.000-05:00

We tried to put down in words why we started chirp.

Eve Phillips, Chirp CEO on the town

2007-12-21T08:29:00.000-05:00

Here's Eve Phillips, our celebrated Chirp Interactive CEO, on the town spreading the good news.

Chirpscreen coverage

2007-12-06T14:19:00.000-05:00

A kind chirpscreen review from Charles Hudson.

The Connected Consumer

2007-11-20T14:36:00.001-05:00

MediaPost published my piece How to Connect With 'Connected Consumers' today.

great looking page

2007-11-19T23:46:00.001-05:00

They'll never make a zombie out of me.

2007-10-19T22:55:00.000-04:00

Monteiro speaks through Ray Davies.

Karen Wickre: Mother of the Google Blogs

2007-10-19T16:40:00.001-04:00

Nobody knows like Karen knows. A great read on our pal who got Google Corp. blogging.

announcing chirpscreen with a dance party!

2007-10-14T10:41:00.000-04:00

I've been working with the refreshingly clear-minded Eve Phillips and the amiable Doodios to make chirpscreen. This Wednesday we're giving it a public preview at a mad dance party with my pal Ronkat performing.

chirpscreen is better experienced than written about, but I'll try. It's a screen experience that calls your online relationships into a very visual display that you can, well, play with... Below is a favorite early screen shot.

We'll be opening up the beta program this week and I hope you'll give it a try. You can also try our app on Facebook.

Many, many thanks to Lucky, my patient friends and family, the gang at MarketTools, David Sze, and Tom Rielly for the kind introduction.

Party Details:
a cure for conference overload
Ronkat's Katdelic Revival
appearing at
Beale Street Bar
(Beale and Mission)
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
9 p.m. ish

me taking a picture of me

2007-10-09T23:47:00.001-04:00