Tomorrow morning I will be in Washington DC speaking at USA Today’s Media 2.0 day where I will be sharing an update on “The State of NOW” one year after the first #140conf event. For more details about USA Today’s Media 2.0 Day visit: ttp://content.usatoday.com/communities/socialmedia/post/2010/05/usa-today-at-digital-capital-week/1
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The State of NOW – Talk in Washington DC on June 15
On Thursday, June 17th, #140conf DC will be taking place during Digital Capital Week. At #140conf DC, I’m looking forward to hearing the following people who will be speaking at our event: Alex Howard (@digiphile) – Gov2.0 DC Correspondent, @OReillyMedia Amber Harris (@DiscoveryComm) – Manager, Digital Communications Andrea Spiegel (@andreaitis) – Chief Product Officer, trueslant.com Andrew Rosen (@WashWizards) – Website Managing Editor, Washington Wizards Andy Carvin (@acarvin) – Senior strategist at NPR Blair Levin – Senior Fellow at the Aspen Institute; Former Executive Director of the National Broadband Planning Process Blake Hall (@troopswap) – co-founder TroopSwap Chris McGill (@ChrisMcGill) – Founder, Mixx David Johnson (@darthcheeta) – Asst. Professor, American University School of Communication David Klevan (@dklevan) – Education Manager for Technology and Distance Learning, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Deena Marshall (@la_pRHOfesora) – DC public school teacher Eric Weaver (@Weave) – Account Director/Strategist, Tribal DDB Frank Gruber (@FrankGruber) – Entrepreneur, co-founder Tech Cocktail Gayle Weiswasser (@gweiswasser) – Director, Digital Communications for Discovery Communications Geo Geller (@geogeller) – Artist, Photographer, Humanitarian George Haines (@oline73) – Technology Teacher, Sts
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Updated Speaker List for #140conf DC Announced
Posted by Mandy Albanese, Online Safety team (Cross-posted from the Official Google Blog ) When I was in middle school, computer class was spent learning the basics of “keyboarding” and rushing to finish the lesson so I could get back to my journey on the Oregon Trail . My main goal was to survive the river crossings, maintain enough buffalo meat to sustain my family and arrive safely in California with my entire fake family still alive. Today, many schools are teaching their first graders the basic computer skills I was learning at 13
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Blazing the online safety trail
Posted by Richard Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media Counsel For some time now, we’ve been advocating for the formation of a group of technical experts to put forward their best thinking on how to manage broadband networks in ways that still preserve and promote an open Internet. We’ve worked closely with Verizon and others in the Internet sector to further develop the concept, and we’re excited by today’s announcement that the Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group , or BITAG, has begun the process of formally launching. To be clear, the BITAG is still very much a work in progress, and we welcome the involvement of other interested entities, especially those representing the Internet user community.
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Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group poised for launch
Ginny Hunt, head of public sector programs (Cross-posted from the YouTube Blog ) It’s no secret that any successful 21st century political campaign must have a robust online strategy to succeed. But elected officials and candidates need more than just a website and a YouTube channel to engage voters: from President Obama’s YouTube interview to Senator Scott Brown’s campaign team’s use of Google Docs to Congressman Scott Murphy’s “ Google blast” ad strategy , we’re seeing politicians use more and more of our products and platforms to interact with voters, share information and keep their campaigns organized. We want to do our part to make sure candidates and campaigns have the tools to stay close to voters, who now expect to hear and see much more from their elected officials than ever before.
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Inform, engage and mobilize voters with YouTube and Google Campaign Toolkits
Posted by Jon Orwant, Engineering Manager When we launched Google Patent Search in 2006, we wanted to make it easier for people to understand the world of inventions, whether they were browsing for curious patents or researching serious engineering . Recently, we’ve also worked on a number of public data search features , as well as experimental features like the Public Data Explorer . There are many places to search for individual patents — the US Patent and Trademark Office and Google Patent Search are two examples
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Free download: 10 terabytes of patents and trademarks
Posted by John Burchett, Public Policy Director of US State and Local, Latin America and Canada The Florida laws governing political advertising were first written in 1951. Back then phones looked like this and the Internet hadn’t even been invented.
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Florida modernizes campaign laws to reflect new technology
During the past week I was fortunate to be have a chance to share my perspective on “The Connected Me” in a number of media platforms including: – USA Today: Twitter power: Learning from ourselves, in real time – CTV.ca (Montreal): May 26, 2010: Jeff Pulver on the Twitter revelation/revolution – CBC Montreal – Daybreak Show on May 26th at 0640 AM. (audio clip from interview currently not available) Interview I did with w/ Kim Vallée on May 26th at webcom Montreal 2010 : – - – font size=1> Tags: 140conf , social media , webcomMT , Jeff Keni Pulver
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Jeff Keni Pulver – In the Media (Week of May 24, 2010)
My friend Dave Halpert lost a friend yesterday and he shared his feelings about his loss in an email he shared earlier today. With Dave’s permission I have posted Dave’s tribute to his friend, Art Linkletter. – - – Art Linkletter Yesterday, Art Linkletter, a wonderful man and an acquaintance of mine, passed away 6 weeks shy of his 98th birthday
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Guest Blogger: David Halpert – My friend, Art Linkletter
Posted by Will DeVries, Policy Counsel We created Google Analytics to help website owners aggregate and analyze their traffic so they can improve and update their sites. Like traffic pattern reports tell you about traffic on a highway or street, Google Analytics provides general trends for a website (numbers of visitors, average time spent on one page) without revealing any personally identifiable information.
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Google Analytics: More choice for users
Posted by Murali Viswanathan, Product Manager (cross-posted from the On-line Security Blog ) Google understands the potential risks of browsing the web on an unsecured network, particularly when information is sent over the wire unencrypted — as it is for most major websites today. That’s why we offered SSL support for Gmail back when we launched the product in 2004.
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Extending SSL to Google search
Photo by PoPville flickr user caroline.angelo This sounds awesome: “Who: CHARTS (Columbia Heights Arts Foundation) is a budding organization serves to unite the different communities that live in Columbia Heights through the medium of art — by extending outreach to all corners of the neighborhood for constructing dialogue on the arts, cultivating talent through community-based art projects, and allowing outlets of expression that are universal in their audience. What: Join hundreds of your friends and neighbors for an evening of fine arts presented by local artists, musicians, poets, and actors — it’s the inaugural event for the Columbia Heights Salon Series, powered by the new Columbia Heights Arts Foundation (CHARTS)
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Second Installment of the Columbia Heights Salon Series Sat.
Park Place Griffin & Murphy, LLP Zazuba ‘Book your appointments online’ Metropole Michael Bonsby Heating and Air Conditioning What’s the deal DC? Past Tense Yoga Studio Duffy’s Irish Restaurant & Pub Quiet Mind Yoga The Looking Glass Lounge Kevin Wood, Realtor Fresh Off The Roast, Coffee Som Records Upper Crust Maids
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“Dear PoP, Join us for a day filled with fun, food and friends! This annual event is in support of our nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that is dedicated to the development and maintenance of Crispus Attucks Park. This private community park is located in the heart of Bloomingdale in the alley space behind North Capital & 1st Streets and U and V Streets NW.
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Dear PoP – Crispus Attucks Park Annual Yard Sale 05/22
This rental is located at 1430 Newton Street, NW: View Larger Map The Craigslist ad says: “2 bedroom 2 full bath, 1,000 sq ft apartment, available June 15th with all of the best amenities located in the heart of Columbia Heights. This apartment is on a quiet side street. 2 blocks from the TARGET and the METRO (8 minute walk from door to METRO), 1 block to GIANT, and all your favorite bars and restaurants (Alero, Thaitanic II, Wonderland Ballroom, the Heights, Red Rocks, Meridian Pint).
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Fri. Afternoon Rental Option – “Columbia Heights, Mt. Pleasant” Reader Request
Photo by PoPville flickr user Madame Meow Ugh, this is frustrating. I know it’s not bike related but perhaps DDOT could take a second to look into this… “Dear PoP, Have you fielded any complaints from DC drivers regarding “self-correcting” parking meters? These are meters that may initially accept coins but then display an “out of order” message, and thereafter stop registering the deposit of additional coins.
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Dear PoP – Parking Meter FAIL, literally
This home is located at 3546 Rock Creek Church Road, NW: View Larger Map The flier says: “Gorgeous renovation just steps to the METRO in HOT Columbia Heights/Park View area! 4/3/1 including a complete finished lower-level in-law suite/English bsmt for potential rental income! 2-Car Pkg! Beautiful finishes throughout, open floor plan-Great for entertaining! Exposed brick, custom built-ins, gas fireplace, covered front porch, skylights & spacious luxury master bath!” You can find more info here and a virtual tour here . So what do you think of the renovation? Personally I’m a huge fan of this location – sorta halfway between the Petworth metro and all the new development restaurants on 11th St in Columbia Heights
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Good Deal or Not? “skylights & spacious luxury master bath” edition
Posted by Susan Wojcicki, Vice President of Product Management (cross-posted from The Official Google Blog ) Today, the Federal Trade Commission cleared our acquisition of AdMob , a mobile advertising start up.
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Working with AdMob to move mobile advertising forward
Readers of my blog are invited to join me at in New York City on June 8th at the #140conf NYC Internet Week party taking place at Hudson Terrace from 5:00 PM until 7:30 PM. For details and to RSVP, please visit: http://www.140conf.com/ – - – Tags: 140conf , social media , NYC , Jeff Keni Pulver
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#140conf NYC Internet Week Party – June 8th
It struck me to write about the issue on sensitivity of the internet telephony, once while I was chatting with my NRI friend, who narrated to me as to how they had to pay heavy landline or mobile bills for international calls made to their near and dear ones situated in India. The transcript goes like this, “ I am one among millions of NRIs in gulf with medium pay, of course, and I get good salary compared to others.
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Internet Telephony ban – Security Related Issue or Hidden Agenda?
Posted by Pablo Chavez, Director of Public Policy We began the Google Policy Fellowship 3 years ago to match students with advocacy organizations working on policy issues fundamental to the future of the Internet and its users. We’ve been impressed by incredible pool of talent the program has attracted.
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The 2010 class of Google Policy Fellows
After spending the past year working on the #140conf events and exploring the on-going effects of the emerging real-time Internet on both business and on people, I decided the next thing to do was to write a book about the social revolution we are experiencing and provide a platform for some of the amazing people who are involved in this social revolution to get discovered outside their areas of direct influence. I want to do this right. However, I don’t have any editor or publisher (yet) but I woke up the other morning with the feeling that I had to write the book and the time to start writing was NOW.
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My new book project: The Connected Me
On the evening of May 10, 2010, the second #140conf LA Meetup took place at the Comedy Store in Hollywood, CA. To get a sense of the evening, please look at the following blog posts: From our speakers : Simon Mainwaring: 140conf LA meet-up: Social media inspiring social change Krupali Tejura: Incredible Twitter, Incredible People And our guests : Greg Pincus: Taking Social Media Offline Chris Foley: 140Conf LA Meetup | A Night to Remember Ashley Smith: #140conf LA Meetup at The Comedy Store – VIDEO – - – Tags: 140conf , social media , LA , Jeff Keni Pulver
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Recap: #140conf LA Meetup #2 (May 10, 2010)
The Metro NYC #140conf Community will be getting together on Monday, May 17th from 6PM to 8PM. Special thanks to MetLife for sponsoring this Meetup. Agenda: 6:00 PM- Registration / Networking 6:30 PM- Speakers start Speakers include: Jeff Pulver (@jeffpulver) – The Connected “Me” Liz Pullen (@nwjerseyliz) – Mo Krochmal (@krochmal) – The Class of 2015 Owen Stone (@Ohdoctah) – 8:00 PM- Wrap up / Networking If you would like to join this meetup, please RSVP here
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The post-#140conf NYC Meetup: Monday, May 17th
Posted by Alan Eustace, Senior VP, Engineering & Research (cross-posted from the Official Google Blog ) Nine days ago the data protection authority (DPA) in Hamburg, Germany asked to audit the WiFi data that our Street View cars collect for use in location-based products like Google Maps for mobile, which enables people to find local restaurants or get directions. His request prompted us to re-examine everything we have been collecting, and during our review we discovered that a statement made in a blog post on April 27 was incorrect. In that blog post, and in a technical note sent to data protection authorities the same day, we said that while Google did collect publicly broadcast SSID information (the WiFi network name) and MAC addresses (the unique number given to a device like a WiFi router) using Street View cars, we did not collect payload data (information sent over the network).
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WiFi data collection: an update
In regard to the responses his ad has generated so far, he resists breaking down percentages by serious inquiries versus goofs. “That’s a judgment call, right?” he asks, laughing. But he’s been impressed with the quality of quite a few contacts — although, thus far, the best of the batch are folks who weren’t listed as independents prior to the aforementioned deadline.
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CO Lt Governorship up for grabs
Posted by Jen Chen, Software Engineer (cross-posted from the YouTube Blog ) Melinda teaches high school in the Bay Area and recently reached out to us with a problem. Her students just finished a video history project that she wanted to share with their parents and classmates. But she was concerned about posting the videos publicly because she didn’t want the whole world to find them (frankly, neither did her students)
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More Choice for Users: Unlisted Videos
I vividly recall meeting with Rachel Lloyd. Thanks to her story (and others I’ve been privileged to hear) we’ve vastly improved our approach to the point where an adult service ad submitted to craigslist today relating to an underage person like “Bethany” would be rejected by our reviewers, with an immediate report submitted to law enforcement, allowing the victim to be rescued, and the perpetrator to be removed from society
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An Open Invitation to Rachel Lloyd
Posted by Paul Feng, Group Product Manager More mobile app developers — the folks who use mobile ad networks like Google, AdMob, Apple/Quattro, Millennial, Jumptap, Greystripe and others to make money from ads within their iPhone and Android apps — are joining Wertago in sharing their views about our planned acquisition of AdMob. Wayne Skipper of Concentric Sky, a developer of iPhone and Android apps, blogged that he was asked by the FTC for his views on Google/AdMob, and told the agency: Like many in the industry, we believe [that blocking the deal] would be a serious mistake.
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Mobile app developers talk Google-AdMob
Tomorrow morning (May 10th) I will be flying to Los Angeles to co-host the 2nd Los Angeles #140conf Meetup taking place at the Comedy Story. On Thursday (May 13th) I will be heading to Chicago to host the first #140conf Meetup. For more information about upcoming #140conf Meetups across North America, please visit: http://meetup.com/140conf .
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This week – #140conf Meetups in Los Angeles and Chicago