On Monday May 10th I am co-hosting the second #140conf Meetup, together with Eric Greenspan, taking place at The Comedy Store in Hollywood, CA. This meetup is an opportunity to discuss the emerging Real-Time Internet and the effects on business and the second gathering for friends of #140conf in LA to get together and discuss issues of the day.
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Event: #140conf Los Angeles Meetup – Monday May 10th
Participants: Andy Carvin (@acarvin) – Senior strategist at NPR; Eric Kuhn (@CNN) – Audience Interaction Producer, CNN; Jennifer Preston (@NYT_JenPreston) – Social-Media Editor of The New York Times; Ryan Osborn (@todayshow) – Producer, NBC’s TODAY (panel moderator). – - – Tags: 140conf , social media , Ryan Osborn , Eric Kuhn , Andy Carvin , Jennifer Preston , Jeff Keni Pulver
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#140conf NYC: Real-Time News Gathering
From Techdirt ’s “ Banging Your Head on the Virtual Wall Department ” : The grandstanding of some Attorneys General never ceases — even when they created the “problem” they’re now grandstanding against. Case in point: Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and his crusade against Craigslist
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Grandstanding Coverage
Posted by Rick Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media Counsel There’s been a lot of debate about the best way to implement the National Broadband Plan and open Internet rules after the recent Comcast decision . Lots of smart people have recommended reasonable solutions to the FCC’s jurisdictional headache. We’ve said all along that what’s important to us is promoting an open Internet, and providing access for Americans to the best broadband possible
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What this is really about: keeping the Internet open for consumers
My friend, Dan Harple who is the Executive Chairman, GyPSii shared his vision on the evolution of location and places during his talk at #140conf NYC. I was looking forward to hearing Dan give this talk ever since meeting him in Barcelona during Mobile World Congress. related story: I’ve seen the future of the real time web, and it’s GyPSii – - – Tags: 140conf , social media , GyPSii , Dan Harple , Jeff Keni Pulver
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Dan Harple: Evolution of Location and Places (from #140conf NYC)
Posted by Shenaz Zack, Product Manager (Cross-posted from the Official YouTube Blog ) Over the past decade, the evolution of the Internet has altered the landscape for both traditional media companies and the doctrine of fair use, and the media industry has tried to keep up. The new ways that consumers create and distribute content are not a niche phenomenon. Hundreds of millions of people around the world now use the Web to connect and interact with content online, and a huge percentage of them go even further: they express themselves via parodies , celebrate their favorite videos with mashups, and use music in educational presentations.
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Content ID and Fair Use
Posted by David Green, Global Communications and Public Affairs Access to information about our home energy use can teach us all sorts of things about the appliances in our homes and how they interact with the electric grid.
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Video of Power in Numbers: Unleashing Innovation in Home Energy
Posted by David Drummond, SVP, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer (cross-posted from the Official Google Blog ) Article 19 of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights states that “everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.” Written in 1948, the principle applies aptly to today’s Internet — one of the most important means of free expression in the world. Yet government censorship of the web is growing rapidly: from the outright blocking and filtering of sites, to court orders limiting access to information and legislation forcing companies to self-censor content. So it’s no surprise that Google, like other technology and telecommunications companies, regularly receives demands from government agencies to remove content from our services.
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Greater transparency around government requests
Posted by Will DeVries, Policy Counsel In March, the Federal Trade Commission concluded its “Exploring Privacy” roundtable series. The series brought together leaders from government, advocacy, academia, and industry to discuss ways to best protect consumer privacy. Representatives from Google participated in all the different sessions and sat on two of the panels.
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Google Files Privacy Comments
Posted by Rachel Whetstone, Vice President, Global Communications and Public Affairs (cross-posted from the Official Google Blog ) Two and a half years ago, we outlined our approach to removing content from Google products and services.
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Controversial content and free expression on the web: a refresher
Posted by Christine Y. Chen, Policy Communications Manager Earlier this week, Google’s Senior Policy Counsel Nicklas Lundblad and Policy Manager Betsy Masiello published a paper called “Opt-in dystopias” in SCRIPTed, a Journal of Law, Technology & Society
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Opt-ins, opt-outs, and everything in between
(cross-posted from the Official Google.org blog) Yesterday, when a powerful earthquake struck the Qinghai province in Western China, Googlers within China and internationally mobilized to see how we could help with disaster response. We are working on several tools to help people on the ground find out more information about the earthquake, connect with loved ones, as well as help with recovery efforts.
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Response to China Earthquake
Posted by Will DeVries, Privacy Policy Counsel Alma Whitten, Google’s Privacy Engineering Lead, wrote this commentary for Forbes, where she discusses our company’s commitment to user choice and transparency. In the piece she describes how privacy is something we think about everyday because it’s good for our users and critical for our business. If you find her piece interesting, you might also want to look at this presentation
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Privacy protections are good for our users and business
Posted by Chris Gaither, Senior Manager, Global Communications & Public Affairs This week, hundreds of newsroom leaders from across the country are gathered in Washington DC for the American Society of News Editors’ annual conference. The theme of this year’s event is “ideas,” and Eric Schmidt shared many of his as the opening speaker. He spoke about some of the big trends that are shaping the Internet, such as the rise of mobile and cloud computing, and some lessons he has learned about how to navigate the Web’s constant pace of change.
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Eric Schmidt discusses innovation with news editors
During the course of 2010, there will be a number of #140conf conferences and meetups held around the world. Global #140conf Conferences : April 20/21 – New York City June 17 – Washington DC July 6 – Tel Aviv September 14 – Atlanta October 5/6 – Los Angeles October 26/27 – London Upcoming #140conf Meetups : Mar 22 – NYC May 10 – Los Angeles May 13 – Chicago #140conf Meetups take place on a regular basis in both New York City and in London. During 2010 these meetups have also taken place in: Boston, Brussels, DC, Nairobi, Philly and Tel Aviv
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Updated #140conf 2010 Global Events Calendar:
Photo via creative commons by flickr use evoque Thanks to a reader for sharing this email from the current owners: “The LaundroMutt needs new owners…or we will be closing our doors come April 30th, 2010.
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Laundromutt in Adams Morgan For Sale. Will Close if not Sold by April 30th
I don’t think this deserves a horse’s ass award at the moment because I think the building is looking rather nice. However, it has been in this state for a number of months. Do any nearby neighbors happen to know what’s going on?
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Anyone Know What’s Up With Building at 11th and T Streets, NW
This apartment is located at 1801 Calvert Street, NW: View Larger Map The Craigslist ad says: “Very comfortable one-bedroom apartment in the heart of Adams Morgan. Separate living and dining areas, central air conditioning, washer and dryer in unit, private balcony with city views and a roof deck in the building.” Does $1695 sound reasonable for this 1 bedroom with balcony? Ed.
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Fri. Afternoon Rental Option
While standing outside of the Hilton in Austin, Texas, I was interviewed by David Spark ( @dspark ). The real-time web and “The State of NOW” was on my mind when this interview took place. For more information about the real-time web, please consider attending one of the upcoming #140conf events found over at http://140conf.com
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David Spark Interviews Jeff Pulver at SXSW 2010
This building is located at 2719 13th Street, NW: View Larger Map The flier says: “Living up to its reputation for unparalleled custom detailing, Brook Rose Development unveils a 2-year Columbia Heights restoration filled with intricate carpentry & finishes normally reserved for multi-million-dollar homes. One of only 2 units, this huge 2300 sqft 3BR 3BA + den duplex “lives” like a timeless, elegant residence with private entrance & parking – a “must-see” You can find more info and here
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Good Deal or Not? We’ve Been Watching This Building Edition
There’s a fast way to get the name of someone calling you if they’re calling from a mobile phone. Cell phone reverse listing directories have collected and stored the information that the cell phone companies aren’t able to distribute.
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Cell Phone Reverse Listing – How to Use a Reverse Directory to Find Out Who Called You
Photo by PoPville flickr user hohandy. Looks like the first bloom hit! You can talk about whatever is on your mind – quality of life issues, a beautiful tree you spotted, scuttlebutt, or any random questions/thoughts you may have. I’ll open this thread every Monday and Friday
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Random Reader Rant and/or Revel
Photo from PoPville flickr user fromcaliw/love Griffin & Murphy, LLP , is a boutique law firm in Washington, D.C. concentrating its practice in real estate law (including development, finance, leasing, zoning and condominium conversions), as well as estate planning and probate, civil litigation, and business law. The attorneys of Griffin & Murphy, LLP are licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia
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Legal Questions Answered By Griffin & Murphy, LLP
If you have found a number on your caller ID or call log that you do not recognize and you are looking to do a cellular reverse lookup, you might make the mistake that a lot of people make if you don’t know where you should go for information.
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Cellular Reverse Lookup – The Easiest Way to Find the Name of a Cell Phone Caller
This video was shown by Steve Greenberg at #140conf @SXSW on March 16th where he asked the community to join his experiment and share the following tweet : RT @steviegpro: Check out the new video for Diane Birch’s “Valentino.” http://bit.ly/deQi03 It’s really cool! Please re-tweet. #140conf When Steve tweeted this video had about 200 views on YouTube. At last check this video jumped to 10,000+ views
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The Diane Birch Valentino Video from #140conf @SXSW
Posted by Jacob Glick, Canada Policy Counsel It’s not every day that you get to ask your country’s leader questions about issues you care about. But that’s exactly what Canadians did this afternoon when Prime Minister Stephen Harper sat down with YouTube.
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Your interview with Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Having been one of the early evangelists of VoIP and launching the first magazine in the space – Internet Telephony and longest-running conference , etc – I think I need to take a moment and point out that one of the challenges of consumer VoIP is the need for external power. This past weekend, the northeast just endured a nor’easter where I saw massive trees buckle like dandelion stalks in the hurricane-force winds
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Nor’easters Remind us why the PSTN is Useful
At South By Southwest 2010 (SXSW), a strange thing happened on the way to Austin. A community of twitter faithful shifted from sharing everything about everything on only twitter (and maybe Facebook) and changed their habits to rely on learning about what was happening and where things were happening by using Foursquare and Gowalla instead. In the year since SXSW, a number of my friends became passionate and dependent on using Foursquare and/or Gowalla as the platform to share where they were and what was happening around them.
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SXSW 2010: The days twitter became less relevant
Posted by Tamar Fruchtman, Senior Corporate Counsel Last month, Stanford University announced an expanded partnership that takes advantage of our settlement agreement to make millions of works from its library collection accessible to people across the United States.
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University of Virginia expands Google Books agreement
Posted by Vint Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist Internet users deserve to be well-informed about the performance of their broadband connections, and good data is the foundation of sound policy. So I’m excited to see that the FCC has launched a “beta” consumer broadband test on broadband.gov today.
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FCC launches consumer broadband tool on broadband.gov