If Twitter is the new Walter Cronkite, Gov 2.0 is the new Camelot. As the optimism of JFK’s time brought the best and the brightest to Washington DC and Houston (for NASA), the Obama administration’s commitment to opening up government has attracted a large number of technologists to government for really the first time ever. This is not to say that the tech community hasn’t always been more than willing to sell to government – we always have and always will, but two recent conferences have confirmed to me what others have been predicting would hopefully happen, that not only is the government encouraging innovation from the private sector (or as Anil Dash joked this week “or what everyone else calls the world”), but a growing number of tech stars are putting aside riches or the hope of riches to serve (at least temporarily). At both SuperNova in San Francisco this week and the Random Hacks of Kindness hackathon in Mountain View a few weeks ago – both a coast away from DC – I and other entrepreneurs got face-to-face time with a wide range of leaders in the federal government. We didn’t have to go through red tape, get on anyone’s calendar, or for that matter have to fly to DC – they came to us. At the Random Hacks of Kindness, we had the Administrator of FEMA speak to 50 or so crisis mappers for over an hour. At one point, he was wringing his hands saying “we don’t even know the questions to ask”. When the head of FEMA comes to a hacker’s garage in Silicon Valley to plead to the tech community for help, how can we not respond?

At SuperNova last week, it was even more apparent how far this movement (and I use the word movement like I would the Civil Rights Movement, as I think it could be that far reaching and important) has come just in 10 months of this administration. There was Anil Dash (@anildash), first employee of Six Apart and the first head of the new ExpertLabs, up on stage telling companies to get their apps up on Apps.gov which “can reach 2 million Federal employees”. There was Andrew McLaughlin (@mcandrew), the Deputy CTO of the US who left his position as Google’s head of policy earlier this year lamenting that “all the stuff that I can do at a startup for free, I can’t get at the federal government with a $76 billion budget.” There was Alec Ross (@alecjross), Senior Advisor for Innovation at the State Department – a position created by Hillary Clinton – sitting at the final keynote with Craig Newmark and Jimmy Wales talking together about the future as if this coupling with two of the largest innovators of a free and open Internet with a high level State Department official was the most natural thing in the world. There was Larry Strickland of NTIA saying that the administration was intent on laying fiber networks, and of course NASA was there, obviously very pleased that the rest of the federal government was finally waking up to the benefits of working with the tech community.

Which leads me to my point for this post. As more government data feeds become available and the government continues to become more open, I see two paths that geeks are going to have to face. The first is taking this data and access to build and sell (or give away) solutions that not only can government officials use, but also that will improve the lives of Americans. This first model is what has many companies and entrepreneurs foaming at the mouth. However, there is a second model that I see, and that SuperNova especially confirmed for me, and that is that technologists will continue leave (or put off) their startup dreams, join the government itself, and build these solutions from the inside. Camelot wasn’t just about passion and expertise at the top, it was about filling positions at all levels of government with dedicated and innovative professionals that wanted to change the world for good, and my hope is that there will continue to be a tech brain drain into the government. If there is, then I see the potential for this movement to change government for the next hundred years, possibly beyond even the changes the Internet has brought to business. My hope is that this government will continue to offer positions to the tech world, and that we’ll in turn heed the call to service. Here’s pinging the best and the brightest.

This is the second post in my countdown of my 40 best movies of the decade. You can read #31-40 here. Let’s start with #30, The Motorcycle Diaries:

#30 The Motorcycle Diaries

Probably the best road trip movie of the decade (sorry Little Miss Sunshine), The Motorcycle Diaries is a different kind of autobiography, one that gives great insight into how Che became Che, and was based on his book of the same name. The film has a great gritty feel to it while still using the vibrant colors of the South American continent.

#29 Volver

Pedro Almodóvar turns in a gripping although not too gripping film about family and loss in Volver. It is one of those films that catches you a little off guard and just seems so right for where it was made and is one of the best European films I saw this decade.

#28 Milk

Sean Penn turns in what is certainly his best performance (he was good in Dead Man Walking and Mystic River, but nothing like this). It takes about two minutes to forget that you are watching Sean Penn – after that you are watching Harvey Milk. An uplifting and still very relevant story and Gus Van Sant’s best movie in a long time.

#27 A History of Violence

There is a lot to “A History of Violence”. There are great and quick action scenes, solid acting, a great Middle America setting, and a tight script. This is a movie that – if you can stomach a few gory scenes – that can be watched over and over again.

#26 Fahrenheit 9/11

This remains the most entertaining documentary I’ve ever seen (and yes, it’s a documentary). Lots of people don’t like Michael Moore or his politics (lots of people like Jack-in-the-Box too, so no accounting for taste) but when it comes to making entertaining documentaries about the most important issues in America, he’s simply the best.

#25 Billy Elliot

A joy of a movie, with an amazing debut performance by Jamie Bell as the title character. The film really focusing on turning youthful anger into inspiration, and some of the dance scenes (along with the great soundtrack) are unforgettable, especially the Rocky-ish dancing up the streets.

#24 Tie – Batman Begins & The Dark Knight

It’s very hard for me to separate these two films. I think that overall, Batman Begins is the better movie, with a better overall cast effort, especially from Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman. However, The Dark Knight has Heath Ledger, and his Joker is without a doubt the best superhero film villain ever. So they are a tie. Here’s hoping there is a third leg of the series and that it doesn’t take a Spiderman 3 tumble.

#23 House of Sand and Fog

This is one of the most underrated movies of the decade. Both Ben Kingsley and Jennifer Connelly turn in devastating performances in what is a pretty depressing movie – but sometimes depressing can be really good too.

#22 Casino Royale

Not since From Russia With Love has James Bond kicked this much ass. Great reboot (again, this was the decade of the reboot) and while not flawless (the poker playing goes on too long and well, the sequel wasn’t all that special) Casino Royale had one of the best Bond Girls ever, and was one of the most entertaining movies of the decade.

#21 Infernal Affairs

Although I really like The Departed as well, the movie it was based on – Infernal Affairs – was just a tick better, if for no other reason than it has a better ending. Infernal Affairs is a great example of how life with cell phones changes everything (even crime dramas), especially in Asia.

The other movies on the list:

#1-10

#11-20

#31-40

• so ends four days of doing absolutely nothing holiday/shopping/long weekend related – skipped the whole thing, and glad of it #
• thinking that I’ll redesign chadcatacchio.com after the New Year as I’m getting kind of bored with it #
• Win a new Macbook Pro on Cyber Monday 2009. Details here: http://bit.ly/29rFES #
• has anyone put a call into @Google yet about the rumors of their China operations closing down and employee exodus?

• when you use Twitter’s retweet function the retweet doesn’t show up in your archived tweets? #fail #
• The Twitter-Friendfeed-Facebook-love-hate triangle and why open systems will win in the end by @ChrisSaad http://bit.ly/5xveQG #
• The Swiss vote to ban minarets to stem “Islamisation” – absolutely ridiculous http://bit.ly/6P4oE5 #
• threw my back out last night lifting the kid. good thing all I needed to do this morning was to move furniture. #
• watching Irish vs Stanford, good game so far – Mr. Weis won’t be at next year’s game, that’s for sure #
• getting excited about Supernova in a few days, though I need to figure out where I’m staying in SF this week #
• well, so far Denzel is doing fine, but Travolta is no Robert Shaw (not that I needed to watch this movie to know that) #Pelham123 #
• watching the new “Taking of Pelham 123″ – Denzel is about as far from Walter Matthau as you can get, that’s for sure #
• RT @TechCrunch: In The Age Of Realtime, Twitter Is Walter Cronkite http://bit.ly/7s9wBg – I just posted my comment/post there #
• thinking about how I can add to the discussion on @parislemon’s latest TC post #
• Hotels.com just sent me a postcard saying I’m invited to their Five Star program – they should have just sent me an email #
• BART just sent me the $7 check they promised for screwing up my ticket that they’d said would get to me in 10 days – only took them 5 months #
• just entered Day 3 of the “Eat This Entire Pumpkin Pie Before Monday Challenge” #fatamerican #
• Tiger Woods released from hospital and his manager says he “is fine”. Good. #
• ABC just interrupted the Cincy v Illinois football game to report on Tiger – they used “seriously” but didn’t sound like they had new info #
• again, NBC Orlando affliate also has the story and does not use the word “serious” Tiger “treated for facial lacerations” #
• also http://bit.ly/6UjGca says that alcohol was not involved but that “charges are pending” – on Tiger? #
• RT @Slate: Tiger Woods seriously injured in car crash http://bit.ly/6UjGca (doesn’t sound too serious in this report) #
• Entire CNN story on CNN.com: “(CNN) — Golfer Tiger Woods was injured in a car accident near his home, Florida officials say.” #
• all that said, let’s hope he and his family are ok – same for everyone else traveling this weekend #
• also re: Tiger Woods – from the report, I hate to say it, but it sounds to me as if he was somehow impaired #
• re: Tiger Woods – remember that “seriously” is better than critical #
• Tiger Woods seriously injured in crash – says he pulled out of his driveway and hit a tree at 2am http://bit.ly/88VWrs #
• anyone else getting a lot of new quasi-spam followers from Brazil in the last 24 hours? @spam? #
• just turned on the Cinni v Illinois game – 28-7 Cinni half a minute into the second quarter #blowout #
• Dear Retailers, I do not regret that I will not be partaking in your outdated attempt to save yourselves from certain doom #
• watching “Star Trek” after a lot of handmade dumplings for dinner #
• finished rearranging the living room, now having some pumpkin pie on an 81 degree Thanksgiving – I used to ice skate on this day as a kid #
• “A’s Anatomy” Sesame Street parody http://bit.ly/Qmd4V #
• last 3 Thanksgivings; 4 day weekend in Joshua Tree, visited friends & family in PDX, cooked a turkey at home – this year nada #
• after hosting last year, going nowhere and doing nothing this Thanksgiving. You? #
• “What the Largest Coffee Retailers Are Doing On Their Facebook Pages” http://bit.ly/78iSu5 on InsideFacebook #
• RT @gregarious: BTW @themaria -> @thefiance – that’s a good! congrats! #
• has that “Retweets” link under Favorites has been there since Twitter relaunched Retweet? I just saw it now #
• had a good Ubuntu day – installed Chrome and finally got Skype calling to work #doubtI‘llchangeOSanytimesoon #
• glad everyone liked the #JTreeTweetup pics – I thought that I took more, but guess not (too busy climbing I guess #
• here’s a working link for my #JTreeTweetup set http://bit.ly/55svCp (the last link was Twitter fail) #
• I have finally uploaded my #JTreeTweetup pics to Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/28955795@N06/sets/72157622744609615/ #
• wow Chrome is fast using my Win computer right now to upload to Flickr (I usually use Ubuntu) and just forgot how fast Chrome is #
• “I am thankful for @TheMan presumably wearing clothes at an event he organizes @Twiistup #Thanksgiving” #
• post from last night “Palin vs. Newsweek – How The Battle of Words is Shifting to Facebook Pages” http://bit.ly/8W7tOl #
• “Palin vs. Newsweek – How The Battle of Words is Shifting to Facebook Pages” on InsideFacebook http://bit.ly/6eYw09 #
• thank you Netflix for including Elmo’s Adventures in Grouchland on Watch Instantly – you have saved my sanity this morning as babysitter #
• RT @dotBen: Official announcement on my blog of my new startup, @platosforms http://bit.ly/4NM60V – congrats man! #
• Flickr uploading has crashed FF three times in a row – I give up (using Ubuntu so no desktop uploader for me) #flickrfail #
• “New Moon, 2012, Verizon and Sarah Palin in This Week’s Top 20 Facebook Pages” http://bit.ly/4ETiix (my latest post for IF) #

• ok, tonight’s post in the queue, now to catch up on some Hulu #
• so rumors are that the iPod Touch will have a video camera in February, but not a still (like the Nano) #
• Prez Chavez is kind of a strange guy “Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez defends ‘Carlos the Jackal’” http://bit.ly/4PqCQj #
• “State of Play” is on deck – gotta love the run-of-the-mill political thriller with an A-cast genre
• just watched the entire Oregon vs Arizona game – great game all around, glad the Ducks pulled it out #
• watching the Penn St / Mich St game and trying to catch up with with some stuff before going for a hike #
• Friday night o’ Hulu & Netflix #
• RT @sengineland Google Builds Out A National Real Estate Search Engine http://bit.ly/1qOxhp (this is big news) #
• RT @sososazesh: Sounds like chaos is ensuing at Cal over fee increases. #
• “How Businesses and Brands are Stuffing Their Facebook Pages for Thanksgiving” http://bit.ly/4vHOqc – my latest IF post #
• very eventful morning so far, now to get that post out the door #
• eyelids not allowing me to finish this post – hopefully they’ll be more cooperative at 6am #goodnight #
• RT @agentdero: FINALLY! I’m old enough to drink, WAHOOO! (well, you’ve always been wise beyond your years, now they’ve caught up) #
• very interested to see how often people check into @foursquare in Beijing & Shanghai #
• I’m at/in Goleta #
• cool that @foursquare is now in Beijing and Shanghai #
• RT @mikebutcher: I want to hear from any European startup which competes with @foursquare like NOW! #
• was high on National BLS until the CEO said they get buyer info from partners that’s a big weakness, they need to fix #sfnewtech #
• National BLS – Buyer Listing Service “mirror image of MLS” #sfnewtech – if this works, the most interesting service at #sfnewtech by far #
• ReFramIt CEO just threw a bone to Google Sidewiki saying ReFrameit is the first plugin to work on Google Chrome #sfnewtech #
• I don’t think that last argument from Webvanta is valid – you could just use WordPress.com, problem solved #sfnewtech #
• Webvanta seems like a good idea but going up against really big competitors in WordPress, Drupal, Joomla #sfnewtech #
• met @patricelamothe the founder of @pearltrees tonight at #sfnewtech – budding service intent on helping people organize the web #
• “we need to take people out of silos” Lunch.com founder #sfnewtech #
• I’m at Mighty w/ @xtel. http://bit.ly/176lCT #
• headed off to my fourth and final stop on my SF one-day tour then back to SB #
• swing by if you’re around Divis (@ On the Corner) http://bit.ly/3LShGv #
• I’m at/in Epicenter Cafe #
• so now if you sign in to m.foursquare.com on your laptop, it directs you to foursquare.com/mobile and you can’t check-in, swell #
• saw “2012″ tonight – was about as good as expected – and with that, I will call it a night #
• #FakeWhiteHouseReporter and #FakeXinhuaReporter just got in a fight over who would do the last interview with #FakeChinaExpert #
• As Obama leaves, our country feels an uplifting feeling about the future of our world dominance #FakeXinhuaReporter #
• On any subsequent trips, it will be important for Obama to build on the guanxi & face he has acquired/given #FakeChinaExpert #
• thinking of just going to see 2012 tonight as it’s rainy – anyone in SF up for a movie? #
• hitting the road to SF #
• driving up to SF later today – no plans for tonight yet, anything going on? #
• two weeks from tomorrow I’ll be attending @supernovahub in SF, one of the most forward thinking events on the calendar #
• if you made it onto my @chadcat/supercalifragilistic List, please take a spoon full of sugar to make the medicine go down #
• haven’t even started follow up from #rhok – still processing all of the great info and initiatives #
• my twitter stream just got more climberafied – just followed a dozen or #jtreetweetup peeps #
• shout out to @rockgrrl for organizing a great week/weekend of Joshua Tree twitterer climbing, can’t wait until the next one! #
• got back last night for an awesome 2 days of climbing hard at Joshua Tree with 20+ great Twitclimbers #jtreetweetup #
• back in SB for a day then back up to SF tomorrow and Wed, thinking of seeing 2012 in IMAX tomorrow in SF if anyone is interested #

• ok, tonight’s post in the queue, now to catch up on some Hulu #
• so rumors are that the iPod Touch will have a video camera in February, but not a still (like the Nano) #
• Prez Chavez is kind of a strange guy “Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez defends ‘Carlos the Jackal’” http://bit.ly/4PqCQj #
• “State of Play” is on deck – gotta love the run-of-the-mill political thriller with an A-cast genre #
• just watched the entire Oregon vs Arizona game – great game all around, glad the Ducks pulled it out #
• watching the Penn St / Mich St game and trying to catch up with with some stuff before going for a hike #
• Friday night o’ Hulu & Netflix #
• RT @sengineland Google Builds Out A National Real Estate Search Engine http://bit.ly/1qOxhp (this is big news) #
• RT @sososazesh: Sounds like chaos is ensuing at Cal over fee increases. #
• “How Businesses and Brands are Stuffing Their Facebook Pages for Thanksgiving” http://bit.ly/4vHOqc – my latest IF post #
• very eventful morning so far, now to get that post out the door #
• eyelids not allowing me to finish this post – hopefully they’ll be more cooperative at 6am #goodnight #
• RT @agentdero: FINALLY! I’m old enough to drink, WAHOOO! (well, you’ve always been wise beyond your years, now they’ve caught up) #
• very interested to see how often people check into @foursquare in Beijing & Shanghai #
• I’m at/in Goleta #
• cool that @foursquare is now in Beijing and Shanghai #
• RT @mikebutcher: I want to hear from any European startup which competes with @foursquare like NOW! #
• was high on National BLS until the CEO said they get buyer info from partners that’s a big weakness, they need to fix #sfnewtech #
• National BLS – Buyer Listing Service “mirror image of MLS” #sfnewtech – if this works, the most interesting service at #sfnewtech by far #
• ReFramIt CEO just threw a bone to Google Sidewiki saying ReFrameit is the first plugin to work on Google Chrome #sfnewtech #
• I don’t think that last argument from Webvanta is valid – you could just use WordPress.com, problem solved #sfnewtech #
• Webvanta seems like a good idea but going up against really big competitors in WordPress, Drupal, Joomla #sfnewtech #
• met @patricelamothe the founder of @pearltrees tonight at #sfnewtech – budding service intent on helping people organize the web #
• “we need to take people out of silos” Lunch.com founder #sfnewtech #
• I’m at Mighty w/ @xtel. http://bit.ly/176lCT #
• headed off to my fourth and final stop on my SF one-day tour then back to SB #
• swing by if you’re around Divis (@ On the Corner) http://bit.ly/3LShGv #
• I’m at/in Epicenter Cafe #
• so now if you sign in to m.foursquare.com on your laptop, it directs you to foursquare.com/mobile and you can’t check-in, swell #
• saw “2012″ tonight – was about as good as expected – and with that, I will call it a night #
• #FakeWhiteHouseReporter and #FakeXinhuaReporter just got in a fight over who would do the last interview with #FakeChinaExpert #
• As Obama leaves, our country feels an uplifting feeling about the future of our world dominance #FakeXinhuaReporter #
• On any subsequent trips, it will be important for Obama to build on the guanxi & face he has acquired/given #FakeChinaExpert #
• thinking of just going to see 2012 tonight as it’s rainy – anyone in SF up for a movie? #
• hitting the road to SF #
• driving up to SF later today – no plans for tonight yet, anything going on? #
• two weeks from tomorrow I’ll be attending @supernovahub in SF, one of the most forward thinking events on the calendar #
• if you made it onto my @chadcat/supercalifragilistic List, please take a spoon full of sugar to make the medicine go down #
• haven’t even started follow up from #rhok – still processing all of the great info and initiatives #
• my twitter stream just got more climberafied – just followed a dozen or #jtreetweetup peeps #
• shout out to @rockgrrl for organizing a great week/weekend of Joshua Tree twitterer climbing, can’t wait until the next one! #
• got back last night for an awesome 2 days of climbing hard at Joshua Tree with 20+ great Twitclimbers #jtreetweetup #
• back in SB for a day then back up to SF tomorrow and Wed, thinking of seeing 2012 in IMAX tomorrow in SF if anyone is interested #

• hacking starting up at #rhok. then off to SFO to John Wayne then drive to #JTeetweetup, so day is still young #
• ran into a high school classmate here at #rhok – haven’t seen him in 12 years, we went to a school of 3K, 3K miles away #
• in the crowdsoursing breakout session at #rhok #
• #rhok breakout sessions getting started #
• learning how NASA is working with crisis mapping professionals. NASA is gathering 4Tb or mapping data per day #rhok #
• OH: “I’m with the UN, I don’t have a budget.” #rhok #
• learning about The World Bank’s CAPRA initiative in Central America #rhok #
• sponsors making us hope lunch comes soon #rhok #
• lightning talks now at Random Hacks of Kindness in Mountain View #rhok #
• I’m at Hacker Dojo (140 S Whisman Rd, at Ferry Morse Way, SF) w/ 2 others. http://bit.ly/2KHDXO #
• my itinerary between now and Wed night is possibly my craziest ever – not counting time spent in China of course #
• figured out a way to go to both Random Hacks of Kindness in Mountain View AND #JoshuaTreeTweetup over the next 3 days #
• going to shorten my #JTtweetup trip to just the weekend so I can do Fri at a hackathon #
• at Coffee Cat with the little, had to get out of the house #
• about to commit to one crazy itinerary for the next three days – hopefully it all works out #
• Threatened Voices is an amazing site and app http://bit.ly/3vMxsm #
• just got totally surprised when I was reading about a company in Africa and realized I know one of the developers #smallworld #
• nevermind, @christinelu @NiuB he is @Shawei and he apparently doesn’t use it #
• leaving for #JTtweetup in about 24 hours, gear is already packed – can’t wait to meet everyone #
• Dollhouse has been cancelled, will run the 13 episodes this year – having a show on Fox is brutal http://bit.ly/1L7jqD #
• New Inside Facebook post: “Clorox Fan Page Offering $50,000 In Grants For Local Kids Programs” http://bit.ly/13RA8Z #
• My grandfather was a WWII vet – he and his 3 brothers all fought in the war – only one other brother came back #VeteransDay #
• New Stir Fried China post: “Expect China’s Citizenry to Embrace Obama” http://bit.ly/49FL2s #
• “Expect China’s Citizenry to Embrace Obama” http://bit.ly/49FL2s #
• looking for any feedback from China peeps on what you think so far about my Stir Fried China blog = stirfriedchina.com thx! #
• need to do two tweets from now on when sharing links with peeps in China, as bit.ly is not working for most now #GFW #
• “Expect China’s Citizenry to Embrace Obama” – StirFriedChina.com/expect-china-to-embrace-obama #
• “Expect China’s Citizenry to Embrace Obama” http://bit.ly/49FL2s #
• I’ve decided to open up my following limit to 450 (had it capped at 400 for awhile), if all goes well, may go to 500 #
• I think that Youk should have gotten the Tenth Gold Glove for his work at the corners this year #RedSox #
• I have a feeling we’re at about T-5 minutes before Fail Whale because of the expanded almighty Retweet Feature rollout #
• certainly the downside of the almighty Retweet Feature is that you can’t amend anything to the retweet – less awe #
• quick, someone retweet something so I can be awed by the almighty Retweet Feature, then retweet that retweet for more awe #
• weird, Mashable throws parties? RT @brett: Mashable – Announcing MashBash SXSWi 2010: Call For Sponsors – http://bit.ly/47XF0l #
• just read the Politico piece “Is China headed toward collapse?” http://bit.ly/2HFceC … yes they have a lot of concrete :-/ #
• morning ‘o SEO #
• looking for some link juice / exchange for my newish China blog, any CN bloggers want to do some exchanging? http://bit.ly/35wgkt #
• “Obama in China, What to Expect – Part 1″ new Stir Fried China blog post http://bit.ly/JpxNc (in case you missed it earlier) #
• couldn’t stay asleep so up pretty darn early for me, but at least I can get some work done while the baby sleeps #
• “Obama in China, What to Expect – Part 1″ new Stir Fried China blog post http://bit.ly/JpxNc (in case you missed it earlier) #
• “Obama in China, What to Expect – Part 1″ new Stir Fried China blog post http://bit.ly/JpxNc #
• wow, the Sesame Street Google icon right now seriously kicks ass – so glad the Big G gave the Big SS so much 40th anniv. love #
• I’m at/in UCSB #
• just set my tweets to private, running an few week experiment with @bsimi to see if it makes Twitter better or worse #
• when through my followers and reported spam yesterday as well as followed people I already thought I was following #slowsunday #
• just a few days until #JTtweetup – really excited, though I’m woefully out of climbing shape ;-( #

• just read “The rail thread that links Europe” http://bit.ly/2N26hB #
• a new health (insurance) world – next stop is overhauling how healthcare itself works, but this is pretty big baby step #
• really wanted to go to SF Data Camp today, but I’ve been too sick ;-( #
• Obama’s half brother lives in Shenzhen, China, has for 7 years http://bit.ly/r6Cyp #
• working on a post about Obama’s China trip #
• watching Penn St v OSU while tweaking some WP blogs #
• well, Iowa finally lost – they were fun to watch, but they were threading the needle the whole season #
• watching The Breeder’s Cup after brunch of pancakes #
• browsing for a convertible bed for my toddler, which is harder than it sounds #
• good night and good luck #
• how bad is the air in Beijing? I just saw a raccoon here in Santa Barbara put on a gas mask, that’s how bad. #
• Watching “Othello” – Iago is by far my favorite Shakespeare character – how about you? #
• seems like “2012″ is going to be the ultimate Roland Emmerich movie – take that as you will #
• “The US Commerce Dept has imposed anti-dumping tariffs of up to 99% on imports of Chinese tubular goods” http://bit.ly/1tdf9H #
• from the BBC: “Hitler house sale alarms locals” http://bit.ly/3nKExD #
• basically they say “you must be perfect – and if you are don’t expect us to treat you well or compensate you well, because why would we?” #
• wow, I just read the most rude job posting for a high-level professional position I’ve probably ever seen #
• 8 years of war and 10% unemployment are certainly widening cracks in our society, we need to pull it together people #
• I realize that I have 10 Brizzly invites – anyone want one? #
• Chaoyang District (in Beijing) is offering cash bonuses of $29,000 to attract overseas professionals http://bit.ly/2N6Xsf #
• RT @elizadushku: Boston Red Sox 2010 – not sure what you mean by this, but hells ya nonetheless! #
• no “Retweet feature” yet for me…now only if I had a desktop client that could do that… #
• I’ve been watching the quite strange “I’m Not There” most of the afternoon – haven’t decided whether it’s just weird or great #
• RT @drew: My cancer bit the big one. Everyone elses cancer better watch out, we’re coming for you. nothing to say but CONGRATS! #
• day 6 of being sick has been the worst even though good things are happening #
• cool news – I’ll be attending #supernovahub next month in SF with @gapingvoid @arielwaldman @cheeky_geeky et al! #
• would love to go to @supernovahub as everyone raved about last year’s conference, but #funemployment & $2K events don’t mix #
• remember remember the 5th of November #
• RT @briansolis Social Media Influencers are not Traditional Influencers http://bit.ly/1LIBKC #
• the pictures that lite.Facebook.com uses for their “Send us feedback!” are really creeping me out #
• TV makeup artists must make a killing in these days of HDTV and aging sitcom stars #
• RT @google: Introducing Google Commerce Search: Find holiday gifts faster http://bit.ly/14gBVt – Wed 9:30pm PST announcement… #
• at least it was a more entertaining Series than recent years #onlypositivethingIwilltakeawayunlessthereisamiracleagainstRivera #
• reading up on Droid – not that I’ll probably be getting one – but still #
• I think I’ll write a new post comparing FB Connect and Google Friend Connect now that GFC has been updated #
• was going to make the trip up to SF tomorrow for the weekend, but I’m still too sick – maybe in a few weeks #
• today is a research day – at least until the baseball game starts #
• watching #rethink, Le Web and having a Hulu in China conversation with @kevinkclee makes me feel like flying over an ocean #
• very interesting – Hulu is hiring in Beijing http://bit.ly/3Ev9YV #
• I hope Pedro throws a no-hitter tomorrow night and Utley hits 4 homeruns on four pitches #worldseries #
• local ABC station keeps cutting out HD of “V” to show “united school district” voting results – #Idontcarestopinterruptingshowkthxgoodbye #
• watching “V” – I have to say that I miss the days of the 2 hour series premier (not sure if this one is or not, but they are a dying breed) #
• new profile pic thanks to @thekenyeung http://bit.ly/315Q4u #
• brought my 15 month old to her first movie ever this morning at 10am – Where The Wild Things Are. We had a blast. #
• Inside Facebook post: “Some Top Chocolate Maker’s Facebook Pages Are Sweeter Than Others” http://bit.ly/3UdcXW #
• still fighting this bug that I got from my little one – I can see now why she was so miserable #
• RT @gapingvoid: Wow. My book, #IGNOREEVERYBODY is on Amazon’s Top 10 business books of 2009 list: http://bit.ly/2RIFNm congrats! #
• still sick, but too much to do to just lay on the couch and watch movies (until Transformers 2 arrives this afternoon that is) #

• If you follow me, I would appreciate it if you followed @DrewFromTV & donated in my Mom’s memory so that we can #beatcancer #
• my Mom, the person that lived more than anyone I’ve ever known, was born 60 years ago today. We lost her to cancer 5 years ago. #
• watching ‘An American Werewolf in Paris’ in my quest to find a really cheezy Halloween flick #
• hanging with the fam, watching Hulu & listening to the hordes walk by on their way to Isla Vista #halloween #
• RT @SFWeekly: RT @alexiatsotsis @chadcat Thank you for the inspiration. you’re welcome & looks great #failbridge #
• finally got the baby to sleep, now to finish this post about candy! #
• so on Twitter.com Lists show up as links but it doesn’t seem as if @Tweetdeck can do that yet – I imagine in the next release #
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• I think that @Twitter is going to have to make changes to their TOS, as I can see a lot of potential abuse of Lists (i.e. hate) #
• well, it’s been a long day of Twitter Lists, writing about Halloween candy, Slumdog Millionaire, and baseball, good night folks #
• I very much doubt that Google Wave is going to due me much good, as I don’t keep my life in Google like most #
• Halloween has started in Isla Vista – it will end sometime on Monday. From now until then, screaming hordes right up the street #
• RT @VentureBeat China’s growing addiction: online farming games | VentureBeat http://bit.ly/Gb3i9 by @elliottng #
• RT @twestival: The new date for the next Twestival Global is 25 March 2010 : http://bit.ly/36WiTT #
• I really think that I am going to have to go outside of the people that I follow to make more Lists – basically everyone I follow is a star #
• Ok, new list: “Could Fight Aliens & Win” http://bit.ly/1l25Cx #
• Ubuntu 9.10 finally installed, and now watching Slumdog Millionaire #
• reading Nielsen blog post “U.S. Consumers Say Boo To Store Brand Candy on Halloween” http://bit.ly/3IrMGM #
• best movie line this year by far: “You’re like a giant cock-blocking robot built in some secret government lab!” #zombieland #
• I really want to make a List called “Reminds me of bunnies” but not sure the people I put on it would understand it’s a compliment #
• the biggest problem I have with Twitter Lists so far is that it’s a slog to add people to a list – too much work #
• and down go my Lists again #failwhale #faillists #
• new Lists creation strategy – every list from now on will have “like bacon” or “awesomesauce” in the title #
• 1/8 of the people I follow made my first list: “People That Party Hard” http://bit.ly/InnyU #
• Lists away! My first one is going to be “People-That-Party-Harder-Than-I-Do” #
• The BBC says the US recession is over http://bit.ly/1lLRPZ – I must say that I greatly beg to differ #
• upgrading to Ubuntu 9.10 KK presently #
• guess I’m going to have to spend some time today upgrading to Ubuntu KK – JJ is so amazing, I can’t believe they’ve already improved it #
• I met a lot of great new people at #140conf, making it two conferences in a row (which may be a record), #FF tomorrow for names #
• I’m determined to be the very last user to get Lists, @Twitter please make it happen #
• home in Santa Barbara watching Monday’s Heroes episode after seeing Tim Kring and some cast yesterday and today, small world #
• my first post for Inside Facebook “How to Update Your Facebook Page from Desktop, Web, and Mobile Apps” http://bit.ly/3uT4MY #
• plugging in for a bit at the coffee bar at #140conf #
• Lunchtime at #140conf #
• “Greyhound nearly killed us” – @sioksiok talking about her cross country bus trip to film Twittermentary #140conf #
• censorship is something we just have to deal with everyday – via @ThePekingDuck #china #140conf #
• Sichuan earthquake really brought together the Twitter community in China – @fuzheado #
• actual China experts on the stage right now – that guy that went up before was NOT – pls RT #140conf #
• there’s a guy up on stage right now ‘weirdchina’ – that is spewing bs about China and I don’t know who the hell he is #
• I #blamedrewscancer on the iPhone adding a new feature – the phone (@drew) #140conf #
• “I wanted to tell you about a new feature on the iPhone – it’s called ‘a phone’” – @drew #
• OH: “could they use any more cliches?” #140conf #
• http://twitpic.com/naa68 – #140conf day 2 coffee break #
• Sitting in the #140conf coffee area having a very interesting conversation #
• http://twitpic.com/n8a9y – The State of Now at #140conf #
• http://twitpic.com/n89bp – Waiting to get our pics taken inside the Kodak Theater #140conf #
• I #blamedrewscancer for homelessness #twobirdswithonestone #
• RT @krystyl: Twestival gets brought up a lot, @amanda is very rarely credited unless a personal friend speaks #140conf #
• I kind of wish there was more audience participation at #140conf – but there just isn’t enough time #
• fyi you can park in the Kodak Theater garage for 72 hours – $10 every 24 hours #140conf #
• the lawyers panel at #140conf actually isn’t all that bad #surprise #
• wifi is finally working here for me in the Kodak Theater #
• http://twitpic.com/n6m1w – Google Wave panel at the Kodak Theater at #140conf #
• “millions of Google Wave users in 6 months” Google guy at #140conf #
• going into the Google Wave talk at #140conf #
• going to just grab some food here in the Kodak instead of heading out for lunch I think #140conf #
• literally can’t walk five steps without running into peeps here at #140conf, so in order to get a little work done, I’m sitting #
• doing a quick plugin session before eating lunch and getting back into #140conf #
• lunch break at #140conf (@ Kodak Theatre in LA w/ @themaria) http://bit.ly/xnLnP #
• eating cheese and crackers and watching Kill Bill v2 while watching everyone having fun over twitter in Hollywood #
• glad everyone is having fun already at #140conf, not like I expected otherwise #
• cool, just booked a suite at the Roosevelt for tomorrow night – guess where the after-after party is going to be? #
• doing dumb things was so much easier when I was young #
• still in SB, going to stay home 2nite then try to beat the traffic tomorrow morning for #140conf (so expect me to be late) #

• my bookmarks are a mess right now – I’ve got hundreds in my browser that I need to sort out #
• checking in on the #U2webcast “with or without you” #
• looking forward to listening to the China panel at #140conf with great panelists @fuzheado @pekingduck @weirdchina @sioksiok #
• absolute worst thing about using Ubuntu for me is the lack of a Google Pinyin Linux version #
• RT @jeffpulver: Tweet To Win Free Ticket to #140conf – details: http://bit.ly/4aV760 #
• RT @elliottng: @chadcat Facebook Connect, so easy even a caveman can do it. #Geico #
• wow, you can now use Facebook Connect on Geico.com #
• winter veggies planted and now watching the USC game as the ALDS was postponed #
• little one slept through the night and woke up bright eyed! after a hearty breakfast we’re off to the garden for winter planting #
• tennis 2nite, gardening and climbing tomorrow, farmer’s market and art museum on Sunday, most of it to the tune of a screaming baby – l8r #
• #FF more new peeps I followed at #bwe09: @JessBerlin @natalielent @AaronStrout @Mona @TheJenATX #
• #FF some new peeps I followed at #bwe09: @SHHHE @adwal @Armano @courtenaybird @Stammy @rockandrollmama @SaraMeaney @AlKrueger #
• I really need to get some climbing in this weekend if I’m going to have any chance keeping up at #JTTweetup in 3 weeks #
• beautiful day here in SB, the kind of day when you can basically do whatever you want and you’ll enjoy yourself #
• halfway through Day 5 of the Infant Scream-athon, trying to salvage whatever is left of my eardrums #
• Hope the Phillies repeat – the last time an NL team did that? The Big Red Machine Reds in ’75 & ’76 #
• New Stir Fried China blog post: “China Mobile – Half a Billion Users and Counting” http://bit.ly/PATrV #
• and we are the mob and Twitter is Octavian #w2s #
• seriously, Bing is Brutus and Google is Mark Antony #w2s #
• The story of Bing so far – both major announcements in it’s history have been upstaged (at least to a large degree) by Google #
• RT @oneforty: Started a blog (finally!), for what won’t fit in 140. Will post there (and here) about new features, etc: http://bit.ly/25K8G0 #
• in research mode – never stop learning #
• I think it’s pretty safe to say that today will be Bing’s best day since it launched #
• just got an email from @Ning saying that they’re launching virtual gifts #
• Day 3 of The Infant Screaming Challenge has begun, with my daughter still firmly in the lead, & my eardrums a distant second #
• does anyone know for certain if it is possible to switch to an in-use @twitter handle if both handles are in use by the same person/org? #
• are there any contests out there to win @140conf LA tickets? #140conf #
• yesterday was an amazing day of baseball – has there ever been a day before that both the CS games were walkoff wins? #
• I’m seeing some of the Facebook redesign on my Home page, but apparently not all of it, so they must be testing me… I mean it #
• RT @loic: lap dancers (from both sex) at tech conferences would make them much more interesting! – obviously you didn’t go to BlogWorld Loic #
• watching everyone sharing lots and lots of #bwe09 love on the Internets today was #likebacon #
• remind me never to accept a job as a MLB closer – Phillies win #
• 1 of the best things about SoCal is listening to Vin Scully on the radio, who was a childhood friend of Abner Doubleday #
• RT @Fatburger first #bwe09 XXX Challenge video on Youtube @geekgiant @chadcat @micah @aaronstrout @benspark http://bit.ly/4ihh6F #
• in case you missed my Blogworld Flickr set http://bit.ly/iV3Qo #

• one thing that I determined from this week in Vegas is that @natasha is the most photogenic person I know http://bit.ly/17dFbl #
• I feel like I did something wrong in Vegas, so I guess I must have done at least one thing right #bwe09 #
• this is all that I could and did eat on Friday (via @fuzheado) http://bit.ly/469ESZ #fatburger #
• my BlogWorld Flickr set is up – I tried to keep it as tame as possible, still, sorry in advance http://bit.ly/iV3Qo #
• RT @SaraMeaney: #Bwe09 hilights: #bigredbus, poolside bubbly: @briansolis @Brett @armano @chrissaad – and don’t you know it #
• watching everyone depart Vegas from Tweetdeck is #likebacon #bwe09 #
• http://twitpic.com/lud57 – Blogworld 09 #
• Cranberry vodka (@ Lavo in Las Vegas w/ @mikeprasad @thekenyeung @xtel @adamjackson @morganb) http://bit.ly/2BXL3m #
• everyone is rushing the bar at lavo to get their free drinks by 11 #bwe09 #bigredbus #
• http://twitpic.com/lttxq – The #bigredbus #
• I’m at The Palazzo w/ @mikeprasad @natasha. http://bit.ly/EeiOF #
• Getting a couple of drinks with the #bigredbus crew before going into get food at palazzo #
• getting ready to eat the world’s largest FatBurger (@ Blogworld ’09 – Las Vegas Convention Center) http://bit.ly/3G9hla #
• getting in the car for BlogWorld, if I’m not in Vegas by 5, I’ll probably be on the side of the road in the Mojave somewhere #bwe09 #
• I wish that RWW hadn’t scheduled their real-time conference during #bwe09 as I would have liked to have gone to both #
• damn, missed last weekend’s World Kickball Championships in Vegas – maybe next year it’ll be during #bwe09 #
• I think that Californians have a fear that the sky is going to fall down when it rains that’s associated with The Big One #
• Guinea to get $7B of mining & oil infrastructure investment from China just 2 weeks after protesters killed http://bit.ly/pKCUg #
• CA government agency that I went to this morning does not accept a CA driver’s license as proof of identity – who do they think issued it? #
• I can’t help it, but in my head I read @Danny_DeVito tweets in his voice #
• interesting that China’s major online portals still have their 10/1 decorations up #
• New Stir Fried China post: “China’s GAPP to foreign investors: You Don’t Have Game” http://bit.ly/3iEZ3E #
• just signed into brightkite.com for the first time since the redesign, glad to see the update @brightkite! #
• RT @niubi: China Bans Foreign Investment in Online Games http://bit.ly/ejrjL blatant protectionism of a $3.5B/yr industry >> not even WOEs #
• ok, does anyone have me on their GWave invite list? I guess since it’s a service that relies on coworkers, I’m screwed #