Dan Gillmor writing in the Guardian has it right... As we Americans watch our parades and fire up our grills this 4 July, the 237th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence – the seminal document of the United States – we should take the time to ask ourselves some related questions: how did we come …
Live Coverage of the Xbox Reveal Tomorrow
Just a note: we'll be covering the Xbox event tomorrow, May 21 starting at 10a Pacific/1p Eastern/1700UTC. Join Brian Brushwood, the gamer priest, Fr. Robert Ballecer, and me on live.twit.tv. See you then!
A Word from the Boss
The real power behind the yoga ball at TWiT is our CEO, Lisa Kentzell. She just posted a summary of what she did before she joined TWiT over on her blog at lisakentzell.com. I didn't even know half this stuff. She's also been posting a bunch of great pictures on her Google+ page - it's …
Changes @ TWiT
This month brings some changes to the TWiT lineup: a new live schedule, a farewell to some old friends, and three new shows. First the bad news. I am canceling seven shows. I never like canceling a show, but I need to when audience numbers are too low to support them. It’s the part of …
The TWiT Brick House – It’s Mighty Mighty
We're about a month away from moving into our new studios, two blocks away from the TWiT Cottage. (I'm predicting July 24 but we'll see.) In case you missed the first walkthrough of the building it's here: But we've come a long way since then. In fact, you can see exactly where we stand on …
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The Battle of Paris
As previously noted, I was honored and excited to have been invited to this week's e-G8 summit in Paris, despite Cory Doctorow's misgivings. I felt it was important to go and represent the "free and open Internet" faction. It seems to me that we can't complain about government intervention on the 'net if we aren't …
Read All About TWiT in Monday’s New York Times
Thanks to Jon Kalish for the fantastic article about me and TWiT in the New York Times on Monday. (Page B4 of the December 27, 2010 print edition.) I especially liked the comments about our community: During tapings of “This Week in Tech,” as many as 1,500 people are in chat rooms typing away at …
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TWiT Live Special: Jay Adelson
Former Digg and Revision3 CEO, serial entrepreneur, and network technology expert, Jay Adelson will join Tom Merritt and me this afternoon at 4p Pacific/7p Eastern/2300 UTC on TWiT Live for an interview. Ask your questions on Twitter by using the hashtag #twitlive or leaving a comment here.
Gov 2.0 Special Tonight
At 5p Pacific/8p Eastern on http://live.twit.tv we'll be looking at the future of Government with Tim O'Reilly, founder of O'Reilly Media, author Gov 2.0 Jennifer Pahlka, founder and executive director of Code for America Carolyn Lawson, Deputy Director, Technology Services Governance Division, Director eServices, State of California Andrew Hoppin, Chief Information Officer for the New …
I Got My Binky Back!
It is fixed. Thanks so much to the Google Buzz team which tracked down a pretty nasty bug in Buzz that had made me invisible for 17 days (see my post from Sunday morning). In their own words... From: Google Buzz Team To: @Leo Laporte Thanks for reporting this issue -- and sorry we didn't …
Buzz Kill
Something happened tonight that made me question everything I've done with social media since I first joined Twitter in late 2006. You know me - I'm a complete web whore. I sign up for every site, try every web app, use every service I can find. It's my job, but I also love doing it. …
On The Road To Las Vegas
We're off on the road to Las Vegas for the 2010 edition of the Consumer Electronic Show, or as it's known around here, nerdstock. I haven't been to CES since 2004 and I'm sure looking forward to it. This is the premiere technology event of the year with 100,000 visitors, thousands of exhibitors, and dozens …