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Is Google making the world wiser?
Just in time for the unfurling of Google's mysterious barge, a 50-foot-tall, 250-foot-long shipping container structure that looks to be a sort of floating technology theme park, I thought I'd post...
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CA-17: Howard Dean Endorses Progressive Champ Mike Honda (D) In Dem Primary
Received this e-mail today from former Governor Howard Dean (D. VT) and the good people at Democracy For America:I rarely endorse candidates in primaries, but Mike Honda is a progressive leader and we...
View ArticlePatent Reform Bill Creates Strange Bedfellows in the House
The House passed a patent reform bill, called the Innovation Act, with a strong bipartisan majority of 325 to 91. 195 Republicans and 130 Democrats supported it. 27 Republicans and 64 Democrats opposed...
View ArticleNot Merit Based: All Winners Look Alike
Silicon Valley likes to think of itself as a meritocracy, where they get the outsized rewards from venture capitalists and other angels of the market because they deserve those rewards. They are...
View ArticleOf Course Tech Incubators Should Seek Out Minorities
Amidst all of the Paul Graham fun from the last few days (Graham says he was misquoted and lied to about the purpose of the interview. Reading the full transcript, I don't think the substance of his...
View ArticleConnectivity Will Build the Next Silicon Valleys
Can Merced be the next Silicon Valley?According to a recent study from the Pew Research Center, 70 percent of Americans now subscribe to broadband Internet service at home, and an additional 10 percent...
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Kitchen Table Kibitzing: #NoKXL Live on the Streets and Social Media
The State Department's Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) only came out late Friday afternoon. But by Monday, as noted on Twitter, Bill McKibben's final count of NoKXL vigils came...
View ArticleHouse Passes Cell Phone Unlocking Bill with Anti-Consumer Poison Pill
Earlier today, the House passed the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act 295 to 114.200 Republicans and 95 Democrats voted for it. 94 Democrats and 20 Republicans voted against it....
View ArticleWhen Andreessen Talks, People Listen
Marc Andreessen, the biggest name in venture capital, has been on a roll lately lighting up Twitter and blogging like never before.Andreessen, the founder of Netscape, has achieved cult-like status in...
View ArticleWasting Democratic contribution$: "pragmatists" outdo Progressives
If you ever wondered whether:1. "pragmatic" Democrats are smarter in their contributions than the Progressive balancing test that I recommended in this diary), or2. the new generation of high-tech...
View ArticleNo, Silicon Valley, you do not get a pass
I was shocked to stumble on a story in my Twitter feed this weekend about a wage fixing scandal that bilked 65,000 tech workers between 2005 and 2010.The defendants? A "who's who" of Silicon Valley...
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Obama Returns to Silicon Valley - Meet us at the KXL protest rally!
President Obama is returning to Silicon Valley - this time in Mountain ViewSan Jose - on Thursday, May 8th, for a fundraiser. On the heals of the Cowboy Indian Alliance, Reject and Protect rallies last...
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Open Data: The Opportunity to Embrace 21st Century Economic Development in...
By Mike Montgomery & Brian Purchia We launched an Open Government working group for the State of California earlier this year – with our most recent roundtable at San Francisco-based accelerator...
View ArticleThe Myth Of Tomorrowland: Thoughts On A Protest (#no KXL, 05/08/2014)
There was a protest in my neighborhood yesterday. The president's in town, fund raising for the DNC. He's staying at one of the city's most expensive hotels in the heart of downtown San Jose, and the...
View ArticleSome Final Thoughts On Frontline's State of Secrets
Part Two of Frontline's State of Secrets aired tonite. Here are my thoughts:1. It is clear that the policy to gather all information is fundamental and spans all administrations at least from GWB to...
View ArticleTechnology and Utopianism
I’VE BEEN ENJOYING A NEW SERIES ON HBO, “Silicon Valley.” It is produced by Mike Judge, the man who made the 1999 cult hit “Office Space.”A running gag on the show is the conceit among the titans of...
View ArticleRich man, poor man in Silicon Valley
I drive to work each day traveling through immense wealth, my work place being in the middle of one of the wealthiest zip codes in the nation. I work at a place of tranquility and beauty, a place with...
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Rich Guy plan to break up California heads for ballot
Unlikely. First off, this is never going to happen.Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tim Draper will submit signatures Tuesday to put what could be one of the most dramatic startups ever on the ballot...
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Anti-minimum wage campaign boogey man tactics in California
A new billboard in San Francisco gives a message to California voters: if you vote to increase the minimum wage, you will be replaced by cheaper technology. When it comes to the corporate crowd of...
View ArticleSilicon Valley Kossacks: Meet Up This Sunday
Whether a Daily Kos registered user or a casual reader, you are welcome to join us this Sunday. Not being centered on a specific event or topic, this will be a chance to meet other like-minded people...
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