Moblogging with Dan.
Dan Bricklin's pix from the conference yesterday are up. He's using one of those Sonys with the big objective lens. Makes all the difference. The pix in the restaurant were taken under very low light. They look great. [The Doc Searls Weblog]
Here's my version of the conference (in the spirit of the anonymous one.......needless to say I'm proudly standing by my name.....)
"OK - how can we scam these bloggers and build up a business around the (let's see - now what do they call it?) blur-a-sphere? Bug's-in-my-ear? Gee what was it that I heard Joi say: "Oh yah, blugs-so-dear-oh-sphere."
"Geez, this suit is tight. I wonder if they have any donuts out in the hallway?"
"I just can't wait till TypePad comes out. Ev is gonna shit a brick. :-)"
"and in this world of ends, there speaks to the truth of life, a song. Because without end, there can be no beginning."
"Great - now how the hell are we gonna convince people to respect us - when we're constantly being put up on a pedastal? Don't they know that we have to be humble? Stay mellow? Be ego-less?
"Who put all these arrows on my face anyway?"
"Geez, how come I have to share a thought balloon with 'him'?
"And don't they know that's my 'fat' photo? I've lost 50 lbs on Atkins!"
"OK - so I deployed the howitzers and missles at 11 o'clock sir, and prepped the incursion team for 1700 hours. Satcom is ready and willing, depending on rate of deployment uptake and Pentagon approval. Anything else sir?"
"Well gee JRobb, what can I say - how 'bout a few more Radio features?"
"Yes sir - whatever you say, sir! One photo album coming up!"
"And like I said, don't call me sir!" "Yes sir, I obey sir!"
"Ok so if we took the RSS MetaWeblog OPML standard, and flushed out the <description> tag - making it less nebulous, we could have a true standard. All the aggreator vendors will support it - save one."
"Yes we understand we have politics to play, but Joi will solve all that."
"Yes but about Dave?"
"Don't worry about Dave" says Doc. "He'll be fine. Just don't mention Tim O'Reilly around him!"
"But I really think......" (Bob goes off on a :30 minutes rant.......)
"Woe! Give me some more of those mussles - that Artkins compliant!"
"Well in Berkeley we're at least a bit more polite about it" says Raines.....
Meanwhile down at the middle of the table...
"So I says to the NY Times, I'll make yah a deal - you let us link to your archives and we won't expose the other plagerers and do nothing reporters we know you have on staff."
"And what about Google, how do we know tha Google won't......."
"What Ev - I can't hear yah. I'm sitting next to Winer and......what do you mean John Doerr said I'm fired! What about my stock options? What did Wayne say? Oh yah, well yes I guess I did say that... Well no - I didn't mean the entire staff, just...... well OK - so what's wrong with telling somebody..... OK - I'll have my desk packed and be out by next week."
The inimitable 
This is getting interesting. Apparently 
