you’ve been in the tech business since 1986 how did you get into it I used to
1986 how did you get into it I used to
1986 how did you get into it I used to be a PR guy I got there just after the
be a PR guy I got there just after the
be a PR guy I got there just after the wheel was launched and that’s why nobody
wheel was launched and that’s why nobody
wheel was launched and that’s why nobody knows who the developer is but I got
knows who the developer is but I got
knows who the developer is but I got into technology marketing in 1970 i sold
into technology marketing in 1970 i sold
into technology marketing in 1970 i sold my PR agency it turned out to be just
my PR agency it turned out to be just
my PR agency it turned out to be just about the minute before the internet
about the minute before the internet
about the minute before the internet bubble popped so I discovered that being
bubble popped so I discovered that being
bubble popped so I discovered that being a startups jockey wasn’t as valuable as
a startups jockey wasn’t as valuable as
a startups jockey wasn’t as valuable as a big than a month before and after a
a big than a month before and after a
a big than a month before and after a few months of trying I realized that I
few months of trying I realized that I
few months of trying I realized that I wasn’t going to make kind of money I
wasn’t going to make kind of money I
wasn’t going to make kind of money I used to make and I had left journalism
used to make and I had left journalism
used to make and I had left journalism to begin with because i hated the vow of
to begin with because i hated the vow of
to begin with because i hated the vow of poverty and if it was going to be broken
poverty and if it was going to be broken
poverty and if it was going to be broken might as well do what i wanted to do and
might as well do what i wanted to do and
might as well do what i wanted to do and in the three years that i kept trying to
in the three years that i kept trying to
in the three years that i kept trying to get a job as a newspaper person in north
get a job as a newspaper person in north
get a job as a newspaper person in north america 75,000 journalists gonna lay it
america 75,000 journalists gonna lay it
america 75,000 journalists gonna lay it off and only got worse one of those
off and only got worse one of those
off and only got worse one of those times I went to Wired magazine where
times I went to Wired magazine where
times I went to Wired magazine where Chris Anderson it would known me as a
Chris Anderson it would known me as a
Chris Anderson it would known me as a tolerable PR guy said you know all the
tolerable PR guy said you know all the
tolerable PR guy said you know all the clips you showing me about people who
clips you showing me about people who
clips you showing me about people who died 20 years ago you might try getting
died 20 years ago you might try getting
died 20 years ago you might try getting back into shape you should start a blog
back into shape you should start a blog
back into shape you should start a blog and just get it back into practice so I
and just get it back into practice so I
and just get it back into practice so I started blogging with something called
started blogging with something called
started blogging with something called it seems to me in 2004 and I was just
it seems to me in 2004 and I was just
it seems to me in 2004 and I was just doing it to update my resume to become a
doing it to update my resume to become a
doing it to update my resume to become a journalist as far as Twitter goes I got
journalist as far as Twitter goes I got
journalist as far as Twitter goes I got the moment of revelation in a huge light
the moment of revelation in a huge light
the moment of revelation in a huge light bulb it happened in april two thousand
bulb it happened in april two thousand
bulb it happened in april two thousand eight a guy named James buck who I’d
eight a guy named James buck who I’d
eight a guy named James buck who I’d never met it was a grad student at
never met it was a grad student at
never met it was a grad student at Berkeley UC Berkeley
posted a single word and he posted from
posted a single word and he posted from the age of the word was arrested bucket
the age of the word was arrested bucket
the age of the word was arrested bucket started a blog and a subject a blog or
started a blog and a subject a blog or
started a blog and a subject a blog or tweet Twitter account on the suggestion
tweet Twitter account on the suggestion
tweet Twitter account on the suggestion of friends before going over to Egypt as
of friends before going over to Egypt as
of friends before going over to Egypt as a to do a graduate journalism project in
a to do a graduate journalism project in
a to do a graduate journalism project in photojournalism he was he picked food
photojournalism he was he picked food
photojournalism he was he picked food riots and the Egyptian authorities
riots and the Egyptian authorities
riots and the Egyptian authorities really didn’t want no Westerners taking
really didn’t want no Westerners taking
really didn’t want no Westerners taking pictures of storming angry Egyptians in
pictures of storming angry Egyptians in
pictures of storming angry Egyptians in the street so they arrested him and they
the street so they arrested him and they
the street so they arrested him and they threw him in the back of a car not and
threw him in the back of a car not and
threw him in the back of a car not and said I was okay when he whipped out his
said I was okay when he whipped out his
said I was okay when he whipped out his blackberry had typed in that word
blackberry had typed in that word
blackberry had typed in that word arrested and that were landed back in
arrested and that were landed back in
arrested and that were landed back in berkeley where it was recreated and
berkeley where it was recreated and
berkeley where it was recreated and retweeted again probably on the fourth
retweeted again probably on the fourth
retweeted again probably on the fourth and fifth round I saw the word retweeted
and fifth round I saw the word retweeted
and fifth round I saw the word retweeted and so did other people with
and so did other people with
and so did other people with uncharacteristic haste US State
uncharacteristic haste US State
uncharacteristic haste US State Department responded by getting Jim
Department responded by getting Jim
Department responded by getting Jim sprung about 27 hours later he was back
sprung about 27 hours later he was back
sprung about 27 hours later he was back in the same car with a ticket in his
in the same car with a ticket in his
in the same car with a ticket in his hand and is being escorted to the
hand and is being escorted to the
hand and is being escorted to the airport to fly home as a guest of the US
airport to fly home as a guest of the US
airport to fly home as a guest of the US government and he typed another word
government and he typed another word
government and he typed another word that work was freed I posted a tweet
that work was freed I posted a tweet
that work was freed I posted a tweet that said that’s amazing somebody ought
that said that’s amazing somebody ought
that said that’s amazing somebody ought to write a book about this somebody else
to write a book about this somebody else
to write a book about this somebody else and I don’t remember who it was it how
and I don’t remember who it was it how
and I don’t remember who it was it how about you shall and that became Twitter
about you shall and that became Twitter
about you shall and that became Twitter thank you very much for your time she’ll
thank you very much for your time she’ll
thank you very much for your time she’ll it was a pleasure being here Chris thank
it was a pleasure being here Chris thank
it was a pleasure being here Chris thank you
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