What follows is a story of one chick whose been on the receiving end of some bad bad customer "service." I wish I hadn't called. If you can help me pay the insane bill (paypal nosh [at]subvert[dot]com) I shouldn't have to pay (since I didn't knowingly order or use these services)  or have the email of a Sr VP of  customer service at Apple or at&t, that would be great. (If I can get the credit from at&t I deserve,  I will return every paypall-ed dollar to you).

I went to visit my family for Passover last month in Toronto. I called at&t while still in the U.S. to ask if there was a way to use my iPhone as a PDA/camera only in Canada. I should place my iPhone on airplane mode so as not to incur charges. He said no.

Let me warn you now, iPhone travelers, that the correct answer is yes.

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Join me and chief Valleywag Owen Thomas, TMZ.com General Manager Alan Citron, NY Times reporter Shaila Dewan, twitter founder Ev Williams and surprise guest and Star on-air personality Julia Allison as we discuss Gossip at SXSW08.

This carousing panel featured so many great moments- Julia sitting on my lap, Shaila bursting Julia's bubble about fact checking and "respectable" main stream media, and the genuine community response to the Mark Zuckerberg / Sarah Lacy keynote disaster….it's worth watching the video as well.

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During my SXSW panel, “Gossip,” tech scene gossip-ee Julia Allison booed Chief Valleywag and gossiper Owen Thomas, then ended up joining our panel, sitting on my lap and became part of a carousing, unpredictable conversation that was twittered, liveblogged on Valleywag twice while it went on. Lane Becker called it “The best panel I’ve ever been to at SXSW.”

Until I can get it up in the nav, I'll just let you know here: If you'd like to support my work, donate via paypal nosh at subvert.com. Thanks to JoCo for the inspiration to ask.

Join web designer Jeff Veen, Intersex activist Thea Hillman and microfinance expert April Rinne as the Heather Gold Show explores the concept of Service and balancing one's own needs with the needs of others.

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In looking at the Obama blog I'm noticing people doing a blogwave, basically posting one letter and then trusting the next person to spell the next letter and so on. Usually Yes We Can!

Has anyone seen this before on a blog? It's a really interesting method of trust and connection through fun + vulnerability in a digital space.How's that for analyzing the crap out of something fun. It's like analyzing a joke, I know. 

It’s not that I’ve never had anything to hide, I just can’t handle hiding anything. I found this out in grade five.

Read Elementary School Confessions…

My story is part of the first Fray Quarterly: Busted! now published as a lovely book by the lovely, bearded Derek Powazek whose work inspired a lot of my focus on the marriage of media and interactive community.

Me: I'm finding the time leading up to our wedding very romantic.

Mum: You guys are doing it the right way. You already know each other. [We've been together for 5 and lived together for 3.] In my day it was "What have I gotten myself into." You can just enjoy it.

Mum is right. In terms of relationships, we're all shareware now. 

My little bro's first piece for Worldchanging Canada. I'm so proud. While I'm shepping naches : here's my sister's think tank Open City Projects, also focussed on Toronto building.

Cafeteria flashback at Maryville College where I performed Cookie and spoke to 2 classes.

I had a great realization at this audience that while I've spent years thinking I've been performing/ connecting with many different audiences (Internet, Jewish, queer, theatre goers, craft 30-something chicks) they're all geeks of a sort.

Buy tix for next show The instructables folks add a lot to the DIY conversation, whipping out their lasercut laptops, delighting MAKE founder Dale Dougherty and the rest of us. Featuring ikea hacks.