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The Heather Gold Show: Process Over Outcome, May 12, 2008 - Listen to the podcast

Friday, May 16th, 2008

Listen to the full discussion about genetics, weaving, software development, democracy, risk management, and a process that encourages the inclusion of multiple points of views when making a decision. With Denise Caruso, Jesse Simons, Travis Meinolf and other guests.

The Heather Gold Show: Process Over Outcome, May 12, 2008 (mp3 file, 34 MB)

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Free at last.

Thursday, May 15th, 2008
 

 

 

An historic day. One of the happiest of my life.

Hope is good. Equality is best.

An historic moment. Our love + commitment is legal.

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

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our wedding!, originally uploaded by subvert.com.

My Canadian wife and California fiancee Stacey. We will be *LEGALLY* married in San Francisco like every other couple can now be in the State.

My first call was to my Canadian wife/ California fiancee, my second to the caterer.

 

Free! Don't need permission! So overoyed!

The Wedding FAQ I wrote after Wedding 1.0 in Canada explaining how I feel about it all and why we are getting married twice.

20 Lesbian Wedding Etiquette tips (jokes) I wrote for Curve.

VOTE this November to ensure the constitutional amendment to save my marriage and stop the anti-gay proposition from amending the California constitution.

 

 

My hero! Apple geniuses save me from deathly "customer service"

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

rian Maier works at the genius bar at the SF Apple Store.

He accomplished in 1 call and 8 minutes what I couldn't in twelve calls, 2 divisions and 2 supervisors with the dreaded at&t: a refund of the obnoxious $1300 at&t billed me *after* I'd called them before travel to Canada to find out how to avoid heavy travel charges.

I'll spare you the gory details of my weeks and dozen calls to a&t which included a bevy of incompetence /possible lying, promised refunds, "policy" etc. But when I was at the Apple Genius Bar to have my hard drive replaced I told my epic saga of customer service horror to Brian who agreed to help me call at&t and see if they could do something. At the very least, he'd be proof that another company, at&t's partner company agrees that I did the right things and that at&t should refund the insane charges (stemming from email auto-checking in the background).

I returned the next day and it worked!

Please give Brian props and dj gigs.

This was truly the most spectacular customer service I've ever received: for another company's services!

Can someone photoshop a cape on him in this pic?

I've learned from this whole thing:

•The margin you pay a truly service oriented company is often made up for in time saved.
•People act differently when they know a third party is watching/hearing them.
•People act differently when a dude with a low voice calls them asking for something.
•Anything is possible

This is what progress looks like

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

 

This is what progress looks like, originally uploaded by subvert.com.

The greatest changes are found in the mundane.

No financial cost to make this change. Huge time investment to change the consciousness that led to it.

Result: some peoples' existence is publicly reflected where it was once invisible.

Imagine you are transgender (or perhaps you don't have to imagine) and how remarkable it would feel to finally have this box to check.

I invited President Bush to my wedding, as promised

Friday, May 9th, 2008


Dear President Bush…, originally uploaded by subvert.com.

What's wrong with this picture?

Thursday, May 8th, 2008


What's wrong with this picture?, originally uploaded by subvert.com.

Guess where this is?

See me at Maker Faire today, hear me on the Radio tonight

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

I'll be hosting tHGS today at Maker Faire. The theme is: DIY Relationship. How does problem solving differ from making stuff together to being a couple? Streaming live at 4:00 PDT today.

I'll also be having a laugh at Out Loud, a queer radio show owned by Clear Channel. The official Republican line is not homo-friendly but that business/money love makes for entertaining bedfellows.

I can promise it will be funny.

Listen at 960AM KKGN in SF or online from 8-8:30pm PDT tonight.

 

 

tHGS@Maker Faire: conversate with us at 4:30 PDT

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

This modified computer was created by Steampunk Jake von Slatt. I'll be talking with him, Libby Borloff and Captain Robert of Abney Park today about how you remain true to yourself and part of a (sub)culture.

Steampunk just hit the tipping point in the last year.

Join us.

Flat screen pin up

Friday, May 2nd, 2008


Flat screen pin up, originally uploaded by subvert.com.

Marc Ecko's magazine desperately trying to treat a new piece of tech like a hot rod car from the 60s.

 
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