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.
Oprah just announced at the end of her 10 weeks with Eckhart Tolle that she'll be continuing the Monday night webcasts as her Soul Series. This is the name of her weekly XM Radio broadcasts covering the spiritual stuff she's most passionate about, but that she doesn't feel the TV audience is ready for. I've heard her say so on the Radio show.
This is powerful stuff for the web and connecting people through talk shows online which is at the heart of the Heather Gold Show (tHGS) mission. She even used the Ghandi quote about "being the change you wish to see in the world" which I used for the first few shows.
If you want people to connect, the web is really much more the right medium than pure television.
Tibetan Rights activist Dechen Tsering, holistic nutritionist Michael Macaluso, philosophy of law scholar Roger Berkowitz, and Heather Gold discuss China's aggressive policy towards Tibet, the sources of aggression, whether aggression is the same as violence, and more. Listen to this fascinating disucssion in a talk radio format.
I think its the wrong question to ask if your goal is to have more women's opinions spoken in public. A more helpful question is: what helps women talk on camera? (more…)
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.
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.
Canadian farmer Percy Schmeiser stood his ground when Monsanto sued him for patent infringement almost 10 years ago. Just last week he won a landmark case in small claims court, forcing Monsanto to admit liability for the contamination of his crops. I spoke with Percy today and his story really enlightened me as to some of the risks of Genetically Modified Organisms which I'd not contemplated.
It's not the just about "frankenfood." It's about what is done in order to create and own life in the service of near-term profits. When you hear Percy's story, you'll see how it's not much different than the techniques Daniel Plainview used in There Will Be Blood. Monsanto's legal right to patent a seed also means, based on Percy's suit, that it is responsible for the consequences. Denise Caruso, started the Hybrid Vigor Institute for scientists because she found out that leading genetics researchers have no idea what the risks are based on what they're creating.
What follows is an ungrammatical list of sorts. It reflects the elated tiredness. This is why I'm waiting until after a short break to energize and collect my thoughts to dig into the deeper stuff about SXSW and the video.
Here is a short, hazy trip through my happy mind:
Launched a new web site for The Heather Gold Show, 4 shows in 2 cities. Great, packed shows. One was live-blogged on Valleywag twice as it happened and was declared "The best panel at SXSW, ever," one show included getting to sing Flagpole Sitta with Jonathan Coulton, then following on the show withSean Nelson, one of the guys who wrote it.
We will have some great video up soon.
8 tacos. endless numbers of great geeks and conversations, 1 movie about Humboldt County (so-so), 1 short video made in our apartment last summer about mannequins (awesome),
That's Sean Nelson of Harvey Danger, Jonathan Coulton and me enjoying their take on Billy Joel's Don't Ask Me Why.
We had a standing room only crowd and sitting room stage where we ran out of room for chairs for all the great guests. SXSW prompts indulgence. The audio and video will be up soon. More pix (thanks Eric Lawrence).
The show is shaping up to be amazing. My Gossip panel here at SXSW yesterday was Off The Hook. I invited Julia Allison up to join us onstage and things went from there. We ended up on Valleywag while it was still going on, and having a racous, open discussion of the Zuckerberg/Lacy keynote trainwreck.
We'll be posting the video of Gossip here and at heathergold.com. I'll also be posting about how SXSW could have avoided all the Keynote problems and why Presentations are Pointless. As the crowd at SXSW showed. Older notions of authority and presentation are outdated.
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