December 2008
66 posts
We made our $500K fund raising target at Creative Commons. Thanks everyone!
Pass the medical test and got my residence visa stamp in my passport. Yay!
Getting ready to go get my blood test for my UAE visa
Flight to Dubai boarding…
Jito@kula.Jo
Sad to be out of Japan for the holidays but happy to be leaving on the coldest day this year.
For some reason, I time my badass weight training so that I’m super-sore when I have long trips scheduled…
I hope the group photos from last night after waking up from falling asleep (jet lag) at dinner don’t show up on the internets…
My guildies just gave me a Wispcloak and a Mekgineer’s Chopper for wedding gifts. W00t!
I just had a series of bad dreams… one was a meeting with bad logistics and another was a super-poorly organized conference/meeting…
Getting ready for dinner with extended family…
Going to a Digital Garage management offsite on a chilly holiday morning
Eating tons of home grown veggies. Yay!
In Digital Garage board meeting
Tokyo is warm and windy like autumn
On train to meetings in Tokyo after not enough sleep…
Jetlag insomnia + blackberry on nightstand = bad
Just got my wifi transmitter for my 5DMII…
Gong back to SF
On my way to LinkedIn
Meeting with Eiji Hirai who I haven’t seen for over 20 years…
On my way to Google
With Jimmy
Talking with Kevin Marks
Having coffee with @seanbonner
My mistake. TCHO is from 5-7. You can make it to both CC and TCHO. Thanks @dariusdunlap
Thanks for the congrats from the WITNESS team. You’re awesome. ;-) http://vimeo.com/2564880
Bummer that TCHO party and CC party are both tonight… TCHO is at 7 and CC is at 9. Go to TCHO first then come to CC.
Off to early morning yoga with Adam
At Alsop Louie
Arrived SFO
Off to Logan airport to catch a flight to SFO
Joined Tucows board http://joi.ito.com/weblog/2008/12/15/joined-tucows-b.html
Eating dinner with BJ
Freesouls book on sale now http://joi.ito.com/weblog/2008/12/14/freesouls-relea.html
In Creative Commons board meeting
Big news from Lawrence Lessig: http://joi.ito.com/weblog/2008/12/12/big-news-from-l.html
Last time I was on campus here was probably about 23 years ago…
On my way to Fletcher School to give a talk
Blast from the past. Markoff interview of me from 1994: http://ping.fm/VBCn6
Markoff moves from Business Day to Science at the NYT. Gratz Markoff! http://joi.ito.com/weblog/2008/12/12/john-markoff-to.html
Since I’m on the top floor, I assume the water dripping from the ceiling is rain water, not toilet water. What a relief. :-P
Got “special attention” at customs arriving in Boston…
Flight boarded. Hopefully on my way to Boston soon. Glad they let me on the flight. :-)
Repubblica in Italy just called me “the mujahiddin of Internet freedom”. Pretty unfair considering how balanced I was. http://xrl.us/o23cz
In Frankfurt in transit to Boston
On my way to Paris CDG to go to Boston via Frankfurt
Pictures of the books http://freesouls.cc/thebooks/index.html
I think I’m done with my talk… time to get ready and head over to Le Web
At French Ministry of Culture wishing I spoke French