December 2009
56 posts
$500K fund raising campaign target for @creativecommons hit today. THANK YOU! http://ping.fm/QubJD
My TEDxDubai talk: http://ping.fm/eFRQ6
Singapore NRF TIS proposal approved http://bit.ly/4QZTy1 Just have to finish the fund. ETA Feb 1. Watch this space for more details soon.
Canada shuts down 4500 website to shut down “Yes Men” parody site. FAIL X 2… #flist http://ping.fm/iWgVP
Landed SAN San Diego
Landed LAX
Next stop LAX. I’m sure they’re going to love all of the Arab stamps in my old passport and my brand new passport printed in Dubai. ;-)
Landed FRA
On my way from DXB to FRA to LAX to get to SAN…
ネオテニー：http://joi.ito.com/jp/archives/2009/12/28/005441.html
Having broadband access after crap Internet for the last three weeks feels great and makes Dubai feel like a real home.
Just got my UAE drivers license. W00t!
The guys repairing the plaster and paint in my apartment right now seems like he knows what he’s doing and paying attention to detail. Yay!
Anyone know of a good Mac controlled wifi based multiroom audio/speaker system?
Lots of people in my apartment doing repairs. A little too much tape involved in the “repairs” IMHO.
Japanese Consulate in Dubai issued me a new passport (ran out of pages) in one day.
Telephone guys left without finishing Internet and telephone activation. Troubleshooter coming tomorrow “maybe” FAIL! #flist
USB ports on Macbook Pro dead. FAIL #flist
Signed up for phone and Internet, found money bank had lost, bought treadmill, bought printer/fax, fixed leaking pipe - productive day
Just saw “Videocracy” http://ping.fm/e2fYy
iTunes Genius Mix just cued up Love on Your Side by the Thomson Twins - flashback to high school clubbing drinking Moscow Mules & Gin Fizzes
Got a 3G mobile USB data thingie from etisalat and suddenly feeling connected and a bit more “local”
In final stretch of CC fund raising campaign. Need your help! http://ping.fm/LV1mz
Landed DXB - Dubai
Two flight attendents out of two so far have spoken to me in Japanese on my Emirates flight from Rome to Dubai…
Time to start packing. A few phone calls, then off to FCO to catch my flight back to Dubai. Italy, as always, was amazing.
Working on my presentation for today trying to get my head around the “Italian context”
Found Macbook’s at DXB duty free but not separate power units. FAIL #flist
Starting to remember where I am when I wake up by the smell of the hotel room I’m in
I think I’m supposed to wear a necktie but I lost it along my trip somewhere
Time to pack to head off to Italy for a few days. I think I’m speaking at the Parliament… http://capitaledigitale.webcasting.it/
Now just need Internet service in my Dubai apartment for it to be officially livable
I’ve been more swamped than usual and behind on my email. Apologies to anyone waiting on me. :-(
Landed DXB - in Dubai for one day
Landed Singapore Changi
Crappy weather in Francfort causing delays. Hopefully I arrive in time for #nsc1
Landed Francfort
Noticing that my flight lands in Singapore at 7AM and my talk at #nsc1 is at 8:30AM. UGH! Who’s the stupid organizer?!? Oh. me…
OH : Any humor involving the French is automatically politically incorrect
In CDG lounge waiting for flight to SIN via FRA. #leweb was fun, thanks Loic and Geraldine! #nsc1 in Singapore starts tomorrow!
@queenrania on stage at #leweb talking about social networks demystifying who she is “it can be hard connecting to people as a queen”
When YouTube was still a dating site: http://web.archive.org/web/20050428014715/http://www.youtube.com/ ;-)
Next up moderating Middle East Panel at #leweb
Loic Le Meur is the new Klaus Schwab #leweb
Landed CDG Paris
OH American soldiers skeptical about Iraqi and Afghan security forces they had just trained
Landed IAD
Flight stuck on runway. Hope this flight doesn’t miss the connection with itself in DC. (Happened before.)
On my to Airport. Off to Paris for #leweb
Getting ready for day 2 of long Creative Commons board meeting