NewsGang and Gillmor Gang IRC Transcripts for 01/07/2009

Session Start: Wed Jan 07 00:00:00 2009
Session Ident: #newsgang-live
2009/01/07 [15:54] <+WebPixie> Been here long, Chris?
2009/01/07 [15:55] <+WebPixie> I'm not really here either, at least not 'til this other stuff gets done.
2009/01/07 [15:57] <+iPlant> hey pixie
2009/01/07 [15:57] <+iPlant> hope the stream will work today
2009/01/07 [15:59] <@TinaGillmor> we're gonna do a show in a few minutes
032009/01/07 [15:59] * theagent changes topic to 'NewsGang Live'
2009/01/07 [16:00] <@TinaGillmor> delayed w/ phone meeting
2009/01/07 [16:00] <@theagent> so how long then Tina?
2009/01/07 [16:02] <@TinaGillmor> a minute or two
2009/01/07 [16:02] <@TinaGillmor> just announced...
2009/01/07 [16:03] <@theagent> what is the general pin number for the call
2009/01/07 [16:03] <@theagent> so I can put it in the topic
2009/01/07 [16:04] <@TinaGillmor> 21296
2009/01/07 [16:05] <@TinaGillmor> 218-936-6581
2009/01/07 [16:05] <@TinaGillmor> go ahead and dial in Jerry
2009/01/07 [16:08] <ustreamer-17861> sound is funky
2009/01/07 [16:08] <@theagent> heard the popping, trying to clear now
2009/01/07 [16:10] <@theagent> ok.. audio up and clear
2009/01/07 [16:11] <@theagent> let me know if there are any problems
032009/01/07 [16:12] * theagent changes topic to 'NewsGang Live: Dial in Number: +1 218 936 6581 PIN: 21296'
032009/01/07 [16:16] * theagent_ is now known as the_other_agent
2009/01/07 [16:17] <+WebPixie> I love this exchange between steve and karoli ...
2009/01/07 [16:19] <+WebPixie> i hate it when i miss lind references!
2009/01/07 [16:20] <the_other_agent> COBRA is one of the MOST expensive ways to deal with your health coverage
2009/01/07 [16:20] <+WebPixie> link, i meant ...did anyone catch steve's reference to dave's ...was it a post of dave's?
2009/01/07 [16:20] <+WebPixie> cobra is a bad, sick joke
2009/01/07 [16:21] <the_other_agent> you're better of going "Short-Term" medical insurance which is like 2 years
2009/01/07 [16:24] <+WebPixie> federal employees heath benefits (FEHB) plans would be great if it were extended to all who wanted it, the way it was suggested during the campaign
2009/01/07 [16:24] <+WebPixie> no penalties or exclusions for pre-existing conditions
2009/01/07 [16:25] <+WebPixie> 48 pages of regional hmo plans and 18 different "fee-for-service" plans to choose from
2009/01/07 [16:25] <+WebPixie> can change plans to suit your needs at the end of each year
2009/01/07 [16:26] <+WebPixie> but we're not talking about issues, so i will shut up now (for awhile)
2009/01/07 [16:27] <+WebPixie> i'm muted, right?
2009/01/07 [16:34] <+michaelnau> anyone know if motion will have that?
2009/01/07 [16:35] <+michaelnau> http://www.movabletype.com/motion/
2009/01/07 [16:35] <the_other_agent> if motion will have what?
2009/01/07 [16:36] <+michaelnau> embedding "real time" feeds
2009/01/07 [16:36] <the_other_agent> not a MT user... so don't really know
2009/01/07 [16:49] <+jcposner> she is asking how to get post on newsgang
2009/01/07 [16:50] <+jcposner> is there an editor?
2009/01/07 [16:51] <+jcposner> human editor
2009/01/07 [16:51] <+WebPixie> yes, jc, that IS what I'm asking
2009/01/07 [16:54] <+WebPixie> attention.xml ....(a note for me)
2009/01/07 [16:54] <+jcposner> how to we monitize the attention in tranches that we can get the hedge funds into :-)
2009/01/07 [16:55] <+michaelnau> i think i need to go read steve on "gesture economies"
2009/01/07 [16:56] <+jcposner> that was what the did with sub prime
2009/01/07 [16:56] <+jcposner> mortgages
2009/01/07 [16:56] <+jcposner> they
2009/01/07 [16:56] <+jcposner> no
2009/01/07 [16:56] <+jcposner> business mode
2009/01/07 [16:56] <+jcposner> model
2009/01/07 [16:56] <+jcposner> kidding
2009/01/07 [16:57] <+jcposner> kidding
2009/01/07 [16:57] <+jcposner> gesture bank
2009/01/07 [16:57] <+michaelnau> found it jc thanks
2009/01/07 [16:57] <+Karoli> finally....ustream lets me in
2009/01/07 [16:58] <@TinaGillmor> hey there Karoli
2009/01/07 [16:58] <+jcposner> no slight intended
2009/01/07 [16:58] <+jromeh> a business model for gesture bank
2009/01/07 [16:58] <@TinaGillmor> maybe Posner should call in
2009/01/07 [16:58] <+WebPixie> michaelnau, i do too ....it's been so long since i read that the first time
2009/01/07 [16:58] <+jcposner> right
2009/01/07 [16:59] <+jcposner> monetize into tranches like banks did with mortgages bad pun
2009/01/07 [16:59] <+WebPixie> there is no model for gesture bank, that's why newsgang.net was reated ...(note for me)
2009/01/07 [16:59] <+WebPixie> created
2009/01/07 [17:00] <+jromeh> define: tranch ~ a single stage of a series of staged investments. Follow-on tranches are often dependent on meeting milestones.
2009/01/07 [17:05] <+michaelnau> just googled "swarm splicing"-nothing. what is this concept?
2009/01/07 [17:05] <+jcposner> non human twittering is getting interesting..here is a plant twittering kit http://www.botanicalls.com/
2009/01/07 [17:06] <@TinaGillmor> ooooh
2009/01/07 [17:11] <+jcposner> 6TB a year worth of tweets on twitter is my back of the envelope calculation of the twitter data generated
2009/01/07 [17:12] <+jcposner> interested in doing some data mining and determining storage requirements
2009/01/07 [17:12] <+jromeh> seemed that in order to deal with MWSF type rush, twitter replaced whale with delay on non-targeted tweets, then "caught" up by adjusting time delay limits downward gradually - search was current, though
2009/01/07 [17:15] <+jcposner> anyone using powertwitter script?
2009/01/07 [17:18] <+WebPixie> jc, i knew you are a technologist, of course, but i thought what you were saying about the tranches was funny
2009/01/07 [17:18] <+WebPixie> :D
2009/01/07 [17:18] <+WebPixie> but i see we're being serious now :-/
2009/01/07 [17:18] <+jcposner> the humor did transcode well :-)
2009/01/07 [17:19] <+jcposner> didn't
2009/01/07 [17:19] <+jcposner> from text to audio
2009/01/07 [17:19] <+WebPixie> trying to translate chat humor to telephone english ...big challenge
2009/01/07 [17:20] <+WebPixie> yes, you said that in much fewer words :)
2009/01/07 [17:20] <+WebPixie> the "big challenge"
2009/01/07 [17:22] <@TinaGillmor> thanks aakelley for the plug
2009/01/07 [17:24] <+WebPixie> this book i've been looking at from time to time seems like a pretty good tech primer ...
2009/01/07 [17:25] <+WebPixie> ...too bad there are so few hours/day, day/year, etc.
2009/01/07 [17:25] <@TinaGillmor> bye....thanks
2009/01/07 [17:25] <@TinaGillmor> later
2009/01/07 [17:26] <+WebPixie> thank all!
2009/01/07 [17:26] <+WebPixie> thanks all
2009/01/07 [17:29] <+Karoli> thanks everyone...this helped me crystallize the stuff I need to look at
032009/01/07 [18:35] * &Ustream-Bot (bot@ustream.tv) has left #newsgang-live
Session Close: Thu Jan 08 00:00:00 2009