Chris O’Brien

Past Posts, Columns and Writings

August 2010

• O’Brien: Silicon Valley style romance blooms in World of Warcraft (0)
• O’Brien: The mysterious circumstances of Hurd’s departure (0)
• How Google fails at failing (0)
• O’Brien: Globalstar leaves for Louisiana without a fight (0)
• BitTorrent and the case against cloud computing (0)
• BitTorrent and the case against cloud computing (0)
• Dispatch from Oakland (0)



July 2010

• O’Brien: BitTorrent and the reason things are changing slower than you think (0)
• O’Brien: Silicon Valley giving boost to Middle East startups (0)
• O’Brien: Jerry Kaplan and the iPad of the ’80s (0)
• Heather Gold and the art of public conversation (0)
• O’Brien: Lessons from the rise of Facebook (0)
• So long, Reel Video (0)
• O’Brien: The death and rebirth of Spansion (0)
• O’Brien: Supreme Court decision still leaves us wondering: What can we patent? (0)



June 2010

• O’Brien: With the IPO behind it, let’s look ahead to Tesla’s uphill battle (0)
• AT-AT DAY AFTERNOON (0)
• O’Brien: Rethinking venture capital in India: Toll roads, anyone? (0)
• O’Brien: We’re not ready for the mobile revolution (0)
• Chillaxin’ in the hot tub, near the chicken coop. (0)
• Bolinas beach (0)
• O’Brien: How TeleNav survived its Google scare and pulled off the rare Silicon Valley IPO (0)
• O’Brien: The case for oversharing (0)
• Peeking into the future of news at MIT this week (0)
• O’Brien: Four years later, the Fail Whale still haunts Twitter (0)
• O’Brien: How compensation hurts innovation (0)
• A bad night for Silicon Valley’s “other” tech candidates (0)
• O’Brien: What Zappos can teach us about putting people first (0)
• Can founder save Berkeley’s Reel Video store? Should he? (0)
• O’Brien: Should Silicon Valley be worried about a backlash? (0)
• O’Brien: Should Silicon Valley be worried about a backlash? (0)
• O’Brien: HP increases its leading product: Ex-HP Employees (0)



May 2010

• O’Brien: What InterMune says about how we fund biotech industry (0)
• O’Brien: Outlook for broadband policy and net neutrality grim (0)
• O’Brien: Start-ups still don’t know the way to San Jose (0)
• Internet Identity Workshop: An Open Alternative To Facebook? (0)
• O’Brien: Facebook needs to break its cycle of backlash (0)
• O’Brien: Catching up with Gary Kremen after Sex.com (0)
• Palm reveals the background of HP merger: Abandon Ship! (0)
• O’Brien: Getting an ear mold made by Plantronics the old-fashioned way (0)
• O’Brien: Local tech candidates focus friends on state, local issues (0)
• O’Brien: Local tech candidates focus friends on state, local issues (0)
• O’Brien: Local tech candidates focus friends on state, local issues (0)
• O’Brien: Local tech candidates focus friends on state, local issues (0)
• O’Brien: Local tech candidates focus friends on state, local issues (0)
• The Future Of Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein At Hewlett-Packard (0)
• O’Brien: The daring bet to reinvent Palm that didn’t quite pay off (0)
• O’Brien: The daring bet to reinvent Palm that didn’t quite pay off (0)
• O’Brien: The daring bet to reinvent Palm that didn’t quite pay off (0)



April 2010

• O’Brien: Sorry, Google, but Facebook is the Web’s most important company now (0)
• O’Brien: Sorry, Google, but Facebook is the Web’s most important company now (0)
• O’Brien: Sorry, Google, but Facebook is the Web’s most important company now (0)
• O’Brien: Sorry, Google, but Facebook is the Web’s most important company now (0)
• Did Elevation Partners take a hit on Palm investment? (0)
• O’Brien: How Ron Conway became the valley’s most influential start-up investor (0)
• O’Brien: How Ron Conway became the valley’s most influential start-up investor (0)
• O’Brien: How Ron Conway became the valley’s most influential start-up investor (0)
• O’Brien: How Ron Conway became the valley’s most influential start-up investor (0)
• Handicapping the future of Palm (or the lack of one) (0)
• How Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook plan to conquer the rest of the world (0)
• Why open source crowd should stop crowing about Ning’s problems (0)
• O’Brien: HP’s acquisitions cement company’s No. 1 status (0)
• O’Brien: HP’s acquisitions cement company’s No. 1 status (0)
• Twitter Developers Conference: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (0)
• O’Brien: Changes will test love triangle between Twitter, users and developers (0)
• O’Brien: Changes will test love triangle between Twitter, users and developers (0)
• O’Brien: Google’s commitment to the Open Web (0)
• O’Brien: Google’s commitment to the Open Web (0)
• MediaShift: How Going Online Can Help Save Struggling College Papers (0)
• O’Brien: Why net neutrality matters to one Sunnyvale company (0)
• O’Brien: On the hunt for naked Wi-Fi hotspots with a wireless detective (0)



March 2010

• O’Brien: Future of NUMMI site is grim without Toyota’s help (0)
• O’Brien: Culture and children remain biggest barriers to women in tech (0)
• O’Brien: Culture and children remain biggest barriers to women in tech (0)
• O’Brien: What will the world look like with 100 MB broadband? (0)
• O’Brien: Why Congress should pass the Startup Visa bill (0)
• O’Brien: Why Congress should pass the Startup Visa bill (0)
• O’Brien: Why Congress should pass the Startup Visa bill (0)
• O’Brien: Why Congress should pass the Startup Visa bill (0)
• O’Brien: How dot-com start-ups have changed 10 years later (0)
• O’Brien: How dot-com startups have changed 10 years after the bust (0)
• O’Brien: Public speaking, the new geek sport in Silicon Valley (0)
• How Wired Plans To Embrace The iPad (0)
• How Wired Plans To Embrace The iPad (0)
• O’Brien: How Obama’s team hopes to fix patent office (0)
• O’Brien: Downturn raises questions about future of The Tech Museum (0)



February 2010

• O’Brien: Dangerous lack of reform following Wall Street meltdown (0)
• Reply.com: IPO or hanging out a “for sale” sign? (0)
• O’Brien: Let us now cheer the demise of the IPO (0)
• O’Brien: Goodbye PC, hello smartphone (0)
• Vanishing Public Companies Lead To The Incredible Shrinking Silicon Valley (0)
• More on HP job cuts from me and readers (0)
• Liam’s First Lego Animation (0)
• ‘Newsonomics’ Predicts The Future Of The Media (0)
• O’Brien: Lessons from Hewlett-Packard’s massive job cuts (0)
• So it begins…. (0)
• O’Brien: Now would be a good time to panic over Valley’s future (0)
• How Google Buzz mimics Yahoo’s social strategy (and other things you thought you’d never see) (0)
• What Can Virtual Goods Teach Us About Paying for News? (0)
• What Can Virtual Goods Teach Us About Paying for News? (0)
• What Can Virtual Goods Teach Us About Paying for News? (0)
• O’Brien: Apple iPad shows company flexing muscles (0)
• Google’s enhanced local ads put heat on Yelp (0)
• Google’s enhanced local ads put heat on Yelp (0)
• Apple: The new/old Pirates of Silicon Valley? (0)
• O’Brien: Fiorina tries to reboot her image (0)
• O’Brien: Google joins the titans of Silicon Valley lobbying (0)
• More on Google lobbying and influence (0)



January 2010

• O’Brien: Why Apple’s iPad will change gadget world (0)
• O’Brien: Apple again taps our tech hopes and dreams (0)
• Apple earnings first of many to be boosted by new accounting rules (0)
• O’Brien: Our desire to hit ‘print’ hasn’t dimmed (0)
• MediaShift presents 5Across: Environmental Impact of Media (0)
• O’Brien: Why we didn’t get a Wii (0)
• How my Wii column drove gamers crazy (0)
• Google posts big Q4 earnings gain (0)
• Why we didn’t get a Wii for Christmas (0)
• Looks like Netflix is dead. Again. (0)
• O’Brien: Public comments remind us why ‘net neutrality’ matters (0)
• Yelp investment: Trying to avoid the IPO? (0)
• Let the tablet frenzy begin: Apple announces event next week (0)
• O’Brien: Segway reminds us that even the best get it wrong sometimes (0)
• O’Brien: Segway reminds us that even the best get it wrong sometimes (0)
• HP’s Mark Hurd made $24.2 million in fiscal 2009 (0)
• O’Brien: Google’s move puts Silicon Valley at crossroads with China (0)
• Liam gets a job (0)
• Google and China: Is technology a liberating force? (0)
• O’Brien: Age bias and Silicon Valley (0)
• Google Wave Discussion: Will Google Pull Out Of China? (0)
• The Crunchies’ Identity Crisis (0)
• Liam Turns Seven (0)
• O’Brien: Kana sale creates a foul stench (0)
• Journalism That Matters: Rei-imagining News and Community in the Pacific Northwest (0)
• Journalism That Matters: Rei-imagining News and Community in the Pacific Northwest (0)
• O’Brien: Nexus announcement at Google lacks Apple’s sizzle (0)
• The Innovation Age Bias At Sequoia Capital (0)
• California Watch Launches New Site (0)
• Superman, Spiderman Lament Modern Times (0)
• My Conversation About Social Media With Jennifer Jones (0)
• Back To Blogging (0)
• O’Brien: My 10 predictions for Silicon Valley in 2010 (0)
• O’Brien: It’s the end of the decade, and Silicon Valley is doing fine (0)



December 2009

• O’Brien: My score card for my 2009 predictions (0)
• Clay Shirky and Jay Rosen Conversation Parts 1-5 (0)
• O’Brien: The Influencers of Silicon Valley (0)
• Up Today: The Future of The Forum (0)
• One Wash Post staffer looks back on old newsroom (0)
• O’Brien: Broadband stimulus moves at dial-up speeds (0)



November 2009

• O’Brien: Time to kill stock options (0)
• O’Brien: Just say no to online drug ads (0)
• O’Brien: Ellison and Oracle may have met their match in Europe (0)
• O’Brien: Intel has taken a crucial step (0)
• O’Brien: Ellison and Oracle may have met their match in Europe (0)
• O’Brien: Beware the hype around mergers (0)
• O’Brien: Who invented blogging? Answer: Nobody, really (0)
• O’Brien: Silicon Valley golden boy caught in legal battle (0)



October 2009

• O’Brien: Silicon Valley golden boy caught in eBay Skype legal battle (0)
• O’Brien: Why I was wrong about Google’s Android (0)
• My Sympathies Lie With Northwest Airlines Pilots (0)
• O’Brien: Why I was wrong about Google’s Android (0)
• O’Brien: My journey into the heart of Generation Y shopping habits (0)
• O’Brien: Google Wave is like e-mail, only way more complicated (0)
• O’Brien: After 32 years, Ellison just getting started (0)
• Google Wave Roundup (0)
• O’Brien: Twitter, meet Second Life (0)
• Non-Profit News Becomes the Flavor of the Month (0)
• Non-Profit News Becomes the Flavor of the Month (0)
• Non-Profit News Becomes the Flavor of the Month (0)
• NPR Digital ThinkIn: Live Stream On Friday (0)
• NPR Digital ThinkIn: Live Stream On Friday (0)
• NPR Digital Think In Explores Future Of Public Radio (0)
• History Of Dot-Com Era Can Now Be Written (0)
• Time To Watch “Pirates Of Silicon Valley” (0)
• O’Brien: Nobel prizes remind us why immigration matters (0)
• Update: White House Compromise Moves Patent Reform Closer. Maybe. (0)
• The Rise Of SlideShare And How Corporate Presentations Became Entertainment (0)
• FTC Moves To Regulate Bloggers (He writes, looking over his shoulder…) (0)
• Politicians: Beware the Google Ad Machine (0)
• O’Brien: Why community still matters in the digital age (0)
• Lessons from the Rocky Mountain News (0)
• Keynotes From ONA, Including Blogher And Twitter Founders (0)
• Walt Mossberg: How True/Slant Revolutionizes News (0)
• O’Brien: Cisco falls short of its high standards on compensation (0)



September 2009

• Tara Hunt’s Presentation from Berkeley Journalism Summit At Google (0)
• John Temple’s Presentation From Berkeley Media Summit (0)
• O’Brien: Cisco falls short of its high standards on compensation (0)
• O’Brien: Is free Wi-Fi a good deal for coffee shops? (0)
• Palm’s Uncertain Future And Its Accounting Change (0)
• O’Brien: Why Abbott Labs continues to grow in Silicon Valley (0)
• Non-Profit News Shakes Up Bay Area News Scene (0)
• O’Brien: Why Abbott Labs continues to grow in Silicon Valley (0)
• Why Adobe Was In A Hurry To Buy Omniture (0)
• How Ringtones Have Come And Gone As A Business (0)
• Larry Ellison, Cloud Computing And The Future Of Oracle (0)
• Valley Firms Propose Limits On Executive Pay (0)
• Thoughts On The Future From Two Guys Who Invented It (0)
• O’Brien: Net neutrality victory for consumers (0)
• Obama Unveils Innovation Policy (0)
• More Links On Net Neutrality (0)
• O’Brien: Net neutrality victory for consumers (0)
• API Revenue Initiatives (0)
• Why VC Dixon Doll Wants More Start-ups Shut Down (0)
• Index: Salt Lake City, Logan among top college cities (0)
• Index: Salt Lake City, Logan among top college cities (0)
• Entrepreneur wants to pump Green River water (0)
• Entrepreneur wants to pump Green River water (0)
• Cedar Hills water tank causes flood (0)
• Cedar Hills water tank causes flood (0)
• Alleged scheme recruiter is charged in Utah (0)
• Alleged scheme recruiter is charged in Utah (0)
• Living History: Beck’s rhetoric revitalizes work of former police chief (0)
• Living History: Beck’s rhetoric revitalizes work of former police chief (0)
• O’Brien: How new CIO has brought innovation to government (0)
• Google Wave And The Next Newsroom (0)
• Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin: The Newsroom Is Already In The Cloud (0)
• J.D. Lasica on Social Journalism: Community building through social networks (0)
• NYC on pace for record-low number of homicides (0)
• Military growing impatient with Obama on Afghanistan (0)
• Pakistan balks at pursuing anti-U.S. extremist groups (0)
• Suicide bomber kills 29 in northwest Pakistan (0)
• Israel Assembles Advanced Missile Defense Systems (0)
• With expenses rising California college kids have another way to get great education (0)
• With expenses rising California college kids have another way to get great education (0)
• Silicon Valley rabbi makes office visits, blows shofar where you work (0)
• Silicon Valley rabbi makes office visits, blows shofar where you work (0)
• Annual Coastal Cleanup is Saturday; volunteers needed (0)
• Annual Coastal Cleanup is Saturday; volunteers needed (0)
• In San Jose, gas leak forces evacuations of homes near Japantown (0)
• In San Jose, gas leak forces evacuations of homes near Japantown (0)
• Palo Alto interim Police Chief Dennis Burns tapped to fill spot permanently (0)
• Palo Alto interim Police Chief Dennis Burns tapped to fill spot permanently (0)
• Intel Gets Earful On Option Exchange (0)
• Sunny Day again, with good chance of crowds (0)
• Sunny Day again, with good chance of crowds (0)
• Tickets for future shows, 9/18/09 (0)
• Tickets for future shows, 9/18/09 (0)
• Hot Tix for hot shows, 9/18/09 (0)
• Hot Tix for hot shows, 9/18/09 (0)
• Best Shows this week, 9/18/09 (0)
• Best Shows this week, 9/18/09 (0)
• 9 more charges in sex case against UNC drama prof (0)
• 9 more charges in sex case against UNC drama prof (0)
• New Tools For Journalists From TechCrunch 50 (0)
• New Tools For Journalists From TechCrunch 50 (0)
• New Tools For Journalists From TechCrunch 50 (0)
• O’Brien: Real-time Web is valley’s new obsession (0)
• Manufacturers leading early stages of recovery (0)
• SEC targets former head of Kmart (0)
• Northrop’s Sugar will to step down early (0)
• Bank of America board members under scrutiny (0)
• Firms get look at Gold Line possibilities (0)
• Capitol Cinema Sundays return for fall (0)
• Dig your own sweet potatoes at annual festival (0)
• Toby Keith voted songwriter/artist of the decade (0)
• Don’t forget about kayak tours on Lake Marburg (0)
• Best-selling author to speak in York (0)
• The Rise Of Ambient Journalism (0)
• Valley Christian Warriors hope to ‘grow up quick’ to be competitive (0)
• Lancers aim to rebound after rough finish in ’08 campaign (0)
• American Press Institute Economic Meetup (0)
• O’Brien: How not selling out has paid off for Clif Bar (0)
• O’Brien: How not selling out has paid off for Clif Bar (0)
• Fire And Rain (0)
• Ann Arbor Chronicle: The Hyperlocal Newsroom Of The Future? (0)
• Sunnyvale woman from renowned family teaches classical Indian singing to students, young and old (0)
• Burpee gets 43 years in prison for kidnapping, sexual assault of Gunn High School student (0)
• Carlisle, Richardson provide powerful punch for King’s Academy (0)
• UC proposing 32 percent fee hike (0)
• IdeaLab Post: Look Beyond Data When Considering New Models for News (0)
• IdeaLab Post: Look Beyond Data When Considering New Models for News (0)
• Look Beyond Data When Considering New Models for News (0)
• Look Beyond Data When Considering New Models for News (0)
• Look Beyond Data When Considering New Models for News (0)
• Look Beyond Data When Considering New Models for News (0)
• Good News And Bad News On IPO Front (0)
• Reader Reaction To Budget Cut Column (0)
• Whittier police search for bank robber (0)
• Stanford scientists turn liposuction leftovers into embryonic-like stem cells (0)
• South Bay students react to President Obama’s speech (0)
• Kalian Rides! (0)
• Raiders notebook: Still no word from Seymour (0)
• Raiders 2009 outlook (0)
• Research: Students don’t aim high enough for college (0)
• O’Brien: The boom in security spending that never was (0)
• O’Brien: The boom in security spending that never was (0)
• Kalian Rides! (0)
• Being mentioned by Obama `cool’ for Bay Area student and brain cancer survivor (0)
• Student stabbed at Sonora High School (0)
• Raiders notebook: Seymour is slow to report but doesn’t have many options (0)
• Old Friends And New Ones At The End Of Summer (0)
• Seymour acquire to shore up Raiders’ run defense (0)
• Poole: Raiders pay steep price in deal (0)
• Spartans’ quarterback job remains undecided (0)
• San Jose State hangs tough, then USC pours it on for 56-3 victory (0)
• College hotline: Stanford battles odds with freshman quarterback (0)
• San Jose State vs. USC (0)
• O’Brien: How one agency’s cuts point to California’s bleak future (0)
• O’Brien: How one agency’s cuts point to California’s bleak future (0)
• Horoscope * Jeraldine Saunders (0)
• Horoscope * Jeraldine Saunders (0)
• Horoscope * Jeraldine Saunders (0)
• Horoscope * Jeraldine Saunders (0)
• Horoscope * Jeraldine Saunders (0)
• Request to dismiss Rowland Heights triple-murder case denied (0)
• A New School Year Begins (0)
• Knight Foundation News Challege Open For Submissions (0)
• Purdy: Tomey has Spartans thinking big for opener against USC (0)
• O’Brien: Scrap Google book settlement and start fresh (0)
• O’Brien: Scrap Google book settlement and start fresh (0)
• Reward in 5-year-old Azusa hit-and-run renewed (0)
• O’Brien: Scrap Google book settlement and start fresh (0)



August 2009

• Back from Yosemite (0)
• The naked truth: Industry strip clubs somewhat safe despite recent shooting (0)
• Big tooth number 2 comes out! (0)
• CoPress Outlines The Web-centric newsroom (0)
• Horoscope * Jeraldine Saunders (0)
• Horoscope * Jeraldine Saunders (0)
• Steps To Making Your Newsroom More Mobile Friendly (0)
• Back From Yosemite (0)
• Back From Yosemite (0)
• O’Brien: Arguing for optimism in IPO outlook (0)
• O’Brien: Arguing for optimism in IPO outlook (0)
• Superior Town Board candidates speak out at forum (0)
• Superior musters seven candidates (0)
• Superior’s election a no-go? (0)
• Local briefs – Feb. 22 (0)
• Superior project crawling toward completion (0)
• Off To Yosemite (0)
• Idea Lab Post: Future Of Local News About More Than Paid Content (0)
• Update On Silicon Beat (0)
• O’Brien: Arguing for optimism in IPO outlook (0)
• Future of Local News About More Than Paid Content (0)
• Future of Local News About More Than Paid Content (0)
• Future of Local News About More Than Paid Content (0)
• Future of Local News About More Than Paid Content (0)
• President Obama’s Twitter Posse Has Deserted Him On Health Care Debate (0)
• Via The Onion: Google’s New Opt Out Feature (0)
• Marketing Firm Nails Our Princess-Superhero Vibe (0)
• Facebook Buys FriendFeed As Yahoo Misses Its Chance (0)
• More Broadband Thoughts From The Weekend (0)
• O’Brien: Podcasting patent reveals problems in system (0)
• O’Brien: Podcasting patent reveals problems in system (0)
• Purdy: 49ers’ Jed York tops list of Bay Area sports power players (0)
• The top 25 Bay Area sports power players (0)
• A Few Of My Favorite Toys (0)
• Sharks’ Roenick calls it a career (0)
• Federal CTO Visits Silicon Valley (0)
• More Links On VoloMedia’s Podcast Patent (0)
• Technology, The Future, And My Children (0)
• MIT Panel: “News, Nerds and Nabes”: How Will Future Americans Learn About the Local? (0)
• The Wall Street Journal’s New Newsroom (0)
• O’Brien: Time to move broadband discussion to front burner (0)
• O’Brien: Time to move broadband discussion to front burner (0)
• Sharks’ Roenick will retire (0)
• More Links For National Broadband Policy Column (0)
• FCC Chair Talks Broadband Policy (0)
• O’Brien: Time to clean up your digital closet (0)
• O’Brien: Time to clean up your digital closet (0)
• TED Talks: Olafur Eliasson: Playing with space and light (0)
• How I Find Serendipity In The Digital Age (0)
• Respect (0)
• Purdy: Heatley heats up Sharks’ trade rumors (0)
• The End Of The Innocence (0)



July 2009

• The Value Of Journalists And Newsrooms (0)
• How Passion For Newspapers Points To A Way Forward (0)
• O’Brien: A gadget to help us consider the long view (0)
• O’Brien: A gadget to help us consider the long view (0)
• O’Brien: Is that it? Yahoo-Microsoft deal feels too timid (0)
• O’Brien: Is that it? Yahoo-Microsoft deal feels too timid (0)
• Google’s Marissa Mayer On Women In Technology (0)
• O’Brien: Clouds are gathering over the venture capital industry (0)
• O’Brien: Clouds are gathering over the venture capital industry (0)
• For Real Life: The Lexicon Of Kalian (0)
• BlogHer Conference Celebrates Rise Of Blogosphere (0)
• Last Day of Hearts Leap (in crazy hi-def video!) (0)
• O’Brien: Corporate secrecy under the microscope after Twitter leaks (0)
• O’Brien: Corporate secrecy under the microscope after Twitter leaks (0)
• O’Brien: Google’s growing identity crisis (0)
• O’Brien: Google’s growing identity crisis (0)
• Letting It All Hang Out (0)
• Friends And The Guys Weekend (0)
• News Ecosystem Demands Collaboration, Not Us vs. Them Mentality (0)
• News Ecosystem Demands Collaboration, Not Us vs. Them Mentality (0)
• News Ecosystem Demands Collaboration, Not Us vs. Them Mentality (0)
• News Ecosystem Demands Collaboration, Not Us vs. Them Mentality (0)
• News Ecosystem Demands Collaboration, Not Us vs. Them Mentality (0)
• O’Brien: Wireless innovation faces roadblocks (0)
• O’Brien: Wireless innovation faces roadblocks (0)
• How Liam Deals With Emotions (0)
• How Is Obama Seen By Tech Community? (0)
• TechCrunch Ethics And The Twitter Leaks (0)
• TechCrunch Ethics And The Twitter Leaks (0)
• TechCrunch Ethics And The Twitter Leaks (0)
• Welcome To Oakland (0)
• Back From Family Camp (0)
• Kalian’s Musical Taste (0)
• Here We Go Again: Oracle’s Ellison Gets More Options (0)
• Here We Go Again: Oracle’s Ellison Gets More Options (0)
• O’Brien: A midyear look at my 2009 predictions for Silicon Valley (0)
• O’Brien: A midyear look at my 2009 predictions for Silicon Valley (0)
• O’Brien: A Look At My ’09 Predictions At Mid-Year (0)
• O’Brien: A midyear look at my 2009 predictions for Silicon Valley (0)
• Liam and Marriage (0)
• What happened to summer? (0)
• My Favorite Classic Video Games (0)
• Socialbrite launches to advance the social good (0)
• My Favorite Classic Video Games (0)
• Cocktail recipe: Boulevardier (0)
• Cocktail recipe: Strawberry Smash (0)
• Cocktail recipe: L’Enfant Lemonade (0)
• Cocktail recipe: the Mylan (0)
• Cocktail recipe: Thai’s the Limit (0)
• The Curious Case Of Marc Andreessen, Part 2 (0)
• Return To Blogging Here (No, really, this time I mean it!) (0)
• O’Brien: Valley’s one-time godfather of multimedia is leaving for Ohio (0)
• Return To Blogging Here (No, really, this time I mean it!) (0)
• O’Brien: FTC attempts to regulate blogging will fail (0)
• Check Out New Videos from MIT Conference (0)



June 2009

• O’Brien: Boston tech scene on the rebound (0)
• Ready For The Multi-Touch News Wall In Your Newsroom? (0)
• O’Brien: Readers weigh in on Jobs’ health (0)
• O’Brien: Yet another plea for Apple to disclose Jobs’ health troubles (0)
• O’Brien: Time to rediscover customer service (0)
• Facebook Finally Promising To Improve Search (0)
• Day 1: Future Of News And Civic Media Conference @MIT (0)
• O’Brien: Gap between boys and girls persists in tech (0)
• What Are The New Obligations Of Readers? (0)
• What Are The New Obligations Of Readers? (0)
• What Are The New Obligations Of Readers? (0)
• What Are The New Obligations Of Readers? (0)
• What Are The New Obligations Of Readers? (0)
• Announcing The New Class Of News Challenge Winners (0)
• The Curious Case Of Marc Andreessen (0)
• What Are The New Obligations Of Readers? (0)
• Heading This Week To The Knight Foundation’s Future of News and Civic Media Conference (0)
• My Journey From Mac To PC, And Back Again (0)
• My Failure To Get My Facebook Vanity URL (0)
• O’Brien: Now is the not the time to retreat from green tech (0)
• This American Life Recalls The Days Of Newspaper Classifieds (0)
• O’Brien: Now is the not the time to retreat from green tech (0)
• The Daily Show Visits The New York Times (0)
• Wall Street Journal Begins Move To New Newsrooom (0)
• O’Brien: Wired magazine tries to raise the ‘New Economy’ from the dead (0)
• O’Brien: Wired magazine tries to raise the ‘New Economy’ from the dead (0)
• O’Brien: The Valley’s 3 Best Bargain CEOs (0)
• The Future of Media: 2009 (0)
• Checking out start-ups at Launch: Silicon Valley (0)
• Fox Business Network Invades Silicon Valley! (0)
• O’Brien: Odds are against Palm comeback (0)
• O’Brien: Bartz unveils new &*%! strategy for Yahoo (0)
• O’Brien: Bartz unveils new &*%! strategy for Yahoo (0)
• O’Brien: Bartz unveils new &*%! strategy for Yahoo (0)
• My Postcard from Maker Faire (0)
• My Postcard from Maker Faire (0)
• O’Brien: Lessons on innovation from nonprofits (0)



May 2009

• O’Brien: Lessons on innovation from nonprofits (0)
• Rob Curley And Las Vegas Sun Map The Future Of News (0)
• Lessons from the INMA World Congress (0)
• The Future Of News In The San Francisco Bay Area Is Here (0)
• O’Brien: Craigslist controversy reflects broader societal dilemma (0)
• O’Brien: Location is the next mobile revolution (0)
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• Innovations In Newspapers Report: Murdoch Optimistic On The Future of Newspapers (0)
• O’Brien: Should the valley be afraid of Socialism 2.0? (0)



April 2009

• O’Brien: Rediscovering the human touch in business (0)
• O’Brien: Valley recovery still a long way off (0)
• Where To Catch Me This Coming Week (0)
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• Why The Old Vs. Young Debate Over The Future Of News Is Wrong (0)
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• Dwindling public companies means big changes in the valley (0)
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March 2009

• O’Brien: Silicon Valley needs patent reform now (0)
• From blog to print (0)
• Redesigning Journalism At Stanford’s Design School (0)
• Redesigning Journalism At Stanford’s Design School (0)
• Redesigning Journalism At Stanford’s Design School (0)
• Redesigning Journalism At Stanford’s Design School (0)
• Redesigning Journalism With The Stanford Design School (0)
• Lessons From The Next Newsroom Project (0)
• 10 (small) Ways To Reinvent Your Newsroom Right Now (0)
• Celebrating Diversity With The Daily Show’s Writing Staff (0)
• O’Brien: Three ways Yahoo could become great again (0)
• TechCrunch Gets A New Newsroom (0)
• Innovation: Advice for building an innovative culture in your newsroom (0)
• O’Brien: Yelp controversy is a digital culture clash (0)
• Seattle P-I to stop print edition and re-launch online only (0)
• I’m speaking this week at the College Media Advisers convention in New York (0)
• O’Brien: Lessons for thriving in the recession (0)
• Check out MediaCloud to see the Semantic Web in action (0)
• Facebook adopts Twitter design. Users whine. (0)
• O’Brien: Yelp fights bad reviews (0)
• Innovation: The Cedar Rapids Gazette is leading (0)
• Platforms: Running a multi-media newsroom (0)
• O’Brien: Biotech stays steadier than most sectors (0)
• Job losses may prove me right (0)
• A missed opportunity for the Oregon Daily Emerald (0)
• Growth stories: SocialText continues to expand (0)



February 2009

• Grim times for newspapers call for bigger changes (0)
• Why the San Francisco Chronicle is not going out of business (0)
• New Podcasts: Talking about the newsroom of the future (0)
• Why Thomas Friedman’s venture capital idea is a bad one (0)
• Tech Tools Day 4: Richard Koci Hernandez on the Golden Age of Journalism (0)
• Tech Tools Day 4: Mobile News And Information (0)
• News Leadership 3.0: LA Times embraces, chases social media (0)
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• Tech Tools Day 1: The Common Language Project (0)
• Tech Tools Day 1: Lauren Rich Fine speaks on Tomorrow’s Journalism and Journalists (0)
• LA Times embraces, chases social media (0)
• Tech Tools Training at the Knight Digital Media Center (0)
• The Facebook uproar over privacy: Part 2,139 (0)
• Press Here: In which I appear on NBC’s new tech talk show (0)
• How to run a start-up in a down economy (0)
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January 2009

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• Economy tanking? Time to take out the earnings garbage (0)
• Reasons to be optimistic about journalism in 2009 (0)



December 2008

• What does ‘online first’ mean in your newsroom? (0)
• Mistakes I Made with the Next Newsroom Project (0)
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November 2008

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October 2008

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September 2008

• Innovations in Storytelling: Using Comics for Journalism (0)
• Innovations in Storytelling: Using Comics for Journalism (0)
• Innovations in Storytelling: Using Comics for Journalism (0)
• Innovations in Storytelling: Using Comics for Journalism (0)
• Innovations in Storytelling: Using Comics for Journalism (0)
• Are the Info Needs of Local Communities Being Served? (0)
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• Are the Info Needs of Local Communities Being Served? (0)
• Are the Info Needs of Local Communities Being Served? (0)
• Are the Info Needs of Local Communities Being Served? (0)



August 2008

• Five Steps to Foster Innovation in the Newsroom (0)
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July 2008

• Is Twitter the Newsroom of the Future? (0)
• Is Twitter the Newsroom of the Future? (0)
• Is Twitter the Newsroom of the Future? (0)
• Is Twitter the Newsroom of the Future? (0)
• Hanging with the kids on a lazy Saturday (0)
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• The Next Newsroom in Second life (0)
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• CopyCamp: Community Unconference in the Newsroom (0)



May 2008

• Mercury News CopyCamp: Interviewed by David Cohn (0)
• It’s Not Just a Newspaper Problem; It’s a Media Problem (0)



April 2008

• The Next Newsroom Conference: Interviewed by Wayne Sutton (0)



March 2008

• Finalists for the Knight News Challenge (0)
• Life Inside the Non-Profit News Model (0)
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• Where’s the Innovation in Business Models? (0)



February 2008

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June 2007

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April 2007

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March 2005

• After The Bubble: A Mercury News Special Report (0)



December 2002

• Rich Man, Poor Company (0)

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