by The Editors on May 26, 2009
At this moment some of the biggest names in digital technology are cueing up at Carlsbadistan’s The Four Seasons Aviara (if that’s what it’s still called) for The Wall Street Journal’s D | All Things Digital Conference which runs May 26-28, 2009. And that means it’s time for our annual All Things Barged expedition. We’re not as excited this year because the line-up of tech players this year while strong isn’t exactly a list of people that we’re interested in, but there are still some extremely heavy hitters. Here’s who will be speaking in Carlsbadistan over the next three days:
Irving Azoff | CEO of Ticketmaster Entertainment
Mitchell Baker | Chairman of Mozilla
Steve Ballmer | CEO of Microsoft
Carol Bartz | CEO of Yahoo
Mark Cuban | Chairman of HDNet and Owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Landmark Theaters and Magnolia Pictures
Eve Ensler | Playwright and Founder of V-Day
Arianna Huffington | Editor-in-Chief of the Huffington Post
Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo | CEO of Nokia
Mike Lazaridis | Co-CEO of Research In Motion
John Lilly | CEO of Mozilla
John Malone | Chairman of Liberty Media Corporation
Roger McNamee | Partner, Elevation Partners
Jon Miller | Chief Digital Officer of News Corp.
Jon Rubinstein | Executive Chairman, Palm
Randall Stephenson | CEO of AT&T
Biz Stone | Co-Founder of Twitter
Owen Van Natta | CEO of MySpace
Katharine Weymouth | Publisher of the Washington Post
Evan Williams | Co-Founder and CEO of Twitter
Jeff Zucker | CEO of NBC Universal
Now that we think about it, if we made a list of people in the tech business who had some serious explaining to do it would look a lot like the D7 speakers list. Here’s a little of what we mean:
- Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo needs to explain what happened to Nokia’s business after Apple stepped in with the iPhone.
- Palm’s Jon Rubinstein is going to do the same thing, though he will be disguising his excuses as a presentation of their new webOS.
- Twitter’s Biz Stone and Evan Williams need to explain some kind of end game for a company that has raised close to $300 million, has 30.1 million users and zero revenue.
- Mark Cuban has some seriously SEC issues that we’re sure he’s just itching to explain.
- It would be wise of Carol Bartz to explain why Yahoo has a future
- Mozilla’s Mitchell Baker should explain how money can be made with a free browser
- Steve Ballmer will likely attempt to explain the roll out Mircosoft’s next marketing failure (Bing)
- And finally, The Washington Post’s Katharine Weymouth will be faced with the “what ever happened to newspapers” question that we’re sure she’s extremely tired of answering.
We would love to hear many of these explanations, but the conference costs $5,000. We’ll let you know how it goes. Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher were very cool to us last year as was a certain PR person from Google.
If you’re interested in following along click here to get the All Things D iPhone app.
[Link: D7 | All Things D]
by The Editors on May 23, 2009
Saturday morning gave Carlsbadistan beach goers a little taste of what is possible this weekend. But will the sun stick around or will the May gray return and cloud up the rest of the weekend? We’ll all just have to wait and see.
by The Editors on May 18, 2009
The City of Carlsbadistan’s plans to replace 7,000 old high pressure sodium streetlights with new high-efficiency induction light may cut the City’s greehouse gas emissions from City ops by 20 percent, but according to a Michael Burge story in the San Diego Union-Tribune they could interfere with the stargazers at the Palomar Observatory.
“I don’t know what the new lighting fixtures will look like or how bright they are, but white lights are not friendly to research astronomers for a variety of reasons,” said Scott Kardel, public affairs coordinator for the observatory. . . Kardel said if the new streetlights aren’t too bright and don’t direct their beams skyward, they may not be as troublesome as the older streetlights. . . “Hopefully, they’ll be fully shielded,” Kardel added, saying he’ll look at some of the lights before Tuesday’s meeting.
More importantly, we’re hoping they won’t be shining in our windows and keeping us up all night. Follow the jump for the complete press release from the City.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune] [click to continue…]
by The Editors on May 16, 2009
Car Country Carlsbad is featured in a photo for a Reuters wire story today about GM shutting down dealerships. The photo shot by Mike Blake features a row of Hummers at Weseloh Chevrolet with the caption: “New Hummer trucks sit for sale at the Hummer dealership in Carlsbad, California, May 15, 2009.”
General Motors Corp said it would drop about 1,600 U.S. dealers as it struggles to slash billions of dollars in operating costs and debt ahead of an anticipated bankruptcy filing by the end of the month.
We’re hoping Wesloh isn’t on the list.
[Link: Macon Daily]
by The Editors on May 13, 2009
by The Editors on May 13, 2009
Most knew that it was only a formality, but this morning the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board met to vote on Poseidon Resources proposed desalination plant in Carlsbadistan’s Aqua Hedionda lagoon. And guess what? It was a unanimous approval according to a Michael Burge story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
The ruling clears the way for Poseidon Resources to turn 50 million gallons of ocean water a day into drinking water on the grounds of the Encina Power Station at Agua Hedionda Lagoon. . . Peter MacLaggan, Poseidon’s senior vice president, said the decision means the company can begin building the $320 million plant, with the goal of providing water by early 2012. . . The water quality board has required Poseidon to create 55.4 acres of new wetlands in Southern California to provide a nursery for fish and other marine organisms that will be killed in the desalination plant’s processes.
And “progress” marches on.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on May 13, 2009
Beginning July 1, 2009 the Carlsbadistan Municipal Water District is joining the San Diego County Water Authority and moving all of us into a “Level 2 Drought” alert.
What does that mean? Not a whole lot actually. We’ll be restricted to watering only three times a week (at night) for no more than 10 minutes, we won’t be able to hose down our driveways, and we’ll have to ask for water in local restaurants. Follow the jump for all the details.
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by The Editors on May 13, 2009
Shoppers at the Vons Supermarket on Tamarack this morning were greeted by closed doors and a cardboard sign on a cart that read, “Sorry Store Closed.”
It was a scheduled closing, according to a store employee. “We are having our condenser unit switched out and have all our refrigerated products packed in dry ice,” he said. “We had signs up all week explaining it, but they are easy to miss.”
The store is scheduled to reopen this afternoon around 5 PM after the new refrigeration system is installed.
by The Editors on May 12, 2009
Lleymi Cruz and Eddie Canales (pictured above with BGCC Executive Director Kelly Morrison Pop) were named Boys & Girls Club of Carlsbad “employees” of the year at the 9th Annual Super Star Recognition Dinner.
Cruz began working with the Village Branch five years ago, and is decribed as “a devoted employee who cares about her job and the kids she is responsible for, she wears a lot of different hats, but is officially responsible for SMART Girls and arts programming.”
Canales has been with the Club in some capacity for over twenty years! “The Club members absolute love Eddie,” says Jim Salvia, La Costa Unit Director. “He is always upbeat and positive.” Eddie is responsible for the Triple Play program.
For more info on the Boys & Girls Club click the link.
[Link: Boys & Girls Club of Carlsbad]
by The Editors on April 8, 2009
Carlsbadistan stamp designer Carl Herrman sure does stay busy. His most recent work is a new stamp memorializing Native Son author Richard Wright. It will be unveiled tomorrow in the lobby of the Chicago Main post office.
Artwork for the 61-cent First-Class two-ounce stamp created by Kadir Nelson of San Diego, CA, features a portrait of Wright in front of snow-swept tenements on the South Side of Chicago, a scene that recalls the setting of Native Son. Nelson’s portrait of Wright was based on a circa 1945 photograph. Carl T. Herrman of Carlsbad, CA, was the stamp designer. One hundred million stamps were printed in sheets of 20.
Follow the jump for the rest of the details. [click to continue…]
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