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Chris Messina is an Open Source Advocate, known for his roles in creating BarCamp, Spread Firefox and the Coworking movements. Chris is based in San Francisco, California.

  • chrismessina: False alarm! @ericschmidt's letter on Net Neutrality is from 2006. Chronology fail! Oops. /cc @jpokeefe @whump @dalmaer @ValeskaUX @zenchaos

    08:17:21 pm on April 27, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: @zenchaos hmm, fail? What IS the bill number?

    08:02:17 pm on April 27, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: "In the next few days, the House of Reps is going to vote on a bill that would fundamentally alter the Internet." http://bit.ly/9Mr8mB

    06:41:30 pm on April 27, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: The new Adobe Flash Player beta installer requires you to quit Finder to install? Really? http://flic.kr/p/7WP3CQ

    06:36:04 pm on April 27, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: @michaelrhanson It was basically going off from 11pm until 4am. That crazy thing just kept going off, making all kinds of sounds!

    06:03:43 am on April 27, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: @secretfanofu what's it called? (I still need an answer! That's what the social web is for!)

    04:25:36 am on April 27, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: Bird lovers and ornithologists! Help me identify this bird call recorded last night in my backyard! http://bit.ly/90J4j7 /cc @vark @lazyweb

    04:14:07 am on April 27, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: @goldman I'd suggest going in and deleting Safari's HTML5 databases for Gmail under Settings > Safari > Databases. Had the same problem.

    04:12:28 am on April 27, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: @sriray when you say "building Activity Streams in Java", do you mean outputting? /cc @dbounds

    03:56:53 am on April 27, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: Congrats to @davegray! Dachis Group acquires XPLANE: http://www.dachisgroup.com/2010/04/dachis-group-acquires-xplane

    04:12:32 pm on April 26, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: Thomas Friedman argues for the need for a "Green Tea Party": http://instapaper.com/zDkwiixu #environment #energyindependence

    04:11:02 pm on April 26, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: @mantia will we ever hear from you again?

    07:15:43 am on April 26, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: Tips on creating a good password: http://bit.ly/good-pwd /via @leggett #security

    03:21:19 am on April 26, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: A tale of three platform strategies: http://flic.kr/p/7WeeMD

    10:15:45 pm on April 25, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: @Carnage4Life exactly. Except @daveman692 doesn't like it. But, we'll work on it, rev, make it better.

    04:36:53 am on April 25, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: @Carnage4Life Yes, true. The problem becomes one of real estate: how many iframes can you really put on a page from different providers?

    03:56:18 am on April 25, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: There really was a pet sheep in Dolores Park today: http://flic.kr/p/7VZTzr /by @ekai cc @daveman692 @brynn @brianellin

    03:14:42 am on April 25, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: Love Twitter's "Countdown to #OAuthcalypse": http://countdowntooauth.com Details: http://bit.ly/cp8P32 /via @ChristopherA #oauth

    03:13:24 am on April 25, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: @Carnage4Life Ah. The Open Graph Protocol *is* "open" (in that anyone can use it). What's not open is the restriction on identity providers.

    03:11:18 am on April 25, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: I should go do something. Like feel relieved I can put my sandles on the first try: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Au_8GMUxVs /via @sdmatt

    03:02:50 am on April 25, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: @Carnage4Life misguided FUD? Srsly? What FUD?

    02:56:59 am on April 25, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: @WithDrake Sure. GeoRSS or hCard. In fact, there are *many* formats for geodata!

    10:00:53 pm on April 24, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: @mathewi the title of your post should have been "9 out of 10 Researchers 'Addicted' to Bogus Internet Studies, a new study finds"!

    09:36:13 pm on April 24, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: Pretty good day for my blog yesterday! http://flic.kr/p/7VVU4B

    09:18:06 pm on April 24, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: "OAuth Is the New Hotness in Identity Management" on eWeek: http://bit.ly/bAyBTt /tip @techmeme

    09:04:52 pm on April 24, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: Wow, great #deal! Beautiful puzzle game Machinarium is free (today only) from MacGameStore! http://j.mp/machinarium-free

    07:15:22 pm on April 24, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: @dehora new formats emerge all the time, it's getting adoption that matters. We'll see how it goes with the Open Graph format.

    06:56:09 pm on April 24, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: @Eetezadi what about my privacy? I'm much more curious about my genotypes. And, knowledge is power for me too!

    05:55:12 pm on April 24, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: Trying not to be a *complete* curmudgeon, here's what I do like about Facebook's "openness": http://bit.ly/9xrMbg /cc @daveman692

    03:40:10 am on April 24, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: Rt @daveman692: My thoughts on why f8 was good for the open web. http://oreil.ly/9KprYh /tip @techmeme

    12:24:19 am on April 24, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: @dannysullivan I'm glad you caught the part about authenticated PageRank. I need to amplify that point.

    12:22:56 am on April 24, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: @ssethi there's nothing wrong with adding semantic data to the web. It's that all the identities are funneled through facebook.com. Today.

    12:22:12 am on April 24, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: Going to take advantage of @23andMe's $99 #DNADay sale (reg $499): https://23andme.com/store/ Time to get sequenced!

    10:11:56 pm on April 23, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: @Carnage4Life not sure what makes it hypocritical. I would have said that same things if I were working at Google or not!

    10:09:55 pm on April 23, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: @bpapa srsly? And yes, I should be careful about four letter words that begins with "e".

    10:05:37 pm on April 23, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: First mile high video conference today with @timothyjordan on a @virginamerica flight. Yeah, just like in 2001: A Space Odyssey.

    10:03:55 pm on April 23, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: @louisgray nice to see you! We should catch up -- here's hoping @rklau heeds your advice! #gprofiles

    09:42:18 pm on April 23, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: @wlkh maybe I do! :P (I'll fix it --thx!)

    04:50:33 am on April 23, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: RT @adriarichards: Man Killed By Muni Train At Castro Station‎ http://bit.ly/cdkXQe

    04:49:48 am on April 23, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: Understanding the Open Graph Protocol (according to me!): http://bit.ly/aEuTKC /cc @umairh @brianoberkirch

    02:15:52 am on April 23, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: RT @googleio: Just added: @karaswisher moderating panel w/ @rsarver, @adamnash, @danielraffel, @anguslogan, @chrismessina, & Chris Cole ...

    12:38:45 am on April 23, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: It's hard to DM people who don't follow you back, it turns out. /cc @umairh

    12:25:58 am on April 23, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: @umairh au contraire, that's *exactly* what they're doing.

    09:56:16 pm on April 22, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: RT @michaelrhanson: Just finished integrating the #Facebook Graph API with Firefox #Contacts. Much easier than earlier FB APIs! http:// ...

    04:51:28 am on April 22, 2010 |

     

  • chrismessina: RT @hotdogsladies: Weird how many Flash evangelists publish their blogs as HTML. Kinda like PETA printing their newsletters on Big Macs.

    12:14:26 am on April 22, 2010 |

     
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