San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom Grows Geek Roots
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom was a recent guest speaker at the Long Now Foundation’s SALT (Seminars About Long-term Thinking) monthly speaker series. Typically, SALT hosts big thinker uber geeks like Jimmy Wales, Clay Shirky and Neal Stephenson. San Francisco being the geek capital of the world, it’s no surprise that Newsom knows how to Twitter around on his iPhone and is savvy in the ways of the networked world. Violet Blue grabs the mayor for a few questions covering timely geek topics like tidal and wave energy systems, keeping up with constituents using Twitter and Facebook as well as YouTube distribution for his State of the City address.
Episode links: Gavin Newsom, San Francisco Mayor’s Office, Long Now Foundation, Gavin on Twitter, Gavin on YouTube, Sea Generation Ltd, WaveRoller, Wave Dragon, Greenpeace UK Efficiencity
on April 14th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
it is great to innovate with wave and tidal…..I am no scientist, but I understand putting wind technology to harness tidal energy is like trying to fly a plane underwater.
There are technologies designed for tidal that are more effective.
Also +/-20% of energy is lost in transmission, so smart grids and energy generation local at buidlings would be more effective.
Anyway, kudos to Newsom for innovating!!!!
on April 15th, 2009 at 7:00 am
Great interview!
on May 13th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
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on May 19th, 2009 at 3:42 am
This is a good example of what a good mayor should be! my thumbs up!
on October 5th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
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