Photo: President Obama meets with Tech Luminaries

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President Barack Obama joins a toast with Technology Business Leaders at a dinner in Woodside, California, Feb. 17, 2011.

Here’s the full list of attendees according to the NY Times, LA Times and SF Chronicle:

  • John Doerr, partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
  • Carol Bartz, president and CEO, Yahoo!
  • John Chambers, CEO and chairman, Cisco Systems
  • Dick Costolo, CEO, Twitter
  • Larry Ellison, co-founder and CEO, Oracle
  • Reed Hastings, CEO, NetFlix
  • John Hennessy, president, Stanford University
  • Steve Jobs, chairman and CEO, Apple
  • Art Levinson, chairman and former CEO, Genentech
  • Eric Schmidt, chairman and CEO, Google
  • Steve Westly, managing partner and founder, Westly Group
  • Mark Zuckerberg, founder, president and CEO, Facebook

Going around the circle, starting from the President's right: Mark Zuckerberg, Unknown, Dick Costolo, Carol Bartz , John Hennessy, Reed Hastings, Larry Ellison, John Doerr, John Chambers, Art Levinson, Eric Schmidt, Unknown, Steve Westly, and Steve Jobs.

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Also posted to the official White House Flickr account, a photo of the President speaking with Mark Zuckerberg.

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Playing Tour Guide

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Steffanie's mom is visiting us here in DC and I decided to take a good many pictures as we walked around DC today using an excellent new HDR iPhone program that Merlin Man recommended. I was surprised at how well the application and the iPhone 4 performed as a point and shoot digital camera.



The Whitehouse, HDR

Smithsonian Castle, HDR

The Washington Memorial, HDR

Julia Childs' Kitchen, HDR

Smithsonian Castle's Back Garden/Courtyard

Interior of the Smithsonian Castle

Oh, and I had to throw this last one in there even though it is not HDR. This is the original costume used for C-3PO in Return of the Jedi. I met C-3PO, in person!

C-3PO

Back Home

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I took several pictures on both my Canon 40D and my iPhone 4 while down at my grandparent's place in southern Virginia this past weekend. It was my grandfather's 85th birthday. While there, I walked out behind the house to snap a few photos on both the DSLR and iPhone. I was particularly pleased with how this specific photo, taken on my iPhone 4, turned out. I've not edited this photo in any way.

Click though to see a blown up version of this image.

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Lets see your Blackberry/Droid/Windows Phone 7 do that.

What I Carry

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A blog post from Patrick Rhone is soliciting others to submit pictures of what they carry in their pockets on a daily basis. The idea started from Dave Caolo which was prompted by a tweet from Patrick. Patrick responded to Dave's post and solicited others to do so as well. These types of things interest me as well, so here's mine:




Before I got my iPhone I would have my Blackberry (work), iPod Classic, wallet & keys. That was 2008 & prior. Over the years my keychain has shrunk as well. Our most recent move in June allowed me to shed a security fob which was needed at my old apartment. My new apartment key has a fob included in it (that weird circular thing on my keychain - yes, that is both a key & fob).