Robert Scoble

Samsung exec David Eun continues reporting from the plane that crashed (he was a passenger).

Is this the first live plane crash photographed by the passengers and everyone around themselves? Shot by this guy: https://twitter.com/Eunner

Video of aftermath of plane crash at SFO. It's an Asiana flight OX 214.

As usual CNN, Fox, NBC, CBS have nothing on air yet about it. YouTube and Facebook FTW!

Crap Jeffrey McManus was one of our favorite speakers in the 1990s when my wife and I helped run VBITS. Great guy, with a great sense of humor. He will definitely be missed.

Erik Boles says this is one of my best videos ever. It is an interesting discussion about our contextual future and the changes it'll bring to our culture with Obscura Digital.

Every day I pinch myself that Rackspace Hosting pays me to meet innovators who are building the future like this. I can't think of many jobs that are better in corporate life.

Yesterday I mostly caught up on my email and while there are a lot of lame ideas getting pitched there are plenty who are doing really crazy things to push the future forward.

If you are pushing the future forward, drop me a line!

Erik Boles says this is one of my best videos ever. It is an interesting discussion about our contextual future and the changes it'll bring to our culture with Obscura Digital.

Every day I pinch myself that Rackspace Hosting pays me to meet innovators who are building the future like this. I can't think of many jobs that are better in corporate life.

Yesterday I mostly caught up on my email and while there are a lot of lame ideas getting pitched there are plenty who are doing really crazy things to push the future forward.

If you are pushing the future forward, drop me a line!

One thing about military technology. Eventually it comes out of those secret rooms to all of us. Try this on your Gmail and be surprised.

Funny story about Doug Engelbart.

When we got to his house in 2006 we tried to get onto the Internet. In his house in Atherton there was absolutely no way to get on. Cell service didn't work back then. He didn't have reliable Internet. I thought it was ironic since he was in the room when the first node of the Internet, which was at SRI International, was turned on. Even better he said he enjoyed not being online so much.

Anyway, on this American Independence day I'm thinking a lot about what freedom is and number one on that list is the Internet and people like Doug. Of course that also means that the NSA is listening in which I've seen a lot of people noting in their "Happy Fourth of July" messages. That's not freedom. I sure wish they would answer my email, though. 122 to go in my inbox. Sigh.

Hope you all are having a great day. Oh, and to the NSA: I think I'll go blow something up. Put THAT in your metadata system and smoke it!

My Fourth of July present to you.

An inside look inside one of San Francisco's most innovative companies, Obscura Digital, where I spend some time with one of North Face's co-founders.

Great insight into what's changed about building companies today vs. the 1970s. (North Face has gone on to be one of the world's top brands, with multi billions of sales).

May we all be free to innovate!

A better Siri? Check out Sherpa in this video with the founder. But, sorry, only on Android. This makes Apple fans coo in jealousy!