Had a great 48 hours in San Francisco this week.  A big thank you
to everyone who came by Swig to chat, see a demo, drink a beer, ask
questions, and hang out.  I always learn so much by getting out and talking to everyone about what we’re doing, how we’re doing it and why.  I really appreciate all the comments, criticisms, suggestions, etc.  If we’re ever going to make good on our notion of Community Electronics, we need to establish as many ways as possible for everyone’s voice to be heard.  Our BUG+ events are just one way we’re trying to do that.

Another thing we’ve started doing is participating in some sort of community service activity the day after a BUG+ event.  Matt blogged about how much we learned at the Pine St. Inn in Boston last month.  This time we spent the morning at the San Francisco Food Bank helping them sort and organize the huge amount of food they get donated to them every week.  One of the astonishing things they told us was that close to 150,000 people live in threat of hunger in SF.  That’s almost 1 in 4 people.  We were glad we could help out and I’d encourage anyone to volunteer there.  It’s easy, it’s fun and makes you feel great.

Lastly, Jeremy and I had the opportunity to speak with Robert Scoble in our SF office and I went on record as saying I was the CEO of Bell Labs.  I think one of the beauties of having a cell phone video camera is you can catch people completely unrehearsed.  Needless to say, I was not "on message".  But I think that’s why the videos came out so well.  Thanks Robert!

I’ve included Robert’s link below as well as some other relevant ones you may find interesting.  Thanks again everyone.  I look forward to hanging out with you all again soon!

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http://scobleizer.com/2007/12/01/buglabsnets-really-cool-reconfigurable-gadget-in-depth/

* http://www.wynnewilliams.com/a-platform-for-hardware-hacking/

* http://jpreardon.com/2007/12/01/bug-labs/

* http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/12/bug-labs-is-so-cool/

* http://benjaminellis.co.uk/2007/12/01/buglabs-uber-gadget/

Disclaimer – The following links are from folks associated with Bug Labs.

* http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2007/12/scoble-digs-bug.html

* http://bijansabet.com/post/20622796

* http://www.livedigitally.com/2007/12/01/bug-labs-visits-san-francisco/

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