GIllmor Gang, recording live today 1pm PT... - RealTime Network

So, it's us or the Olympics Opening Ceremony... - Kevin Marks

about to start... running a few minutes behind - Tina Chase Gillmor

OK - Kevin Marks

I'm just booting up. Sorry I'm late. - Robert Scoble

Live Olympics -- http://www.nbcolympics.com/liveext... (but not the opening ceremonies apparently) - John Taschek

Ugh. "Select TV provider." Umm, my digital antenna and my Roku box, neither of which are listed ... - Laura Norvig

Robert has been somewhere doing something ;-) - Tina Chase Gillmor

Scoble, we will start and then bring you in.... - Tina Chase Gillmor

I'm waiting. - Robert Scoble

I'm ready. - Robert Scoble

that's competing "with" the Olympics, not "in" the Olympics, right? - Laura Norvig

heh Laura - Kevin Marks

darn too much glre on kevin and Dan - Tina Chase Gillmor

meant glare - Tina Chase Gillmor

Laura, they required same to see schedule, somehow they know you're paid up without credentials? - Jerome Hughes

The revered Olympic sport of vodcasting ... - Laura Norvig

SLC mayor said he would send a map - Jerome Hughes

Jerome, to just view schedule there is an option for "antenna" - Laura Norvig

for Romney to find his ass with both hands, jerome? - Kevin Marks

right but that will only show what's broadcast ota, no? - Jerome Hughes

oops - Laura Norvig

Tina, did somebody trip over a plug ...? - Laura Norvig

off air - Johannes Siemers

Dang that NBC! - Todd Hoff

Whahappened? - Tom Guarriello

or did the fly do it? believe R knows about his backside, Kevin… maybe he's attempting to appeal to a base coalition here, add the British to the French for them to disdain - Jerome Hughes

I'm back. - Robert Scoble

The Queen and James Bond together. How cool is that - Moe Glitz from iPhone

Sounds like there are some bandwidth problems. My house got very strange bandwidth all of a sudden. Hope the coast survives. :-) Seems good after a reboot. - Robert Scoble

I'm still waiting to be pulled back on the show... - Robert Scoble

I can't find it live on UStream. is it on yet) - Francine Hardaway

There's a live blog. NBC is offering a live blog of the ceremonies. http://todayinlondonblog.today... - Michael Markman

Francine: it was, but sounds like there were some technical difficulties. I'm standing by waiting to be called back into the show. - Robert Scoble

It will be back shortly (the stream). - Robert Scoble

Certainly can't be that the live feed from the Opening Ceremony is sucking up all the bandwidth in the universe. BECAUSE THERE IS NO LIVE FEED. - Michael Markman

Michael: they are rebooting the server. - Robert Scoble

Here's a decent Olympics live stream I'm watching http://www.twitch.tv/sodamin... - Mark Krynsky

Didja all notice that the Gillmor Gang video died the instant the name "Ballmer" was said by Scoble? - Michael Markman

Very surprised Twitter isn't down - Moe Glitz from iPhone

Microsoft Insights: Windows 8 is a 'catastrophe,' says Valve founder and former Microsoft employee Gabe Newell - http://www.networkworld.com/communi... - John Taschek

Excellent observation, Michael Markman! Clearly evil at work... - Tom Guarriello

Here's the Newell interview: http://venturebeat.com/2012... Interesting comments too about "post-touch" technology. - Alex de Soto

You're back on the air - Tom Guarriello

Post-touch like Kinect would be cool - Da from Android

I absolutely love how easy it is for anyone to host a google hangout and broadcast it to a wider audience using OnAir. - Laura Norvig

However, I'm starting to resent the whole thing of forcing us to tie our disparate Google products together. It makes me angry, the same way Facebook makes me angry. - Laura Norvig

Sorry about the feed. It went down. my computer went down. geez confluence of bad - Tina Chase Gillmor

+1 Scoble. - Tom Guarriello

about the quality of comments, can be squawking in background - Jerome Hughes

is that a gull in the background coming from Kevin, perhaps? - Jerome Hughes

I don't think I have 10 comments on scores of G+ posts. - Tom Guarriello

But I am a normal person with 20k followers and IIget a lot of engagement - Francine Hardaway

I've got something like 7,000 followers on Google plus, but I don't use it much. When I do post, I usually get zero engagement. - Laura Norvig

Mike Elgan is a great example of what Robert's talking about - Tom Guarriello

I don't need my old friends; I have found new ones. - Francine Hardaway

"normal" is supposed to me "average" - Tina Chase Gillmor

Francine, I was amused by the Path ad where they mentioned, "Your best friend, your brother, your godparents. These are the people you want to share life’s moments with." I was thinking, no, actually, I share my life's moments with my Friendfeed friends. - Laura Norvig

hah, quite - Kevin Marks

my Path is full of random geek friends - Kevin Marks

Exacty Laura. New interesting people - Francine Hardaway

Heh, I got to work at Interval as a temp back in the day, so Paul Allen was successful at feeding me for a few years ... - Laura Norvig

i can't watch Buildin43 on the Nexus7 either. - Francine Hardaway

Am I on your path Kevin? I'll try to add you. You need a weirdo - Francine Hardaway

I dont' actually use path - Kevin Marks

I always forget to use Path. It's pretty, though. - Laura Norvig

43 ok on my vzw nexus - Da from Android

High school students are going nuts about Path. Why? Their parents aren't on it. - Robert Scoble

I used Path, liked how it looked but didn't use it much. Maybe I'll try again. - Tom Guarriello

read my Kindle books on Mac & iPhone… no Kindle here - Jerome Hughes

I noticed John T populated the shelf behind him. Looks more settled - Tina Chase Gillmor

I turned on our "On the Air" sign today before the show. It's a big unreadable glow on video. too bad - Tina Chase Gillmor

Tina - the shelf is full of Audio equipment boxes and a few books. And yes -- it is more settled! - John Taschek

Path still around? - Da from Android

Path is growing and growing fast. Yes. I was over there today. - Robert Scoble

John - nice! visually stimulating ;-) - Tina Chase Gillmor

I buy everything on Amazon including laundry soap. Free shipping - Francine Hardaway

We buy dogfood online - Kevin Marks

you have your dog food shipped to you? Is that economical? is it terribly fancy food? ;-) - Tina Chase Gillmor

Kansas City as the Kauffman Foundation and lots of entreprenership. Just not tech. - Francine Hardaway

Unlimted vzw lte ftw - Da from Android

even when they give it away, you pay for the infrastructure install which can be upgraded, right? - Jerome Hughes

like a $300 install - Jerome Hughes

Kansas City has good BBQ and over on the MO side Lidia Bastianich has a pretty good restaurant: http://www.lidias-kc.com/ Good bandwidth. Good eats. Nothing wrong with that. - Alex de Soto

a reason for folks to have both iOS and Android - Jerome Hughes

Apple had to be smirking a bit when that ad attacked the dongles, knowing their plans - Jerome Hughes

did Robert just show us a Kinect mounted to the ceiling? - Tina Chase Gillmor

just tried to launch color on the Nexus phone. it didn't work - Kevin Marks

Yes....mainstreamification of the quantified self is coming. - Mark Krynsky

Tina: it's on top of my TV. It works great up high. The entire room is seen. - Robert Scoble

Mark: you're absolutely right. - Robert Scoble

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Jerome Hughes

The Nexus Q isn't great but I'm seeing many signs of Android about to take over the living room. - Mark Krynsky

Ask again later. - Jerome Hughes

supposedly he is going to sing Hey Jude at the end. - Laura Norvig

Yes, at the end of the ceremonies. Brits are loving it on Twitter - Tom Guarriello

Spice Girls in Closing Ceremonies. - Tom Guarriello

Many amazing Android devices coming out for <$100 that give your TV access to the app marketplace and this week XBMC announced they're releasing an Android version. - Mark Krynsky

Thanks, Steve. - Laura Norvig