Baratunde exists at the intersection of comedy, politics and technology. His official duties include Web & Politics editor at The Onion, co-founder of Jack & Jill Politics and host of PopSci's Future Of on Science Channel. Basically, he's a smart, funny, extremely handsome dude.
The complete video of the panel I joined is in this post.
DLD, Germany, Live Appearances, Munich, Technology, The Onion 
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conscious comic & vigilante pundit
Co-Founder, Jack & Jill Politics
Web Editor, The Onion
Host, Popular Science's Future Of (Mondays 9p, Science Channel) http://bit.ly/thefutureof
On Monday August 10th, I hosted a launch party for my new TV show, Popular Science's Future Of on the Science Channel (part of Discovery). I wanted to throw a massive public affair but was limited in space and time. We held the party at the lovely apartment of a generous friend. Words were said. Drinks were had. Television was watched.
Also in attendance were two flip cameras operated by my friend Rina Vazirani and Internet pioneer and video maven Bill Cammack. We have Bill to thank for integrating the footage and editing together this piece. I didn't have time to do the titling, but below the video, I'll give props to all who attended (or at least most). It was a great party for a cool new show, and I am humbled to have had so many luminaries, twitterati, facebookerati and just plain old good people honor me with their presence
You too can throw a Future Of watch party in your city. Just do it!
Guests In Attendance:
In catching up on thousands of emails, I found one from a friend looking for my advice on her phone choices: iphone vs. android. at&t vs t-mobile. Here's most of what I wrote.
As for T-Mobile. They're fine. Best network in the U.S. is probably Verizon, but their network is US-only, and so are most of their phones. AT&T for iPhone is notoriously horrible to the point that many high profile iphone fans have dropped the device because they can't use it to make phone calls reliably. Sprint is... well, Sprint. I've found T-Mobile's network to be ok. Nothing spectacular, but ok overall and great in most cities. The customer service has been good especially compared with my previous experience with Sprint.I'm still in the midst of my iPhone/Android dance but lean strongly toward staying with Android at least until the iPhone leaves AT&T. I used an unlocked/jailbroken iphone 2G from Feb 2008 - November 2008. From November until yesterday, I used a G1. From November 2008 - June 2009, I used an iPod touch for my media and gaming (ipod touch broke in mid july, and i haven't yet fixed/replaced). I just switched to the MyTouch 3G, and am very happy so far. here are iPhone advantagesBaratunde Thurston, comedian and web editor at The Onion interviewed White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett at Netroots Nation. Huffington Post was there to cover it. And Thurston objected to their tone. He called them out on Twitter:
Ah mediabistro! I "took on" huffpo. Just me against the 10,000 article-per-month juggernaut :) Click through to see the tweet mining the folks at mb did. Does this mean I'm a celebrity now? If so, I want all the free shit that entails.
Joe Garden and the others behind this book are hilarious. I know because I work with Joe Garden at The Onion. Last week he spontaneously broke out into a full-throated rendition of Michael Jackson's "Dirty Diana," and it was beautiful. He runs a bodega out of his office. Really. Support one of the most entrepreneurial, funny and genuine people I know.
Buy this book. http://bit.ly/IvK2y
This week on the Hater podcast, Amelie Gillette and Baratunde Thurston, The Onion's esteemed Web Editor, read the entirety of an unabridged edition of Moby Dick—yes, including the chapters about harvesting the spermaceti and other whale parts—aloud into their microphones. When they listened back to their recording, however, it sounded like a discussion of the Dove Foundation's position on Harry Potter; How much the Real Housewives owe Bravo; the impressive "cellular acting" of Renee Zellweger; and the tyranny of cupcakes. So, that's weird. Have a listen for yourselves.
[btw, this was mad fun! yay amelie!!]
Apps on the iPhone are a big deal, but there are so many of them that it can be hard to find the good ones. It's fun to compare your own selections with favorites from friends and we thought it could be fun as well to see what some well known geeks around the web say are their favorite apps.
Below you'll find app recommendations from the following people: Matt Mullenweg, founder of WordPress, Chris Messina, open source community organizer, Marnie Webb, co-CEO of TechSoup Global, Baratunde Thurston, Web Editor at The Onion and Andy Baio, founder of Upcoming.org and now CTO at the soon to launch startup Kickstarter.com.
I don't even use an iPhone anymore, but I do use the iPod touch. Same thing basically.
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FISH TIME IS SUCCESS TIME!
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