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    Yahoo Lap Dances Get No Applause from Twitterati

    Drue Kataoka: Inexplicable Fameball Priestess of Silicon Valley

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    Did Julia Allison Break the Law in Search of Facebook Fame?

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    Image of Conchie Birdie Conchie Birdie
    10/20/09

    In reply to Yahoo Lap Dances Get No Applause from Twitterati
    Bet Randi's a little jelski that the 'book doesn't have their own airfield like goog. Oh well... maybe when they get, um, fb maps? That would be weird. One can only imagine what kinda stalker things that would bring. #wereadtwittersoyoudonthaveto
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    10/19/09

    In reply to Yahoo Lap Dances Get No Applause from Twitterati
    So it turns out those lap dance pics are from the Yahoo Taiwan Hack Day. And here's the sudden, but inevitable apology. Seems like it was a tradition, up until now. This is either an outrage, or par for the course, depending on which ranting hacker you believe. #wereadtwittersoyoudonthaveto
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    10/19/09

    @random_play: Also more hackgirl pics, thanks to Flickr. #wereadtwittersoyoudonthaveto
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    10/03/09

    In reply to Drue Kataoka: Inexplicable Fameball Priestess of Silicon Valley
    Louis Brooks anyone?
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    10/03/09

    In reply to Drue Kataoka: Inexplicable Fameball Priestess of Silicon Valley
    Zen isn't really a religion. Although it can be. It's more of a certain life practice. So it fits in well with business. Also attractive to businesspeople is that you can basically tell yourself you've mastered it by doing nothing at all. Of course, in the Japanese tradition, an actual understanding of Zen takes a lifetime of dedicated study and thought. But y'know.... let's forget about that for now.

    For anyone interested, basically just start reading D.T. Suzuki and never ever stop. That should be a genuine place to start.

    Also, for anyone interested, I found a really lovely sumi-e flickr page a while back from a really talented artist. I'm not slagging Drue, she does her thing and that's great. But I don't like her work very much.

    [www.flickr.com]
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    10/03/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: Yay, I'm so glad you posted this, because it means we can both nerd out about the meaning of Zen Buddhism here. I completely agree with you that the Zen practice is not a religious practice in the common sense. To me (huge fan of D.T. Suzuki and Pema Chodron!) Zen is a primarily inward-directed form of discipline. It's not about changing the world by aggressive action (like business), but rather about sitting quietly with your own thoughts and coming to terms and developing compassion and love for the world as it has ALWAYS been: askew, cruel, unfair, unbalanced. With DEATH looming in the distance as the ultimate payoff, regardless of whether you're a "good" or a "bad" person.

    To me, Zen is a "STFU, stop believing, stop thinking, stop judging, stop acting, stop, stop, JUST STOP!" kind of ideological plan. At first it seems like it TAKES everything away from you, but if you go along with it, it actually gives you the world. =)
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    10/03/09

    @snugbug: PS: And by all that embarrassing rant above I DO NOT mean that being a practitioner of Zen means you are not to act in a principled manner in the world.. It's a paradox! (Ok, I'll slink off now.)
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    10/04/09

    @snugbug: That's a pretty good way to look at it. But it reminds me a lot of the (related to me by DT Suzuki, of course) Chinese version of zen, which relied on immediate action and embraced the totality of life, often resulting in things like crazy zen drunkenness; the effacement of character in search of enlightenment. As opposed to the Japanese school of Zen, which relied on a study of single things, or an effort so intense that it broke through the regular layer of personality into the nothingness they sought.

    I guess Zen can be seen as a positive force. But it always seemed to me to be fairly amoral actually. It embraced life as nature, with human morality maybe secondary? I mean, that's why it was so fervently embraced by the Samurai caste. It gave them a path to shed their fear of dying, thus making them great swordsmen, and let them also shed their reluctance to kill, thus making them unbeatable swordsmen.
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    10/03/09

    In reply to Drue Kataoka: Inexplicable Fameball Priestess of Silicon Valley
    Somehow, she reminds me of a real life Maude Lebowski...
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    10/03/09

    @AldrichClytius: I can see that, but my first instinct was any of several movie characters played by Meg Tilly.

    Does Meg Tilly still do movies?
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    10/02/09

    In reply to Drue Kataoka: Inexplicable Fameball Priestess of Silicon Valley
    I kept reading her name as "Drue Krakatoa" and all I could think was, 'what a cool-ass fuckin' name that is!' Then I read it right and the world grew a little grayer around the ages. Please excuse me while I go back to cutting myself in that special spot on my thigh with the razor-sharp points of these Spicy Chili Doritos.
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    10/02/09

    In reply to Drue Kataoka: Inexplicable Fameball Priestess of Silicon Valley
    I tried watching that video, but I killed myself 30 seconds in. I'm a zombie now, commenting from the undead.

    That girl is definitely, um, special. I can't believe you actually wrote that many words about her.
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    10/02/09

    @FaceMelter: That's too bad! Hope you come back from the dead, because you are missing the good part.
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    10/03/09

    @DrueKataoka: Ugh ... you are annoying.
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    10/02/09

    In reply to Drue Kataoka: Inexplicable Fameball Priestess of Silicon Valley
    I agree with the other folks here who are not seeing the JA comparison so easily. Sure Kataoka is making a name for herself, but she has creative talent and IDEAS...whereas it seems like JA is trying to get her face everywhere and get lots of cool free stuff for nothing.
    Plus, those red lips at H-O-T without looking over pumped with a bunch of cow fat or whatever they're using these days!
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    10/02/09

    In reply to Drue Kataoka: Inexplicable Fameball Priestess of Silicon Valley
    I've had the pleasure of meeting Bill Draper on several occasions... very cool guy.
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    10/02/09

    In reply to Drue Kataoka: Inexplicable Fameball Priestess of Silicon Valley
    Whew! That was quite a slew of videos and links to process, but I made it to the finish line. My thunderous verdict (which I'm sure you've all awaited with bated breath): Am not quite seeing the Julia Allison comparison.

    Granted, Drue is no Sophie Calle + some of these projects are way too nerdy for me to get excited about + the "corporate Zen" tomfoolery is so wrong it's almost right. But overall she comes across as a charming and interesting chick. Way more multi-faceted than Julia. (Whom I also like, sort of.) Cute personal style, too.

    There is btw, some exceptionally powerful art being made out there at the intersection of digital and visual media. Am a huge fan of Ryoji Ikeda, among others [www.ryojiikeda.com]
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    Image of DrueKataoka DrueKataoka
    10/02/09

    @snugbug: I don't know who you are but appreciate your intelligent comment. Gawker obviously has a thoughtful audience. Like you I'm a big believer in the power of creativity to make positive change.
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    Image of Lizawithazee Lizawithazee
    10/02/09

    @snugbug: Whoah, Snug, she likes you!
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    10/02/09

    In reply to Drue Kataoka: Inexplicable Fameball Priestess of Silicon Valley
    I've never heard of Drue before this post, and I try to not know anything about Julia Allison, but from what I do know, it's probably unfair to equate the two.
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    10/03/09

    She seemed just a a bit more substantial than JA- until their common habit of hanging out on Gawker threads to try to spin the comments betrayed her as just another fameballer.
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    10/02/09

    In reply to Drue Kataoka: Inexplicable Fameball Priestess of Silicon Valley
    What tha fuh? Only in Shallow Alto or Mountain View would this be considered artsy. Jeezus, go back to the playa already!
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    10/02/09

    In reply to Drue Kataoka: Inexplicable Fameball Priestess of Silicon Valley
    And here's the link to the post & the petition:

    [www.culturelick.com]
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    10/02/09

    In reply to Drue Kataoka: Inexplicable Fameball Priestess of Silicon Valley
    Hi Ryan,
    Thank you for your in-depth feature.

    I believe that Silicon Valley is a great place to create things of artistic value and of meaning while at the same time (in SV style not take yourself too seriously). We feel passionate about net neutrality as I'm sure Gawker and a lot of its readers do. We want to rally the troops and send a strong message to Washington. I invite Gawker's readers to post their video responses in support of net neutrality on youtube, and we would gladly add them to this virtual video petition.
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    10/02/09

    @DrueKataoka: hooray for net neutrality!
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    10/02/09

    @freedc: Thank you freedc.

    Let's stick it to the telecoms!
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    10/02/09

    @DrueKataoka: Well if you can convince those old dudes at DC to stop the hate against the 'tubes, you got my support.
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    10/02/09

    @DrueKataoka: Given the talents of people who care about this issue, you could end up with a fun video petition. Have you tried Justine Bateman? This is a big issue of hers.

    (Seriously!)
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    Image of ZelimirSharan ZelimirSharan
    10/02/09

    In reply to Drue Kataoka: Inexplicable Fameball Priestess of Silicon Valley
    holy shit, this is why i love valleywag. silicon valley = a huge diarrhea swamp. the priorities here are whack and the inhabitants are unimaginative, soulless robots from outerspace.
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    10/02/09

    @ZelimirSharan: Thanks, however I don't think we get robots running things until two or three boom/bust cycles from now.
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    10/02/09

    @ZelimirSharan: ..As opposed to the soulful, wildly creative robots that roam the Earth? Don't mean to get on your case, I just want to believe in a race of soulful, creative robots.
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    10/03/09

    @ZelimirSharan: Well played.

    I can only add that there seems to be some sort of subliminal message here about out of control eyebrows (which I have so it's OK for me to make fun of them).

    On the substance (such as it is): to the extent that Network Neutrality is ever implemented it will kill most of what made the Internet revolutionary and make it a lot more like our overtaxed and monopoly controlled telephone and cable systems.

    Netroots: you've made your bed.
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