<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105820</id><updated>2009-02-21T02:12:03.300-08:00</updated><title type='text'>John Bates</title><subtitle type='html'>What's up with John Bates.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnbates.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3105820/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnbates.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>John</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105820.post-115688099288677048</id><published>2006-08-29T12:13:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-31T11:56:30.303-07:00</updated><title type='text'>WIC 2.0, a Wiki  Style Networking Event, Second Meeting</title><summary type='text'>We had our second WIC 2.0 meetup last night. It was great to see people. There were some great blasts from the past: Mark Chasen of eMusic fame, now with Greenbridge Capital Group, Inc.  They're "financing a better world," which I like!Kimberly King-Burns was also there. She's working with Greenbridge, as well, in their media holdings division. She brought a large contingent of the guests along </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.suretomeet.com/exec/gt/event.h,event=8b6b2acc7e28&amp;user=8b9bca6311c8' title='WIC 2.0, a Wiki  Style Networking Event, Second Meeting'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnbates.blogspot.com/feeds/115688099288677048/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3105820&amp;postID=115688099288677048' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3105820/posts/default/115688099288677048'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3105820/posts/default/115688099288677048'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnbates.blogspot.com/2006/08/wic-20-wiki-style-networking-event.html' title='WIC 2.0, a Wiki  Style Networking Event, Second Meeting'/><author><name>John</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10470235806788217053'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105820.post-115662808249451856</id><published>2006-08-26T14:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-26T14:37:11.663-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Silicon Surfer Blog of Reviews is Now Live.</title><summary type='text'>Hello, I have recently created the Silicon Surfer Blog of Reviews. It is a site where I share the best of the things I have experienced. I invite you to take a look, make comments, and let me know what you think! JB </summary><link rel='related' href='http://siliconsurfer.blogspot.com/' title='The Silicon Surfer Blog of Reviews is Now Live.'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnbates.blogspot.com/feeds/115662808249451856/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3105820&amp;postID=115662808249451856' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3105820/posts/default/115662808249451856'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3105820/posts/default/115662808249451856'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnbates.blogspot.com/2006/08/silicon-surfer-blog-of-reviews-is-now.html' title='The Silicon Surfer Blog of Reviews is Now Live.'/><author><name>John</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10470235806788217053'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105820.post-5830889</id><published>2001-09-21T13:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2001-09-21T13:12:06.330-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This is one of the best things I have read yet. Brilliant. We need more of this in all ways.http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20010919-6357240.htm****</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnbates.blogspot.com/feeds/5830889/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3105820&amp;postID=5830889' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3105820/posts/default/5830889'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3105820/posts/default/5830889'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnbates.blogspot.com/2001/09/this-is-one-of-best-things-i-have-read.html' title=''/><author><name>John</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10470235806788217053'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105820.post-5830613</id><published>2001-09-21T12:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2001-09-21T12:55:06.956-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>From a friend of mine in Holland. Seems like things are reverberating over there in a bad way. I think we all need to relax and start meditating on not starting WWIII.*******How are you doing? Just came back from Linda’s apartment. Last night she gave a housewarming party and therefore I slept over there. Some good friends came over; it had been a while since the whole gang had been together so</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnbates.blogspot.com/feeds/5830613/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3105820&amp;postID=5830613' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3105820/posts/default/5830613'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3105820/posts/default/5830613'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnbates.blogspot.com/2001/09/from-friend-of-mine-in-holland.html' title=''/><author><name>John</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10470235806788217053'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105820.post-5722481</id><published>2001-09-16T12:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2001-09-16T12:39:18.876-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I keep crying. Sadness, anger, worry about what happens next. And, I was having a hard time figuring out what it all means before this happened. It hasn't shed a lot of light on the question for me. I wish I could turn off the TV, but I am interested in the spin of it now. The unplanned moments of insight into people's thinking patterns and assumptions as they pour out in real time. The number of</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnbates.blogspot.com/feeds/5722481/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3105820&amp;postID=5722481' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3105820/posts/default/5722481'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3105820/posts/default/5722481'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnbates.blogspot.com/2001/09/i-keep-crying.html' title=''/><author><name>John</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10470235806788217053'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105820.post-5689534</id><published>2001-09-14T12:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2001-09-14T12:18:26.633-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Hello, I am still stunned. Still sitting in front of the television, waiting to donate blood in the future when they need more and promising to turn off the tv in 15 minutes. But, I don't. I can't. I keep thinking of my friends in New York. Wondering how many people I know that won't turn up again. Crying as I think about the endless heart rending stories that are unfolding, that will unfold, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnbates.blogspot.com/feeds/5689534/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3105820&amp;postID=5689534' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3105820/posts/default/5689534'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3105820/posts/default/5689534'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnbates.blogspot.com/2001/09/hello-i-am-still-stunned.html' title=''/><author><name>John</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10470235806788217053'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105820.post-4987507</id><published>2001-08-08T19:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2001-08-08T19:03:23.993-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The surf this morning was big, but very mixed up with a slight wind on it. A bit of Victory at Sea, but fun anyway. It's been so long since there was power in the water. I think everyone on the whole West Coast is crossing their fingers for the Southwest swell that is due in right about now. Anyway, I haven't blogged yet, and I am checking this out to see how it is. I can certainly see how it </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnbates.blogspot.com/feeds/4987507/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3105820&amp;postID=4987507' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3105820/posts/default/4987507'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3105820/posts/default/4987507'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnbates.blogspot.com/2001/08/surf-this-morning-was-big-but-very.html' title=''/><author><name>John</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10470235806788217053'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry></feed>