San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom Grows Geek Roots

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom was a recent guest speaker at the Long Now Foundations SALT (Seminars About Long-term Thinking) monthly speaker series. Typically, SALT hosts big thinker uber geeks like Jimmy Wales, Clay Shirky and Neal Stephenson. San Francisco being the geek capital of the world, its no surprise that Newsom knows how to Twitter around on his iPhone and is savvy in the ways of the networked world. Violet Blue grabs the mayor for a few questions covering timely geek topics like tidal and wave energy systems, keeping up with constituents using Twitter and Facebook as well as YouTube distribution for his State of the City address.

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[Goohuman]

Gavin was responsible for the losing more business in SF than even the earthquake of 1906. He is why I left.

He loves himself and thinks you are all suckers waiting to be fleeced. Watch your taxes skyrocket.

[fugitivepeas]

I'm rooting for him next year for Gov. Go Gavin!

[Saxton519]

the earth is a rock, if you drill into a rock too much it compromises the integrity. This guy has the right ides. Oil has shaped the world for years but it's time to improve on success not line our pockets.

[foodaggression]

i'd vote for him.

ah, and i love violet blue. great voice, could listen to her for hours.

[MariposaMegan]

Aw he seems nice!

[HeyRadialMoon]

Anyone who has ever seen the tide rushing through the Golden Gate knows the immense amount of energy that exists there. Great to see that someone is finally trying to figure out a way of actually harnessing it. You go Gavin. Sacramento is calling.

[XxVooDooLiciousxX]

God bless us all, finally a leader that gets it.