Re: john schwartz

[Carl Malamud <xxxx@media.org>]

On Jan 7, 2009, at 2:57 PM, Aaron Swartz wrote:

> Sunlight is apparently getting an executive order
> to do transparency stuff.

you mean, they get a contract to do something?  or, they are working  
on some memo that gets turned into gov policy?  They've been very  
close to the vest with me.

Beth has had me working on an official 3-4 page memo, but I'm pretty  
sure they are just jerking me around.  But, I'm working with several  
team leads, etc., so it is an official invited paper.

Let me know what you think ... I was wondering, because Ellen had said  
before she wanted to give me money and then all of a sudden got all  
hush-hush.  :)) (Mind you, I'm very much of two minds about taking  
their money ...)

> Folks at Kleiner-Perkins were saying Bill
> Joy for CTO (?!).

jeez.  Bill in the White House?

he could do it, but he isn't a really good team player. He sort of  
looks like one at KP, but he is used to a really long leash from  
berkeley, sun, kp.  You know, lives on the mountain in Aspen, flits  
about.  I'd rather get Andy if we're going that route.  He'd be  
amazing ... Kissinger of the tech world, even has the accent.  He'd be  
very authoritative.  :))

Maybe we should start that as a rumor.  Bechtolstein for CTO.  If you  
blog it I'll put it on twitter.  Bet we could have this in a dozen  
newspapers within 48 hours.  In fact, if I were to lay bets, I'd say  
the short list is down to Andy and Judy Estrin.  That's way better  
than Ballmer and Bezos.  :)

Carl