El Paseo, 2019-2020
Mill Valley looks like the kind of town / You’d expect to see in a model railroad set / Minus the trains— / Tracks torn up / After a massive fire /…
Activism & Politics
2021
A Marine's Choice
Anyone who traveled with Mitch Ludwig / Knew about the shrapnel in his ass / It was from Vietnam / A Marine / Two tours / And a Purple Heart / A man…
Curious George
Shortly after George Gascón turned my bicycle accident into the Crime of the Century™, he was run out of San Francisco by BLM activists and Colin…
Boy, this is complicated
San Francisco once had a corrupt, law-enforcement-simping, pro-crime-porn DA (George Gascón) who BLM ran out of town over the Mario Woods…
Why direct action?
You may well ask: "Why direct action? Why sit ins, marches and so forth? Isn't negotiation a better path?" You are quite right in calling for…
A Must-Read Letter from Andrea Ocasio-Cortez
Content warning: This email contains details regarding abuse, violence, and sexual assault. / Monday night, I hopped on IG live to talk about what…
Preach
"We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly."…
I don't care what you say or do you demented turtle, your party, the party...
of Nixon and Bush's unwinnable "wars," is now the party who aided and abetted Trump's attempt to destroy this country. No "purge" will ever be…
I don't know how anyone coulda seen this coming, omg, [clutches pearls] . ....
] . . . wait! If the Economist—not exactly a bastion of liberal thought—could see it coming, anyone could see it coming. Republican lawmakers, the…
I wrote these words on 2/26/2016 and was accused of being a Casandra. I get...
no satisfaction from being right. https: / chris.bucchere.com/2016/02/26/trump-portlandia-fascism
Gamestop
This Gamestop saga reminds me of why we have gun control laws. White people marching in the streets with guns = a well regulated militia. Then the…
2020
The Miseducation of George Gascón
I'm not hiding the fact that George Gascón tried to ruin my life, it's no secret, I wrote a book about it, and I ran political attack ads against him…
Madeline got some firsthand experience with democracy today by helping send...
272 letters to members of the electoral college asking them to reconsider their votes for Trump. There's still time to launch your own letter-writing…
#electiontruth
A close vote is not a mandate to work with the other side, not when the other side is crazy
My friend Heidi, a dancer I met in the late 90s, who is...
somehow both a state AG, a doting mom, and a Balboa champion, stayed up all night watching the election antics and has been producing a steady stream…
Before Trump, and Trump’s virus, ending the corrupting influence of money in...
American politics was Lawrence Lessig’s main focus, and by proxy, mine as well. With my continued tech and fundraising support, he’s now been leading…
And THIS is why we'll never see Trump's tax returns. Thanks Playboy...
Magazine—for the articles, natch.
Repost from @markleibowitzpictures
Click for video:Repost from @markleibowitzpictures / • / Stereotypes can sometimes extend beyond how we look. Sometimes we’re stereotyped based on…
Staying home
I’ve been wearing the same shorts for a week now / Just noticed they’re actually swim trunks / Money is acting all weird / I paid my stylist not to…
Lacey vs. Gascón: The Devil You Know vs. The Devil You Don’t
As of yesterday, in the race to pick Los Angeles’s next District Attorney, it became mathematically impossible for Jackie Lacey to avoid a runoff…
Despite all the facts about my case being on public display (see:...
Bikelash: How San Francisco created America's first bicycle felon), Gascón's campaign staff is calling me a murderer. I know everyone's focused on…
Chris BucchereThe ChainI'd rather be playing accompanist and sound engineer...
to Madeline than political hatchetman to George Gascón, but this weekend afforded me a little time for both.
Liberals Against Gascónfacebook.comThe former San Francisco District...
Attorney—George Gascón—who framed me for a fatal bicycle/pedestrian accident in 2013, is now running for DA in Los Angeles as a Democrat. (More on my…
Liberals Against Gascónfacebook.comWith so much insanity at the national...
level, it's easy to forget that there are plenty of awful things happening locally too. George Gascón—the DA who lied to the media over and over and…
2018
Our CEO posted this in the all-company Slack last night. Same guy who sent...
us all home on November 9th, 2016. Not all companies are as supportive as mine, but they should be. If you need any of these things, ask your…
Woke up to an announcement of a garbage dump on fire on Election Day....
Metaphor? Good omen? You decide when you cast your #vote.
Bikelash Trailer
A true story by Chris Bucchere / March 29th, 2012, 8:20am, Castro Street / When he regained consciousness, Chris found himself bloodied and bruised,…
The Post-Facebook Internet
The recent Facebook scandal—in which Cambridge Analytica obtained 50 million Facebook users' personal data—really shouldn't have been such a big…
Isn’t it amazing how “Team Trump’s” email messaging can be so divisive in...
its call for “American unity?” Oh and they stand for “HEROIC veterans” but not for John McCain because he got captured.
2017
Make America Kittens Again
Adorable Tomasina, available for adoption at the SFSPCA. / America, lend me your ear. / This has got to stop. We've fallen prey to the greatest con…
How I Quit Email (and You Can Too)
CC0 Public Domain / Today, email turns 44 years old. / If that doesn't already sound odd, consider this: We upgrade our smartphones and laptops every…
Perhaps Trump's biggest disservice to this country is that he's distracting...
us from what's really wrong with our government: pay to play politics.
In Explaining Why He Sacked Comey, Trump Borrows From Mein Kampf
Be forewarned: I'm going to compare Trump to Hitler, again. Before accusing me of violating Godwin's Law, please understand that his "law" refers to…
The Quest for Better Tests
Over the past twenty years, I’ve written my fair share of unit tests, mostly just covering the happy path and sending in some bogus inputs to test…
Good on You, Good Eggs
Ordering is a piece of cake using Good Eggs' responsive web site or iOS app / Even the most saintly among us have experienced schadenfreude, the act…
2016
Madeline got some firsthand experience with democracy today by helping send...
272 letters to members of the electoral college asking them to reconsider their votes for Trump. There's still time to launch your own letter-writing…
Larry Lessig has pulled together a legal defense team for electors who are...
considering voting with their conscience but worried about legal consequences.
I was going to vote anyway, but since the press has already claimed that the...
D primary was clinched by Hillary, I'm even more eager to cast my vote for Bernie. Despite his many flaws, he's the only candidate who stands a…
Five First Impressions of LabZero
I recently joined Lab Zero as a software developer. My friend Brien Wankel, one of their Principal Engineers, had been encouraging me to interview…
The Best (Only?) Way to Defeat Trump
Disclosure: I'm no politician and I'm no political scientist. (What little I know about politics I learned by running the tech stack for the Larry…
Trump, Portlandia and Fascism
When The Donald first entered the 2016 presidential race, I have to admit feeling some mild intrigue. I have respect for outsiders, for people who…
"If Trump is the nominee, Hillary Clinton should drop out of the race and...
throw her every ounce of energy into supporting Sanders. If this does not occur, the resulting consequences for Muslims and Mexican immigrants of a…
2015
Lessig 2016: The Internet's President
On the heels of Larry Lessig’s historic announcement of his Referendum Candidacy came another newsworthy item: Jimmy Wales announced that he is…
Update on the Lessig for President front
Update on the Lessig for President front: We've almost reached 20% of our fundraising goal from nearly 2,000 donors after the first 48 hours. I'm…
Lessig 2016: Defining a Generation
In the Federalist Papers, published in 1778, James Madison called for a Congress “dependent on the people alone.” His generation sung a song of…
2010
Was The Facebook Hacker Story Irresponsible Journalism?
This article originally appeared as a guest post on All Facebook. / The media scandal du jour relates to how WikiLeaks leaked all this classified…
2009
Where to Find Us at Web 2.0 Expo
Chris Bucchere is attending the Web 2.0 Expo this week, where Crowd Campaign is making its debut as the question suggestion and voting platform for…
Crowd Campaign, The Social Contest Builder
(I-Newswire) November 16, 2009 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE / New York, New York – November 16th, 2009 – At Web 2.0 Expo today, Social Collective, Inc.,…
Here We Go Again: SXSW 2010
I know it feels like we just put the wraps on SXSW 2009, but Panel Picker Voting is already live for 2010! This year they're using the Panel Picker…
my.SXSW Goes Mobile
South by Southwest (SXSW) Music, Film and Interactive Conferences and Festivals has launched the official mobile social networking and scheduling…
SXSW Launches my.SXSW Powered by The Social Collective
Austin, Texas – February 2nd, 2009 – Today South By Southwest (SXSW), announced the launch of my.SXSW, the official social networking and scheduling…
How to Convince Your Company to Pay for a SXSWi Pass
Times are tough, right? Everyone is slashing spending, especially around travel and conference budgets. But you need (read: want) to be at SXSWi. So…
2008
Shameless Self-Promotion
At last year's SXSW I said to myself: "Self, you need to be speaking at this conference next year." / Help me fulfill my self-fulfilling prophecy and…
Nominate Chris Bucchere for an Oracle OpenWorld Session
I've presented at seven Plumtree Odysseys, one BEA World and two BEA Participates. Help keep the streak alive by voting up my Oracle OpenWorld…
Time is Running Out
Voting closes for the SXSW People's Choice award tomorrow. Don't forget to cast your final votes for Feedhaus and keep your fingers crossed! / If…
How to Build your own Temple of Ego in Five Minutes
My wife is arguably my biggest fan, although my mom probably deserves "honorable mention." / If you too are a fanboy or fangirl of someone, like, say…
Feedhaus Eligible for SXSW "People's Choice" Award
As a finalist in the "Technical Achievement" category, we're also eligible to win a "People Choice" award. / But to do that, we need your votes! Vote…
Feedhaus Selected as a SXSW Web Award Finalist
We're very pleased to announce that Feedhaus has been selected as a finalist for a prestigious SXSW (South by Southwest) 2008 Web Award! / We've been…
2007
Four ALI IDKs at your Disposal -- Fifth One on the Way?
As most of you already know, there are four IDKs out there in IDK-land. To take a step back, if you're really new to ALUI (formerly Plumtree)…
2005
Howie Bagley joins bdg – welcome to the team!
I am very pleased to announce the addition of the newest member of our team, portal industry veteran and consultant extraordinaire, Howie Bagley. /…