In this week’s episode of CSI, the ever-so-stylish forensic team examined a murder victim’s Twitter messages as part of their investigation. Of particular interest is a brief exchange between the two CSIs on the values of bloggers:

“Some people just don’t value privacy.”
“They don’t expect privacy, they value openness.”
“Whatever.”

I wonder if Twitter has found its way into any real life forensic investigations yet, and if so, whether the real life CSIs were as condescending as their fictional counterparts. I am of the mind that those of us who value such openness are far less likely to have problems with privacy issues than those who falsely assume they can keep the minutiae of their lives secret.

Given that every goon in Las Vegas seems to know the intimate details of the CSI characters’ personal lives, I would venture to say their quest for privacy has been a colossal failure. Perhaps they should give up and start blogging.

Interesting note: The Twitter account name in CSI was kiraEDGE, a profile which currently exists, although it’s not clear whether it’s actually affiliated with the tv show or someone cleverly locked it down afterwards.

Via Laughing Squid.

Tim O’Reilly’s delivers the keynote on Monday afternoon.

Day two has wrapped up at the sprawling Messe Berlin, with the notable exception of tonight’s “Berlin Night” party. So before I head out to geek out on pils, it’s time for today’s GB&U.

The Good: The Web2Open unconference opened today, with several delegate-created workshops and discussions providing the intimate learning and networking environment that the standard conference sessions cannot. Kathy Sierra’s talk today was once again spot on, if somewhat repetitive. Jeremy Keith recited seemingly meaningless yet surprisingly hilarious prose about wrapping a comatose Roy Orbison in cling film.

The Bad: Having a wtf moment while using the conference’s feedback application. Kathy would not approve. Also, wifi was still spotty in the morning, although they solved the food shortage.

The Ugly: Neil Holloway of Microsoft trying to convince Tim O’Reilly that people actually enjoy advertising. (Tim then asks for a show of hands of who enjoys television advertising. Few arms budged in the massive crowd, so it looks like Microsoft still has some kinks to work out in their strategy.)

Stowe Boyd delivers at Ignite.

Berlin’s incarnation of the Web 2.0 Expo is up and running at Messe Berlin, and I feel as if I learned more yesterday than I did during my entire undergrad. Here’s a quick roundup of the good, bad and ugly for day one.

The Good: Kathy Sierra. Chock full of useful info and spunk, Kathy is one helluva engaging speaker, a kept the audience fully engaged for the course of her three hour workshop, “Creating Passionate Users”. I’ll definitely be popping into her keynote this afternoon. Bonus: The post-keynote kegs of beer.

The Bad: Lunch. Not that it was bad, because I wouldn’t know. They ran out before the workshop I was attending even finished.

The Ugly: Spotty Wifi. They apparently ran out of IP addresses. Botching lunch is unfortunate; fumbling wifi is a cardinal sin.