"I no longer personally believe that working in the technology industry alone is a sufficient positive contribution to society. I strongly believe that everyone in a democracy ought to be involved in the broader aspects of our society. No exceptions. But I do still believe in technology as a force for moving society forward at least occasionally."

-- Dan Ancona, at Speak Out California!

Heh rad, Chillits was mentioned on MetaFilter too -- by none other than Tal M. Klein.

Boing Boing has an article about Chillits sets again this year.

This kind of recognition is pretty cool -- Chillits began as a quiet little event for a group of friends to chill out together, quickly became one of the very few opportunities for ambient/chill DJs (including myself) to play for and inspire each other, and is now an internationally recognized (by geeks) phenomenon -- all without going commercial, though it keeps getting harder to fairly distribute the very limited number of tickets.

(And no, sorry, I don't have a secret way to get you into the event.)