joining us this week is nick bilton of "the new york times." he is a technology columnist and reporter with the times. mr. bilton what do you write about? >> guest: i write about anything to do with technology and business in the way technology is changing society and culture and i write about the big companies that are affecting what we are doing including apple, microsoft and smaller ones like twitter and facebook which is not necessarily small anymore but it's a technology and culture. >> host: when did you move to the san francisco area? >> guest: i am now a san francisco resident as the four months ago so i was in new york for 15 years on the east coast and i'm out here now enjoy the warmer weather. >> host: why did you move out there? >> guest: i've been in the city for 15 years and i've been a reporter for the paper for a couple of years now. before that i was in the research and development labs. my job was to look into the future but when i became a reporter there is definitely a burgeoning tech scene in new york with a lot of startups

the title was nick bilton loves the news, it's just the paper he can't stand. which got picked up all over the place, and there was definitely an interesting response, but in the end, you know, the times recognized that i was, essentially, kind of the next generation of reader. and that they, you know, they needed to listen to what i had to say and what other reporters at the taper that weren't -- paper that weren't necessarily reading the print paper had to say. that's a testament to them building the iphone apps and all these different things, and i think they're definitely aware of that now. >> host: nick bilton, in your book and in your columns, you talk about the me generation. what do you mean by that? >> guest: well, a couple of different things to that. you know, one of the things that's happened is that digital affords this world where we get things that are, essentially, smart, and they understand what we want, right? so i may want to watch a tv show on my iphone. you may want to watch it on a 72-inch plasma television. somebody else may want to watch

joining us this week is nick bilton at "the new york times." he's a technology columnist and reporter with the times. mr. bilton, which he read about? >> i read anything to do with technology and business in the technology changes society and culture and also a lot of companies affected what we are doing, including apple, microsoft and thought it was like twitter and facebook, which is not necessarily small anyway. just a range of technology culture. >> when did you get to the francisco area? >> i was in new york for 15 years on the east coast. i'm out here now enjoy the warmer weather. >> why did she live out their aquatic >> i've been in the city 15 years and i've been a reporter for the paper for a couple years. the forest in the research and development lab in my job is to look into the future. there's definitely a arginine taxiing in new york at the ladders lot of startups and also a whole different world of silicon valley and we decided maybe it would be worth me trying to come out here and explore different opportunities as far as reporti

nick bilton, what do you write about? >> i read about anything to do with technology and business and the way society is changing culture. i read about companies that affect what we're doing. it is just a range of technology and culture. >> when did you move to the san francisco area? >> i am a san francisco resident as of 4 months ago. i am out here now enjoying the weather. >> why did you move out there? >> i have been in the city for 15 years. i have been a reporter break couple of years now. when i became a reporter, there definitely was a burgeoning tax seen -- teech scene. without we could -- it has been an amazing to go down to the valley and meet with some of these companies and see some of the things happening in san francisco. >> two questions from your last answer, what are up the research and development labs of "the new york times." >> the idea was when you look at the paper, you have reporters that are recording daily stories. they are embedded in what ever their beat is. you have the web development team th

guest: well, all my stories they share on line, on twitter and facebook and you can find me at nick bilton pretty much anything on the internet, and i'm also adds and white -- nytimes.com/bits and that is pretty much it. host when you have your own web site, nick bilton.com. and if you go to nick bilton.com and pick up a copy of his book, "i live in the future and here's how it works," there is qr codes at every chapter for more content and there is a copy, there is a picture of the book on your screen right now. nick bilton has been our guest on "the communicators." mr. bilton, thank you for your time. >> guest: thanks for having me. >> i believe it's important to emphasize that while it's great to have this memorial to his memory, and it's great to have a national holiday, and it's great to have streets and schools and hospitals named in his honor all over our nation and world, it is also important to not place too much emphasis on martin luther king the idol, but not enough emphasis on the ideals of martin luther king, jr.. 's been out conversation on the book, jacqueline kennedy, histo

nick bilton has been our guest on "the communicators." mr. bilton, thank you for your time. >> guest: thanks for having me. >> here's a look at what's ahead today. next, an official with the u.s. agency for international development talks about the economic impact of u.s. aid to china. then, weekly standard founding editor william kristol is part of a panel that examines the legacy of yale alumnus william f. buckley and his influence on the conservative movement. >> the british parliament is back in session as lawmakers return from their holiday break last week for their first question time of the year. you can see more coverage this week as british prime minister david cameron takes questions from members of the house of commons. live coverage wednesday morning at 7 a.m. eastern here on c-span2. >> i believe that it is important to emphasize that while it's great to have this memorial to his memory and it's great to have a national holiday and it's great to have streets and schools and hospitals named in his honor all over our nation and worl

reporter nick bilton on the change of technology. "the communicators" tonight at eight eastern on c-span2. .. >>> this week on q&a, producer, director carl colby discusses his latest documentary film about the life and death of his father former cia director william colby. c-span: why did you do a documentary on your father? >> guest: you might have asked that question ten or 15 years ago when he was alive, and i was down in washington, d.c. making documentaries and interviewing other people's you might think why didn't i interview my father then that he was the kind of person that as you know if he was alive today he would talk about what's going on with the drones and would be involved in the debates of the time but as his son asking him personal questions as to his motivations and not detailed operational the information but other more personal information he just wasn't forthcoming. so i thought it would be very frustrating. and then there's another reason i made which was i was watching golf blitz your's coverage of the fall of

nick bilton on the attack of changing technology on business, the media and everyday life. ththe communicate is tonight at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> coming up live tomorrow here on c-span2, house minority leader nancy pelosi. mike allen of politico interviews the former house speaker at 8:25 a.m. eastern. you can see it live again here on c-span2. >> kansas governor sam brownback delivered his second state of the state address this past wednesday. he called for overhauling the state tax code, changing the pension system for state employees. this is about half an hour. [cheers and applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] {>>} mr. speaker, mr. president, legislators, justices of the kansas supreme court; leaders of kansas sovereign native american nations, my wonderful wife and first lady of kansas, mary, an welcome to the first day of winter. this is pretty amazing. good evening. glad to have you back in town. our family just experienced its first wedding with our oldest daughter abby marrying eric teetsel. [applause] thank you. it was exciting, it was emotional, and i