Author: Rick Klau

Josh Aranovitch, a local Dean supporter who’s now helping out Christine Cegelis and is quite active locally, is close to being one of the top 5 “Majority Makers” over at the DCCC. Help him out by throwing a few bucks to the DCCC, and he can win a trip to the convention. Good luck Josh!

Today’s Washington Post carries a jaw-dropping article about TiVo’s latest fight [via waxy]. Tivo ToGo was announced at CES in January of this year, with a planned Fall release, but if the Movie Industry and the NFL get their way, it will never see the light of day. [PVRblog] This really pisses me off. I…

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Jeff Jarvis predicts, “In the next generation, I think people will learn programming instead [of law] — and that will have a subtle but deep effect on society.” Jeff’s absolutely right. I’m one of the non-lawyers Jeff talks about; I have a degree, but have not practiced a day in my life. I absolutely loved…

Was listening to WBBM tonight while heading over the gas station to fill up the minivan in anticipation of our drive out east (me for the convention, Robin and the kids for family visits). They reported on the Acxiom hack, and the woman reporting the story gravely intoned, “It’s believed to be the largest hack…

Sifry’s Alerts Technorati and CNN A few minutes ago CNN announced that Technorati will be providing real-time analysis of the political blogosphere at next week’s Democratic National Convention. I will be on-site in CNN’s convention broadcast center, along with Mary Hodder, and I’ll be providing regular on-air commentary on what bloggers are saying about politics…

Just got back from Chicago, where I got to see Joe Trippi speak about his book, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. Rumor had it I’m actually mentioned in the book, and sure enough, there I am. Twice, even! I drove Joe to the airport after the book signing, figured it would be a good…

Arch Pundit suggests of Trippi’s new book: Hey, maybe Klau, The Cross guys, Hiram and I should have a book club on this one? What do you guys thing? Anyone would be invited, but all of us have differing levels of using blogs for campaigns. This is a great idea. I’m game. (Speaking of which,…

Will Cox catches an interesting marketing note from an internal SBC mailing: [T]he best coverage of the upcoming political conventions will be on the Internet. Most TV networks will offer only brief highlights; to follow all the action, customers will turn to the Web and they’ll want a fast connection for smooth video transmission. Sounds…

Jeff Beard, aka LawTech Guru, has an interesting post today about KM. In KM Thought of the Day he argues that KM should shift its focus to individual effort in place of institutional effort. I disagree. … If I were a client, I would not be happy retaining a large law firm if I could…