Category: Uncategorized

Best line of the convention blogs: “I sure hope the Republicans or the terrorists don’t figure this system out.” Second best line, from Jesse, answering how good Barack’s speech was: “It will be on rap albums next year, during the tracks that are trying to be socially conscious.”

Yesterday was an interesting experiment on my blog, and a sign of what’s coming. While at the airport, I snapped this picture with my phone: Using the phone’s MMS capabilities, I sent it to TextAmerica which both uploaded it to my photo blog, and, thanks to a little bit of code, also updated the image…

AP – Republican Jack Ryan officially withdrew from the U.S. Senate race Thursday, nearly five weeks after a sex scandal forced him to abandon his candidacy. [Yahoo! News – Politics]

For anyone in the greater Chicago area, you might want to check out the DL21C’s campaign training scheduled for Saturday, August 7. I’ll be giving a session in the afternoon on political organizing, with an obvious focus on how to use the Internet effectively in campaigns and outreach efforts.

On the front page of section B of today’s Wall Street Journal is an article about wikis, and prominently features what we’re doing at Socialtext. (If you subscribe to WSJ.com, you can read the article here.) Enter the wiki, which has aims to revive the idea of the “writable Web,” which was how the medium…

OneMan notes that he’s seeing a lot more traffic this week; my daily traffic has more than doubled. Why? Simple: Barack. Whole lot of interest in that skinny guy with the funny name.

That was pretty funny. John Edwards finished his speech, the family joins him, and Elizabeth is holding Jack. C-Span, sensing a special moment, zooms in. Jack’s face fills the screen. It’s almost 11pm. And parents around the country can clearly lip-read: “Mommy, I’m sleepy.” They really are just like us!

powered by Audioblog.com

powered by Audioblog.com

powered by Audioblog.com