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Just got back from watching Big Fish. The only review I recall reading when it came out last year was Dave Winer’s one-word review (“wonderful”). (I also remember reading Dave’s subsequent longer comments.) Turns out the reviews by the pros were less enthusiastic. I loved the film. Didn’t just like it, loved it. Towards the…

There are some interesting developments afoot from the former members of the Dean web team. Some from the team are involved in Change for America (Joe Trippi’s umbrella organization of grassroots activists). Here’s another new entrant: Blue State Digital, a for-profit consulting firm that will apply the lessons learned from the Dean campaign to communications,…

Care to join a group of smart, attractive, witty, well-connected bloggers for dinner in Chicago? (I’m not saying those traits apply to all of us. We each get to pick two.) Details: Wednesday, March 24. So far, confirmed to attend: me, Ernie, Buzz, Jenny, Jim, Dennis, AKMA, and Jeff. I spoke with Buzz today and…

My T40 showed up last week, but in the midst of bruising, nicking or otherwise torturing my body in an attempt to finish the basement I didn’t have much time to play with it. Now that I’ve had a few days to get to know it, here’s my initial response: it’s spectacular. Easily the best…

I’m happy to announce that as of today, I’ve joined Socialtext to head up business development. Those that have read this weblog for a while know that early on I was particularly excited about the potential that weblogs represent for business use. Nearly two years ago, I wrote the following as I started to recognize…

A very close friend of mine found out last week that his two year-old daughter has A.L.L. (acute lymphoblastic leukemia). In the span of a couple hours, they went from having a fussy girl with a nagging cold to a fussy girl with leukemia. She started chemo that afternoon, and was released from the hospital…

On April 24, tfpl will host a seminar called Knowledge Management: Lessons from Leaders. Among the panelists is Ros Jones, Knowledge Manager at the Financial Services Authority. See Jones’ Measuring the Benefits of Knowledge Management at the FSA. [excited utterances]

The American Museum of the Moving Image has an online exhibition of TV ads from Presidential races since 1952. [The Blogging of the President: 2004] This is a great site.

I’m not doing as much travel as I used to (and that’s a wonderful thing), but it occurred to me today that magazines are nearly ideal for the 1-2 hour flight. You pick them up in the boarding area, and if you read the whole thing cover to cover, you probably finish around the time…

Interesting catch from Britt Blaser: Meanwhile, here’s a quote from the cover story of the current issue of American Conservative magazine: The tendency to hate, really hate, opposing politicians surely is not good for American democracy. It is not rational to hate George W. Bush, just as it was not rational to hate Bill Clinton.…