Month: March 2005

<p>Today's dailyKos <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/3/14/105147/914" title="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/3/14/105147/914">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/3/14/105147/914</a><br /> runs a story about SF Supervisor Daily and his blog <a href="http://www.chrisdaly.org/site/bdsupvrs_page.asp?id=30418" title="http://www.chrisdaly.org/site/bdsupvrs_page.asp?id=30418">http://www.chrisdaly.org/site/bdsupvrs_page.asp?id=30418</a></p> <p>Kos writes<br /> <cite>But there is a deeper significance to Daly's blogging — he's using the technology to get around the media filter to communicate directly with his constituents. No need to call a press conference,…

<p>Brian Russell over at <a href="http://www.audioactivism.org" target="_blank">Has been coming up with some good use-cases for "podcasting", like <a href="http://www.audioactivism.org/2005/02/26/slapcastcom-and-activism-send-podcast-audio-to-politicians/" target="_blank">this one</a>. It might be a misnomer to really call this stuff podcasting, rather it is using audio technology over the internetto deliver message to politicians. Brian suggests using telephone to mp3 services to let voters…

<p>I picked this up off Marty Kearns's Blog. I haven't finished reading the Barrone article yet but couldn't wait to pos tthis to the blog. As Marty Said, Barrone is far more eloquent than I could be on the topic at this hour, so all i will add is this: If the left doesn't start…

<p>In response to Ty McCabe's questions on the nTEN email list i ahve jotted some quick notes back to him regarding <a href="http://www.nten.org/ntc-2005-future" target="_blank">this session at the NTC</a></p> <p><em>What is the future of open source software in the NP technology sector?</em><br /> open source is the future of NP tech. NPS cannot afford all the…

<p>This was an interesting article on MyDD about partisan blog readership. I don't have much to add other than: wake up people who don't believe it! Blogs are the future! and as <A href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/wemedia/book/">Dan Gillmor suggests in <em>We the Media</em></a> blogs are just the next technology in a long tradition of partisan self publication that…

<p>This is a very interesting article about congress and blogging. It is relevent to all levels of elected office who might be thinking about using blogs, or people who work for elected and think their principals should blog but don't. Basically the artiocle drills down on 2 or 3 key points:<br /> 1) Message control:…

<p><a href="http://www.principlesproject.com/finalvote" title="http://www.principlesproject.com/finalvote">http://www.principlesproject.com/finalvote</a></p> <p>While I like that they use CivicSpace it is Pretty sad…</p> <p>That <a href="http://www.principlesproject.com/partners" target="_blank">this roster of groups</a> could only muster <a href="http://www.principlesproject.com/finalvote" target="_blank">about 1200 people</a> from their myriad subscribers to actually vote in this poll. Does it mean:<br /> 1) That the orgs didn't email all their "members"<br /> 2) That…