Month: May 2005

<p>I just read [l:http://www.edbatista.com/2005/05/think_blink_mal.html|Ed Batista's blog entry about Malcom Gladwell's "Blink"] (well the first isntallment anyway) and it is enought to make me go buy the book. It seems really interesting. This struck me in Ed's entry</p> <p><cite>It's clear that the online environment is one in which our adaptive unconscious can play a significant role.…

<p>[l:http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/28/arts/design/28podc.html|Saturday's New York Times] ran an interesting story about alternative museum audio guides released as audio blogs, or podcasts–mp3 files dowloadable from the web. It is really better to think of them as such, than as "podcasts" because generally, I don't see why a user wo uld "subscribe". Rather you would go looking for it…

<p>via <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/5/prweb245620.htm">PRWeb: Gregory Heller to Join CivicActions:<br /> <cite><br /> Gregory Heller will join CivicActions, LLC this June after more than two years with the New York State Senate Democratic Conference. Heller's role at CivicActions will include new business development, project management, and client relations.</cite></a></p> <p>It's official, on the wire and everything.</p>

<p>Street Fairs!</p> <p>Here is an issue for any daring city political hopeful, [l:http://www.ocdblogger.net/blog/2005/05/30/street-fairs-the-bane-of-summer-in-the-city|END STREET FAIRS]. Sure, everyone likes the convenience of shopping for cheap socks while enjoying some spicy Italian sausage with onions and peppers that you can wash down with fresh lemonade and top off with a Nutella Crepe, but come on, think about…

<p>The New York Times ran at least 3 articles on Coney Island this weekend. Yesterday they wrote about the New Stillwell Avenue Subway Station (covered in PhotoVoltaic Glass Panels), today's city section dealt with Gregory & Paul's (a food concession on the Boardwalk at West 9ths street that I have always been fond of because…

<p>Remembering is not as important as it used to be. </p> <p>Before the internet (or before this moment in history) technicians or crafts people HAD to learn how to do things, and relied upon that knowledge over and over again to do their jobor what have you. You needed to learn how to get from…

<p>Advocates for Rasiej just sent out an email (6:53pm from Micah Sifry) announcing the campaigns first Video Blog, and as far as I know it is the first ever Video Blog in NYC politics. You can view the 2 minute spot [l:http://www.advocatesforrasiej.com/2005/05/24/the-start-of-our-videoblog|Here].</p> <p>In it, Andrew talks about his experience running Irving Plaza and later founding…

<p>So someone decided it would be really great to start a [l:http://www.fuh2.com|website where people could post pictures of them saluting the H2].<br /> <img src="http://www.fuh2.com/images/2624-1.jpg" /><br /> This is a great picture of one of these gass guzling behemouths sporting a "support our troops" ribbon (probably one of the knockoffs made in china).</p> <p>Ugh! Some…

<p>[via <a href="http://www.freepress.net/action/petition.php?n=fakenews">Free Press : Stop News Fraud</a>]:</p> <p><cite>Together we forced an investigation of pundits on the government payroll. With your help, we can force Congress, the Federal Communications Commission and local broadcasters to crack down on covert propaganda and keep fake news off the air.</cite> </p><p>Take a minute to <a href="http://www.freepress.net/action/petition.php?n=fakenews">Sign the petition against…

<p>[via <a href="http://fec.cdt.org/archives/principle/index.html">Protect Online Political Speech: Principle Archives</a>]:</p> <p><cite>1. The Internet is a unique and powerful First Amendment forum, which supports speech as "broad as human thought." It empowers ordinary people to be speakers and publishers with the ability to reach millions. As such, the Supreme Court has afforded speech on the Internet the highest…