Author: gregoryheller

<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…

<p>Ok, someone needs to introduce this website to google maps! <a href="http://www.addyourown.com/index.php?cat_id=5&city_id=1"> Manhattan restrooms and reviews</a><br /> You may also wonder why this entry is filed under technology and polics, well in part it is because my categories are not very well developed at this point, but it is also because mapping goes with technology…

<p>I don't often talk straight up politics here, but [l:http://www.emergingdemocraticmajorityweblog.com/donkeyrising/archives/001197.php|this post from Donkey Rising] really got me going. Ruy analizes some recent poll numbers that all basically show that Americans don't like Bush, or the republicans (that is a massiv oversimplification, but you can get read for yourself).</p> <p>My point here is that if Americans…

<p>This was an interesting panel, I should have gone there from the beginning, but I wanted to go to the list building session. There wasn't much new to learn in the list building session so I bailed and joined up with this one.</p> <p>Here are some notes:<br /> Gettingit</p> <p>Marty Kearns: The technology department needs…

<p>This was the first time that I heard [l:http://doc.weblogs.com/|Doc Searls] speak and it was a rather enlightening talk. His presentation was titeled "What the Internet Is" (i think). Basic idea is that government is trying to rtegulate the internet, or rtather the content that is published on it (think political blogging and BICFA). </p> <p>Well…

<p>I have said it before, and will say it again, and again and again: [lk:network-centricadvocay.net|Marty Kearns] is amayzing!</p> <p>I have seen Marty a few times this year already giving his presentation on [l:http://activist.blogs.com/networkcentricadvocacypaper.pdf|Network Centric Advocacy (links to a .pdf)] but this was by far the best presentation yet. I have to say his was one…