Oct
13
Yossi Vardi will speak at Harvard on October 21 from 5 to 7 PM
October 13, 2003 | Comments Off
Yossi Vardi is a wonderfully interesting thinker who is fascinated by
social software, swarms, telepresence (or “e-presence” as he likes
it)–and how the neurology of the web is enabling the development of
our collective system of communication and cognition…
He was also one of the first real entrepreneurs in Israel, and brings a deep creative spirit to what he [...]
Oct
12
The important questions re: the Clark campaign
October 12, 2003 | Comments Off
The Clark campaign seems to be addressing its cyber critics by
suggesting that these people do not speak for a broader movement, and
that the problems of the campaign are normal startup issues. This
may or may not be true. The questions raised by their critics are
still valid: What is the Clark campaign doing to harness
grassroots activism? How [...]
Oct
12
Mitch Ratcliffe on what remains to be invented/evolved in the Dean campaign
October 12, 2003 | Comments Off
Those of us interested in democracy run a danger of over-celebrating the Dean campaign’s success in
cyberspace so far. Much remains to be invented and evolved. A valuable
line of conversation for those of us interested in evolving democracy
could be “What next for the Dean campaign?”
Mitch Ratcliffe, who does very thoughtful writing on organizational evolution, puts the [...]
Oct
10
The New Federated European Union–Adam Curry’s comments
October 10, 2003 | Comments Off
Thanks to Dave for passing on Adam Curry’s BloggerCon follow-up thoughts.
Adam Curry writes about the development of the new, federated European
Union. This is very important for us in America to pay attention
to. The Europeans are creating a new constitutional foundation
for themselves–they are dong what our nation did 200 years ago–and
they are dong it for the [...]
Oct
10
The blogosphere and political process: all the Clark that’s fit to print..
October 10, 2003 | Comments Off
The Daily Kos has a well-reasoned and passionate essay
about why the process of the Democratic primary campaigns matters, and
how the Dean and Clark campaigns are helping to define that process,
The Internet now allows rank and file Democrats, otherwise unaffiliated
with any traditional powerbrokers or interest groups, to exert
collective influence on a campaign. It’s not merely a [...]
Oct
9
Credit where credit is due: Abstract Dynamics
October 9, 2003 | Comments Off
BTW, I can’t begin to tell you how much fun I think this site is! Abstract Dynamics..Willliam Abraham Blaze!!
Oct
9
The Clark case and the changing structure of politics in America
October 9, 2003 | Comments Off
The Clark imbroglio continues, as Draft Clark has gone on the offensive
with an open letter denouncing Clark’s new campaign team. Dave is maintaining a good summary of the action. See also Kos and Taegan (thanks to Dave).
What is the significance of the Clark case? We are living in a
new “demand environment’ for candidates. Consider [...]
Oct
9
Network-Centric Advocacy and Marty Kearns
October 9, 2003 | Comments Off
Marty Kearns sent me an email about “working to come up with strategies
to help advocacy groups plan and implement network-centric advocacy.”
I went to the Network-Centric Advocacy blog and found many items that
are stimulating. Here are three sample blog entry titles and links,
with my notes in parenthesis:
“Free” Network Tools Wisdom from the Dean Blog (results of [...]
Oct
8
InstaPundit on Closed versus Open in the Clark Campaign
October 8, 2003 | Comments Off
Glenn Reynolds commenting on the closed versus open split in the Clark campaign:
As I said at BloggerCon, on the Internet you get power by giving up
control. The Dean people seem to get this. Clark’s people, so far,
don’t. And they’ve started their campaign late enough that they’re
going to have to learn fast if they’re going to [...]
Oct
8
Closed versus Open in Wesley Clark’s campaign
October 8, 2003 | Comments Off
The technology-savvy, young campaign manager for the Clark campaign has quit, according to a New York Times/Associated Press story noted by Dave.
“Donnie Fowler, 35, told associates he was leaving over widespread
concerns that supporters who used the Internet to draft Clark into the
race are not being taken seriously by top campaign officials. Fowler
also complained that [...]