Monday, December 29, 2003

Harvard Magazine profiles our humble little community.  

Today's movie -- Big Fish. One word review: Wonderful. 

Mike Walsh: "I wish there were a Universal Story ID Number in the blogosphere." 

Andrew Grumet: "The first Getting Started with Weblogs class will be held a week from tomorrow at MIT Sloan, building E52." 

Edwards received the endorsement of Hootie & the Blowfish. 

Over the Christmas holiday I started a new moderated mail list for people who use RSS. It's off to a great start. No flames of course, and lots of good ideas, and a discussion about feeds with excerpts.  

Taegan Goddard: "If you have ever wondered why a campaign can spend $1,000,000 or more on television advertising and still be in the single-digits in the polls, you need to read this." 

USA Today: "This will be the year downloadable music goes legitimate," says Dave Fester, general manager of Microsoft's digital media division. 

Betsy Devine: "On December 13, President George W. Bush signed a big chunk of Patriot II into law -- but the 'major media' were focused on Saddam's spider hole." 

Betsy, something to think about -- did any of the Democratic Presidential candidates alert us? 

BTW, Wired News had an article about it in late November, I pointed to it and Jason Lefkowitz got angry and went into motion. I've heard Republican spin masters say that we need a positive optimistic vision for the future, not people who are angry about the past. Remember, when you hear that bullshit, they're not wanting you to think about the Fourth and First Amendments which are being dismantled. Do you think Uncle Sam was angry about Pearl Harbor or the Nazis? Yeah I'm angry. And that's the correct way to be.  

The Scotsman: "Every political animal -- from George W Bush downwards -- began to notice the potential for communicating directly with voters without irritating media types getting in the way. The political weblog was born." 

A rambling essay on friendship, the Dean campaign, ping-spam.  

With any luck, glossary elements are now expanded as the RSS feed is being generated. If so, this should show up as a smiley when you read it in your aggregator.  

Another test of the glossary.