Scripting News

Sun, 11 Jan 2004 21:51:49 GMT

I find it interesting that none of the Presidential candidate blogs are in the Top 100 on the Share Your OPML site. Here's a communication platform, open to the candidates, and none of them have used it well enough to match the individual bloggers? Also a surprise is the relatively poor showing of the big newspaper feeds. I would have guessed the NY Times would be in the Top 10. Not so. It's in my personal Top 10 for sure. I wonder why? I assume it's because people don't know that the feeds are there?

Sun, 11 Jan 2004 17:46:01 GMT

Watching the Sunday morning political shows: Meet the Press, Face the Nation, Chris Matthews, Wolf Blitzer -- tons of Presidential ads. Boston is the big New England TV market and New Hampshire is in New England, so we see the ads, and boy are they interesting. I've never seen this kind of political advertising before. Suggestion to the campaigns, post your latest ads on the the Web and send me pointers, please. It's a cheap way of getting your message out and generating buzz. A curious thing about all the ads, at the end of each, the candidate says "My name is John Kerry, and I approved this message." They all say exactly the same thing (except Kucinich who says "Did I approve this message? You bet I did." Weird.) Anyway, why? This is new. This must have something to do with campaign finance reform.

Sun, 11 Jan 2004 19:03:44 GMT

Peter Rukavina: I'm blahblahblah and I've approved this message.

Sun, 11 Jan 2004 17:52:20 GMT

Meet the Press had a particularly clueless segment on blogs. Typical BigPub arrogance. One guy says he has a blog, but his is different -- he posts columns instead of pancake recipes. Oh. Okay. I guess you're smart and we're stupid. Thanks.

Sun, 11 Jan 2004 17:15:26 GMT

Diego Doval: "Postel's law is for implementors, not designers."

Sun, 11 Jan 2004 14:39:46 GMT

I believe that Larry Lessig and I have found our creative commons, the concept of a citizen blogger. I will write a definition.

Sun, 11 Jan 2004 12:55:24 GMT

Monday forecast: "Turning milder. Highs in the mid 30s." Whew.

Sun, 11 Jan 2004 12:33:38 GMT

Bob Wyman, on the Atom-Syntax list, explains how the "liberal in what you accept" philosophy erects barriers that get no new features or performance for users.

Sun, 11 Jan 2004 08:17:05 GMT

Today is the second birthday of Radio 8. Many happy returns!

Sun, 11 Jan 2004 07:36:37 GMT

NY Times editorial: "Your nostrils begin to freeze, and you realize that your body is somehow merging with the elements."

Sun, 11 Jan 2004 07:32:25 GMT

Don Hopkins: "Focus groups hated The Sims."

Sun, 11 Jan 2004 07:28:04 GMT

Financial Times: Bush savaged by former Treasury chief. "In the CBS Sixty Minutes interview Mr O'Neill, the former chief executive of the aluminium company Alcoa, says there was little constructive dialogue between officials and the president."

Sun, 11 Jan 2004 07:22:29 GMT

NY Times: My So-Called Blog.

Sun, 11 Jan 2004 07:23:36 GMT

Phil Wolff's complete list of blogging awards. "The title of this post is the goal, not the result."