Scripting News

Tue, 27 Jul 2004 21:32:37 GMT

Dan Gillmor: Why not to bid on Google IPO.

Tue, 27 Jul 2004 20:51:48 GMT

Happiness is blogger buttons. 4 of em!

Tue, 27 Jul 2004 20:09:58 GMT

More pictures from the show floor. Peter and Paul of Peter, Paul & Mary. Judy Woodruff (CNN) and Dan Rather (CBS).

Tue, 27 Jul 2004 18:10:10 GMT

Pictures from the show floor, Wolfe Blitzer/CNN, the DNS office.

Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:15:57 GMT

Audio interview with Minnesota candidate for the House, Patty Wetterling. I did the interview with Natasha Celine of Pacific Views. We're in the Democratic News Service; they are "dedicated to getting great stories for the bloggers."

Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:52:40 GMT

Second audio interview with Don Means, senior political advisor at Meetup.Com. Again my co-hort is Natasha from Pacific Views.

Tue, 27 Jul 2004 14:05:48 GMT

Michael, for a thoroughly researched but dark view of Microsoft, nothing beats Breaking Windows by David Bank.

Tue, 27 Jul 2004 12:26:11 GMT

Paolo Valdemarin: Calibrating Points of View.

Tue, 27 Jul 2004 12:35:50 GMT

National Journal: "Who would waste a cannoli?"

Tue, 27 Jul 2004 12:08:37 GMT

Michael Markman, a longtime reader of this site, writes: "It looks like the bloggers at the convention have very little to say except, 'Look! we're blogging at the convention. I just got credentials." I respond: It's just the second day, and the first convention. Of course the first comments are going to be It works! And maybe that's all there is to it. We'll find out. You can't hurry love.

Tue, 27 Jul 2004 11:43:54 GMT

Berkman exec director John Palfrey wonders, perhaps, if the bloggers may be sorry we asked for creds at the DNC, noting my "boring beyond belief" post. First, it got more interesting, and second, while it was really boring at 5PM, no regrets. I recalled watching conventions as a youth, probably the Ford-Carter conventions in 1976, and the ones that nominated Mondale and Dukakis. I go back as far as Nixon-McGovern in 1972. In all cases, you could tell, watching it on TV, that the people at the convention totally weren't paying attention to the speeches, even though the cameras were focused on them. I remember feeling, at the time, what a waste. Now the networks have figured that out and aren't bothering to cover the speeches that are so dull even the delegates don't bother. On the other hand it was a good move for bloggers to be included, and a good move for us to come. The convention proceeds at a pace that's more amenable to our style of reporting. We're getting the hang of it. I expect to be writing about this convention for weeks, months and years to follow, Murphy-willing, of course.

Tue, 27 Jul 2004 11:06:29 GMT

Lance Knobel pulls a quote from a Jay Rosen piece about political consultants at Harvard's Institute of Politics, and how they set expectations for candidates. There is something seriously wrong, if our political system were working, candidates would be judged by how well they represent the interests of voters, not how well they meet the expectations of political insiders. The tech industry went through the same thing, it was called a bubble, and it popped. This one will pop too.

Tue, 27 Jul 2004 11:04:53 GMT

Hollywood Reporter on convention bloggers.

Tue, 27 Jul 2004 10:59:40 GMT

Today's Boston forecast: "Highs around 70." Ahhhh.

Tue, 27 Jul 2004 10:58:56 GMT

On the bus back from the convention last night I sat next to two bloggers from The American Street, both from Oregon, which I learned is a swing state. I took some pictures but I have to get some coffee before I procede with processing.