- @SaraD see? I’m not the only one who liked it #
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Twitter Updates for 2008-09-06
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Twitter Updates for 2008-09-05
- home again, home again, jiggety jig #
- oh yeah the hawtest milfs are always at the san carlos farmers market #
- enjoying the rnc tweets. not sad to be away from the tv. #
- ha… old high school acquaintance added me as friend on facebook… and then apparently reneged after seeing my profile. lulz #
- @jzb I actually like it. as a branding exercise it works – although could do wo the bg shimmy #
- @sogrady yeah, baby, yeah! <cue austin powers soundtrack> #
- ahm ready for a productive Friday #
- @jzb nice post. I totally agree with you. Allowing dissent within a company can be very productive – if managed correctly #
- @jzb that’s kinda what I meant – have to be able to tolerate dissent and not be so insecure #
- @timoreilly seriously, politics is important… even if it is “turn your brain off” season #
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Twitter Updates for 2008-09-04
- omg. palin looks like a deer in headlights. cracking under pressure. #
- @timoreilly curious, why do you say 10 years? #
- @selenamarie @timoreilly I’m so tired of being from the anti-science country #
- as long as you viewed it as political theatre, giuliani’s speech was highly entertaining #
- @timoreilly that’s what I was afraid you would say (point of no return) 🙁 #
- retweet @Dragonl ‘Lieberman, I Will Help Obama “Reach to the Stars” “I’m his MENTOR” http://is.gd/2aHs ‘ LOL… er, yeah #
- /me thinks there’s a disconnect between those who witnessed palin’s speech in person and those who watched on CSPAN #
- because i didn’t see the same speech gathering so many plaudits #
- I’d like to thank Sarah Palin for motivating me to do what I hitherto had not – donate to the Obama campaign #
- /rt @bjorg “deki 8.08 was released yesterday! this is just an amazing new release… i’m so proud of the team for pulling this off! go team” #
- @dwhelan could you write up your “single push button update and build process” with SVN and NAnt? I’ll post it on openCollabNet #
- @charleneli yes, every employee should participate in community, but who sets community direction? that’s the question a CCO can answer #
- @dwhelan ok, thanks #
- @djazzycool1 just curious, what is your radio audience saying? As a former Arkansan, I’d like to know #
- @jrep CCO == Chief Community Officer – gets back to the debate with @storming #
- @timoreilly @jzb it is now officially “turn-your-brain-off” season. unfortunately, many appear to have done just that. Election years suck #
- palin speech stirs hornets nest of obama supporters: http://tinyurl.com/5e54s6 #
- @jzb I am simultaneously repulsed by the celebrity election but also newly energized – because now the stakes are clear #
- /me wonders when the mindtouch apt repo will have the latest Deki .debs #
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Twitter Updates for 2008-09-03
- @jrep @guyma how can the UK media be so much better – without any constitutional protection? they interview their pols with a scouring pad #
- @guyman the US press is too willing to play the “relative truth” game – without trying to glean what is BS spin and what is closer to truth #
- @guyma that last one was for you. oops… #
- new polling data shows DNC bump for Obama: http://www.slate.com/id/2195956 wonder what the RNC bump will be #
- @jrep an important point to remember #
- dear twitterverse, what open source confs should I attend? other than the obvious, ie. OSCON and OSBC #
- I’m specifically looking for community-driven confs / camps without “linux” in the name – I have a good rundown of all those #
- @jzb yup, got all those, except UTOSC – how many attend that one? #
- @uid0 yup, OLF for sure. NotACon looks intriguing – perhaps a good place to talk to SVN peeps? #
- @laurencooney generally, I’m looking for open source devs. Specifically, I’m looking for Subversion users and potential contributors #
- @jzb wow. will have to check out UTOSC #
- @laurencooney thanks for those – camp-style dev gatherings are definitely a place I want to be #
- there are about a thousand bar camps, but other than BC Austin and SF, what are some of the larger ones? #
- @lisah barcamp Tampa is the same time as OLF :/ #
- @natfriedman @migueldeicaza so fork chromium, then? #
- @webmink well obviously, it’s your disarming good looks and boyish charm 🙂 #
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Twitter Updates for 2008-09-02
- @susanwu that sounds pretty dramatic! #
- 2-day extension for GeekPAC – can we make it count? http://tinyurl.com/geekpac #
- @kveton dude, follow me so I can dm you #
- /me waits for Chrome. really looking forward to playing with it. #
- @guyma I’ve learned not to question goog’s business decisions. more cool software means more data. and more data for goog means more $$$$ #
- @guyma 🙁 Chrome == FAIL #
- Chrome doesn’t work under wine. bleh…. #
- @linuxlibrarian “geek carbon offset” interesting way to put it! will have to think about ways to wrap that wording into our web site #
- anybody get Chromium to build on Linux yet? http://tinyurl.com/6nsgab #
- ok, built chromium, and oh, looks like I’ll have to create an interface for it, as well. heh… #
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Twitter Updates for 2008-09-01
- Harvesting popcorn… yay!!! #
- last day for the GeekPAC fundraiser *sigh* http://tinyurl.com/geekpac #
- storing 8 ears of freshly harvested popcorn #
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2-day Extension for Fund Drive!
We got a 2-day extension for a fund drive. Can we make it count? Forward this link to all your friends, and let’s make this year’s election count:
Donation page on fundable.com
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Twitter Updates for 2008-08-30
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Twitter Updates for 2008-08-29
- GeekPAC update: approaching 60% of our goal. 3 more days. can we make it? http://tinyurl.com/geekpac #
- @bgoldy you seem to hang with an interesting crowd 🙂 #
- @linuxlibrarian hey there’s an idea. geekpac founders can take off an item of clothing for each donation #
- looks like mccain betting the entire race on hillary swing voters. #
- by the way, that blog post is all about why GeekPAC is necessary – http://tinyurl.com/geekpac #
- @jowyang things I didn’t hear at the Demo convention: http://tinyurl.com/democon #
- doh… openmoko is out of freerunners. so much for that idea 🙁 #
- @russnelson wha? obama won primaries &caucuses. mccain just pulled palin from his ass. how are both of these pandering? #
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Things I Didn’t Hear from the Democratic Convention
Breaking news – donate to GeekPAC! 3 days remain on our fund drive.
The Democratic National Convention is now over, and it’s time to take an account of what was (or wasn’t) said. Despite being regaled by some outstanding speeches by very powerful politicians, there were quite a few things left out of the mix. And let’s be serious – I wasn’t expecting to hear them, but it helps to recount what was left unsaid just for the record.
Here’s a small list:
- Big media and big entertainment’s stranglehold on IP laws and the resultant killing of innovation
- Exceedingly high bar to entry for poorer schools to provide access to information services: digital media, web, and software
- Destruction of the marketplace of ideas via abuse of the patent system
- Big telecom’s spiking of our privacy rights
- Economic impairment as a direct result of the nation’s IP laws and regulations
- Continuing growth of the digital divide, or as I like to say, the “Information Divide”
Each of the above wasn’t addressed for a specific reason, because each of the above has a very specific special interest group behind the status quo. For #1 and #4, the perpetrators are obvious. For #2, look no further than many of the software providors for our schools. And no, I’m not addressing any particular company, for there are many. For #3 and #5, think of all the high tech vendors who have a vested interest in the status quo, and they have learned their way around Washington, DC. For #6, well, we all have a hand in that one. In order to get past the Information Divide, we pretty much have to come to terms with its primary cause: the mauling of the marketplace of ideas at the hands of government.
And lastly, what I’m most disappointed not to hear is one iota of support behind the idea that information rights are now human rights. I explain the details of this more thoroughly in the GeekPAC position paper, but the gist is that data and information are vastly more important than our current laws would indicate. As such, our continued development as an technological powerhouse depends on their overhaul and drastic reform. With our dependence on digital data, digital resources, and digital transactions, it behooves us to recognize their importance and introduce a bit of sanity into our legal structures, such as:
- protect citizens from an overreaching government
- create a sustainable system of copyright law that recognizes the importance of the commons
- overhaul (or remove entirely) our current patent laws, as they apply to software technology
- a real plan to address the differences in technology access currently defined by socioeconomic status
- recognition of a wider array of fair use rights – such as the right to access whatever information we legally hold in our possession
And I’m not holding my breath that we’ll hear anything at the Republican Convention either. Now you should understand why I always say that we are people without a party. Those who support these issues must create politically viable groups and influence elections and legislation.
Oh, did I mention that GeekPAC is having a fundraiser RIGHT NOW?
Donate to GeekPAC and fight for your information rights!