Archive for July, 2003
mDeath
Up2Speed: mLife Dies, AT&T Won’t Admit It Stunk
AT&T’s fuzzy and conceited mLife campaign was taken behind the barn and shot. Presumably by a smiling 30-something in high-contrast colors carrying a cell phone. One of the worst-conceived campaigns ever to soak up $120 million finally died, with AT&T’s firing of Ogilvy & Mather (O&M) and hiring […]
Maximizing Movable Type
Maximizing The Power of Blog Software Interesting ideas from A Whole Lotta Nothing [via Dennis Kennedy] on getting the maximum value out of Movable Type: “It’s pretty common for people new to weblogging to embrace the simplicity of publishing, and crave it in the rest of their tools. Once you start blogging and the pain […]
The Connectivity Campaign
David Weinberger is enthusiastic about Governor Dean’s guest-blogging over at Larry Lessig’s blog. David asks, “Has any presidential candidate ever in history been dropped into a free-for-all quite like this? Could it be any more different than Bush’s scripted press conferences and tailored, crotch-enhancing photo opps? Democracy just got a little real-er.”
The conventional wisdom would […]
Dean gets help from DC Insiders
MSNBC.com — Dean gets help from D.C. insiders
But as improbable as it would have seemed three months ago, some Capitol Hill political realists have now accepted — even embraced — the notion that Dean will end up as the Democratic nominee.
“I want to beat Bush and I think Dean is the best guy to do […]
Want to be in the paper?
I got interviewed by a reporter for the Boston Globe last week. She’s writing about the grassroots support building around the Dean campaign, and I stressed that a major contributing factor to the momentum is the growing sense of community that individuals are feeling once they get involved.
To that end, if there’s anyone who reads […]
Chris Suellentrop - Should Dean be afraid of the Internet (Slate.com)
Talk about a forced analogy:
Peer-to-Peer Politics – Should Howard Dean be a little bit afraid of the Internet? By Chris Suellentrop
What did file swappers do after Napster went down? They turned to Gnutella, a system that doesn’t require a central broker. Dean wants to be Napster, but his supporters are more like Gnutella: They don’t […]
Dean gets the Slashdot treatment
Lots of interest over at Slashdot now that Governor Dean will be guest-blogging at Prof. Larry Lessig’s blog while he’s on vacation.
No entries from Governor Dean yet – he is probably wrapping up at the NAACP conference and I imagine he’ll check in later tonight.
Enter the Matrix
My wife bought me Enter the Matrix for Father’s Day (yes, she really is that cool) and I’ve been enjoying it quite a bit the last few weeks. I’m not a gamer (in my opinion, games went downhill after River Raid for Atari), but found the mix of action and plotlines to be kind of […]
Cleaning up Your Act: Dirty Data (CIO Australia)
CIO | Cleaning Up Your Act
Lots of quotes from yours truly about the impact of dirty data on a firm’s software initiatives, the need for process improvement as well as technology improvement, etc. It’s a great article – Sue Bushell really did a nice job of going beyond the sound bites.
Good Chinese restaurant in San Francisco?
A friend needs a good recommendation for a moderately priced Chinese restaurant in San Francisco. Should be casual and can accommodate a medium-sized crowd (20 or so).
Any suggestions?
