The Goodspeed Update

Summing up today’s story:
In a single week, then, Google, the software company, addressed deficiencies in Windows, tried to create a grand unified chat and voice network, and opened its clean, capable, capacious e-mail system to all comers. All of this software is beautifully done, quick to download and fun to use - not to mention […]

I just heard that a new biography (published by the University of Michigan Press) of the late Senator Paul Wellstone will be released here in D.C. in September. The author is none other than his friend and now communications director for Wellstone Action Bill Lofy:
You are invited to the national launch of the new biography […]

Today, my employer, People For the American Way, announced they are opposing the nomination of John Roberts to the U.S. Supreme Court, citing tens of thousands of documents obtained from his years working for Presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush. You can read our 50-page interim report summarizing his views and our position here. (PDF)
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Only a few ahead of me here. Google Talk is instant messaging and voice over IP from Google. Should have seen that coming. Except, their client isn’t working for me, but I can log in with Gaim.

Has launched a website for the free 9/24 concert: www.opceasefire.org

Thursday, September 8th: Citizen Academy Workshop
DC VOTING RIGHTS
“Taxation Without Representation!â€? We all know this as one of the rallying cries for advocates of American independence from Great Britain in the eighteenth century, but what is it still doing on the license plates of DC vehicles today? Some tourists may think that as the […]

I didn’t note last week, but I was quoted by the Post in an article about neighborhood listservs: Many Neighborhoods Find a Voice Online.
… A few sites seek a broader view of the city, including DCist, a Web site that features a daily news and sports roundup and reviews of rock bands, trendy restaurants and […]