Category: Politics

The Political Uses of Flickr

I found this interesting article about Moveon.org’s use of Flickr via Echoditto’s linkblog. Today I stumbled across Flickr user DC Tourism, apparently an account created by the Washington, DC Convention & Tourism Corporation (WCTC). Other organizational applications I know of include my kickball league DC Kickball (members were encouraged to email in photos), Evan Bayh […]

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Meetup Report

Last night even though I was late the monthly blogger meetup went smashingly with about 20 people in attendance. It was good to see Celeste, Michael, and Eddie who lives in San Francisco and dropped by for a visit. Always Write has a better list of attendees, Pat and I forgot to send around a […]

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I Am Moblogging

Count me behind the times. The inevitable result of me finally getting a cameraphone: moblogging. > See just my cameraphone pics > See entire Flickr stream Thanks to Michael who pushed me over the edge by telling me “it changed his life.”

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Gadgets, Get Yer Gadgets

Today I broke down and purchased a Treo 650. Before I wasn’t exactly in the technological dark ages, but using a slightly obscure smartphone manufactured by Samsung called the i500 (all the way on the left). The phone worked fine and had a solid OS, but like many older phones didn’t support SMS messaging. To […]

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Reading The Power of Many … One Year Later

Last weekend I read Christian Crumlish’s The Power of Many: How the Living Web is Transforming Politics, Business, and Everyday Life. Instead of learning any major revelations, I mostly discovered just how much of a geek I have become, but luckily I know who to blame. While I won’t say much about the content of […]

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Blog Work

I just installed the “recent-comments” and “most-commented” plugins written by Nick Momrik. I had no trouble at all installing either, I only wish the recent comments plugin had the option to display the date of the comment. I’ve also sprinkled some Google ads around (might as well, right?) and am considering tweaking the layout slightly […]

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