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Reflections: what I learned during my summer vacation

Sep 22, 2008

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

Apologies to my friends and relatives for being out of touch this summer…. Rather than going to the beach, I instead hung out in a variety of exotic online locales: my.barackobama.com, Wetpaint, Facebook, and the blogosphere (especially OpenLeft, Shakesville, Pam’s House Blend, and Jack and Jill Politics).Â It was kind of a working vacation, engaging…
Poetry Friday: A web 2.0 poem

Sep 19, 2008

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jon

in social computing

In addition to being a co-author on Tales from the Net, my brother Gregory K’s also a poet — best known for Fibs, fibonacci poetry, which wound up getting him a book deal after being featured on Slashdot. In his latest, for this week’s poetry Friday, worlds collide: Iâ€™M PRETTY WELL CONNECTED (a Web 2.0…
A wiki, saving democracy?

Sep 18, 2008

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

But what about the votes that donâ€™t count? What about the systematic attempts to erect barriers between voters and the ballot box? What about voter suppression? In order to educate, document and mobilize action, Iâ€™m excited to introduce the Voter Suppression Wiki. — Baratunde Thurston, Announcing The Launch Of The Voter Suppression Wiki – Learn,…
Constitution Day: Can we please talk about it?

Sep 17, 2008

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jon

in political

Constitution Day has arrived without major statements from Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John McCain on the need to restore this country’s commitment to the rule of law. — John Nichols, Constitution in Crisis, Candidates in Denial, The Nation At the risk of showing my age, I grew up with the impression that the Constitution…
Bitch magazine needs help!

Sep 16, 2008

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jon

in political

Update, September 18: $46,000 raised in 3 days!Â Bitch lives!Â See the comment for more … via Jessica on Feministing: Bitch magazine, the wonderful feminist publication, is in dire need of help. The past issue it put out may be its last if the mag doesn’t raise $40,000 by October 15. That’s a lot of…
Get FISA Right: on the air in St. Paul!

Sep 3, 2008

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jon

in entertainment, political, social computing, Tales from the Net

During the past 8 years, the Bush administration listened to Americans’ phone calls and read their emails without a warrant. If elected President, John McCain would do the same.* – Get FISA Right ad, scheduled to air on Fox News in St. Paul today Update: check out Nick Juliano’s Anti-FISA group targets GOP delegates in…
Get FISA Right gets partisan!

Aug 26, 2008

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jon

in political, social computing

The new ad stars the Constitution as the main player, with the visual featuring a pan over founding documents. One version of the ad takes aim at the Republican Senators, who voted unanimously to extend the powers of government to listen to Americansâ€™ phone calls and read their emails without a warrant; another highlights John…
One Million Strong: this week’s “other” convention

Aug 24, 2008

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

Even without corporate sponsorships or prime-time coverage, the One Million Strong for Barack Facebook group’s online convention this week is a fascinating complement to the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Denver. Nobody’s quite sure how many of One Million Strong‘s 625,000 members are currently active, probably a few thousand. Unlike a lot of Facebook groups,…
Evan Bayh: “Facebook me.” Progressives: “Sure!”

Aug 21, 2008

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

Written jointly with Ronit Aviva Dancis “Evan Bayh for Democratic VP Nominee” on Intrade Prediction Market The last time we heard from Senator Evan Bayh was early July when he voted with the Republicans against all three amendments to strip telecom immunity from the FISA legislation. A month later, here was Max Bernstein’s Can Progressives…
Vegas, baby! Iron Chef Black Hat

Aug 17, 2008

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jon

in Professional, social sciences

Draft posted August 14. Substantially revised August 17. The second of a two-part series on the Black Hat USA 2008 security conference. Back when we lived in San Francisco in the 1990s, we were huge fans of Fuji TV’s Iron Chef, then shown with subtitles on a local cable station. When local chef Ron Siegel…
Vegas, baby! Black Hat, glitter, and pwnies

Aug 12, 2008

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jon

in political, Professional, social computing, social sciences

The first of a two-part series on the Black Hat USA 2008 security conference. Vegas, baby! Continuing my tradition, I was in Las Vegas for Black Hat but didn’t attend the conference proper. My brother was able to come up from LA to meet me, so I decided to hang out with him instead —…
Is netroots non-diversity a myth?

Aug 2, 2008

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jon

in Uncategorized

DRAFT!Â Work in progress Originally written August 2 Most recently revised September 22 Originally written as a response to Chris Bowers OpenLeft post The Myth Of The Non-Diverse Netroots; please see the quantitative debate there. Â There are a lot of additional observations and references in my Gender, race, age, and power in online discussions,…
Towards a rebirth of freedom: activism on social networks, part 1 (DRAFT)

Jul 30, 2008

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

DRAFT! Revised version posted at Pam’s House Blend and (under a different title, and minus the introduction ) Open Left.
Gender, race, age, and power in online discussions, chapter n +1 (DRAFT)

Jul 26, 2008

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jon

in political, social sciences, Tales from the Net

DRAFT! Still under revision! First draft July 26; substantial revisions August 2. Originally written as a three-part conclusion to Gender, race, age, and power in online discussions, chapter n Introduction The “mutual guest-blogging” project I’ve been leading on OpenLeft has been taking place in the context of a surprising amount of coverage of diversity issues…
Get FISA Right: “Don’t let our Constitution die” (DRAFT)

Jul 24, 2008

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jon

in political, social computing, social sciences, Tales from the Net

DRAFT! Please see the revised version on OpenLeft. “Weâ€™ve got more than a million volunteers on my.barackobama.com. Theyâ€™ve planned more than 70,000 offline events through the system, made millions of phone calls from home, and formed thousands of grassroots advocacy groups, including one you might have heard about recently.” — Barack Obama, Netroots Nation video…
Mutual guest blogging: intermission and discussion

Jul 17, 2008

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jon

in political, Professional, social computing, Tales from the Net

Second draft, posted on OpenLeft with a different poll. the version on OpenLeft continues to evolve please link and comment there rather than here. Originally posted July 17; revised July 18-19. We’re now at the midpoint of our first, more-leisurely-than-anticipated mutual guest blogging series. Thanks to Melissa, Sara, Pam, and rikyrah for their time, energy,…
Get FISA Right: Paging Clay Shirky

Jul 13, 2008

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jon

in political, Professional, social computing

Wow, what a weekend. Friday, the Get FISA Right campaign was on CNN a couple of times (including a brief clip by me on American Morning that also got picked up internationally and a great discussion of Obama & Get FISA Right Activism by Ari Melber on CNN headline news where he challenged the left/right…
Get FISA Right: A night of Facebook action

Jul 8, 2008

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jon

in political, privacy, social computing, Tales from the Net, Uncategorized

It’s been a wild few days with the Get FISA Right activism campaign. Our bare-bones media room is the best place to get a quick summary of all the stuff going on; here are a few hightlights: over 22,000 members in the myBO group, and 1700+ on Facebook; we delivered our response and our asks…
It’s the Fourth of July, and we’re fighting for our civil liberties

Jul 4, 2008

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jon

in Personal, political, Tales from the Net

Originally sent to the Senator Obama – Please, No Telecom Immunity and Get FISA Right mailing list. I certainly don’t mean to trivialize the situation. There’s a huge amount at stake and the anger, frustration, and disappointment so many of us (including me) feel comes through in every post. Realistically, the odds are still against…
The first thing to do: set up a wiki

Jul 1, 2008

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

I remember hearing Zack Rosen of CivicSpace starting his talk about the team that put together the Katrina people finder by saying “one of the first things we did was set up a wiki” and it really struck a chord. As an effort like Senator Obama – Please, No Telecom Immunity and Get FISA Right…