Ross Mayfield's WeblogMarkets, Technology and MusingsMammoth- July 26, 2003 The Minarets from Minaret Lake Off to Mammoth Lakes for a few days. Mammoth is on the Eastern side of the Sierras, where tectonic plates collide so elevations rise. There are few places where you can access the backcountry so easily. No reception. No blogging. Hiking, mountain biking down Mammoth Ski Area, stagpiles, pummus, hot springs and kayaks. We make a point to go once a summer.http://radio.weblogs.com/0114726/2003/07/26.html#a565 Blog for Governor- July 26, 2003 Peter Kaminski: In case you've not heard, the Democratic Governor in California sucks. Well, that's what a rich Republican spoiler and a million Californians think. Personally, I'm not sure he sucks more than a lot of other politicians in the country, but that's another story. Anyway, the petition to have a recall vote for Governor has succeeded, and we're to have a recall election October 7th. The first question will be whether or not to fire the current Governor, and then there will be list..http://radio.weblogs.com/0114726/2003/07/26.html#a564 Digital Polity- July 25, 2003 Attended a networking luncheon this week where Reed Hundt gave a speech quite different than two weeks prior at Supernova. Perhaps he drank the superjuice -- it was very emergent democratic and second superpowery. The first speech centered on his proposal to provide Universal Broadband Access to over 90% of US homes by 2013. Americans take the Net for granted more than anyone, while other enlightened countries (Korea being the poster child) make it a mission. This...http://radio.weblogs.com/0114726/2003/07/25.html#a563 Resistance is Futile- July 25, 2003 Liz Lawley made a great post on in-class and in-conference back-channels over at Many-to-Many. A key takeaway is that the back-channel will always exist. You can resist or incorporate it into your activities to focus the channel.http://radio.weblogs.com/0114726/2003/07/25.html#a562 The Other Buzz- July 25, 2003 Buzz narrowly escapes his 15 minutes of fame. Today's NY Times story on back channels at conferences has provoked lots of interesting commentary around the web today. One tidbit to pass along. The story includes the archetypal conference blogging story of the impact of Doc Searls and Dan Gillmor sharing a link from Both "forwarded by a reader in Florida." If you want the story behind the story, go check out Buzz Bruggeman's blog buzzmodo. Buzz was that "reader in Florida" and he describes his..http://radio.weblogs.com/0114726/2003/07/25.html#a561 |