http://dunlaps.net/darius Tech, Music, People, Politics, and their intersections Sun, 01 Jun 2008 20:05:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The May 30th Gillmor Gang is all about FriendFeed and it's one of the best I've heard. http://gillmorgang.techcrunch.com/2008/05/31/gillmor-gang-053008/ Why FriendFeed Matters Bret Taylor of FriendFeed makes the point that different people use different tools, and that's one of the reasons he created FriendFeed. He says: "The union of all of your friend's one ... http://dunlaps.net/darius/2008/06/01/friendfeed-value-and-on-gillmor-gang/ Why the Open will win If only my friends who have accounts in the same service can see my photos or favorite music or restaurants, then I will put less energy into participating in that service. But with a mesh of services connected by common syndication formats and open APIs (Application ... http://dunlaps.net/darius/2008/06/01/why-the-open-will-win/ Barack Obama spoke a few weeks ago in West Virginia, and this is an excerpt of the speech where he addresses Veteran issues: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Obama08AudioPodcast/~3/298555412/20080512_CharlestonWVfull-podcast.mp3 Personally, I lost an uncle to suicide largely stemming from his tour in Vietnam. I also watched the effects of PTSD on another uncle, of the WWII generation, ... http://dunlaps.net/darius/2008/05/30/obama-on-veterans/ My friend Monique was instrumental in organizing this year's tour. Details are on the HMB Review webite, at: http://www.hmbreview.com/articles/2007/05/16/community/community_news/story4.txtCome on down! let me know if you'll be joining us! http://dunlaps.net/darius/2008/05/14/pescadero-garden-tour-saturday-may-19th/ Everyone has been making much of the Obama speech on race and racism in america. David S. Broder of the Washington Post has written well on the subject and why it will continue to be a controversy. But he suggests that Obama's immediate objective was to "douse the controversy" surrounding ... http://dunlaps.net/darius/2008/03/24/douse-the-controversy-or-transform-it/ Shel Israel wrote a powerful post a couple days ago. I just saw it. It's in the general theme of social networks, but really it's about bigotry. A Must-Read:http://redcouch.typepad.com/weblog/2008/02/its-them.htmlPowered by ScribeFire. http://dunlaps.net/darius/2008/02/11/them-is-very-much-us/ WSJ Online now has a policy that shuts down your account access if they detect you logging in from more than one computer at a time. TechCrunch does a nice job telling the story behind this fiasco.What I find really funny is that this sort of stupidity is now considered ... http://dunlaps.net/darius/2008/02/01/anti-customer-update-wsj-online/ In this video interview, Danah Boyd makes some great points about lack of socialization of kids. Lack of space for them to gather and be social even in with their own friends and some of the factors making this happen. Then she talks about how they DO socialize, online... OK, ... http://dunlaps.net/darius/2008/01/26/danah-boyd-on-socialization-in-the-digital-world/ Well, the one and only thing that I did for my blog was start it up again... [From What one thing did you do on your blog in 2007 that improved it the most? - The Last Answers] http://dunlaps.net/darius/2008/01/14/what-one-thing-did-you-do-on-your-blog-in-2007-that-improved-it-the-most-the-last-answers/