I wasn't going to jump on the bandwagon, but watching this explode has been an interesting example of what happens when an organization thinks they can control what happens on the Internet. The Motion Picture Association of America has been sending DMCA take-down notices to sites that have been reposting a 16 byte code that unlocks the content on ...More »
This morning I fell through the looking-glass when I heard Senator Hatch being interviewed on KCPW. It is a strange world, where you can accuse the other side of partisanship and obstructionism while claiming you have never done it yourself. Lara Jones, the interviewer, asked Senator Hatch if he was going to debate his opponent. I was looking forward ...More »
According to insiders at Mark Warner's "Map Changers" PAC, we lost out of getting to the second round by a few votes. Those votes could have been yours if you didn't participate. Right now my campaign is at a financial crossroads between taking money from Political Action Committees with clear agendas and staying with individual contributions. Ideally, I would ...More »
BoingBoing tipped me off to a great development that happened today. Jimbo Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, has established a space for campaign and policy discussion inside their new Wikia project. My use of a wiki in my campaign has solicited some great ideas that I have taken on the campaign trail as solutions to the problems in America. ...More »
My deepest gratitutude to all the effort and kind words from bloggers around Utah (and New York and Ohio) with their efforts yesterday to boost the campaign. A woman in Kane County told me that the Internet is the earth in the grassroots of democracy. Yesterday's "blogswarm" is a good example of how that works. I've added ...More »
The campaign is on fire today due to a Wired News Interview by Eliot Van Buskirk and a subsequent Digg followup. Many people from all over the country (and one American in Dublin) have been sending in their support, both financial and verbal. Thanks to all! I returned yesterday from hitting my 16th Democratic county convention. The Deseret News covered ...More »
Here is another round of interviews for you to read. Chris Stowe, a Democrat at BYU has part one of a two-part interview. David Troels Garby, a Dane with an interest in American politics asks about the campaign and my Danish heritage. Last, Jonathan Singer of MyDD.com conducts a very issue oriented Q&A.
I spent most of this morning combing microfiche at the Salt Lake City library, more on that later. Aside from my realization that there is real business opportunity in converting newspaper archives to digital combined with even a rough OCR index, I found my activities of pillaging old newspapers a marked contradiction from today's news. Thirty years ago, a politician ...More »
A couple of new interviews came out this week. The first is by my friend Lori, who along with her husband Dan, invited me to New York City in January. Lori's interview style is unconventional, but that is what this is all about, right? Second is a followup by Bryan Catherman who first interviewed me last year. Many thanks to ...More »
Over the years of running XMission, I witnessed several instances of what became known as "Slashdotting". A popular tech news site, Slashdot has such a large audience that they can bring powerful computer servers to their knees with an onrush of visitors. Thus the verb, "Slashdotting". At the beginning of the campaign it was not only a priority with ...More »
