MIT will host a grassroots technology conference in 2 weeks. It certainly tilts left, but online organizing ideas ultimately ignore the political spectrum. The workshop is described as follows:
Workshop proposals that were accepted fit into one of these themes: a) Making technology relevant to communities b) Online politics post-2004 c) Uniting movements for social justice – Building coalitions, progressive infrastructure
Slingbox update (tags: Leisure NewProducts) CapitolLink: Sen. Obama Is Blogging, Too (tags: OnlinePolitics Blogs) InfoSpace In Play (tags: MandA Search) MarketingVOX: MTV, Warner Partner on Mobile Content (tags: MobileContent) B.L. Ochman’s weblog – Very Dim Publicist Dooced for “Anonymous” Blog (tags: Blogs EmployeeBlogging PR)
BuzzWebster has links to a recap of the Politics Online Conference held last week at George Washington University.
Feld Thoughts – My Favorite Christopher Wool Picture that picture will go for how much??? (tags: comments)
Fred Wilson mentions on his blog that plenty of people are telling him that radio is dead. He has some interesting data from JD Power on what consumers think about satellite and HD radio in their cars. My own view? Satellite threatens FM much more than AM. Those who still listen to AM often do…
I get a lot of email. And a lot of that email reflects pretty poorly on the sender. Some of the emails I receive wouldn’t even make the cut as amateur ransom notes. They are often laden with misspellings or typos. Frequently they fail to make a succinct point. They routinely seem to be disorganized…
ClickZ: PubSub has begun an effort to compile lists of influential Weblogs by category, which could be of use to media buyers and planners eager to buy advertising in blogs.