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Night to Remember

I clicked on the Obama web site a couple of hours ago, not expecting it would be live yet, so I was thrilled to see a totally new site hove into view. Being among the first explorers, I was the … Continue reading

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Obama Inexperienced? Not at Poker…

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Web 2.0 Traffic Jam

I’ve been trying to return to the brand-new Yahoo aggregator/mashup site called Pipes after reading about it at 5 a.m. this morning, but I can’t get back in. Pipes looks like a new and improved way of automagically collecting information … Continue reading

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Thoughts on the Biden Meltdown

I’m beginning to think politics in the YouTube/blogging Age is remarkably efficient. Here we have motormouth-plagiarizer Joe Biden’s campaign over the day he announces it, thanks to his junior-high snarky comments about his fellow candidates, especially Barack Obama, whom he … Continue reading

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Hunting for Web 2.0 Sites for the Arts

I’ve spent the last couple of hours looking for Web 2.0 sites that might be helpful to the Denver Commission on Cultural Affairs and the Western States Arts Federation as they work on using social software to advance the arts. … Continue reading

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Why I Love Video Blogs

Click To Play Josh Leo is one of my inspirations for video blogging, and this episode, in which he asks his girlfriend to marry him, really touched me and made me happy. Here’s to a long and happy union of … Continue reading

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Street Scenes

We are back in Denver, where the views on Larimer Street this morning were less orderly than those experienced during my walks down Brattle Street in Cambridge, Mass., where we spent the weekend for the dedication of my grandson at … Continue reading

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You Gotta Love Them Western Democrats

Time Magazine has an excellent piece by Joe Klein titled “The Democrats’ New Western Stars.” It concludes with this anecdote about Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer: In the end, the real impact of the Rocky Mountain Democrats on their party may … Continue reading

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First Trip to Vegas

I took this photo yesterday at The Palms in Las Vegas, where I gave a Web 2.0 demonstration to the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) Board of Trustees. I had never been to Vegas before in my life, and frankly … Continue reading

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Obama Begins a Long, Long Journey

I just opened an e-mail from Sen. Barack Obama which included this video and his announcement that he is forming a Presidential Exploratory Committee. I doubt there is any turning back, so this is a big day for someone who … Continue reading

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