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8/11/2003

 

Watch This Space
Something wonderful this way comes - stay tuned! And in the meantime, read a bit from Dave Winer's blog about the BloggerCon weblog conference at Harvard October 4, 2003. Here's the story and link: http://davenet.userland.com/2003/08/11/the2004Election The 2004 Election Mon, Aug 11, 2003; by Dave Winer
BloggerCon
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ We're having a weblog conference at Harvard Law School on October 4.

It's probably the first academic conference on weblogs, but it certainly won't be the last.

We're going to look at how weblog technology will be used in politics, business, journalism, the law, medicine, engineering and education.

Because we're coming into a political year, 2004, when the US will elect a new president, I'm focusing on the role weblogs will play in the campaign.
(Go to the website to read the schedules and URL info Dave's gotten together...) Candidate schedules
Over the weekend I scanned the candidate websites and put together a list of candidate schedules that say where the candidates are going to be when.

By making the list public, it'll be easier for people with weblogs to visit the candidates and tell us what they learned. I don't think there have been any such reports yet, if you know of any please send me a link.

There are plenty of candidates with weblogs, they are mostly pointless, dull and uninteresting, now. It will get interesting when voters with weblogs make their presence felt with the candidates, and then (get this) invent new candidates.

If you want an idea of what the new game looks like, check out the cast of characters in the California recall. Look at all the citizens participating in the electoral process. Everyone told us they don't care. Heh. And even that's just a hint of a glimpse. Government of the people, by the people and for the people, for better or worse, is what's coming. That's my stake in the ground. All this may happen in the next few months.
Dave Winer

BJ 8/11/2003 12:53:00 PM