Curiouser and Curiouser! on howard-dean http://matt.blogs.it/ RSS feed for topic howard-dean Copyright 2006 Matt Mower Squib/0.1 self@mattmower.com self@mattmower.com en-gb What does Dean say? Sat, 19 Jul 2003 09:59:34 +0100 <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <P><A href="http://google.blogspace.com/archives/001009">Patent Attack</A>. News.com suggests that Yahoo! may use Overture's patent portfolio to extort money from their competitors. I guess their stategy is ``If you can't beat 'em, sue 'em.''... [<A href="http://google.blogspace.com/">Google Weblog</A>]</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Since it seems that the US courts are in charge of determining how copyright & patents should work the world over I am interested in where presidential candidates stand on patent reform.&nbsp; Does Dean have anything interesting to say about this?</P> http://matt.blogs.it/entries/00001523.html A journey with Phil Tue, 23 Sep 2003 20:33:41 +0100 So, I don't have the patience to do a complete re-write but here is a recap of some of the highlights of my <a href="http://dijest.com/aka/2003/09/22.html#a2623">conversation with Phil</a>.<br> <br> Obviously, since we were using it, we talked about Skype (i'm pronouncing it 'sky'-'p'). I guess I'm both impressed and frustrated in equal measure. Most of the time (we were talking for hours, god knows what state Phil was in the next day) the quality was good, but it did crap out on us quite a bit. It definitely needs a cell-phone style signal meter. We even mused that, since Skype knows your address it could tap into the <a href="http://www.internettrafficreport.com/main.htm">Internet Weather Report</a> to tell you what sort of call to expect!<br> <br> We talked about the possible applications for a good, free, VOIP client and there are many. One in particular appeals to me and that is seeing Skype support bundled with the software I buy. What I want is that when I need to contact a vendor I can press a <span style="font-style: italic;">Skype me</span> button. This lets them know that a CSA or Techie should get in touch with me. It's convenient for me because it means that I will be at the computer when they call. The win for the vendor is that they only need to call when they see me online and the cost is significantly cheaper than how they do this today. (As an example, doing webcallback via Netcall means the vendor has to pay for 2 PSTN calls. One from the Netcall server to the CSA and one from the Netcall server to the customer. Then they have to pay Netcall to manage it all as well. Gets expensive).<br> <br> Phil and I are both lefties so we rapped about the war, Bush and the Dean campaign. It's incredibly for a guy that seemed such an outside 12 months ago that if you search for Howard on Google, <a href="http://www.deanforamerica.com/">Dean for America</a> is no. #2. What is particularly impressive is the way the Dean campaign have leveraged their digital savvy into on the ground support. Would that any UK politician had the same nouse. I can't imagine being so impressed with any MP I have come across that i'd actually go talk about them. <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">I would love to feel differently though!<br> <span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><br> I gave Phil a quick head's up on the work we are doing with <a href="http://w4.evectors.it/">K-Collector/W4</a>, he hadn't seen it since <a href="http://blogtalk.net/">BlogTalk</a> (it seems so long ago now...) and we've put a lot of effort in since then.&nbsp; We also <a href="http://dijest.com/aka/2003/09/22.html#a2623">talked about what's needed to get corporates into blogging</a>.<br> <br> Oh he put me onto <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0451459156/ref=sr_aps_books_1_2/026-1765779-1917222">Ruled Brittania</a> (by Harry Turtledove) which is an alternate reality novel set in an England conquered by Spain.&nbsp; I'm a complete sucker for this stuff so that went straight onto my <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/registry/2VBDDIPM7ZWQP/ref=wl_s_3/026-8728199-5122817">wishlist</a>.&nbsp; In return I suggested <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0099263815/ref=sr_aps_books_1_1/026-1765779-1917222">Fatherland</a> (by Robert Harris) a detective thriller set in a victorious post WW II Germany and <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/014017172X/ref=sr_aps_books_1_2/026-1765779-1917222">The Man in the High Castle</a> (by Philip K. Dick and personal favourite of mine) set in an America split down the middle by Germany and Japan.<br> <br> There was lots more but I'm running out of steam...<br> </span></span> http://matt.blogs.it/entries/00001645.html So Dean lost Iowa Tue, 20 Jan 2004 06:51:22 +0000 <p>I saw the headline when I went to <a href="http://w4.evectors.it/">K-Collector</a> this morning and then read most of the details at the <a href="http://w4.evectors.it/itentdirectory/topic?topic=howard_dean">Howard Dean</a> topic. It made a very nice summary of the night and the various viewpoints.</p> http://matt.blogs.it/entries/00001841.html