Electrolite: If we only had a press.

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"Electrolite"

"Electrolite" 04/19/2004 09:36 AM

Electrolite: Things I don't believe.

Electrolite: Things I don't believe. 04/26/2004 11:35 AM
Things I don't believe .. Electrolite .. post

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Electrolite: Recent history.

Electrolite: Recent history. 04/18/2004 06:55 PM
Recent history .. Electrolite

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Amazing Heinlein discussion on
Electrolite

Amazing Heinlein discussion on
Electrolite 01/10/2004 10:48 AM
Respected science fiction critic John Clute reviewed Heinlein's long-lost, unpublished novel, For Us, The Living, for SciFi.com, giving it a rave -- saying that this was the kind of science fiction that, if it had been published in its day, might have actually yeilded a generation of futurists who more-or-less accurately described the present-day-future.

The 140-comments-and-still-going discussion of this on Electrolite is just about the most fascinating literary/political/historical discussion I've ever read. You've got heavy-duty writers, ex-space-program people, major editors, Heinlein trufans and assorted others really digging into this idea: how much did Heinlein get right, what did he get wrong, since when are sf writers supposed to predict the future anyway, how did his politics change and how did he change politics? Meaty stuff.

As I said in another thread on another Nielsen Hayden's blog, I recently re-read "Friday," and then immediately picked up "For Us, the Living" and read that next. "Friday" was published in 1982, and FUTL was written in 1937-38. In both novels, Heinlein writes about a world-spanning information network. The 1982 "Friday" version looks a lot like the Internet of today; Heinlein's characters sit at "terminals" and "punch" requests for information -- they can get everything from the history of the city of Memphis, Tenn., to musical recordings, to astronomical data. One character removes a "portable terminal" from her purse and punches for her family financial records, which she can examine in depth while sitting out in the garden.

Change some of the buzzwords there and you have an accurate portrayal of the Internet in 2004.

Heinlein's Internet ca. 1938 AD was way cool for fans of retro futures: users called operators on videophones (I forgot what Heinlein called the videophones) and the operators sent documents on their way via pneumatic tube; the tubes could reach from one coast to another. Whoosh! (Why doesn't the world have long-distance pneumatic tubes, dammit?!) At one point, a character in the 2085 wants to look up a newspaper article from 1938; she calls the operator and has a photostat in her hands within a few minutes.

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A Lot of the Press Press Didn't Buy
White House Spin on 9/11 Document, Even
Though the WH Dumped It on Saturday
Night 4/13

A Lot of the Press Press Didn't Buy
White House Spin on 9/11 Document, Even
Though the WH Dumped It on Saturday
Night 4/13 04/13/2004 07:30 AM
Editor & Publisher .. ass

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Powell forces press aide to let him
answer Meet the Press question

Powell forces press aide to let him
answer Meet the Press question 05/17/2004 06:11 AM
Colin Powell appeared on Meet the Press this weekend, and his appearance was marred by his press secretary moving the camera and attempting to end the interview early when Russert, the interviewer, started to ask a hardball question about the fictional Nigerian yellow-cake uranium that Powell used as an excuse to go to war in Iraq.

Most noteworthy about this event was that Powell, rebuked the press-secretary on air, demanded that the camera be trained on him again, and then answered the question, describing the intelligence he'd received as "deliberately misleading."

Lisa Rein's got the video up -- highly recommended.

EMILY MILLER, STATE DEPARTMENT PRESS AIDE: You're off.

SECRETARY POWELL: I am not off.

EMILY MILLER, PRESS AIDE: No. They can't use it, they're editing it.

SECRETARY POWELL: He's still asking the questions.

EMILY MILLER, PRESS AIDE: He was not ...

SECRETARY POWELL: Tim, I am sorry I lost you.

MR. RUSSERT: I am right here Mr. Secretary. I would hope they would put you back on camera. I don't know who did that.

EMILY MILLER, PRESS AIDE: He was going to go for another five minutes.

SECRETARY POWELL: We've really scre...

MR. RUSSERT: I think that was one of your staff Mr. Secretary. I don't think that's appropriate.

SECRETARY POWELL: Emily, get out of the way. Bring the camera back please. (Camera returns to the interview subject) I think we're back on Tim, go ahead with your last question.

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Beckwood Press Company Offers New
Straight Side End-Frame Hydraulic Press
Delivery

Beckwood Press Company Offers New
Straight Side End-Frame Hydraulic Press
Delivery 01/04/2005 01:43 PM
The Beckwood Press Company has engineered an innovative new hydraulic press, the Straight Side End-Frame Hydraulic Press (SSE). [PRWEB Jan 4, 2005]

"The New York Press: Cleaning the pool-
the White House press corps politely
grabs its ankles."

"The New York Press: Cleaning the pool-
the White House press corps politely
grabs its ankles." 03/13/2003 10:25 AM

In the Press Room of the White House
that is Post Press

In the Press Room of the White House
that is Post Press 03/14/2005 04:35 PM
Before the certification of "Jeff Gannon" as a White House reporter there was the Bush Administration's de-certification move against the Washington press. These two things are deeply related.

A Press Pass to Cosmetic Surgery
Information at Your Fingertips - Log on
to Consultingroom.com for Exclusive
Information for the Press.

A Press Pass to Cosmetic Surgery
Information at Your Fingertips - Log on
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Information for the Press. 06/24/2004 02:55 AM
Consultingroom.com is offering journalists an exclusive free service to access the latest information on cosmetic surgery. Register at consultingroom.com to save numerous hours of research and wasted telephone calls! [PRWEB Jun 24, 2004]

Iraqi Pro-Democracy Party Press Release
- Iraq the Model Press Release

Iraqi Pro-Democracy Party Press Release
- Iraq the Model Press Release 08/18/2004 04:50 PM
Mohammed and his brother Ali officially announced their candidacies .. running for the Iraqi National Assembly .. English

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If the Press Digs Where it Thinks
There's a Story, Then it Matters How The
Press Thinks

If the Press Digs Where it Thinks
There's a Story, Then it Matters How The
Press Thinks 04/09/2004 04:12 PM
We are coming to a point in the election story when a larger portion of the news is triggered by the decisions of journalists. There's a break in the action with the nominations set. What will the press do with this greater freedom to define and shape the campaign narrative?

From Meet the Press to Be the
Press

From Meet the Press to Be the
Press 03/22/2005 05:08 PM
The Economist just said it: the "the traditional notion that the media play a special role in informing people is breaking down." Rising up: government as a "purely neutral" news provider, credible where a sinking press corps is not.

pReSS 0.1.1

pReSS 0.1.1 12/11/2003 04:58 PM
Create a RSS news feed for your site.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

ASSOCIATED PRESS 11/15/2003 05:29 AM
Toronto Star/AP

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Eat the Press!

Eat the Press! 02/18/2004 02:52 PM
After the media's humiliation of Howard Dean, one of them must be sacrificed as a lesson to the others, recommends Joshua Whalen: "Pick one of theirs, someone conspicuous, well-connected (so that all of the right people take notice), and destroy them." (02-18)

"Jewish Press (US)"

"Jewish Press (US)" 06/12/2004 09:26 AM

questions the press should ask

questions the press should ask 06/15/2004 01:39 PM
Harvard's Nieman Watchdog has some great as-yet-unanswereds

Skolelinux in the press again

Skolelinux in the press again 12/02/2003 12:26 AM
The Skolelinux project keeps getting good press .. Wish they had a little more support from higher-ups....

[sd] Press conference

[sd] Press conference 03/14/2005 05:40 PM
After the public session, we went over to the press building and held a press conference. Ethan Zuckerman begins. He says it's very challenging to think of the impacts of the Net on terrorism and terrorism on the Net. Ethan says our group focused on the ways in which the Internet and its openness is a great way for democracies to combat terrorism. We had intense technical discussions, especially around anonymity. We feel that it's impossible to eliminate anonymity and attempts to do so would eliminate the positive benefits of anonymity on the Net, e.g., allowing dissidents to speak. Our...

Protection against the press?

Protection against the press? 04/09/2004 04:07 PM
As many of you might have noticed: The right of free speech and a free media is what I consider fundamentals in an open and...

Associated Press on RSS and Syndication

Associated Press on RSS and Syndication 03/06/2004 02:09 AM
In Enthusiasts Call Web Feed Next Big Thing, Frank Bajak (an AP Technology Editor) does a good job of briefly explaining what RSS, who's using it, and why it's important. The technology behind them is called RSS and I rely on it daily to consult The New York Times, the BBC, CNET News, Slashdot and a few dozen other Web sites that employ RSS to make the very latest news stories or bits of commentary available for the plucking. Of...

Dean and the press

Dean and the press 01/16/2004 11:31 AM

Salon article on media pushed by Republicans and anonymous Democrats to paint a bad picture of Dean. (via metafilter) In the mean time, Dean rocks our world on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine. Here's the CNN synopsis of the interview. (via Rick Klau)

The Easton Press

The Easton Press 01/10/2004 12:30 AM

Easton Press Online Catalog: I love Easton Press. They make leather reproductions of classic books — I have 35 of them on my bookcase. I collected them one at a time for three years while I was in college. Right next to them, I have a complete reproduction set of Ian Fleming's James Bond novels. They're gorgeous.

So I was dismayed to see that Easton Press Web site is perhaps the worst site I've ever laid eyes on. Take a tour through this baby sometime, and learn how NOT to do e-commerce. Hint one: don't just scan all your catalog pages and put them online as big images. To top it off, they have a search engine so worthless as to make it worse than nothing at all (as near as I can tell, it always links to the front page of the catalog).

Missing the boat big time here, which is very sad. Don't let that turn you off the books themselves, through — they're amazing. Order a catalog and check out their "Masterpieces of Science Fiction," "Signed First Editions of Science Fiction," or "The Science Fiction Hall of Fame." Or how about a leather-bound, gilt-edge copy of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy? There's a signed Asimov over on eBay.

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Red Hat Decides To Do Its Own Press

Red Hat Decides To Do Its Own Press 01/22/2004 10:17 AM
Red Hat Inc. said it entered the publishing business on Wednesday, with plans to publish "Wide Open", a publication catering to open-source professionals.

Bloggers Aren't Press?

Bloggers Aren't Press? 08/06/2004 11:56 PM
Free Internet Press Aug 7 2004 4:05AM GMT

EFF: Press Room

EFF: Press Room 08/27/2004 01:42 PM
EFF: Music Publisher Settles Copyright Skirmish Over Guthrie Classic .. free of copyright infringement .. announcement .. JibJab wins

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"press release"

"press release" 12/23/2003 09:30 AM

press credentials

press credentials 07/08/2004 02:20 PM
disinvited

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Press launches often just hot air

Press launches often just hot air 02/11/2004 11:03 PM
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CfA Press Release

CfA Press Release 02/15/2004 05:23 AM
comunicato stampa .. astronomic .. erklaert .. amazing

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I AM the press pot queen

I AM the press pot queen 03/19/2003 10:25 PM
It's raining so no bike riding for Steve so I wowed him with my computer skills and upgraded him then...

Press Photos

Press Photos 01/17/2004 10:52 PM
Because it's getting to the point where I'm beginning to need these, April and I took a walk today armed with my Canon and grabbed a bunch of vanity shots for miscellaneous press purposes. A big nod to Anil...

Each Nation its Own Press

Each Nation its Own Press 06/05/2005 11:17 PM
Part of what I plan to say at the Alfred Deakin Innovation Lectures in Melbourne next week. I'm on my way there today, and may report in next week. Expect guest blogger Len Witt. Big wave to Blognashville.

Press Clipping

Press Clipping 04/21/2004 11:39 AM
Hello from CFP. Dan Gillmor just said hi and handed me a page of the San Jose Mercury News with?

Whats New |The Associated Press

Whats New |The Associated Press 05/09/2004 07:25 AM
by Tom Curley President and CEO of the Associated Press .. gets it

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The PC Press War and the Public

The PC Press War and the Public 05/20/2004 01:11 AM
GOPUSA May 20 2004 5:56AM GMT

Apple vs. the press

Apple vs. the press 04/11/2005 11:58 PM
As long as I've written about blogs I've made the point that blogging and journalism are separate activities that may or may not overlap. Since this debate has now entered the legal realm, let's restate this with mathematical precision: Bloggers can be journalists; journalists can be bloggers. Neither state -- I Am A Journalist, and I Am A Blogger -- excludes the other, but neither guarantees the other. There is an axis of blogger to not-blogger, and an axis of journalist to not-journalist. The two axes are orthogonal, not parallel.

The legal matter that forces us to contemplate such a graph is Apple Computer's suit against three online journalists in an attempt to get them to reveal the sources they used to publish some advance scoops about forthcoming Apple products.

We're fortunate to be at a moment in history when changes in technology, begun a decade ago by the rise of the Web and accelerated by the introduction of anyone-can-publish software, mean that the spectrum of journalism has been broadened in ways that were previously unimaginable. The danger in the Apple suit lies in the possibility that a bad court decision -- like one a lower court has already delivered in this case -- might careless and foolishly decide that in order to be a journalist one has to receive a salary from some operation that some legal authority has defined as a journalistic entity.

That such a definition would be not only wrongheaded but actively harmful to the vibrant and lively democratic free-for-all on today's Internet is the point of an amicu s curiae brief filed today by Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society. I'm proud to be among the signers of this document, which was written by Lauren Gelman of the Stanford center. (Here's a full list of the amici, with links.) The brief argues that, when the courts need to determine who receives the various legal protections available in some circumstances to working journalists, it should decide who is a journalist by looking at what putative journalists actually do, not who pays their salary or what membership cards they carry or what degrees they hold:

Amici come together to urge this court to hold that Internet publishers, including webloggers who are engaged in the reporting and dissemination functions a journalist performs, may invoke the protection of the journalists’ privilege on equal footing with traditional reporters and news organizations.... The applicability of the newsgatherers’ privilege is determined not by the reporter’s formal status as a “professional journalist,” but rather by the reporter’s functional conduct in gathering information with the purpose of disseminating widely to the public.

If you take the time to read the somewhat confused state court decision that is now under appeal, you'll see that the judge's initial ruling, in favor of Apple and against the Web sites, declares that it doesn't really matter whether you consider the Apple news sites to be conducting journalism or not, because, the judge seems to be saying, journalists have no business publishing trade secrets anyway.

I'm not enough of a lawyer to try to predict where that argument is headed; it seems of a piece with a variety of assaults taking place today on the rights of journalists to protect their sources. (The parallel amicus brief presented by the AP, a long list of California newspapers and the Reporters' Committee for the Freedom of the Press tackles this issue.)

What I do know is that, if the New York Times or Time magazine published a scoop from an anonymous source about a forthcoming Apple product, the company wouldn't be suing the press. So it's important here for people who do journalism at all points along the spectrum from "pro" to "citizens" to step forward and say: If you ask questions with intent to publish, and you publish information someone considers news, you're a journalist, and should be treated as one by the courts.

casualties and the press

casualties and the press 11/03/2003 07:46 AM
this,

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