Barlow steps out of the echo chamber

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The echo chamber...

The echo chamber... 01/26/2004 01:12 AM

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Echo Chamber Illustrated

Echo Chamber Illustrated 12/17/2004 06:26 PM

All I want to say is that the photo illustration is great.

Ben Hammersley's Dangerous Precedent:
Echo...echo...alright

Ben Hammersley's Dangerous Precedent:
Echo...echo...alright 10/30/2003 09:22 PM
Ben Hammersley's Dangerous Precedent: Echo...echo...alright enough already: "given a complete Echo spec, the launch of a new product could gut a lesser rival's customer base in a matter of hours."...

Two Steps Foward, Two Steps Back: Bob's
Predictions for 2004

Two Steps Foward, Two Steps Back: Bob's
Predictions for 2004 01/03/2004 08:17 AM

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"Blue Chamber"

"Blue Chamber" 09/04/2004 08:06 AM

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

U.S. Chamber of Commerce 11/07/2003 07:44 AM

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Star Chamber?

Star Chamber? 11/03/2003 01:22 PM
Secret 9/11 case before high court
"It's the case that doesn't exist. Even though two different federal courts have conducted hearings and issued rulings, there has been no public record of any action. No documents are available. No files. No lawyer is allowed to speak about it. Period."

Barlow

Barlow 08/14/2004 11:39 AM
Whether you like him or he drives you nuts, John Perry Barlow is incapable of being boring. From his interview with Reason, on reality TV, intellectual propetry, and his decision to leave the Republican party: "If all ideas have to be bought, then you have an intellectually regressive system that...

US Chamber endorses offshoring

US Chamber endorses offshoring 07/03/2004 12:37 AM
News.com.au - Fri Jul 2, 01:23 pm GMT

Barlow Farms

Barlow Farms 01/22/2004 02:13 AM
Funked up remix of recent Dean speech .. The first Howard Dean remix comes in .. Dean's speech set to music .. Barlow Farms .. re-mix .. music .. best

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Audio Barlow

Audio Barlow 03/06/2004 01:59 AM
The audio blog of the Berkman center has an interview with John Perry Barlow about the future and present of ideas...a reflection on his "Economy of Ideas" article in Wired ten years ago....

Barlow in Blogospace...

Barlow in Blogospace... 01/07/2004 02:18 PM
Here I am, in the lobby of the highly attitudinal W Hotel in San Francisco, creating my very first blog entry. Joichi Ito, a blog sensei if ever there was one, is introducing me to the Blogosphere. I'm wary. Am I too old a dog to blog? Am I actually too sick of things virtual to plunge myself deeper into electronic immateriality? We'll see. But, I am motivated. For years, I've been sending out BarlowSpams and then privately enjoying the responses, both from friendz and friendz of friendz. Now I will have a place to pass to these on to our little community and, with luck, grow this into something besides my own little personality cult....

Farmers with ability to pay should come
under the tax net, says Kolkata Chamber

Farmers with ability to pay should come
under the tax net, says Kolkata Chamber 07/06/2004 04:50 PM
The Hindu Business Line Jul 6 2004 8:48PM GMT

John Perry Barlow 2.0.

John Perry Barlow 2.0. 08/14/2004 03:14 PM
Reason: John Perry Barlow 2.0. "We’ve got two distinct strains of libertarianism, and the hippie-mystic strain is not engaging in politics, and the Ayn Rand strain is basically dismantling government in a way that is giving complete open field running to multinational corporatism."

Barlow will be dancing in the streets

Barlow will be dancing in the streets 08/01/2004 05:05 AM

This just in from the BarlowFriendz mail list......

DANCING IN THE STREETS: REVOLUTION WITH A SMILE

I spent most of my political life as a Republican. While that's a little hard to imagine now, I have sufficient experience to know that the commonly held view that Republicans either can't dance or won't dance is inaccurate. When I was a Republican, I was as dedicated to dancing as I am now and there were others like me, as I recall.

Still, part of what drove me from the party - aside from a categorical repudiation by the current administration of most Republican principles - is a dour dancelessness that crept into Republican "culture." It seems increasingly ironic to call the GOP a party at all...

Maureen Dowd recently observed that the Republicans had become so obsessed with rejecting the 60's ethic of doing it if it feels good that they have taken up an ethic of doing it if it makes someone else feel bad. Moreover, the GOP strategy of basing their root-level organization on Hot Protestantism has infused their ranks with a lot of chilly Puritanism, which, as H.L. Mencken defined it, is "the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, is having a good time."

These were among the factors in mind recently as I turned my thoughts to what I might do to vex the Republicans when they gather in New York a month from now. Furious as I may be at their policies, conventional protest is not an option.

If it were peaceful protest, they would ignore it even if two million people turned up. They have a demonstrated capacity to do that. Indeed, the administration consists of such fervent God-anointed idealists that they would "stay the course" against any opposition short of a majority too overwhelming to rig their electronic voting machines against.

If the protests in New York should turn even a little violent, it will be to Bush's benefit. This is so much the case that I rather expect to see undercover agents provocateurs scattered among the ragtag disaffected who will shortly descend on Manhattan. And the NYPD, while generally my favorite police force on the planet, can get themselves in a froth when they feel spooked. One thrown bottle could result in days of riveting television, during which Bush would have plenty of opportunity to pretend, convincingly to some, that he was Gary Cooper.

Besides, anyone with an explicit intention to protest Republican policies, anyone carrying an anti-Bush sign, indeed, anyone wearing a neither a smile nor a Bush button, is likely to be corralled into one of the remote "Free Speech Zones" that Mayor Bloomberg will graciously provide his guests, there to vent his fury upon his fellow infuriated. None for me, thanks.

I have another idea, and you can help. Indeed, as wild, fun-loving BarlowFriendz, I'm counting on you to help.

I want to dance in the streets.

I don't want to confront the Republicans. I want to discombobulate them. I don't want to argue with them, which would only convince them further, I want to throw them off their game. I don't want to be aggressive in my discontent. God knows there's been plenty of that on all sides. I want to be genial. But disconcerting.

So, to that end, I propose the following: I want to organize a cadre of 20 to 50 of us. I want to dress us in suits and other plain pedestrian attire and salt us among the sidewalk multitudes in Republican-rich zones. At a predetermined moment, one of us will produce a boom-box and crank it up with something danceable. Suddenly, about a third of the people on the sidewalk, miscellaneously distributed in the general throng, will start dancing like crazy and continue to do so for for about a minute. Then we will stop, melt back into the pedestrian flow, and go to another location to erupt there.

Perhaps if we enlist enough troops, we can have several platoons simultaneously exploding into dance around Manhattan, so there will be absolutely no way to tell where we might strike next.

I promise you, this will make the Republicans uncomfortable. They will return to their partisan duties with a sense of disquiet that will slightly but surely fuzz the intensity of their focus. Besides, we'll enjoy it. That alone will irritate them. And we'll be doing nothing they can arrest us for. Nor, for that matter, televise us doing. By the time cameras arrive, we'll be gone.

I have to admit there's nothing terribly original about this idea. I'm talking about forming a standard smart mob, similar to the group my friend Reverend Billy convenes every Tuesday to wander around the WTC PATH station, muttering the 1st Amendment. But it's a start, and I think that once we get ourselves assembled, we will be able to cook up a number of other creative pranks we might inflict on our thin-lipped countrymen.

I may put up a web site that we can use to organize ourselves. In the meantime, I will start a mailing list of everyone who wants to participate. Furthermore, you can go to my blog http://blog.barlowfriendz.net where this will also be posted and participate in the discussion there.

Please e-mail me at once - at barlow at eff.org - if you're interested. And pass this invitation to others who might be.

I've been thinking for some time that the problem with politics is that doesn't know how to have a good time. And it certainly doesn't dance enough. This is your chance to address both of these deficiencies.

And remember the great Emma Goldman who said, "If I can't dance, I want no part of your revolution." What she knew is that dancing is itself a revolutionary act. Come revolt with us. And bring your smile.

Yippie-ti-yo,

John Perry Barlow

"John Perry Barlow"

"John Perry Barlow" 08/01/2004 08:33 AM

Chamber of Commerce leader advocates
more offshoring

Chamber of Commerce leader advocates
more offshoring 06/30/2004 11:04 PM
SiliconValley.com Jul 1 2004 3:39AM GMT

St. Louis-Area Chamber Fires Psychic
(AP)

St. Louis-Area Chamber Fires Psychic
(AP) 08/27/2004 01:59 PM
AP - Maybe David Levin should have seen it coming: An economic development group fired him as a consultant over concern that his self-professed psychic powers were interfering with his work.

Barlow: Amelia takes a fall

Barlow: Amelia takes a fall 12/30/2004 02:45 AM
Xeni Jardin: On his blog, John Perry Barlow writes about a serious accident that his daughter Amelia just survived -- and the sense of hope that, paradoxically, experiences like this can bring. Hope that transcends the personal, encompassing the global. Our best wishes for Amelia's safe and speedy recovery, Barlow. Link

Barlow 4th Amendment fight update

Barlow 4th Amendment fight update 12/24/2004 12:47 PM

Barlow blogs about his day in court trying to defend his 4th Amendment rights. The judge ruled against him, but it's just the first step in a much longer process. Good luck Barlow.

EFF's staff technologist Seth David Schoen, danah boyd and Rob Kiser and also posted their accounts.

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John Perry Barlow now has a bl0g

John Perry Barlow now has a bl0g 12/30/2003 12:14 PM
Right here: Link.

Dual-chamber pacemakers can cut death
risk up to 50% (USATODAY.com)

Dual-chamber pacemakers can cut death
risk up to 50% (USATODAY.com) 05/20/2004 07:18 AM
USATODAY.com - Devices that synchronize the two halves of the failing heart and shock hearts that falter cut the risk of death by more than one-third, a study reports today.

Vintage Photo Archives: Han Solo (In
Carbonite Chamber)

Vintage Photo Archives: Han Solo (In
Carbonite Chamber) 01/07/2004 02:39 PM
The vintage Han Solo (In Carbonite Chamber) was certainly a great action figure, and there are hardly any arguments to prove otherwise. That being said, it’s odd that today’s addition to the Vintage Photo Archive didn’t come with a weapon. Sure, one could counter by saying the huge ‘Carbonite Chamber’ makes up for it, but in truth that was to make up for the figure’s lack of eyebrows…again.

Reason interviews John Perry Barlow

Reason interviews John Perry Barlow 08/12/2004 04:36 PM
Reason has published the best interview with John Perry Barlow I've read. He talks about becoming a reality TV star, a Democrat, and getting busted for marijuana possession at an airport.

I have grave misgivings about John Kerry, but I certainly don’t have misgivings about Kerry that equal the terror I have about another four years of Bush. What he’s done to aspects of the Constitution that are there to assure individual rights is breathtakingly bad.

...

I had a conversation with Kerry. It was pretty disheartening. I asked how he felt about civil liberties. He said, "I’m for ’em!" That’s great, but how do you feel about Section 215 of the Patriot Act? He said, "What’s that?" I said, it basically says any privately generated database is available for public scrutiny with an administrative subpoena. He says, "It says that?" I say, "You voted for it!"

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John Perry Barlow on Spalding Gray

John Perry Barlow on Spalding Gray 01/17/2004 10:43 PM
A sad, funny, beautiful response to Spalding Gray's absence....

Barlow proposes dancing flashmob to
protest RNC

Barlow proposes dancing flashmob to
protest RNC 08/01/2004 04:59 AM

John Perry Barlow, former Grateful Dead lyricist and Republican city council chairman has an interesting idea.

BarlowFriendz

Dancing in the Streets: Revolution with a Smile

...Maureen Dowd recently observed that the Republicans had become so obsessed with rejecting the 60's ethic of doing it if it feels good that they have taken up an ethic of doing it if it makes someone else feel bad. Moreover, the GOP strategy of basing their root-level organization on Hot Protestantism has infused their ranks with a lot of chilly Puritanism, which, as H.L. Mencken defined it, is "the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, is having a good time."

...So, to that end, I propose the following: I want to organize a cadre of 20 to 50 of us. I want to dress us in suits and other plain pedestrian attire and salt us among the sidewalk multitudes in Republican-rich zones. At a predetermined moment, one of us will produce a boom-box and crank it up with something danceable. Suddenly, about a third of the people on the sidewalk, miscellaneously distributed in the general throng, will start dancing like crazy and continue to do so for for about a minute. Then we will stop, melt back into the pedestrian flow, and go to another location to erupt there.

As always, the full text of his essay is a great read, but this idea of discombobulation as protest is funny and seems appropriate as well. I wonder if we can map "I don't think it's funny" split. I wonder if this would constitute "terrorism". I guess it might depend on what they were dancing to.

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John Perry Barlow: From Burning Man To
Running Man

John Perry Barlow: From Burning Man To
Running Man 11/02/2003 07:35 AM

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Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back

Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back 01/05/2004 09:12 PM

Barlow on Spalding Gray: "Is he finally
swimming to Cambodia?"

Barlow on Spalding Gray: "Is he finally
swimming to Cambodia?" 01/17/2004 10:57 PM
John Perry Barlow, a friend of missing monologist Spalding Gray, writes:

I try to imagine him actually attempting a swim to Cambodia. I see him swan-diving from the rail of the Staten Island Ferry late Saturday night when he disappeared, rounding Sandy Hook by dawn, and turning south for Cape Horn. He'd be well past the mouth of the Delaware by now, strong swimmer that he is. What a great monologue this is going to make. Or not. Spalding inhabits a magical reality where such feats might actually be possible, but there is something about the current state of New York Harbor that seems adamantly unfit for human survival. In my less magical reality, it's easier to see him beneath all that black water.

Still, it seems premature to write one of those eulogies that I all too often compose for my closest friends. Part of me thinks I should be out there looking for him rather than writing this. Perhaps, I think, he just went out on one of his famous walks, walks that I shared for many droll miles. Perhaps he was hit by a cab and is lying comatose and unidentified in one of this perilous island's anonymous hospitals. He left his wallet and ID at his loft and would thus have been taken for another homeless drifter, as he frequently was. He could be holed up somewhere, waiting for his mood to pass. But he hates (or hated) to be alone. Neither seems likely, but where there's no proof, there remains hope, however unrealistic. What is grief without finality? A terrible confusion and an opportunity to celebrate what one might still have.

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Silicon Valley Chamber spearheads
fundraising effort for tsunami victims

Silicon Valley Chamber spearheads
fundraising effort for tsunami victims 12/29/2004 08:44 PM
San Jose Business Journal Dec 30 2004 12:42AM GMT

Tactex Receives Innovation Award from
Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce

Tactex Receives Innovation Award from
Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce 04/23/2004 05:32 PM
BC Technology Apr 23 2004 9:54PM GMT

Metamend Search Engine Optimization Wins
Award from Chamber of Commerce

Metamend Search Engine Optimization Wins
Award from Chamber of Commerce 04/18/2005 02:46 AM
Metamend is pleased to announce that the company, and it's seo service, was the recipient of the Chamber of Commerce's Innovation Award for 2005 at last night's Business Awards ceremony. [PRWEB Apr 18, 2005]

Creative Commons UK launch tomorrow
night -- now with extra Barlow!

Creative Commons UK launch tomorrow
night -- now with extra Barlow! 03/17/2005 03:56 AM
Cory Doctorow: If you're in London tomorrow night, you should go to the Creative Commons UK launch! Any party with Barlow in attendance is bound to be fun.

Let us raise a glass to the arrival of the UK creative commons licences, and start to ask the question - What does the Creative Commons mean for artists in the UK?

* We are happy to announce that John Perry Barlow, digerati and friend of CC, will be with us to celebrate this event.

* We will be meeting at the wonderful October Gallery in Bloomsbury to mark the day with some poignant speeches and good wine.

* The event will take place on Wednesday the 16th, from 6pm until 9:30pm.

The event is jointly organized by William Heath and Christian Ahlert (pls RSVP to Christian)

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The Dot-Com Echo

The Dot-Com Echo 06/29/2004 10:24 AM
The online dealmakers are back in town.

Echo...echo...e c h o...

Echo...echo...e c h o... 10/28/2003 11:06 PM
"100% vendor neutral, implemented by everybody, freely extensible by anybody, and cleanly and thoroughly specified"--how could anyone but be jazzed about the Echo Project, a roadmap toward rebooting RSS-style syndication and the very way we edit weblogs. Proposed by Sam Ruby and signed by a pantheon of blog toolmakers, I can't wait to start planting and incorporating the fruits of the effort into Blosxom.

Onward and upward!

Is There an Echo in Here?

Is There an Echo in Here? 02/12/2004 11:32 PM

A New Technology Lets Colleges Spread Information to People Who Want It (emphasis below is mine)

"College researchers and public-relations officials are starting to take advantage of a new technology that can help get their news and information out more quickly and directly to the people who want them.

The technology, called RSS, is already in use on some news sites and Weblogs. But colleges are beginning to catch up....

While no one tracks how many colleges are using RSS feeds, those that have it include Carleton College, Pacific University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Texas A&M University, and the University of Nevada at Reno. And college officials note that the number of institutions employing the technology is growing.

Jeremy Trumble, Web-services manager at RIT, says that students there are getting the benefits of RSS without even knowing they're using it. Every student has the opportunity to create a Web portal that presents a personalized version of the university's Web site, similar to a My Yahoo page. During the customization, students decide which information they would like to have regularly updated. That tells an RSS reader built into the software which feeds to collect. About half the institution's students have created personalized versions of the Web site through which they get updates on campus news and events.

'Students live on the Web today,' Mr. Trumble says. 'They don't look for a paper. They don't go looking to find information. They want information brought to them.'

Brian Koranda, a Web designer and producer at Carleton, uses the RSS feed to send out notices to the institution's alumni magazine and to provide students with a variety of information, including listings of campus events and movies at the local theater.

'It allows you to see a lot of updated information all at one time,' he says. 'It's only going to get bigger in the future.' " [The Chronicle, via Weblogg-ed News]

!Echo Wiki

!Echo Wiki 02/10/2004 07:56 PM
Slides from today's presentation [source]

Echo is Feedback

Echo is Feedback 02/14/2004 02:47 PM
Joi makes the case that the echo chamber effect in blogspace has a positive attribute and is not communal censorship. Essentially, creative and social networks deliberate to construct fit memes. Related, Kevin Marks and Tantek Çelik developed Vote Links to...

Echo Web Browser 0.1

Echo Web Browser 0.1 05/19/2004 10:06 PM
A simple and fast web browser.
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