Nothing But Net

在一場名為 Money in Politics 2009: New Horizons for Reform 的研討會，Michael Malbin 發表了一份關於歐巴馬募款的研究報告，
SMALL DONORS, LARGE DONORS AND THE INTERNET:The Case for Public Financing after Obama。有一個有趣的問題是，要仰賴小額募款，需要能見度（捐款人數），但是在選舉初期，這個能見度可能就需要靠少數人的大額捐款來打開市場。所以，這是先有雞、還是先有蛋的問題嗎？

不過他們真正想要做的，其實是選舉制度的改革（公費選舉?）。不只是反貪腐，更要支持正面的力量（在哪啊....@$#%$!&）。

詳見：
techPresident.com - Campaign Finance 2.0: Is the Small Donor 'Revolution' Hype or Reality?

...這篇不是來罵人的XD

根據媒體報導，白宮第一狗，"是一隻6個月大的黑色葡萄牙水犬...民主黨參議員愛德華甘迺迪送給美國第一家庭的" ，這跟之前的宣稱要養流浪狗/米克斯，並不一致。

今早看到 Joe Trippi 寫了篇文章，"Bo has the White House, but what about the rest of America's pets?"，幫待認養的狗請命，頗感好奇，阿波怎麼又變成是被認養的狗了？

The Obamas are in the unique position of being advocates by example, and their decision to adopt Bo, who had been returned after being adopted by another family, is a good act to follow.

上網找了一下資料，原來內幕相當驚人，宛如反恐24/越獄PB/英雄Heroes的情節。美國真是個恐怖的國家啊...

詳見：Is Bo a rescue dog or not? Obama's campaign promise debated

Here's where the intrigue comes in:

• Bo's breeders happen to have bred Sen. Edward Kennedy's Portuguese water dogs. The Massachusetts Democrat, an Obama friend and political ally, also acquired a pup from Bo's litter. Bo's breeders are fans of Obama and named Bo's litter the Hope and Change litter.
• Bo's first owner lives in Washington.
• Bo was returned to the breeder in early March, fitting the spring timeline the Obamas had given for their dog adoption.
• Kennedy and his wife Victoria helped line Bo up with the Obamas. Before moving into the White House, the pup spent nearly a month with the Kennedys' dog trainer in Virginia.
• In fact, Bo is a gift to the Obamas' daughters, Malia and Sasha, from the Kennedys, said Katie McCormick Lelyveld, a spokeswoman for Michelle Obama. The puppy officially arrives Tuesday.

偶然看到，有趣的線上 obama-like 相片產生器：Obamicon.Me

延伸(?)閱讀：
創作與侵權的界線——合理使用歐巴馬？

Obama 替白宮創造不少新工作，除了懸而未決的 CTO 之外，還有一個職務叫做 "Director of Citizen Participation"，超酷。贏得這份工作的人是 Google 的產品經理 Katie Jacobs Stanton。據報導：

What the job entails isn’t completely clear to me, but I gather that she plans on using Web tools to let, well, citizens participate in the Obama White House.

The model: Google’s “Moderator” tool, which let people submit questions for the Presidential debates, and was later used to let them suggest initiatives for the new administration via its Change.gov site.

相對來說，目前看來貼了一堆雜文、剪報、轉載等毫無章法的願景2020...就要看朱恐龍能否力挽狂瀾了。
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techPresident - Why the White House's Embrace of Drupal Matters：

Drupal developers are abuzz with the realization that the White House's new Recovery.gov site was built using the free and open-source content management platform Drupal.

作者列了四點原因，認為此舉意義重大：

1. 景氣不佳，為了省錢，美國政府應該擁抱免費的開源碼軟體。
2. 自由軟體不安全？那可不一定。
3. Drupal 是進步的、與民主黨有深刻關係的自由軟體（Howard Dean!!）
4. Blue State Digital 雖然自己開發專屬軟體，但也不排斥白宮採用自由軟體（？）

文中另有一篇連結到David Cohn 的 Drupal Nation: Software to Power the Left，對於 Drupal 干政的歷史有一些介紹。受限於標題，我想 ma19.net 可能不適合放進去XD

NII產業發展協進會/數位典藏與學習之學術與社會應用推廣分項計畫，請了歐巴馬的網路科技顧問 Dr. Michael R. Nelson 來演講，THE CROWD AND THE CLOUD: THE IMPACT OF THE INTERNET ON U.S. PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS，非常棒，可惜宣傳不佳，只有少少幾個人在台大國發所小小的教室裡聽到。會後拿到簡報檔，摘錄一些重點：  read more »

老闆說：「啊...不知道要取什麼名字啊...」

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今天又收到一封歐巴馬來要錢的電子郵件，捐五美元就可以抽就職典禮入場券：

Between now and January 8th, 10 supporters and their guests will be selected to join the Inaugural activities.

If you make a donation -- in any amount -- to make the Inauguration a success, you and a guest could be flown to Washington, D.C., put up in a hotel, and be there as Barack is sworn in as the 44th President.

Make a donation of $5 or more right now. You and a guest could receive your ticket to history.

就職委員會網站： https://donate.pic2009.org/

嗯，因緣際會，近期到 KMT 的青年團與中央工作會議(?)，分享關於網路選舉的一些經驗。所謂取之於XX、用之於社會，跟天壽里里長擬參選人所共同製作、在會議中所展示的簡報，如下：

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這是 Johnny 送我的歐巴馬T恤 :)

12/11 下午三點歡迎大家來 Second Life 工作坊看打鼓 :D