e-Democracy expert Steven Clift sends along the press release that Yahoo!, Slate Magazine and the Huffington Post have teamed up to organize a series of online-only debates between presidential candidates. Steven corrects the press release, which claims that this will be the "first ever" online-only debate between presidential candidates, which actually occurred way back in…
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A 1,000 day sea journey casts off: God speed, Schooner Anne!
Today (Earth Day, by no coincidence) begins the epic 1,000 sea voyage of Reed Stowe and Soanya Ahmed from a pier in Hoboken out to parts unknown. Sailing aboard the beautiful and sturdy sailing 70′ vessel the "Schooner Anne," Reed and Soanya don’t intend to ever put into harbor or resupply for their entire voyage,…
Happy Earth Day!
Hurray for the Earth! There are a bevy of Second Life events going on today to celebrate Earth Day and help people and avatars live more responsibly on it, from lectures to tours to live music performances and dance parties.
Learning to lead
In the non-profit, social justice fields, often people end up in leadership positions out of their personal passion toward addressing a certain social ill. Someone might decide to dedicate their life to ending homelessness in America, or fighting racism against Latinos, or protecting the Northwest old growth forests. Out of that passion they found new…
Earthlink hates me
FYI, if you have been trying to reach me through my Earthlink email address and it has been bouncing, I am aware of the problem and calling them now. You can reach me at rik@rikomatic.com. Sorry for the inconvenience. UPDATE 4:30PM: Ok, the tech support folks tell me that it’s resolved. Please email me at…
Mole = Chococat?
Cindy has been looking after my cat Mole Negro for a few days. She says he always has a stupid look on his face like the Japanese character Chococat. That’s appropriate since Mole was named after a Mexican sauce that includes chocolate as one of its main ingredients. What do you think?
Letting my inner leader out in Sonoma
I’m off tomorrow for a non-profit leadership training retreat in the lovely Sonoma Valley being facilitated by the Rockwood Leadership Program. I hear that the retreat venue is really lovely with a pool, hot tub, massage center and fine dining. I’m looking forward to stepping back a bit from the work and examining some of…
Does Web2.0 make us more engaged or divided?
I went to a cool panel on “Democratization of the Networked Public Sphere” at the New School featuring Danah Boyd, Ethan Zuckerman and Trebor Scholz. So many thought provoking ideas flying all around the room, I was dizzy by the end. Ethan’s talk was closest to my heart, talking about the potential of networked, remixed…
Ok, Twitter is pretty neat
I think I am coming off the fence and deciding that I like Twitter. For those that don’t know, Twitter is a creative melding of instant message, mini-blogging, and SMS texting technologies into one ridiculously simple package. You basically set up a free account, associate your favorite instant message and/or cell phone SMS text service,…
Yehoodi’s new virtual home
Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the future virtual home of Yehoodi in Second Life (teleport SLURL) courtesy of Techsoup and Anshe Chung Studios. Once known as the "website for the hardcore hepcat swinger" we will now be known as the "3D immersive, community-based media environment for the hardcore hepcat swinger." Ok, not really.