Thursday, December 18, 2003

The Message of Media Reform Editor's Cut: Dean Takes on Big Media. Howard Dean is making the message of the media reform movement part of his campaign. [The Nation Weblogs] 10:57:42 PM

Philips Digital Media System Philips Will Launch Open Digital Media System Soon. "Philips Electronics said on Tuesday it was six months away from launching a system against illegal copying that will allow consumers to play digital video and music on any digital media player." [DigitalConsumer News] 9:50:06 PM

How You Can Help Our Troops How You Can Help Our Troops. Governor Dean sent the following message to his supporters today: Dear Friend, Our troops are in harm’s way this holiday season. Hundreds of thousands of American soldiers won’t be home for the holidays—but we can still let them know how proud we are of the finest military in the world. There are two ways you can show American troops how grateful their fellow citizens are for their sacrifice. Many Americans want to send care packages to the troops, but have no idea how to do it. By visiting this site you can get information about sending a care package to one of our troops in the field: http://www.anysoldier.us The site provides information about what our troops need us to send and where we can send it. Many of our men and women in uniform endure the harshest conditions—even the most basic food items or personal hygiene products can make a huge difference. They also need help with supplies like gloves and flashlights to help them complete their missions. Click here to send a soldier the supplies she or he needs on the ground: http://www.anysoldier.us Some soldiers will almost make it home for the holidays. Each day more than 470 soldiers arrive home on short notice for two-week R&R stints—but the military only takes them part of the way. Servicemen and -women are flown to Germany or one of three airports in the United States—from there they are on their own to get home. You can donate your airline frequent flyer miles to Operation Hero Miles to bring them all the way home. Twelve major airlines will accept donations as part of this program, started by Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger, Democrat of Maryland: http://www.heromiles.org Because the last-minute notice the troops receive, they are forced to pay very expensive fares to finish their journey. Your miles can bring an American soldier home to his or her family for the holidays: http://www.heromiles.org Many of you, like me, did not support a unilateral war in Iraq. But the brave women and men of the U.S. military deserve our support and gratitude even as we seek to change the policies that put them in danger. Please join me in supporting our troops this holiday season—and in wishing them a safe return home. Yours sincerely, Governor Howard Dean, M.D. [Blog for America] 3:26:09 PM

Mobile Multimedia Standards QuickTime 6.5 with Expanded 3GGP Support. QuickTime 6.5 expands its support for mobile multimedia standards to include both 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) and 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2). Users can share high-quality video, audio and text across the two predominant wireless networking technologies worldwide. [Dec 18] [Apple Hot News] 3:14:15 PM

More Online Music Plans Amazon, Wal-Mart fine tune online music plans. Amazon.com extends a contract with Loudeye to supply music samples on its Web site, and Wal-Mart begins testing its own online discount music download service. [CNET News.com - Front Door] 3:12:08 PM

Via Scripting News - P.S. Not An Endorsement From Dave Winer More about tonight's demo. I'll explain how the Dean campaign is using the Internet in ways you didn't know about, and that I didn't know about until last night. My eyes popped when I saw what they were doing. Jay Rosen, whose nephew Zack is the Dean developer, got a sneak preview. "Very exciting Dave. Mega cool. Did Zack help with this?" To which I said: "Yes he did, but due to the power of standards, he didn't know he did. ;->" That's the way it's supposed to work. Open level playing field. Anyone who wants to can innovate. Tonight I'm going to show the innovation. Small pieces, loosely joined. Tune in to tonight's webcast. The app I'm demoing is a Web app so you'll be able to follow along from home. 7PM Eastern. [Scripting News] 3:06:39 PM

Dean Community News Aggregating a Political Community. Dave Winer has created Dean Community -- "News aggregated from the Dean campaign weblogs." What this gives you is a... [Dan Gillmor's eJournal] 2:50:41 PM

A New Social Contract Keeping the Promise of America: Creating a New Social Contract for America's Working Families. The following text as prepared was delivered by Governor Dean in New Hampshire at the Manchester Public Library this afternoon: About two years ago, I began my campaign – as all candidates do – here in New Hampshire and out in Iowa meeting with small groups of voters to talk and to persuade, but mostly to listen. I ate with Iowans in their diners, gathered with families in their living rooms in New Hampshire, toured factories and farms, and spoke in town halls. I engaged in one of the great traditions of American presidential politics – listening – really listening to the people at the heart of America. I heard their hopes and their fears. They shared their concerns and their dreams. And what I heard truly surprised me. A level of anger and despair I never imagined. About jobs. About working conditions. About making ends meet. About the stress of day-to-day life. More than anything, I was surprised by the outrage of working Americans at the corporations that employ them and toward the government that serves them. They sense that neither their employers nor their government really care about their problems. That all that matters to business is the bottom line and all that matters to their elected representatives is re-election and collecting campaign contributions. It became clear to me that there is a fundamental disconnect between the working people of America, corporate America and our government. The social contract that binds us has frayed and stands in desperate need of redefinition and repair. [Blog for America] 12:42:53 PM

Napsterization, The Blog Napsterization: The Blog, Debuts. Nap·ster·i·za·tion n. The disruption by new technologies and digital media of old economy institutions and analog frameworks. Mary Hodder, of the bIPlog, has started a new blog dedicated to the process of Napsterization. The mission of the blog is described... [The Importance Of] 12:34:47 PM