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From the Network Games Weblog
Il libro di Geert... Ho potuto apprezzare Geert per la sua attività prima sulla rete civica di Amsterdam (Digital Staat) e poi sulla lista Nettime. Raccomando quindi questo libro senza nemmeno averlo ancor letto.....
Uncanny networks (2003) [Geert Lovink's] Dialogues with the virtual intelligentsia.
"For Geert Lovink, interviews are imaginative texts that can help to create global, networked discourses not only among different professions but also among different cultures and social groups. Conducting interviews online, over a period of weeks or months, allows the participants to compose documents of depth and breadth, rather than simply snapshots of timely references."
"The interviews collected in this book are with artists, critics, and theorists who are intimately involved in building the content, interfaces, and architectures of new media. The topics discussed include digital aesthetics, sound art, navigating deep audio space, European media philosophy, the Internet in Eastern Europe, the mixing of old and new in India, critical media studies in the Asia-Pacific region, Japanese techno tribes, hybrid identities, the storage of social movements, theory of the virtual class, virtual and urban spaces, corporate takeover of the Internet, and the role of cyberspace in the rise of nongovernmental organizations."
Uncanny Networks. Dialogues with the Virtual Intelligentsia
appearing at the MIT Press April 2004 ISBN 0-262-62187-8 (paper)
earlier edition: MIT Press February 2003 ISBN 0-262-12251-0 (cloth)
about Geert Lovink , biography
a review by Ashley Crawford
Gary Singh stated about this book : "Email theorist Geert Lovink explores the future of online dialogue"
more contemporary practice in this series
[Smart Mobs]
[Network Games]
2:57:48 PM 
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Re: The Mutual Fund Problem
Dean Calls for Measure To Restore Trust in Mutual Funds. Dean Criticizes special interest influence on SEC and Congress
NASHUA, NH -- Governor Dean today criticized the influence of the powerful mutual fund lobby and urged far-reaching reforms to protect the savings millions of Americans have in mutual funds.
Over 95 million Americans own a stake in mutual funds, either directly or through college savings and retirement accounts. Mutual funds help Americans save to send their children to college, pay for the care of aging loved ones, and provide for their own retirement.
"Unfortunately, as we have been learning in almost daily revelations, some of the people who were entrusted with protecting the security of Americans' savings were exploiting their power for personal gain while the authorities were asleep at the wheel. We need to restore balance to our system so that unchecked corporate power is not allowed to run roughshod over ordinary people," Governor Dean said.
"President Bush and Harvey Pitt, his hand-picked SEC Chairman, allowed the mutual fund lobby to literally write its own rules. This culture of ‘anything goes’ must end so that our economy can work for all of our citizens."
Governor Dean proposed changing the rules surrounding the governance of mutual funds so that the funds are run in the best interests of the investor, not the personal interests of executives. He also believes that increased transparency is in the best interest of investors. Specifically, Governor Dean called for the following reforms:
- Amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 to state that boards have a fiduciary duty to act in the interest of investors.
- Require mutual funds to report all managerial compensation in a transparent way.
- Mandate a simple, uniform system of reporting of all fees charged by mutual funds.
- Require mutual fund boards to have a majority of independent directors, including the chairman.
[Blog for America]
2:55:24 PM
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'Vampyr' - Carl Dreyer
VAMPYR Programme (Danish, 1933). - the original Danish programme from 1933 with art by Erik Aaes. "...On a late evening, during one of his aimless wanderings, he arrives at a lonely inn down by the river close to the village of Courtempierre where he gets a room for the night. An ominous atmosphere pervades the old inn, and in the moonlit night, light and shadow, voices and faces appear to take on a hidden significance. Allan Gray feels that fear is starting to control him - in vain he seeks to protect himself against the numbing angst, but the fear of something or someone he cannot see or touch follows him into his sound sleep." From the films of Carl Theodor Dreyer. [gmtPlus9]
1:41:12 PM
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A Mod-Like Substance
Too Much Retro. Mod Culture's Top 5 Retro Design Sites plus one (ahoy: hinky Flash navigation interfaces ahead): odorama5 Fears and Kahn Design and Fun Heal's Design 70 gomod.com (Shag's fave)... [Eye of the Goof]
8:35:38 AM
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The Growth of Dean For America
What a Difference a Year Makes!. Just a year ago, the small staff of Dean for America was celebrating the end of a wildly successful fundraising quarter. Dean for America was ending 2002 with $156,812 cash on hand after raising $314,052. The cramped headquarters above the Vermont Pub and Brewery in Burlington was home to just a handful of staff, and there were no state offices anywhere in the country. Nationwide, a few hundred supporters had been identified.
A year later, you have twice broken the record for the most raised by a Democratic presidential campaign in a single quarter and broken the record for the entire year. There are paid or full-time volunteer staff on the ground in nearly half of the country's 50 states, and the national headquarters is home to more than 120 staff.
And you are continuing to build greatest grassroots campaign presidential politics has ever seen, with more than 552,000 supporters nationwide.
A quick recap of what the campaign has accomplished in just the last year:
Where we were on January 1, 2003:
- 432 identified supporters nationwide
- No congressional or labor endorsements
Where we are today on January 1, 2004:
- Approximately 400 paid staff nationwide
- Paid and/or full-time volunteer staff in VT, IA, NH, SC, DE, AZ, NM, OK, MI, WA, NY, ME, WI, ND, NV, MN, PA, TX, CT, VA, GA, MD, MA and CA.
- 552,930 identified supporters.
- More than 280,000 people have contributed $40 million to the campaign in 2003--and for two consecutive quarters you've broken the record for the largest quarter ever by a Democratic presidential candidate.
- More than 164,000 supporters are signed up to Meetup at more than 940 locations nationwide.
- More than 172,000 personalized Dean posters have been downloaded.
- 35,000 emails are processed daily by Dean for America mail servers (excluding mass emails).
- More than 1 million emails were received by Dean for America in 2003.
- We've posted 2,910 entries on Blog for America, and 314,121 comments were posted in response.
- You set the unofficial world record for the largest conference call ever, as Governor Dean spoke to more than 1,400 house parties on September 30.
- We've received endorsements from IUPAT, SEIU, AFSCME, the California Teachers' Association, the NH NEA, and NH UAW and CWA locals, as well as endorsements from Al Gore, 30 members of Congress (second only to long-time House leader Dick Gephardt), and six statewide elected officials, including New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey.
Just imagine what 2004 can bring! [Blog for America]
8:23:39 AM
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