How will technology change the world? (Or at least our rainy little part of it?)
Kari Chisholm
It's no secret anymore - at least not to readers of BlueOregon - that technology is rapidly shifting the political environment. From campaigns raising money nationwide in small dollars, to mega-campaigns like MoveOn.org mobilizing millions, to blogs that keep politicians honest, to YouTube exposing their every foible... technology is changing everything.
If you're trying to plan ahead and figure out where this is all going, or just trying to keep your head above water, you might think about investing a couple of hours on Tuesday night.
Tuesday night, there's an event called "Digital Politics" - hosted by the Portland Mercury, Loaded Orygun, and the Bus Project.
It's a panel discussion, moderated by David Sirota; the author of Hostile Takeover, adviser to Governor Brian Schweitzer (D-MT), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), US Senate candidate Ned Lamont.
The panel will include:
* David Goldstein, top blogger at Washington's big blog HorsesAss.org and radio talker at KIRO-FM.
* Anna Galland, from MoveOn.org.
* Amy Jenniges Ruiz, from the Portland Mercury.
* Rick Ray, from Onward Oregon and the Archimedes Movement.
* And, well, yours truly: Just some guy from BlueOregon. I also blog about this stuff professionally over at Politics & Technology.
So, come on over. It'll be worth it. Digital Politics, Acme, Southeast 8th & Main, Portland, May 15, 7 p.m.
More info at Loaded Orygun and the Bus Project.
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May 14, '07
I think blogs tend to expose dishonesty more than they "keep politicians honest."
5:21 p.m.
May 14, '07
An excellent distinction, Jamie. Well put.
11:11 a.m.
May 15, '07
Sounds like a ton of fun which unfortunately I think I'm going to have to miss due to family obligations.
But what is this "rain" to which you refer?
All you transplants to Portland and the Willamette Valley will know you have truly become western Oregonians the first time you walk out your door in the fall, look around at the brown but damp grass and the no longer dusty sidewalks and think "Huh, everything's all wet, how strange."
Here's to summer, Oregon's best kept secret.
11:55 a.m.
May 15, '07
Yea, I thought I was going to make it tonight too, but it's looking like we're going to spend it as a family day since I'll be in Corvallis most of Saturday at the DPO's quarterly meeting.
5:15 p.m.
May 15, '07
But what is this "rain" to which you refer?
Ssshhh... I've lived here for 30 years, and I know all about summers in Oregon - but I'm highly aware that we have out-of-state readers.
Rain! Rain! Rain! All it ever does is Rain!
12:01 a.m.
May 17, '07
Rain! Rain! Rain! All it ever does is Rain!
Oops, er, right.
"People in Oregon don't tan in the summertime...
... they rust."
"Last year in Oregon 667 people fell off their bicycles...
...and drowned."
Anybody else remember Oregon Ungreeting cards, shirts and bumperstickers?