http://williscreative.com/bottomfeeder Foraging For Truth in Democracy's Murkier Depths Sat, 23 May 2009 11:44:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en James Fallows talks about Andrew Sullivan and the “ecology of news” on OTM.  Here’s the blurb: This month saw the launch of a multimillion dollar ad campaign meant to sink President Obama’s as yet unannounced health care plan. James Fallows covered the first round in the fight over health care in ... http://williscreative.com/bottomfeeder/?p=1062 [Official White House Photo by Pete Souza] President Barack Obama reacts to seeing speechwriter Cody Keenan outside the Oval Office on May 8, 2009. Keenan dressed up as a pirate for an Oval Office photo shot for use in the President's speech to the White House Correspondents Association dinner May 9, ... http://williscreative.com/bottomfeeder/?p=1057 Esperanza Spalding started off an evening of performances at the East Room of the White House on May 12, 2009. [Photo by Ozier Muhammad/NYT] Rachel L. Swarns reports in The Caucus Blog - NYT 051309: The candles flickered, the bassist strummed and, one by one, the writers and poets seized their ... http://williscreative.com/bottomfeeder/?p=1053 [Source: Google Images/Henry Jenkins] Steve Daly writes about this conflation of heroes in We’re All Trekkies Now | Print Article | Newsweek.com 050409: It's the Spock plot strands that give the new "Trek" its best shot at once again commanding the zeitgeist. Spock's cool, analytical nature feels more fascinating and topical than ... http://williscreative.com/bottomfeeder/?p=1044 Henry Jenkins writes in Confessions of an Aca/Fan: "Geeking Out" For Democracy (Part Two) 050409: The Obama campaign was able to create an ongoing relationship with these new voters, connecting across every available media platform. Log onto YouTube and Obama was there in political advertisements, news clips, comedy sketches, and music ... http://williscreative.com/bottomfeeder/?p=1040 It’s been 10 years since the Cluetrain Manifesto was nailed to the Internet door. A project called Cluetrainplus10 is marking the anniversary with 95 posts on 95 different blogs, one for each of the manifesto’s theses. Thesis #7: Hyperlinks subvert hierarchy. Was blogged by Chris Brogan, who had this to say about ... http://williscreative.com/bottomfeeder/?p=1036 See CDC emergency alerts on Twitter Government Looks Online To Spread Word On Flu : NPR 043009: References to swine flu in the blogosphere are far surpassing the actual spread of the virus itself. As the government tries to get in front of the rapid spread of information, it's learning some important ... http://williscreative.com/bottomfeeder/?p=1032 Tabla Beat Science – Sacred Channel, on Blip.fm. Thanks to lodro. http://williscreative.com/bottomfeeder/?p=1029 President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama participate in tree plantings at the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in Washington on 4/21/09. [Official White House Photo by Pete Souza] See the White House photostream on Flickr. Who knew? Creative Commons explains why the White House chose a CC license instead of acknowledging that ... http://williscreative.com/bottomfeeder/?p=1024 Swedish Court Rules Against Pirate Bay On Friday, a Swedish court ruled against the founders of the popular file-sharing website The Pirate Bay and found them guilty of assisting in the distribution of illegal content online. Mats Lewan, an editor at Ny Teknik, explains what the verdict means for file-sharing, for ... http://williscreative.com/bottomfeeder/?p=1019