Blogging the Market: How weblogs are turning corporate machines into real conversations. by George N. Dafermos. Version 0.91 Wednesday 15/10/2003. I could almost give this to a non-blogger.

Susan Mernit called. 30 minutes later I'm in a North Berkeley bakery with J.D. and Mary. "J.D. Lassica?" I ask. Indeed it is. I didn't tell him to his face, but I've been learning from J.D. for more than a year now. That whole big J in the "blogging as journalism, blogger as journalist" meme. Thinking about ethics. Management as journalism. Public/private tradeoffs. Truth squads. He's quieter in person than on his blog (maybe that's called "listening", Phil).

Stuff I didn't get to mention to J.D.:

• EastBayKerry.com is about making national issues local, local issues personal, and to provoke engagement in the political process.
• Don't Blog was birthed during breaks while hung over at the 2003 Blogtalk conference.
• I really like that General Clark's been holding Bush directly accountable for domestic misconduct about foreign affairs. Not just well said, but a consistent and dogged demonstration of public integrity.  

I've been tuning in to Mary Hodder's biplog (Berkeley Intellectual Property Weblog) since Spring 2003. New Media Mary [sorry, Mary] also edits the napsterization blog. Mary's writing/shooting a documentary on Cow RFID (radio frequency identification) tags, sort of a Total Bovine Information Awareness Program. Blogworthy in a Mad Cow era. Contrast this to Mary's growing irritation with fringe intrusions into her own privacy, like seeing her name and RSVP status show up on party evites. Transparency in that little virtual social encounter makes going to the party less mysterious, meeting people there feel less serendipitous, and steals intimacy from the inviter-invitee relationship.

Just imagine how the cows feel. MooooveOn.

Then Thai lunch with Susan.

Susan wants to bring bloginess to social service charities. All that klogging goodness (authentic and timely stakeholder communication, collaboration turbocharged, institutional memory, etc.) for not-4-profit agencies that heal, feed, and nurture those who need it. Off to a good start but enduring bigco bureaucracy wrapped in 501c3 woolens.

Susan advised a bit about the state of the Actionable Sense Society's formation. Thanks.  

Why do we need to escape the home office for the social engagement of a cubicle farm? Why do we find it so useful to meet in person? Do we ever figure out what we're going to do when we grow up?   

I like it when Susan calls.

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