Blog Entries
Blog entries, here and from elsewhere.
OSN Tuesday morning posts
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Tue, 02/15/2005 - 08:36Following are extracted comments I have made over at the Online Social Networks forum. While they are missing the full context, I have edited them so that enough context should be available.
OSN Entry on Tools for Online Activism
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Mon, 02/14/2005 - 23:16Here is a post that I just contributed to the Tools for Online Activism discussion at the Online Social Networks 2005 conference. Comments are greatly appreciated.
This, too, is what Democracy looks like
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Mon, 02/14/2005 - 17:00The sun shone brightly through the beautiful stained glass windows. The light passed through intricate woodworking to create ornate shadows. Members of the Retired Men’s Association with their thinning white hair and blue or gray blazers slowly filled the pews. Members of the Democratic Town Committee showed up as did folks from numerous other groups.
It is Lincoln’s Birthday, 2005 at Christ Church Greenwich. We don’t celebrate Lincoln’s Birthday much anymore and it isn’t a typical day to be in church, but is an important day to be there.
OSN2005
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Fri, 02/11/2005 - 09:07I am participating in Online Social Networks 2005, which started on Wednesday. It includes a forum which is mostly text, but has some graphics and links to audio and visual. There are conference calls, gatherings in an IRC channel and other events going on.
I will be a panelist in the ‘Tools for Online Activism’ forum. I look forward to that. For the time being, I’m simply trying to get through all the forum entries and add comments here and there.
This is what democracy looks like
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Thu, 02/10/2005 - 09:54During the Republican National Convention, protests sprung up at many places around New York City. As I was heading in to blog about the convention one day, I passed a large demonstration in front of the Public Library.
As the police were dragging people off, some people chanted "Shame, Shame" at the police. Others started chanting, "This is what democracy looks like."
That phrase, "This is what democracy looks like" is one that always sticks with me. To me, it conjures up images of the fight for democracy around the world, whether we are talking about the Bastille, suffragettes, Tiananmen Square, or purple fingers in Iraq.
