Not A Dollarshort

Canada 2.0

You'll be hearing a lot of "I'm moving to..." the next couple days. Well, I'm not moving anywhere. I'm staying put. The borders? Well, that's another story.

From the moment I woke up this morning, I been hearing Ving Rhame's Marsellus Wallace character from Pulp Fiction in my head:

"Hey, Red America you've just lost your Canada 2.0 privileges."

Don't just Vote

You know, I'm not going to say "Vote." And leave it at that.

Vote for Kerry/Edwards.

Being in the Bay Area, the odds that someone is voting for Kerry is pretty good and in our circle of friends and coworkers, the odds are even better. So, everyone pretty much assumes we all vote the same way. The truth is, when I ask someone "did you vote?" I really just want to know if they voted the way I did.

Hey, I'm just being honest.

Button for America

So tonight, after deciding that I wanted to put a Dean for America button on my weblog, I checked out the button options over at the official website. Realizing that these buttons didn't capture the certain aesthetic of my site, I chose to make my own.

If you're a Dean supporter and would like to put the button you see to the right on your own weblog, simply copy it and save it to your own server. (Please don't link directly to the image).

Meeting Howard Dean

While attending a Howard Dean fundraiser tonight, I got to speak briefly with the Governor about the campaign weblog at blogforamerica.com. What I told him was based on my own personal experience and wasn't a pitch for Movable Type (they already use it for the weblog). I told Dean that until recently I was almost completely apathetic about politics and the presidential race. Completely discouraged after the last election and the years that have followed, I felt that my support for any candidate would be futile. However, after spending a good amount of time reading the Dean campaign site and watching/listening to the speeches, debates and rallies that they have archived online, I began to feel the sort of enthusiasm that trumps apathy and moves someone to want to support a candidate (and even attend a fundraiser). I respect the fact that the campaign is using technology wisely and they're providing a variety of online options to create a message that sticks with different types of online users. They've tapped into a valuable resource, one that will be instrumental in shaping the direction of this election.

I support Dean not because he uses our software (there are other presidential candidates using Movable Type) but because he has the sort of energy that is needed to jump-start the rather comatose Democratic party. I strongly agree with his positions on most of the "big issues" and feel that Dean -- if the current momentum is kept -- has a very good chance of winning the nomination.

I also told Dean that he needed to do his own personal weblog -- one that shows the human side of his candidacy and that isn't about politics or his messages. I, for one, want to see photo of his pets (and I mean that in all seriousness). Of course, the man is busy enough so I'll understand if he passes. Dean, however, did tell us that he believes weblogs have been making a huge impact on the presidential race and was able to sell me on their value. So, it's great to see that it's a technology that he's not only aware of but can also advocate.

Here are some photos from the event.

Ben captured the event on his TypePad moblog.