Re: [Discuss] keeping an eye on congress

2011-12-20 Thread Tom Metro
Dan Ritter wrote: > http://www.congress.org/congressorg/megavote/ > > There you go. Everything except a different name. The description: Track your Senators' and Representative's votes by e-mail Each week (that Congress is in session) you will receive: o Key votes by your two Senators and

Re: [Discuss] keeping an eye on congress

2011-12-20 Thread Daniel C.
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 6:59 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: > http://www.congress.org/congressorg/megavote/ Perfect. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [Discuss] keeping an eye on congress

2011-12-20 Thread Dan Ritter
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 05:06:02PM -0500, Daniel C. wrote: > I've considered launching a service (called something like Political > Inaction) that does something like this. You'd get regular digests > that summarize the bills before your governing bodies (state, > national, whatever) with links to

Re: [Discuss] Code for America

2011-12-20 Thread Nilanjan Palit
> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-innovations/code-for-america-an-elegant-solution-for-government-it-problems/2011/12/16/gIQAXrIu2O_story.html > > > > This is a good story? This is a bad story? You agree with this? You don't > agree? This story is worth

Re: [Discuss] keeping an eye on congress

2011-12-20 Thread Daniel C.
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Tom Metro wrote: > There ought to be a service (and perhaps there is, but I haven't ran > across it) that publishes a summarized, easily digestible report of what > legislation is coming up in the House of Representatives and the Senate. > Probably a version that i

[Discuss] Boston Linux Meeting reminder, tomorrow, December 21, 2011 IT Metrics - Being Persuasive with Management

2011-12-20 Thread Jerry Feldman
When: December 21, 2011 7PM (6:30PM for Q&A) Topic: IT Metrics - Being Persuasive with Management Moderator: Joseph Guarino, CISSP,LPIC,MCSE2000-2003,PMP Location: MIT Building E51, Room 325 Summary Selling FOSS solutions to your boss Abstract Ever had a sparring match with a manager or e

Re: [Discuss] live podcast BLU meetings

2011-12-20 Thread Richard Pieri
On 12/20/2011 3:20 PM, Tom Metro wrote: BLU already records the video for talks with some regularity. Presumably such permission is already being sought and granted. Maybe. That depends on the terms specified in the BLU release form. -- Rich P. ___

Re: [Discuss] live podcast BLU meetings

2011-12-20 Thread Tom Metro
Richard Pieri wrote: > Would be nifty, but it adds a legal twist. You cannot legally > distribute a recording of a speaker's presentation without obtaining > that speaker's permission. OK, but I don't think that poses much of a problem. BLU already records the video for talks with some regularit

Re: [Discuss] list etiquette for posting links

2011-12-20 Thread Tom Metro
Dan O'Donovan wrote: > Nilanjan Palit wrote: >> http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-innovations/code-for-america-an-elegant-solution-for-government-it-problems/2011/12/16/gIQAXrIu2O_story.html >> > > This is a good story? This is a bad story? You agree with this

Re: [Discuss] keeping an eye on congress

2011-12-20 Thread Tom Metro
Bill Horne wrote: > Email is analyized and weighted for keywords, after being run through > /very/ expertly devised filters which identify "mail bomb" auto-writing > campaigns and chain letters. Printed mail is often simply weighed, after > being sorted by zip code. Only hand-written letters get se

Re: [Discuss] live podcast BLU meetings

2011-12-20 Thread Richard Pieri
On 12/20/2011 2:12 PM, Tom Metro wrote: Live podcast BLU meetings? -Tom Would be nifty, but it adds a legal twist. You cannot legally distribute a recording of a speaker's presentation without obtaining that speaker's permission. -- Rich P. ___

[Discuss] live podcast BLU meetings

2011-12-20 Thread Tom Metro
Live podcast BLU meetings? -Tom http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/20/twitter-for-audio-app-spreaker-now-live-on-android/ ...the self-described "Twitter for audio" app Spreaker is now publicly launching Android. The app, which lets users broadcast live over the Internet, is a DIY broadcasting/