spencercritchley.com Archives: November 2009
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22 November 2009
Local Government 2.0
Government 2.0 is a big interest of mine – just like at the national level, I think we can make local government more open, participatory and productive by using technology intelligently. Although there’s been talk about this for a while, it’s still early days – e.g. see the new discussion, “What Is Government 2.0?” at [...]
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22 November 2009
Obama: Advancing Civil Liberties in the Face of Difficult Constraints
My opening statement for the debate at the ACLU Santa Cruz Annual Dinner, Nov 18, 2009:
…Let’s begin by recognizing the magnitude of President Obama’s first civil liberties achievement: getting elected.
In hindsight, the success of the Obama campaign can look inevitable. But at the outset, the only thing that looked inevitable to most observers was that it would not succeed, that it was at best a dry run for the future. Well, facing incredibly steep odds, Barack Obama brought the future into the present.
He had some great talent helping him. But I can tell you that there was never any question who was running things, and that was Barack Obama himself…
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22 November 2009
Top Drupal Gotchas, #2: White Screen / Not Enough PHP Memory
Cross-posted at O’Reilly Broadcast. Continuing my effort to spare newcomers to Drupal from falling into this powerful content management system’s most common traps, this time I look at a frequent cause of white screens – the sudden and scary devolution of a previously healthy Drupal site into a blank browser window. This can be caused [...]
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16 November 2009
ACLU Debate: Defending Obama’s Civil Liberties Record
I’ll be arguing the position “Obama: Advancing Civil Liberties in the Face of Difficult Constraints” at the ACLU Santa Cruz chapter’s annual meeting Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009, starting at 7:00 pm. From the ACLU: “Each speaker will have opportunities to stake out their positions, to rebut their opponent’s statements, and to offer a final conclusion. [...]
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16 November 2009
“Understanding Social Media” seminar
I’ll be giving a free seminar on Understanding Social Media at the Monterey County Democrats’ Center For Change in Monterey Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 from 6 to 8 pm. This is part of our Training For Change series for Monterey County Democrats volunteers.