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I'm blogging live from a very hot Austin, Texas, at the Netroots Nation conference!
Officially, Netroots Nation (formerly YearlyKos) "amplifies progressive voices by providing an online and in-person campus for exchanging ideas and learning how to be more effective in using technology to influence the public debate."
They're certainly right about that free exchange of ideas—I've eaten free pastries from an Oregonian who's running for Senate (thanks, Jeff Merkley!), chatted with a physicist who used to work with Carl Sagan (and yes, the legendary astronomer was apparently just as charismatic in real life), argued with an obnoxious Greenpeace worker about "simple" energy policies, and even shielded my eyes from an anti-vaccination group (paging Orac!).
Yesterday, my ScienceBlogs booth attracted the likes of bonafide blogosphere celebrities Ed Brayton, Josh Rosenau, and Darksyde.
The day capped off with fantastic keynote speeches by bonafide non-blogosphere celebrities General Wesley Clark and Governor Howard Dean.
Today I'm looking forward to Ed Brayton's panel on "Restructuring US Science Policy." And one of these nights, we're all going out for real Texas BBQ. So stay tuned for more updates!
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I am curious about your feelings about the Clark speech. I heard him at the thing and then afterward at an after party, and I want it to be so revolutionary, as I enjoyed him very much in 2004, but I feel like it doesn't feel any less stumpy than other political speech-sayers.
Posted by: Alex Steed [of Make Something Happen] | July 18, 2008 12:38 PM
Agreed on Clark...but Dean was just as mesmerizing as everyone says he is.
Posted by: Virginia Hughes | July 18, 2008 12:44 PM