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Jaiku, the microblogging site, has been down during the last five days due to server issues and a move to the Google data center. Five days is an enternity for a site like Jaiku and it has given us users some serious abstinence. We've gotten used to sharing ideas with each other, giving tips and discussing different topics. Without Jaiku the discussion tried to move elsewhere to places like FriendFeed or Twitter, but it wasn't really the same thing.

When Jaiku now is back online it has opened up to everyone. Previously you had to get an invite, which were limited, by an existing user. Now there are unlimited invites so anyone can register. It will be interesting to see if the discussion among my existing friends will pick up on the same level as last week and if we will see an onrush of new users. If so, will Jaiku be able to handle the increase in traffic?

Footnote: You will find me here on Jaiku.

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I wrote earlier about all the attention paid to Hillary Clinton's pantsuit color last night, so it's only fitting to sum up the color choices of tonight's speakers and heavies, in case no one else done. Joe, Jill, Bill, and Hillary all wore blue, and Nancy Pelosi did too....

After two full minutes of applause from the convention floor, Bill Clinton in his speech tonight vouched for Barack Obama, saying, “Everything I learned in my eight years as president and in the work I've done since, in America and across the globe, has convinced me that Barack Obama is the man for this job.” Politico’s Ben...

This will require closer attention and much deeper analysis, but in general, it's been pretty despicable to watch the networks not air some pretty hefty speeches in favor of endless commentary. This afternoon, MSNBC interviewed Tammy Duckworth, a veteran of the war and veterans affairs director in Illinois, about her speech tonight. And, then tonight,...

I've never been a fan of live blogging, but at its best, the process can put Internet readers side-by-side with clever, charming observers weighing in with witty observations. And sometimes, it just doesn't work. This is Josh Marshall's attempt at live blogging Bill Clinton's DNC speech in total. Waiting for Bill to start ... "I love this...

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There are a bunch of costumed idiots running around the convention handing out stickers that say "Trick Or Vote." From their Web site: "Trick or Vote is a nationwide nonpartisan costume canvass taking place on Halloween in a city near you. A spooky crew of monsters will be out in full force to remind young folks to vote, and you...

DENVER - If there was going to be any Real News made during the Democratic convention, last night was supposed to deliver it. Yep: The Hillary Factor! Capital T, capital H, capital F! What would she do? What would she say? What would her myopically rabid PUMA supporters do to shake things up, stir the pot, and generally add...

The vaunted Big Tent, boasting smoothies, beer, burritos, bloggers, and an endless parade of VIP guests, is wicked lame. The creature comforts are nice, but it is hot and crowded and self-congratulatory (I'm with Groucho Marx when it comes to meet-kindred-spirits things like this), it makes it easy for bloggers to just stick to the tent (and to...

In “The Racism Excuse,” yesterday's editorial rejecting the claim that racism explains Barack Obama's flagging lead in the polls, the Wall Street Journal took obvious delight in repeating Democratic VP-pick Senator Joe Biden's racially insensitive description of the Democratic nominee as an "articulate and bright and clean" African-American. For all its snarkiness, the WSJ has a point: the...

I’m not sure if this latest gem from The New York Times actually deserves analysis, since the title of the article—“Newcomers Adjust, Eventually, to New York”—pretty much explains what’s wrong. But, I guess, having wondered for 380 years if people ever feel comfortable in the Big Apple, the world can now rest easy because we’ve got...

“Hey! You know what says ‘We’ve got a regularly updating but superficial politics page?” said one Time PR exec to another. “A go-cart! With free t-shirts!” If you get too close (say, if you are angling for your very own medium-sized schwag shirt), a trying-to-be-helpful, blue shirt wearing Page-ette...

Want to know what The Best Political Team on Television looks like when they are not on television? Answer: About the same, just less bushy-tailed. Bonus shot of the CBS’s teamless Katie Couric, just a couple of dozen sweaty delegates and onlookers away: <img src="http://cjrarchives.org/img/posts/DNCCouric.jpg"...