The vibe at YearlyKos, the first-ever face-to-face convening of about 1000-1500 members and fans of the country#039s most popular political website, is very much like a summer-camp re-union among people who have never ... Read More

I try to not use this blog to talk about partisan politics, and I encourage the other PDF contributing editors to do the same. So, while the "Unity '08" announcement by a group of bipartisan political consultants and ... Read More

I'm at the NetSquared conference in Santa Clara, CA today and tomorrow and will do my best to blog the high points. The theme so far: More voices are joining the public conversation, disrupting and potentially ... Read More

The folks at the Bivings Group have done a nice survey report looking at the use of the internet in 2006 Senate campaigns, covering a total of 77 campaign committees (30 incumbents and 47 challengers). The big picture ... Read More

Notes from the PDF afternoon: From the "How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Blogosphere" panel, Roger L. Simon of Pajamas Media announced about the launch of "Politics Central," a new feature of his news/blog ... Read More

New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer just finished giving a rousing address on the need for universal broadband access. My favorite sound-bite: In 1934, the federal government passed the "Universal Service Act," ... Read More

I don't expect to live-blog my own conference, but with 15 minutes to show-time, I wanted to note that others are already on the case. Dina Kaplan of BlipTV has posted some video interviews she did of speakers at a ... Read More

Style beats substance. Form tops function. Fantasy beats reality. But truth tops lies. And love beats hate. Hard not to be fascinated by the new Google Trends, which allows you to compare search patterns on several ... Read More

We're pleased to announce that Elizabeth Edwards will be joining this year's Personal Democracy Forum for a keynote conversation on the Internet, politics and the future. We're very excited that she'll be joining us and ... Read More

The detailed, minute-by-minute schedule for this year's third annual Personal Democracy Forum is now live. We've also added a bunch of exciting speakers, including Chellie Pingree, the president of Common Cause; Roger ... Read More