Blogging Softly

Microsoft Watch: "[I]t seems as if Microsoft corporate is beginning to take more of an active interest in how its employees are expressing their opinions in their Web logs. On Tuesday, as part of its ongoing series of discussions about Microsoft and community, the company is holding an internal panel to discuss employee Weblogging."

Robert Scoble has more: "From when I compared notes with Beth Goza afterward, it was similar to a panel session that happened a week ago at the Weblogger conference. No more or less sinister than that."

Speaking of more or less sinister panels from last week's conference, I'm assembling the feedback from my panel to Phil Wolff's questions and hope to post it this weekend. Sorry for the delay, but I still need to be writing and editing other things at the moment.

Livin' It Up

The firm's summer program is in full swing, and as we were going over one of her writing projects one of our summer associates just reminded me of this oldie but goodie. (Here's a techie twist on the classic.)

Not To Be Confused With E3

I see from the signage on the Convention Center that Erotica L.A. starts tomorrow.

Digital Frights Managment

Senator Orrin Hatch: "If there is no effective, non-intrusive way to stop pirates, I'm all for destroying their machines." (As quoted in John Healey's piece in today's Los Angeles Times Business Section, "Deep-Six Computers to Sink Net Pirates?")

Marty Schwimmer on Hatch's comments. [via Dave Winer, who's part of the reading list for Digital Democracy Day at Internet Law 2003]

Dave Winer's question to Senator Hatch, two years ago today. [ditto]

Today Is Digital Democracy Day

At Internet Law 2003 (at Harvard's Program of Instruction for Lawyers), that is. Reading lists and pointers to the real-time blogging thus far, thoughtfully provided by Donna Wentworth and John Palfrey, are at that link.