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Dean Rides the Cluetrain
08 Dec 2003 by Matthew Linderman
Cluetrain Manifesto authors David Weinberger and Doc Searls are consultants to the Howard Dean campaign, according to this feature in the NY Times. No wonder than that Joe Trippi, Dean’s campaign manager, says the campaign’s structure is modeled on the Internet, “which is organized as a grid, rather than as spokes surrounding a hub.”
Update: So where’s my money? (Doc denies it).
I’m sure some of my thinking and writing has influence; but I’m sure it’s not only on the Dean Campaign. When I read or listen to Cameron Barrett and Stirling Newberry, both involved (one officially, one voluntarily) with the Clark Campaign, I sense some degree of influencethere too…But there is a big difference between influence and employment. I’m not employed by any campaign.
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08 Dec 2003 | Thumper said...
According to Dave Winer, this is not true.
08 Dec 2003 | Chris said...
Doc Searles says he is not a consultant also.
08 Dec 2003 | Darrel said...
the campaigns structure is modeled on the Internet
Huh?
08 Dec 2003 | ajr said...
Hmm, I bet Al Gore is somehow in on this... He is!
09 Dec 2003 | dmr said...
"which is organized as a grid"
I don't understand what this means. How does an organization use a grid as its structural model? Is this grid 2d? How do the points on the grid relate to eachother? I need answers!
10 Dec 2003 | Jim said...
Having worked with a local campaign office, I can say that it's a grid with a very distinct hub and spokes. Whatever that means.
16 Jan 2004 | Margery said...
For example, if you see an AIM window peeking out from behind your browser and you click on it, that window will come to the front, but the main application window will not. The Mail.app/Activity Viewer is another example. The Aqua system of layers works well in many instances, but not in all. Thank goodness that the Dock is always there to come to the rescue. I know that clicking on an application icon in the Dock will always result in not only the application coming to the front, but also any non-minimized windows associated with it. And if the application is active but no windows are open, clicking on the Dock icon should create a new window in that application.
