The first Read The Founders day
Here’s a quick wrap-up of July 4th activity from around the web. I’ve been too busy to properly promote Read the Founders for the holiday, but of course many bloggers and podcasters were way ahead of me.
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Technology Ideas
1. Idea Name: Content Framework
Description: Based on the City Wiki idea, enable anyone to upload a catalog of topics which will automatically be turned into a wiki site, similar to Wikipedia. This would be a great way to kick start a wiki site.
Why: There are hundreds, if not thousands of topics that have many terms associated with them. Often these terms would be best described by the users.
Name/Email: Dave Nielsen/dave AT platformd DOT com
Business Ideas
1. Idea Name: Instant Company Directory
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2. Idea Name: Meeting Scheduler/Grid from Outlook/Gmail
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Consumer Ideas
1. Idea Name: Episode Guides (TV Guide)
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2. Idea Name: Mapping
o Had to be there: what’s nearbyWhy:
o Subway/Monument based editable cell
o OpenMaps Mashup: leave feedback about the rental property Description:
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3. Idea Name: Instapedia:
Description: Aggregate data on a wiki from a variety of APIs on a particular topic
o Trip Planner/My AgendaName/Email:
o My Book Report Why:
4. Idea Name: WYSIWYG Twitter
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5. Idea Name: Autoupdating—syndicated data
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Name/Email:(Ryan—can you please explain this one?)
- Thanks to Bryan Zug and Ricardo Rabago for actively participating in the Read the Founders meme.
- South of the James posted the text of the Declaration. So did 2020 Hindsight.
- Jesus’ General selected his favorite bits.
- Carpe Factum lingered over the phrase “we hold these truths to be self evident.”
- Presidential candidate Wes Clark posted his thoughts on the Declaration of Independence in a 4th of July podcast yesterday.
- Rex Hammock thanked the men who signed the paper. Classy and courteous. What else would you expect from a Southerner?
- The Daily Doubter, who consistently writes intelligently and thoughtfully on the intersection of modern life and the Founding Fathers’ writings, let his mind wander over what great men, ancient and modern, have said about allegiance and patriotism. (For another perspective on the Constitution’s origin, he also points us to this essay by Robert Ingersoll.)
- ConfirmThem selected “The Greatest Statement of Any from the Founders“
- Justice Breyer read the text of the Declaration at the start of the annual 4th of July parade in Plainfield, NH.
- On the Huffington Post, Brent Budowski wrote of the inspiration provided to Revolutionary troops by Thomas Paine and Common Sense.
- The Existentialist Cowboy pondered the conditions which prompted the writing of the Declaration.
- And Brad DeLong reminded us of the words of Frederick Douglas, looking back at the Declaration in 1852.
