Subject: Chat with Clark Robinson
From: Clark Robinson <robinsonchicago@gmail.com>
To: barriticus@gmail.com

me: sup g
Clark: working on collecting stuff on network design for Tarn
me: oh, good, thanks
Clark: will explain what the various iterations are
me: I got Michael Isikoff and NBC cam crew coming down Tuesday
Clark: in hopes he can glean scattered stuff to apply his genius to
me: and D Mag interviewed me again today for profile piece
me: one which will cover my life so far
me: so, that should all help quite a bit when we start raising funds
me: and recruiting
me: pursuant to that
me: I'm trying to get our partnership with First Praxis off and running
me: got some great new people like Ayla whom I've put in touch with Lipp
me: basically, I'm not able to run things personally anymore (and wasn't able to run them very well anyway) so I'm trying to delegate everything
me: which is reason for getting Tarn, etc
Clark: that concept of crowd sourced translation is really important, it is the biggest non-electronic obstacle to effective global networking
me: yes, and joepie91 is on it
me: he's a channel op at anonops.ru
me: English guy, non-anonymous like me
me: was mentioned in Anonymous Concedes Defeat press release
Clark: that was wickedly funny, not sure how many people understood it at the time
me: it was for domestic consumption
me: what'd you think of al-Jaz piece?
Clark: the last paragraph posed the issue in the most stark and, seemed to me, inarguable terms, very nice in my view
Clark: no, sorry, i am thinking of the guardian piece
me: alaso
me: also
Clark: the AJ piece, if I recall it correctly, contained much language i had previously read, i guess directly from you in other communications
me: I told you about Jenik Radon, I assume
me: and the constitution project
Clark: yes lawyer who consults on constitutions
me: building a team on our end for that
me: will ask Greenwald about it soon
me: my inbox is now a nightmare
me: 270 e-mails I need to either answer or archive or act on
Clark: do not delete stuff--when it comes time to write a book, you will have all the material at hand, and others can help you sift and organize
me: yeeah, I don't delete, I archive
Clark: archiving is time consuming
me: trust me on this - Tarn is a coup
me: he doesn't think so, but he'll be invaluable
me: oh, also
me: Bruce Sterling
Clark: Gmail has an excellent search tool
me: cyberpunk essayist
me: sci-fi author
me: writes for Wired now
me: speculated on identity of al-Jaz piece author
me: so I wrote to him
me: turns out he's in Austin
me: going to be speaking at SXSW interactive
me: wants me to come meet with him to talk about his presentation
me: I think he'll be willing to assist us with ideas on organization, etc
me: sci-fi authors are the ones I really want
me: I'd hand PM over to Neal Stephenson if he was willing
me: Also
me: have you talked much with Campbell?
Clark: i hope tarn hits it off with campbell
Clark: no, i have not heard anything from campbell that was not copied to you, an nothing in the last few days
Clark: unlike me, he is handicapped with a job
Clark: i will copy him on the list of docs and annotations i send to tarn
Clark: probably it will be sent tomorrow
Clark: will copy you too, of course
Clark: you dont need to read it