This is not my first post on 9/11. Hopefully, it won't be my last post either. It is a choice to give up on the world and the people in it. I have never understood the rationale that makes some throw up their hands and quit trying. So, instead of writing a mourning post (it's after 2pm anyway!), I'm writing a post about tomorrow. Er, actually, this is a post about next Friday.

Next Friday, if you live in the Bay Area, you might want to attend a little shindig I know about, to benefit the Open Voting Consortium. Instead of thinking about death and doom, we can do what the people who died on 9/11 were doing: we can go on with our lives. We can remember how lucky we are to be alive. We can keep laying the groundwork for a better future.

That's what I'll be doing, anyway. And if you'd like to join me, please do! If you have a Facebook account, please RSVP here:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=164550528384

Or feel free to message me for more information. Details below:

Open Source Voting: Accurate, Accountable

If you believe you'd like to drink beer, play rock band and save the country all at one party... then come on out, patriots! :)

If you believe that,
* the whole voting system must be open to complete public scrutiny with no room for "trade secrets,"
* the voting system must include a durable paper ballot that can be handled, stacked, counted, and recounted if necessary,
* the voting system should invite public participation instead of discouraging it,
* your ballot should be cast in private but counted in public,
* accessibility features should be built into the system,
* we need to conduct elections in a cost effective manner, then you should join OVC today!

It's amazing what you can do with a mouse these days, isn't it?