"Ralph Waldo Emerson on his 200th birthday this spring is 'closer to us than ever,' writes the great Harold Bloom. He is a man for bloggers to embrace most especially, not for Emerson's glory but for our own understanding of a transformative moment we are living through."

# Posted by Dave Winer on 6/21/03; 5:47:11 PM - --

This morning I spec'd a new BloggerCon session, sent invites, two confirmations. It would be an unusual, bloggy sort of thing to open up the process, so what the heck here goes. The first two people to say yes are Jim Moore and Adam Curry. I'm not going to say who the other two are because I like to tease, and they may say no (I don't actually think they will). Ralph Waldo Emerson is a virtual presenter.

# Posted by Dave Winer on 6/21/03; 5:45:00 PM - --

"I'm thinking of borrowing an idea from Davos, where they had, for the opening lunch the year I was there, two Chinese artists doing a huge mural on a stage while we all ate lunch. It probably meant something different to everyone, that's how art works. To me it said bring your creativity to this conference. It also said our canvas is large. And because they were Chinese that this is strange."

# Posted by Dave Winer on 6/21/03; 7:24:08 AM - --

# Posted by Dave Winer on 6/21/03; 7:22:44 AM - --