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profiled in DOUBLETHINK

Nicole Trafton wrote a profile piece in Doublethink on how I got to where I am today.
Here are the first few grafs:

If you don’t have 500 Facebook friends, David All won’t hire you.
All is the president of the eponymous David All Group (DAG), “the nation’s first conservative Web 2.0 agency.” All founded the group in [...]

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The New Guards will Rise

To be continued after the election.

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Thank You For Smoking

After thoroughly enjoying Christopher Buckley’s Boomsday, I decided to read another of his novels which is one of my favorite movies, Thank You For Smoking. (Aside: I have a pattern of watching a movie and then reading the novel, e.g., Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club.)
Buckley’s satirical look at how “big tobacco’s” chief spokesman, Nick Naylor, artfully [...]

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Matagorda (tune)

Digging “Matagorda” from Austin-based Black Before Red.
If you like the track, you can download more free tracks (including this one) from their site.

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a TechRepublican in Paris (video)

Here’s a short video I made after attending the World e-democracy Forum in Paris.
In the video I talk about the amazing emphasis that Japan places on ensuring that its citizens have access (not free) to high-speed broadband. Currently, 98.3% of its citizens have high-speed access and they’re going after the remaining 1.7% aggressively. Must [...]

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Look kids, Big Ben, Parliament

Due to some interesting circumstances, I ended up delaying my return back to America for a few days to take a quick stop through London, England.
First of all, British Airways is amazing. They serve delicious snacks, all the drinks you can handle, and they’re extremely pleasant.
As I sit in my hotel room after a long [...]

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bonjour Paris

When I went to bed last night around Midnight local time I figured I’d wake up an hour or two later due to the time difference. Not the case. I slept like a rock and woke up sans alarm around 8:30 am.
Recharged and ready to go I decided to take a day trip to [...]

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a bar in Paris

I left the States last night at 5:30 pm est. The flight was direct and I lucked out having perhaps the only open seat next to me. I can never sleep on planes but boy I tried hard.
I arrived at my hotel about 8-9 hours later (9:30 am local time). My room wasn’t ready [...]

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A featured profile on election.twitter.com

Very cool to see that the good folks at our favorite(ish) socnet, Twitter, featured my Twitter profile on their election.twitter.com hub.
Thank you @biz.

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We Will Become Silhouettes (tune)

This is Matthew Dear’s not scared remix of the Postal Service’s “We Will Become Silhouettes.”
Love.

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The Wire Finale

A little over three months ago I embarked on a journey to watch Seasons 1-5 of HBO’s The Wire.
Today, with help from Netflix, I completed the task. And I enjoyed every minute of it.
What’s next in the queue?
I’m going to give the Arrested Development series a shot. Season 1, disc 1 should be here on [...]

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Ana and David Live Blogging the VP Debate

Ana and David Live Blogging the VP Debate, originally uploaded by scottstead.

Thanks to CNN.com techie crew member Scott Stead for taking this photo.

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Watch me on CNN.com/live tonight [update]

Watch CNN.com/live tonight,
originally uploaded by DavidAll06.

Tune into CNN.com/live tonight from 8-11 PM EST to see me and Ana Marie Cox discuss the debate.
You’ll remember Ana Marie as the former Wonkette, then editor of Time Magazine Online, and now editor of Radar.
The format will be similar to “Mystery Science Theater 3000” so it should be [...]

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Apparently, a Member of Congress

I’ve received some strange, unsolicited emails before, but this note aimed at some Member of Congress which was sent to my @techrepublican.com email address takes the cake.
Begin forwarded message:
From: “Donald Lacy” <db.lacy@worldnet.att.net>
Date: January 2, 2000 1:13:34 AM EST
To: David All
Subject: Vote Yes on  Bail Out Bill
We are residents of your district in Va. and we [...]

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