PDF Day 2

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PDF on Day Two is great. Great morning presentations by Lessig and Zittrain (two folks whose work I already know) and two excellent ones from folks who are new to me — Doug Rushkoff and Morley Winograd.

We had a great press briefing yesterday, showing off our Lawmaker Profiler and the work of OpenCongress.org and Metavid. Several good stories resulted (Links coming) Today, Speechology.org, a Sunlight mini-grantee, is launching their site.  Founders Dan and Matt created Speechology as a community-based fact checker for campaign season television. They’re archiving every debate and campaign TV ad, and inviting the public to cut through the candidates’ rhetoric and call them out when they fudge facts. Their aim is to create a viewer’s guide for this election year and beyond.