RealTime Wrapup. Couldn't make the trip to Miami for RealTime? Here's your chance to read transcripts of all the best presentations and discussions in our RealTime wrapup. [Fast Company]

10 questions to ask Tony Blair. The Guardian lists 10 questions to ask Tony Blair about the excuses for war with Iraq. What questions would you ask Bush? [Ceejbot]

Survey: Increased Demand for Expert Law Library Services. Libraries are growing smaller, but budgets, staffing and duties keep expanding, according to this new article on Law.com, which also… [beSpacific]

Politics. Howard Dean Cashing In From Microfinance. The Washington Post is reporting that Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean has raised $1 million from contributions made online through his Web site. University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato is quoted in the piece describing this as an example of a clear trend towards lesser-known candidates using… Continue reading Politics

Upstreaming catches up to downloading….. The Revolution Will Be Participatory. David Weinberger points to an interesting presentation made in April to the FCC regarding the growth of broadband usage in America. Weinberger rightly points out that the big story in the presentation is on slide six, in which the presenter (David P. Reed, CTO of… Continue reading Upstreaming catches up to downloading….

Ray Ozzie speculates that WASTE may have been pulled because of crypto export regulations. I don't buy that; here's why. [Hack the Planet]

RefactoringCringely. A recent piece by Robert Cringely caused a small stir in the refactoring community recently, as he criticized refactoring. Phlip summed the response on the refactoring mailing list with an unusually restrained '…he sounds like a “skeptic” who writes reviews of books he has no intention of reading.' Certainly it isn't clear how much… Continue reading RefactoringCringely

Interaction Design Grad School. I've started a blog to document my upcoming two years of graduate work in interaction design at Carnegie Mellon. For those of you who want to know what design grad school is like, (but don't want to spend the time or the money!) this is for you. [ia/ – information architecture… Continue reading Interaction Design Grad School

Report: IRS Information Security Seriously Flawed. The GAO released this report on June 2: Information Security: Although Progress Made, Weaknesses at the Internal Revenue Service Continue… [beSpacific]

Evolution 1.4 was also released. It seems like a shame that Ximian is selling Exchange seats instead of building a native collaboration infrastructure, but business is business. [Hack the Planet]