Yes (Carl) Scan

Dan Gillmor is a BoingBoing guest-blogger.

In his worthy campaign -- dubbed Yes We Scan! -- to become America's public printer, or head of the Government Printing Office, Carl Malamud will take to the Twitter-waves at noon (Pacific Time) today to give a mini-speech of tweets about his plans. Then he's off to Washington to make more waves of the political sort.

Follow the Twitter campaign here.

There's a whimsical element to all this. But Carl is the real deal, and his idea is not only sensible but important.

Go for it, @carlmalamud --

[#1 posted by CarlMalamud , March 9, 2009 11:40 AM]

Thanks Dan! Folks wanting to follow along at the Rally for the Public Domain can do so using hashtag #YesWeScan ... hope to see you there!

[#2 posted by Blank Look , March 9, 2009 12:21 PM]

Oh boy, someone else who wants to tell us that we should do what we are already doing and blame us for decisions in the hands of other government organizations. It's a quadrennial tradition.

[#3 posted by greenfish , March 9, 2009 5:55 PM]

Wow, I'm excited at the prospect of having Carl as Public Printer! Thanks for the hat tip to librarians, and good luck.