| 1. | As they say in the election business, "The first results are in." |
| 2. | When the final total is tallied, I expect about 1000 pages to be linked together in the 24 Hours chain. |
| 3. | I'm learning a lot. It's an international project. That's clear. Some of the most passionate writing comes from citizens of countries where they have, or recently have, experienced limits on free speech. |
| 4. | I learned a lot about web page design and web writing. My work has already been influenced by the participants. |
| 5. | You can learn from this too! Judge for yourself how powerful the Internet is as a multiple-channel broadcast system. This effort came together in less than two weeks! You saw it happen here on DaveNet. "Web energy" rules! |
| 6. | I plan to share what I learn; I already know this much -- it was totally worth the effort! |
| 7. | Thanks to everyone who participated, especially the people at "America OnLine", "World Wide Power & Light", the media people at Apple Computer and to "HotWired" for providing support and web space. |
| 8. | And a special thanks to Bill Gates for speaking first. |
| 9. | Coooool! |
| 10. | Dave Winer |
| 11. | PS: They're doing a t-shirt. Of course. Watch the "24 Hours of Democracy" site! |
| 12. | PPS: I highly recommend the "Ten Random Essays" CGI-generated page. Be sure you have enough time. It's addictive! |