Published April 28th, 2008
in Politics and Truth In Media.
This primary season may be a signal of changes in our political landscape…
The power of the ‘long tail’ is being felt in many aspects of our lives. We increasingly want things in our life to be ‘unbundled’ - broken into smaller bits that we can pick and choose from. We Tivo television to […]
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Technology issues rarely get respect on the campaign trail…
Despite technology’s critical role in our society, you don’t usually hear candidates talk much about their positions on technology related issues. In a short speech at Google yesterday, Barack Obama did just that. With many candidates that - short of blackberries - are probably pretty […]
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The status quo no longer cuts it…
Over the past several decades, our national dependence on imported oil has always been problematic, and it’s starting to become a crisis. One recent issue has been the sharp increase in crude oil prices:
Part of this price spike is being driven by speculation rather than actual market supply […]
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Published August 24th, 2007
in Politics and Web Video.
Connecticut will be using a new optical voting machine this election…
To help with the transition from the previous lever based mechanical systems, Connecticut Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz posted an instructional video on how to use the new system. One version is available for download to an iPod, and a second version is […]
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Google/YouTube has joined with CNN to add a new twist to the televised political debate format we have all become used to. In tonight’s Democratic presidential candidate debate, instead of coming from the usual talking heads, questions will be asked by ordinary people via videos submitted to YouTube. A few dozen questions have […]
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Published July 12th, 2007
in Current Events and Politics.
It seems that debate over our future role in Iraq is starting to heat up…
Part of this is being driven by the looming September deadline Bush has set for assessing the effectiveness of the recent troop ’surge’ there. Part is driven by the continuing stream of bad news from Iraq, and the seeming inability […]
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