Obama's CTO and the boat-anchor of legacy issues (1)
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The Obama administration's new idea to appoint a national CTO is already getting messy. Is the national CTO a bureaucrat? A visionary? A technologist? Remains to be seen.From Dan Farber @ News.com: Obama's CTO: Watch-out for the turf warsInfoworld's take: Google-enabled government starts with Obama's CTO (do we really want that?)Eric Schmidt's take, from Reuters: No thanksCurt Monash from NetworkWorld debates CTO vs. CIOThis is a big job that could easily get bogged down in ...
The last Obama rally draws 90,000 to Manassas, Va. (1)
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Manassas, Virginia, Nov. 3, 2008 (photo by Lynn Sweet) MANASSAS, VA. -A sea of some 90,000 people rallied for Barack Obama in northern Virginia late Monday night, in the last rally of a two year presidential campaign that is poised to vault the Illlinois senator to the White House on Tuesday. "Even if we're successful tomorrow we will be facing bigger challenges than probably any administration since FDR. But you and I know, you can ...
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bbebop said:
shdn't they be holding up lighters???
The Nader Effect (1)
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In Massachusetts today, independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader set a new record for campaign speeches in one day. Ticking off 17 total qualified speeches clocking in at 255 minutes, Nader’s “Massachusetts Marathon” was a Guinness Book of Records attempt aimed at raising awareness of his candidacy. Though certainly a stunt that smacks solely of gimmick, his campaign is in desperate need of ink. According to recent polls, fully two-thirds of the United States electorate is ...
10 Step Beginners Guide to Blogging Your Personal Brand (2)
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1) Learn about blogging Before you even start a blog around your brand, introduce yourself to the concept. It helps to know what you’re getting into before you rush in and “only fools rush in” as they say. If you want to know the difference between traditional media and social media, check out this New York Times article (static), followed by a New York Times blog post (dynamic) on the same topic. Notice the difference ...
Bletchley Park kicks so much ass (1)
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Yesterday, I got one of the best and most memorable birthday presents of my life -- a trip to the legendary Bletchley Park, site of the British WWII codebreaking effort, where Turing and co invented modern computer science and cryptography. The site is just as I'd imagined it -- a rotting, lovely old mansion surrounded by modest, slope-shouldered sheds with a variety of exhibits staffed by knowledgeable, friendly geeks who clearly find it all every ...
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http://gizmodo.co... of us are pretty happy with touchscreen implementation in products like the iPhone or HTC Touch. But Microsoft (teaming with HTC hardware, at least in this photograph) has developed a new sort of touchscreen that doesn't involve touching the screen at all. Instead, IR beams shoot out from the sides of the phone and track your gestures on any surface. The beams are arranged in two rows and spaced 10 millimeters apart, aimed horizontally ...Shared by Mark Aitken (17)Contribute comment
