At least not for now. If you want to get the skinny on the might-be-revolution you will need to get on the Internets. In case you missed it, Iran had a presidential election on Friday. In Iran’s quasi-theocratic regieme the office of Presidnent is secondary to that of the Supreme (Religious) Leader, Ali Khameni,...
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It is almost an article of faith at this point that Barack Obama is “the Internet President,” having perfected the medium as a campaign tool, he is using it to open up the workings of government. For example,recovery.gov, data.gov and the White House Open Government Initiative. Obama has also hired the first-ever national Chief...
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This blog has a lot of catching up to do. My local readers will probably know that after running for City Council in late 2007 I then dedicated myself to the Obama campaign. Not long after that was over my mother succumbed to leukemia. Right after *that* my employer informed me that he wanted...
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On New Year’s Eve this year I made a bet with a client. The original bet was $1000.00 that within my client’s lifetime, oil would never go below $75.00 a barrel again. We later modified it to ten years so that he might actually be able to enjoy and gloat over winning it. He...
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I don’t want to get too mystical and worshipful about Obama. I certainly realize that at the end of the day, it will all be about the grinding road to the general election and then the inevitable disappointments that actual governing brings with it. However, I think we should also take a few moments...
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Goodwin’s Law is one of the principal rules governing how people behave in online discussions. It states, As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.” I’m going to do what a good moderator should never do and be the one to bring up the Nazi...
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