In Technology, Twitter on Feb-8-2010 with no comments
Twitter recently launched a Twitter Engineering blog, focused on the nuts and bolts and “geeky” stuff. In the first post Ben Sandofsky, decided to share a video he made representing Twitter’s development history using Code Swarm, a software tool used to visualize data, so you can get a feel for what is happening at Twitter server side.
In Technology on Feb-7-2010 with no comments
Well this is pretty neat. Google has launched a Nexus One YouTube channel with videos documenting a step-by-step process on how the Android phones were created. Two are already up with there more slated for release in the next couple days. The videos have amazing production value, but they also tell a pretty neat story if this is your kind of thing.
In Marketing, Politics on Feb-7-2010 with no comments
For months I’ve been asking myself, as I watched the Democrats lose the governorship in Virginia and New Jersey, then a Senate seat in Massachusetts, and finally the “train wreck” of the primary in my home state of Illinois last week, where the heck is Organizing for America (OFA)? Former known as Obama for America, OFA is the grass-roots organization set-up and run by David Plouffe that powered Obama’s bid for the Presidency. By election day the group had 13 million e-mail supporters, 4 million donors, 2.5 million activists connected through the My.BarackObama social network, and an amazing $18 million left in the bank.
Well Tim Dickinson has an article in Rolling Stone that outlines in detail exactly what happened. To sum it up in a sentence what happened was a lack of leadership, no strategic planning, and political infighting. Wow, surprising something like that happens in Washington, DC.
In Politics on Feb-6-2010 with no comments
This ought to be pretty darn interesting. Friday we learned that Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) has put a “blanket hold” on several, if not 70+ nominations for the executive branch. The move has the effect of requiring 60 Senators to vote for cloture to break it. Shelby’s office would not confirm that the senator is blocking all of Obama’s nominees, but did confirm he was blocking “several.”
Talking Points Memo has been all over this story and reported Friday:
“Sen. Shelby has placed holds on several pending nominees due to unaddressed national security concerns,” Shelby spokesperson Jonathan Graffeo said in a statement. “Among his concerns” are the progress on multi-billion dollar defense contract that would see planes built in Mobile, AL and Obama’s decision to scrap a $45 million FBI improvised explosive device lab Shelby secured an earmark for in 2008.
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs fired back at Shelby:
“I guess if you needed one example of what’s wrong with this town, it might be that one senator can hold up 70 qualified individuals to make government work better because he didn’t get his earmarks,” Mr. Gibbs told reporters today. “If that’s not the poster child for how this town needs to change the way it works, I fear there won’t be a greater example of silliness throughout the entire year of 2010.”
One can only imagine the outrage that would ensue, the shit storm actually, at Fox News if a Democrat were holding up several nominations, much less of a Republican President, because of unfulfilled earmarks. As of this morning Fox News has not covered the story once. “Fair and Balanced,” you betcha.
In Technology on Feb-6-2010 with no comments
I just love my Sony Vaio laptop, but it is almost two years old. Now I am eying one of these. Sony’s new E-series. About the size and weight of a Netbook, but with all the power needed to run any app. Has a 15.5″ display and optional Blu-Ray drive, HDMI output, 3 USB ports, eSata, Wifi-N and Bluetooth, and Windows 7.
In Household on Feb-5-2010 with no comments
Often the French can be known for over-the-design. But not this Parisian apartment designed by h2o Architectes. The entire floor plan centered around a columnar bookcase in which the majority of negative space has been exploited. There is so much I like about this room I don’t even know where to start.
In Food, Video on Feb-4-2010 with no comments
Top Chef champion Michael Voltaggio shows you how to make some hot wings for the Super Bowl Sunday.
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