25 February 2009 1 Comment

Teenagers Strongly Optimistic about Obama on Economics

Teens are confident that the Obama administration will be able to resolve the current economic crisis, according to a recent study from the Scarborough Kids Internet Panel (S.K.I.P.), an Internet panel tracking youth behavior and sentiment.

21 January 2009 Comments Off

Inauguration Address Video – The Do-Over

I, like many people in the United States, had to work yesterday during the swearing in of Barak Obama. Despite permission from on high, or at least from the head of Human Resources, employees were given permission to use their work PC’s to tune in and watch the event, it just didn’t happen. I ended up listening instead of watching.

20 January 2009 Comments Off

MLB.com Streaming Video Servers Repurposed for a Day

The MLB video system will be working tomorrow, January 20th, to stream a morning long program of footage from prior inaugurations beginning Tuesday morning at 9:00am EST. I love seeing expensive infrastructure put to good use.

19 November 2008 Comments Off

Sciencedebate 2008’s Post-election Report

I don’t generally report emails, but this post-election report from the Sciencedebate 2008 folks deserves wider attention.

Shawn Otto here.  Two weeks ago today, America woke up to a new era.  Before the election, I said we’d report to you on the successes and failures of this initiative that we have built together.  This has, for [...]

12 November 2008 Comments Off

Groups Petition Obama on Transparency

Freedom of information advocates have a lengthy to-do list for President-elect Barack Obama and Congress.