America’s fastest-growing state: North Frackota By Philip Bump, grist.org According to the weirdly huge text on the Census Bureau’s website, the fastest-growing state in the country in 2011 was North Dakota, which grew at a rate of 2.17 percent. The second fastest-growing state was the District of Columbia, wh… RT @grist: America’s fastest-growing state: North … Continue reading America’s fastest-growing state
The Government Open-Data Program At The Root Of Energy-Efficiency Startups BY BEN SCHILLER, fastcoexist.com The Green Button program has forced utilities to standardize the way they present their energy use numbers to their customers. In turn, that data has caused an explosion of apps and services to help you save energy—and money. It’s only a… … Continue reading The Government Open-Data Program
EVRYTHNG: Friending your stuff By Madhumita Venkataramanan, wired.co.uk Magazine This article was taken from the January 2013 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired’s articles in print before they’re posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by subscribing… http://flip.it/MpSYb Related articles We Live in a Beta World | … Continue reading Friending your stuff
2013 Prediction: Science Funding Remains Strong By Juliet Eilperin, popsci.com Barack Obama’s second term should see the same focus on funding science and technology—although the budget ax is looming. Science and technology have utterly transformed human life in the past few generations, and forecasts of the… RT @gram_positive: But will remain weak in the Philippines. … Continue reading Prediction: Science Funding Remains Strong
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You, Under the Retail Microscope By Ben Steverman -, bloomberg.com Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images It’s the classic holiday face-off. On one side, you have the wary shopper, who is often “just browsing” and more and more likely to purchase only online. On the other, there’s the salesperson, wh… RT @BloombergNews: How stores use … Continue reading Ethnographic tools examine human behavior
How Obama Knew How You’d Vote, Even Before You Did Dan Rowinski, readwrite.com Imaging you were a political analyst who time traveled from 1990s to November 5, 2012. A quick look at the national polls for the presidential election, you would probably have thought that Republican nominee Mitt Romney had a pretty good shot at… … Continue reading Obama knew you’d vote: social science
25,000 People (And Counting) Flood White House With Online Petition To ‘Immediately Address’ Gun Control Gregory Ferenstein, techcrunch.com Update: The petition has reached 25,000 signatures Almost immediately following the tragic school shooting in Connecticut, over 16,000 people have signed an official White House WeThePeople petition to “Immediately… RT @TechCrunch: Scores Flood White House With Online … Continue reading Shootings stimulate mass online petitions for gun control
My Traveling Tiny House Site by Sophic, tinyhouselistings.com Posted by Steven on November 26, 2012 // 34 Comments By Christy Dean Four months ago I moved out of my 2 bedroom home and into this tiny (mobile) house. I’m traveling the country in my little nest and I love it! It gets a lot of… … Continue reading Tiny house living on the road
Jon Stewart: Have Republicans Hit ‘Rock Bottom’ With Failed United Nations Disability Treaty? Carol Hartsell, huffingtonpost.com For the second day in a row, Jon Stewart hammered at Republicans over irrational partisanship. On Tuesday, he took down Boehner and company’s indecent fiscal cliff proposal, and on Wednesday “The Daily Show” host took senate… http://flip.it/iamVo Related articles … Continue reading GOP and UN disability treaty position
‘Hobbit’ Motion Sickness, Nausea Critics Shot Down By Warner Bros. And Peter Jackson Cavan Sieczkowski, huffingtonpost.com Warner Bros. and Peter Jackson are responding to claims that “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” is causing motion sickness and nausea among viewers. Peter Jackson’s fantasy flick premiered in New Zealand on Nov. 28 and claims of… http://flip.it/WRhuh Related … Continue reading Does 48 fps cause motion sickness?
What Obama’s Victory Means for Tech Brian Barrett, gizmodo.com Barack Obama’s victory last night has far-reaching fiscal, social, and military implications, all of which are familiar to anyone who kept at least one eye open during any of this year’s debates. But what do four more years mean for tech… What Obama’s Victory Means for … Continue reading Obama victory and tech industry
Built to win: Deep inside Obama’s campaign tech Sean Gallagher, arstechnica.com The reelection of Barack Obama was won by people, not by software. But in a contest as close as last week’s election, software may have given the Obama for America organization’s people a tiny edge—making them by some measures more… RT @NathanMattise: This is … Continue reading Built to win: Deep inside Obama
Government’s digital services portal Gov.uk comes out of beta By Ian Steadman, wired.co.uk Technology The government’s centralised portal for all its online services, Gov.uk, finally launched today after two years of development. It represents the flagship of the government’s “digital by default” policy, an idea fir… http://flpbd.it/VuGse Related articles Designs of the Year (digital.cabinetoffice.gov.uk) GOV.UK … Continue reading UK puts entire government on the web, others to follow
Infographic: Womens’ health connections By Madhumita Venkataramanan, wired.co.uk Magazine This article was taken from the October 2012 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired’s articles in print before they’re posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by subscribing… http://flpbd.it/b1HK1 Related articles Heart Health Infographics - This Chart Gives … Continue reading Infographic: Women’s health connections
A Disappointing Presidential Debate For Energy And Climate By Climate Guest Blogger on Oct 5, 2012 at 10:30 am, thinkprogress.org by Bill Becker If Mitt Romney and Barack Obama had been able to look through the television cameras at who was watching their first debate, it undoubtedly would have been more interesting than the debate … Continue reading A Disappointing Presidential Debate For Energy And Climate
Report says 15 percent of Mitt Romney Twitter followers are paid fakes Dan Goodin, arstechnica.com More than 15 percent of Mitt Romney’s Twitter followers may be generated by paid services that use fake accounts to artificially inflate the number of people subscribed to the presumptive Republican nominee for US President,… http://flpbd.it/BNd2F Related articles Mitt in … Continue reading Report says 15 percent of Mitt Romney Twitter followers are paid fakes
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via http://www.ushahidi.com My friend Bill told me about this company which uses crowdsourcing to address crisis situations in developing countries. Related articles Ushahidi at Five (ushahidi.com) Why Ushahidi Should Embrace Open Data (irevolution.net) 5 Innovative Ways to Crowdsource Better Governance (wamda.com) Kenyan election bloggers become cyber-activism pioneers (rawstory.com) Jakarta Floods - Social Media Landscape in … Continue reading Ushahidi :: Crowdsourcing Crisis Information (FOSS)
Best database for government science information: nsf.gov - National Science Foundation - US National Science Foundation (NSF). Related articles AUI and NRAO Comment On NSF's Astronomy Portfolio Review Committee (spacedaily.com) Kauffman Foundation joins with NSF and the Deshpande Foundation to form Innovation Corps Program (kauffman.org) Seminar on Student Funding Opportunities at the National Science … Continue reading National Science Foundation (NSF) databases for science information
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From maverick to misguided renegade - The Boston Globe. Interesting summary of the media tactics of the current McCain campaign. Related articles America and Democracy Are Not For Sale Boys (planetpov.com) Plouffe: Mitt 'throwing spaghetti' at wall (politico.com)
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Internal Revenue Service. Why do we include the Web site of the government's most reviled agency? Because if you have to fork over your hard-earned cash, the least the Internal Revenue Service can do is make it easy. The tax code doesn't, but the Web site does. Related articles Tea Parties Across the Nation - … Continue reading Internal Revenue Service
USA.gov: The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal. It's the homepage for the Land of the Free! But besides that, for U.S. citizens, businesses, government employees, and foreign visitors, USA.gov offers governmental information and services, from health-care info and U.S. history to tax guides Related articles USA.gov (ilovehistoryandresearch.wordpress.com) Did the U.S. Government Really Say That? How … Continue reading USA.gov: The U.S. Government’s Official Web Portal
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