The State of The Guardian’s SOTU Infographic Is…Dumber By Emily Elert, popsci.com This chart tells you that “the linguistic standard of the presidential address has declined” over time. The problem is, it’s wrong. Yesterday, as a run-up to Obama’s State of the Union address, The Guardian published an interactive… RT @PopSci: Cool infographic about the … Continue reading Linguistic data science analysis of state if the union address
government movement by Dennis O’Reilly, cnet.com In his first term, President Obama started to make good on his pledge to improve government transparency. But a truly open government depends on citizens actively ensuring that all public agencies share information and respond to feedback. Four… http://flip.it/o2uzr Related articles Has Obama Kept His Open-Government Pledge? (gantdaily.com) Has … Continue reading Open government movement
Obama: `Weapon of War’ Has No Place in American Communities Bloomberg By The Numbers » 15.5 How many points the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort index rose in the past 17 weeks., bloomberg.com Photograph by Scott Olson/Getty Images A “weapon of war” — President Barack Obama’s term today for the semi-automatic assault rifle used in the slaying of … Continue reading Why military weapons don’t belong in our communities
discovermagazine.com Like the debate on climate change and other societally important issues caught in the maw of our culture wars, the discourse on guns and violence has had a depressing, unchanging quality. Here’s President Obama two years ago: You see, when a trage… http://flip.it/R8QPz How Cultural Cognition Can Inform the Gun Conversation Related articles Climate … Continue reading How Cultural Cognition Can Inform the Gun Conversation
When the Nerds Go Marching In James Fallows, theatlantic.com How a dream team of engineers from Facebook, Twitter, and Google built the software that drove Barack Obama’s reelection The Obama campaign’s technologists were tense and tired. It was game day and everything was going wrong. Josh Thayer… When the Nerds Go Marching In - Alexis … Continue reading How information science empowered Obama’s reelection
Fox News adjusts to new reality as it faces four more years of Obama Paul Harris in New York, guardian.co.uk It’s the go-to network for outraged conservatives – but now Fox News has benched two high-profile pundits, and shown signs of retreat. Is the US’s biggest cable news network going moderate? For America’s liberals, it … Continue reading Fox News tries to ditch conservative propaganda
The Obama start-ups economist.com Innovation and electioneering Techniques from the president’s election campaigns have spawned one lot of young firms AT THE inauguration ball held for staff of Barack Obama’s campaign team in January 2009, the new president “told us al… RT @TheEconomist: Techniques from the Barack Obama’s election campaigns have spawned one lot of … Continue reading Obama campaign sparks new political tech startups
By Eric Roston, bloomberg.com In the halting, measured language we’ve come to expect from his impromptu public remarks, President Obama posed a core dilemma of climate change yesterday at his first post-election press conference. Explaining the possible… Blame Wimpy for Slow U.S. Response to Climate Change Related articles Keystone XL will "lock in" more climate … Continue reading Blame Wimpy for Slow U.S. Response to Climate Change
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
How Team Obama’s tech efficiency left Romney IT in dust Sean Gallagher, arstechnica.com Despite running a campaign with about twice the money and twice the staff of Governor Mitt Romney’s presidential bid, President Barack Obama’s campaign under-spent Romney’s on IT products and services by $14.5 million, putting the… Related articles Obama's Budget Would Cap Romney-Sized … Continue reading Obama tech crippled Romney campaign
Obama wins the nerdiest election ever By Spencer Ackerman, wired.co.uk Politics Congratulations, Barack Obama: you have prevailed in the nerdiest election in the history of the American Republic. If 2008 was about hope and change, 2012 was about data and memes. The unemployment rate. The effective … http://flpbd.it/i8Wy9 Related articles Despite "Jedi" flap, Obama still … Continue reading Obama wins election of the nerds
Obama’s data geeks add up to four more years John Naughton, guardian.co.uk Mastery of the numbers game meant the president’s team was able to exploit its database more effectively than Romney, reeling in £1bn in donations Some years ago I went to a lecture given by Professor David MacKay, who in addition to being a… … Continue reading Obama data geeks
Mapping Racist Tweets in Response to President Obama’s Re-election Matthew Zook, floatingsheep.org Note: for questions about the methodology/approach of this post, see the FAQ (added 16:20 EST 11/9/2012). Note: as of 11:00 EST 11/10/2012, we have disabled commenting on this post. During the day after the 2012… http://flpbd.it/nZi5W Related articles Judge who sent racist email … Continue reading Floating sheep: mapping racist tweets in election
Gesture analysis reveals what Obama and Romney care about By Liat Clark, wired.co.uk Science An analysis of the body gestures of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney during the presidential debates suggests that how candidates speak could reveal what they really care about and affect whether or not voters believe what they… http://flpbd.it/HeO5x Related articles Mitt … Continue reading Linguistic analysis decodes true messages of Obama and Romney
Obama campaign uses social science to boost Pennsylvania turnout Byron Tau, politico.com The Obama campaign emails supporters in Pennsylvania this handy graphic reminding them to find out some simple information about election day. The email seems straightforward enough, but it’s actually an exact clone of a social… http://flpbd.it/QUp0x Related articles Get wired or wither: GOP … Continue reading Obama campaign uses social science to boost Pennsylvania turnout
How Many Techies Does It Take to Reelect a President? T4O Launches “Innovator Series” Videos for Obama. Kara Swisher, allthingsd.com A large group of tech luminaries — including LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman, Path’s Dave Morin, JLab’s Judy Estrin, Dropbox’s Drew Houston, Craigslist’s Craig Newmark and Box’s Aaron Levie — are part of the launch of a … Continue reading How Many Techies Does It Take to Reelect a President
Body Language Expert: Romney ‘Hyperactive,’ Obama ‘Measured’ in Debate by Lloyd Grove, thedailybeast.com The pundits may be calling Denver a slam-dunk for Romney, but David B. Givens, who analyzed the candidates’ mannerisms, disagrees: the governor looked ‘aggressive and manic, simultaneously,’ while Obama was ‘cool.’ The governor was manic and t… http://flpbd.it/uwyKR Related articles Jimmy Carter: … Continue reading Body Language Expert: Romney ‘Hyperactive,’ Obama ‘Measured’ in Debate
Mitt Romney calls Tesla Motors ‘losers’ By Ryan Singel, wired.co.uk Politics In the back and forth of 3 October’s presidential debate over tax breaks to energy companies, Republican nominee Mitt Romney argued that President Obama’s grants and tax breaks to renewable energy companies equalled 50… http://flpbd.it/cDfBf Related articles Mitt Romney Announce Plans to Run for … Continue reading Mitt Romney calls Tesla Motors losers
Tech Figures Raised At Least $27 Million For Obama Campaign buzzfeed.com Leaked fundraising documents show Silicon Valley emerging as a key source of Democratic money and power. Valley money bests Hollywood. President Obama with Google chairman (and occasional advisor) Eric Schmidt SAN FRANCIS… http://flpbd.it/mrFd3 Related articles Razor Burned: The Beard-less Women of Obama's Tech Team … Continue reading Tech Figures Raised At Least $27 Million For Obama Campaign
Reddit: Obama visit generates most activity ever by Donna Tam, cnet.com The president breaks all the rules, breaks a Reddit record, and draws at least 5.3 million views, news stats reveal. President Barack Obama broke all the campaigning rules when he held an unmoderated Q&A session on one of the… http://flpbd.it/NRaon Related articles How To … Continue reading Reddit: Obama visit generates most activity
Obama's recent State of the Union highlighted the continued importance of increased development of renewable and clean technologies, job training and education through community colleges and e-learning, healthcare and government systems consolidation, information security and rural broadband access, tax code streamlining and fostering innovative US based companies like Apple. And he is showing how his … Continue reading Built to Last: Obama’s State of the Future 2012
The recent address by Obama was both very well delivered and full of important content on the strategic direction our country needs to take. The President highlighted the importance of expanding our investments in clean technology, biotechnology, IT and education, while trimming inefficiencies in other areas of the economy with unclear outcomes such as … Continue reading Obama State Of The Union Speech 2011 Highlights Roles of IT, Biotech, Cleantech and Education in Recovery and Competitive Advantage
The death of Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) marks an important milestone in e-health and health-care IT as one of its more vigorous champions is now gone. Since the Kennedy brothers went to my high school and were I feel amongst our strongest leaders as a country I feel a special sense of sorrow with his … Continue reading Senator Kennedy: Advocate for Healthcare IT and Reform
I found a good article on Obama's use of social computing and communications to connect with previous non voters in all parts of the country. Obama's linguistic skills have allowed his voice and perspective to penetrate and galvanize people all over the planet. I was on a plane going to Geneva when Obama won. The Swiss … Continue reading How Obama Won with the Web
Scituate photojournalist's images captured daily drama of Obama campaign - The Boston Globe. A milton academy grad does this great photography of Obama and others. Related articles Why Romney was surprised to lose: His campaign had the wrong numbers, bad assumptions, and underestimated Barack Obama's campaign team. - Slate Magazine (adventurous1.newsvine.com) Why Romney was surprised to lose: … Continue reading Milton Academy grad, Boston photojournalist’s images captured daily drama of Obama campaign
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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