White House To Universities: We Need More Data Scientists BY NEAL UNGERLEIDER, fastcompany.com New York University, University of California-Berkeley, and the University of Washington are launching a $37.8 million project to boost the numbers of American data scientists. It’s official: America needs more data scientists. This week, a… http://flip.it/i9VYj Related articles UC Berkeley BIDS Launch … Continue reading White House spends millions to train more data scientists
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
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
A taxonomy of Mitt Romney’s lies - Salon.com By Benjamin Wheelock, salon.com A close look at the most diverse and resilient species this side of the Galapagos “Jeep — now owned by the Italians — is thinking of moving all production to China.” “The president said he’d cut the deficit in half. Unfortunately, he… RT … Continue reading A taxonomy of Mitt’s fabrications
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
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
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
‘Dream Team’ of Behavioral Scientists Advised Obama Campaign - NYTimes.com. While getting out the vote for the Warren campaign, we applied some of the same behavioral/social science research described in this article. Related articles Romney Blames Loss on Obama's 'Gifts' to Minorities and Young Voters - NYTimes.com 'Dream Team' of Behavioral Scientists Advised Obama … Continue reading Behavioral Scientists Advised Obama Campaign
(via Mitt Romney’s Facebook page is losing fans by the minute.) Related articles If Mitt Romney hadn't been secretly filmed with his "47%" comment and won the presidency, we'd already be in WW3 by now. (alterman47.org) Mitt Romney Announce Plans to Run for Pope (godshmod.wordpress.com) Romney Called Tesla a "Loser" In the 2012 Presidential Debates. … Continue reading Mitt Romney Facebook page loses fans
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
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
Knode: The Next Stage of the Internet is About What You Know Alex E. Weaver, bostinno.com Predicting what’s “next” for the Internet can be a lot like surfing the web itself: daunting, frustrating and often pointless. There’s a lot of information swirling around out there, after all, and people are interacting with it in… http://flpbd.it/rXXmp … Continue reading Knode attempts to compete with LinkedIn in biotech networking
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
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
Great article on Tiny Houses in the New Yorker. The Rise of the Tiny-House Movement Related articles Rise of the Female Gun Nut (nymag.com) Op-Ed: Downsizing the American dream (bostonglobe.com) How To Build A Tiny Home - And Where To Put It (earthtechling.com) Size matters: Small trumps big every … Continue reading The Rise of the Tiny-House Movement
Book Review - 'The Accidental Guerrilla,' by David Kilcullen - NYTimes.com. Anthropologist David Kilcullen is a former officer in the Australian Army, a strategist and a scholar. He is also an expert on counterinsurgency, or how to combat a rebellion, and one of the few brave souls who had the ear of people in the … Continue reading The Accidental Guerrilla by David Kilcullen
What's growing at the White House? - The Boston Globe. This is hilarious. Points out the local kitchen growers clubs are coming back and the White House should join 'em. Related articles White House beer recipe might soon be in public hands (wtvr.com) Campus Garden Grows 1000lbs of Food, Plans New Garden Each Year (treehugger.com) … Continue reading White House Ale and Organic Garden
Epicurious.com: Recipes, Menus, Cooking Articles & Food Guides. best online recipe tool in rule the web Related articles Dinner on the Go - Apps and websites to help you plan meals (theinsider.retailmenot.com) The Prudent Pantry: Online Resources to Make Meal Planning a Breeze (savings.com) Apple iPad App Review - Epicurious Recipes (kapaoo.com) I Hate Grocery … Continue reading Epicurious.com: Recipes, Menus, Cooking Articles & Food Guides
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