October 17, 2008 2:53 pm · Filed under Internet stuff, politics
Howard Fineman at Newsweek has an interesting little recap of the recent debate and makes the argument for a new “effect”: the Facebook Effect…
Obama is spending tens of millions of dollars trying to organize and turn out these young voters, many of whom got con-nected to his campaign through social-networking sites such as Facebook.
Now he has to turn them out—make them do something in real space as opposed to digital space. Pollsters do not have accurate “turnout models” for this new cadre of voters. Obama has registered millions; how many will actually vote remains to be seen.
October 10, 2008 12:55 am · Filed under TechTalk
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October 6, 2008 12:18 pm · Filed under TechTalk
In the spirit of making this blog reflect my interests, I’m adding a new series: TechTalk…
Nanotechnology is of particular interest to me. I’m always telling my friends and family (and anyone else who will listen) about nanotechnology and the coming changes it may bring. Anticipating nanotechnology is crucial the basic building blocks of matter and life occur at the nanolevel. Chemistry, genetics, biological processes, and the current frontier of electronics all occur on the nanolevel. Understanding how these processes work and, more importantly, being able to reliably manipulate events at this level in order to get specific outcomes, opens up the possibility of significant new advances in a wide variety of fields, but of special interest to me: electronics and medicine.
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