First POST: Counterpoint
BY Nick Judd | Thursday, October 20 2011
Writing in chalk on the sidewalk in Vancouver, British Columbia. Photo: Caelie__ / Flickr The latest blogger to build a map of Occupy protests around the world did so on Flickr's corporate blog, mapping Flickr photos ... Read More
First POST: Time Series
BY Nick Judd | Wednesday, October 19 2011
How to map data over time. Here's an obligatory debate reaction roundup. Debate-night campaign emails, in order of arrival: Ron Paul, "The Gloves Are Off," an email promoting a moneybomb today that made no mention of ... Read More
First POST: 'Aye, Captain'
BY Nick Judd | Tuesday, October 18 2011
Not-Mitt Romney is "leaving at three to pick apples." Associated Press reporters used encryption and removed the batteries from their phones, among other tech tactics, to keep their investigation of the New York Police ... Read More
First POST: Networks
BY Nick Judd | Monday, October 17 2011
One of Taegan Goddard's readers sends him a video. Title: "Herman Cain is Not Going to be the POTUS". Venue: YouTube, where, views-wise, Cain is just outside of the top four with just shy of 2 million views. Here's a ... Read More
First POST: Interrupted
BY Nick Judd | Thursday, October 13 2011
Research in Motion said BlackBerry service is expected to improve today after outages that have plagued users around the world. Photo: Cheon Fong Liew / Flickr Storm surge: After disruptions to BlackBerry service that ... Read More
First POST: Raised Eyebrows
BY Nick Judd | Wednesday, October 12 2011
Through the magic of Internet video comes Politico's Rick Perry reaction cam! Off-topic: Poor Ron Paul. The candidates last night, on Occupy Wall Street: - Gingrich: "I think the people who are protesting on Wall Street ... Read More
First POST: Looking Forward, Looking Back
BY Nick Judd | Tuesday, October 11 2011
This YouTube video plays a cameo role in the new profile of Elizabeth Warren, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau architect turned U.S. Senate candidate, that appears in November's issue of Vanity Fair. The video, ... Read More
First POST: The Printed Word
BY Nick Judd | Monday, October 10 2011
Via Breakingcopy The New York Times' David Carr, on the publication of the second edition of the protest broadsheet, the Occupied Wall Street Journal: Forgive an old newspaper hack a moment of sentimentality, but it is ... Read More
First POST: Gearing Up
BY Nick Judd | Friday, October 7 2011
The Obama 2012 campaign looks to be reactivating its YouTube channel. Neal Ungerleider breaks down the power structure of Zuccotti Park's "leaderless" protesters. Occupy Wall Street as historic moment: the protest gets ... Read More
First POST: Revolutionaries
BY Nick Judd | Thursday, October 6 2011
Steve Jobs at the Apple Worldwide Developers' Conference in 2007. Jobs died yesterday at 56. Photo: Ben Stanfield / Flickr Here's a look at tech-in-politics headlines from around the Web this morning: Remembering Steve ... Read More