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Building Poligraft - Sunlight Labs: Blog
I'm happy to announce the newest project from Sunlight Labs, Poligraft . A utility built on top of Transparency Data , Poligraft takes in a block of text, parses it for entities like politicians and corporations, and returns a result set representing the political influence contained in that text. I won't dwell on the features -- read Ellen Miller's announcement blog post and the about page for more information. What I want to talk about instead is the development process. Third Time's A Charm The idea behind Poligraft is not new.
Facebook, YouTube, Skype, ‘Mad Men’ Style
Alexia Tsotsis is the co-editor of TechCrunch. She attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA, majoring in Writing and Art, and moved to New York City shortly after graduation to work in the Media industry. After four years of living in New York and attending courses at New York University, she returned to Los Angeles in... → Learn More Because it’s Friday; Brazilian ad agency Moma has created the above ’60s style ads for web services Facebook , YouTube and Skype . Part of the “Everything Ages Fast” campaign for Maximidia Seminars , the ads are visually stunning and the copy is eerily evocative (“Skype, The fabulous voice system able to put your family together”). Or maybe that’s just the quirky Portuguese to English translation?It can be tough to be a new brand these days. Locking down namespace online is a huge part of a brand build – but much like potential mates, all the good ones seem to be taken. We ran into that when we started building the brand for the soon-to-launch TBD . It’s a popular acronym, as everyone knows, so securing that namespace in social media was quite challenging.
How TBD secured an occupied Twitter handle | Zombie Journalism
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Next week, the U.S. House of Representatives is set to consider a number of measures intended to enhance America’s ability to avoid cyber-attacks. CTIA applauds this effort to enhance America’s national and economic security.
CTIA - The Wireless Association® Blog: Urban Myth: Cell Phones and Gas Stations
Marc A. Thiessen - WikiLeaks must be stopped
Let's be clear: WikiLeaks is not a news organization; it is a criminal enterprise. Its reason for existence is to obtain classified national security information and disseminate it as widely as possible -- including to the United States' enemies. These actions are likely a violation of the Espionage Act , and they arguably constitute material support for terrorism. The Web site must be shut down and prevented from releasing more documents -- and its leadership brought to justice. WikiLeaks' founder, Julian Assange, proudly claims to have exposed more classified information than all the rest of the world press combined. He recently told the New Yorker he understands that innocent people may be hurt by his disclosures ("collateral damage" he called them) and that WikiLeaks might get "blood on our hands."9:40 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2 As of 8 a.m. today, the Bull Fire is 95 percent contained at 16,442 acres. The forest closure was lifted at 9 a.m., including all roads within the area. However, developed campgrounds will remain closed until safety checks are completed. “It would be safe to say we’re making progress,” Collins said.
BREAKING: Bull Fire swells to 5,000 acres, destroys 6 homes | div, class, span - Local News - Recorderonline.com
Dr. Gridlock - U.S. transit agencies need billions
Metro has identified $11 billion in capital upgrades the bus and rail system needs over the next 10 years. But it is not alone as it looks for ways to replace deteriorating infrastructure and equipment . A Federal Transit Administration study released Wednesday puts a price tag on bringing the rail and transit systems around the country into "a state of good repair."
Last Sunday, I dropped my phone outside a restaurant in Andersonville. For the record, I’d had one drink. ONE. (We’ll blame the Angostura bitters here, but really, I need my head examined.)
Six For Gold | Facebook
The last couple of days have been an Old Spice explosion, as one of the most popular viral campaigns in recent history — in which the Old Spice Guy made personalized videos for fans, randoms and prominent bloggers alike — has taken over the social media realm. But how popular was it really ? Visible Measures has some nifty numbers for us. The campaign, which stars The Most Interesting Man in the World 2.0 Isaiah Mustafa, launched in February centered around the theme “The Man Your Man Could Smell Like.” The original ad attracted 19 million views to date across all platforms (not just the below YouTube clip). According to Visible Measures , “Old Spice Responses” — a.k.a the string of custom-made vids — is one of the fastest-growing online video campaigns of all time.
The Old Spice Social Media Campaign by the Numbers
Jamie Henn: Obama promotes clean energy at Michigan battery plant
With our shores covered in oil and Congress debating a climate bill, it's time for President Obama to pull out all the stops and start promoting a clean energy economy as key to our economic recovery and saving the planet. Today, we began to get a taste of what that could look like. This afternoon, President Obama spoke in Holland, MI at the site of a new factory being built by Compact Power, an advanced battery company. The President made a powerful pitch his economic recovery plan. He spoke of cutting taxes for 95 percent of working families in Michigan and across the country and the importance of the federal government laying a foundation for small businesses to build on.The PETA Files | The Most Veg-Friendly Cities in North America
I'm sorry, but Washington DC has to be more like the number 1 least friendly city for vegans and vegetarians. If you're planning to spend some time there, as I did a couple weeks ago, you will be disappointed and hungry. The downtown area has little to nothing to offer. My recommendation is to stop by Wholefoods and stock up, but this gets old very quickly and you can't take food into the hot spots.Washington Reporter President Obama is "guaranteed" to win re-election in 2012, according to Allan Lichtman, a professor at American University in Washington, D.C. Lichtman's formula predicts the outcome of the popular vote without considering candidate opinion polls, campaign strategies or political events. Lichtman's system is based on 13 political conditions that he calls "keys." The keys favor the incumbent president's party: When five or fewer of them are false, the incumbent party wins the presidency. If six or more are false, the opposition party wins.