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Posts from November 2008

Bruce Sterling on the Future of the Mobile Space

Bruce Sterling is a futurist and science fiction author. He shared his thoughts on the future of the mobile space at MoMo Amsterdam on November 3, 2008. This 27 minute video (with Q&A) is worth watching. Best of all, he doesn’t use any slides.

I haven’t had the chance to read any of his forward-thinking books [...]


Obama’s First Weekly YouTube Address

President-elect Barack Obama has started posting weekly video addresses on YouTube. As president, Obama will will deliver both the traditional weekly radio address and a weekly YouTube address. The “weekly fireside coffee talks” are a throwback to FDR, who delivered 30 evening radio addresses between 1933 and 1944 (Wikipedia: Fireside chats).
I think the weekly YouTube [...]


If the World Could Vote?

The President of the United States has a large global influence, yet the world has no say in who we elect president. If the world could vote? is a website that detects your location based on IP and let’s the whole world vote (albeit, entirely unofficially).
http://www.iftheworldcouldvote.com/


Sarah Palin Strikes Out in PA

On her stop in Pittsburgh, Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin congratulated the Philadelphia Phillies on their World Series victory. Pirates fans didn’t like that.