Tag: Obama

Obama data geeks

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Digital health, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search

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…

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Floating sheep: mapping racist tweets in election

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Design UX, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search

Mapping Racist Tweets in Response to President Obama’s Re-election
Matthew Zook, floatingsheep.org

Note: for ques­tions about the methodology/approach of this post, see the FAQ (added 16:20 EST 11/9/2012).
Note: as of 11:00 EST 11/10/2012, we have dis­abled com­ment­ing on this post.

Dur­ing the day after the 2012…

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Linguistic analysis decodes true messages of Obama and Romney

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Data Governance, Design UX, Digital health, Knowledge Management

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…

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Obama campaign uses social science to boost Pennsylvania turnout

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Regenerative Economy

Obama campaign uses social science to boost Pennsylvania turnout
Byron Tau, politico.com

The Obama cam­paign emails sup­port­ers in Penn­syl­va­nia this handy graph­ic remind­ing them to find out some sim­ple infor­ma­tion about elec­tion day.

The email seems straight­for­ward enough, but it’s actu­al­ly an exact clone of a social…

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How Many Techies Does It Take to Reelect a President

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Knowledge Management

How Many Techies Does It Take to Reelect a President? T4O Launches “Innovator Series” Videos for Obama.
Kara Swisher, allthingsd.com

A large group of tech lumi­nar­ies — includ­ing LinkedIn’s Reid Hoff­man, Path’s Dave Morin, JLab’s Judy Estrin, Drop­box’s Drew Hous­ton, Craigslist’s Craig New­mark and Box’s Aaron Levie — are part of the launch of a series of online videos toda…

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Body Language Expert: Romney ‘Hyperactive,’ Obama ‘Measured’ in Debate

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Data Governance, Design UX, Digital health, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Regenerative Economy

Body Language Expert: Romney ‘Hyperactive,’ Obama ‘Measured’ in Debate
by Lloyd Grove, thedailybeast.com

The pundits may be calling Denver a slam-dunk for Romney, but David B. Givens, who analyzed the candidates’ mannerisms, disagrees: the governor looked ‘aggressive and manic, simultaneously,’ while Obama was ‘cool.’

The gov­er­nor was manic and t…

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Mitt Romney calls Tesla Motors losers

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Knowledge Management, Systems Science

Mitt Romney calls Tesla Motors ‘losers’
By Ryan Singel, wired.co.uk

Politics

In the back and forth of 3 Octo­ber’s pres­i­den­tial debate over tax breaks to ener­gy com­pa­nies, Repub­li­can nom­i­nee Mitt Rom­ney argued that Pres­i­dent Obama’s grants and tax breaks to renew­able ener­gy com­pa­nies equalled 50…

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Tech Figures Raised At Least $27 Million For Obama Campaign

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Digital health, Knowledge Management

Tech Figures Raised At Least $27 Million For Obama Campaign
buzzfeed.com

Leaked fundrais­ing doc­u­ments show Sil­i­con Val­ley emerg­ing as a key source of Demo­c­ra­t­ic money and power. Val­ley money bests Hol­ly­wood.

Pres­i­dent Obama with Google chair­man (and occa­sion­al advi­sor) Eric Schmidt

SAN FRAN­CIS­…

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Reddit: Obama visit generates most activity

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Digital health, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search
Barack Obama
Barack Obama (Photo credit: jamesomalley)

Reddit: Obama visit generates most activity ever


by Donna Tam, cnet.com

The pres­i­dent breaks all the rules, breaks a Red­dit record, and draws at least 5.3 mil­lion views, news stats reveal.

Pres­i­dent Barack Obama broke all the cam­paign­ing rules when he held an unmod­er­at­ed Q&A ses­sion on one of the…

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Built to Last: Obama’s State of the Future 2012

by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Regenerative Economy, Systems Science

March Jobs Report - Private Sector Jobs
March Jobs Report – Private Sector Jobs (Photo credit: Leader Nancy Pelosi)

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 plan is working and private sector jobs are now increasing for the first time in years.

State of the Union Deep Dive

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Obama State Of The Union Speech 2011 Highlights Roles of IT, Biotech, Cleantech and Education in Recovery and Competitive Advantage

by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Regenerative Economy, Systems Science
President Barack Obama signs legislation in th...
President Barack Obama signs legislation in the Oval Office, Dec. 22, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

The recent address by Obama was both very well delivered and full of important content on the strategic direction our country needs to take. The President highlighted the importance of expanding our investments in clean technology, biotechnology, IT and education, while trimming inefficiencies in other areas of the economy with unclear outcomes such as the military. If you have not listened to this speech, I highly recommend it.

Obama State Of The Union Speech 2011: FULL TEXT & VIDEO.

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Senator Kennedy: Advocate for Healthcare IT and Reform

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Knowledge Management, Network Science


The death of  Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) marks an important milestone in e-health and health-care IT as one of its more vigorous champions is now gone.  Since the Kennedy brothers went to my high school and were I feel amongst our strongest leaders as a country I feel a special sense of sorrow with his passing.  Indeed in listening to Obama’s eulogy I reflected that as Obama said “For five decades, virtually every major piece of legislation to advance the civil rights, health and economic well being of the American people bore his name and resulted from his efforts”. Recently he sponsored the  American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), which includes $19 billion for health IT advancement and funding to promote healthcare, medical research and the study of comparative effectiveness treatments. Fortunately the roadmap he has put into place will allow major investments in healthcare IT and reform. Now,  it is time for us to continue his legacy.