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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……
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… http://flpbd.it/nZi5W Related articles Judge who sent racist email…
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… http://flpbd.it/HeO5x Related articles Mitt…
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…
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… http://flpbd.it/uwyKR Related articles Jimmy Carter:…
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… http://flpbd.it/cDfBf Related articles Mitt Romney Announce Plans to Run for…
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… http://flpbd.it/NRaon Related articles How To…
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…
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 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…
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