Posts for 2008

Overheard at the office: "iconic design" mis-spoken as "iconoclastic design." Directly heard at the office: the praise from one of my bosses that I've been waiting all year to hear. Seen at the Indian consulate's …

Next week I visit Portland and Seattle, to visit friends and to interview for jobs. I'm interested in startups there and in Boston, the SF Bay Area, and New York City. I want to help …

The Obama 2008 campaign did many nontraditional things: running a black man, getting more of money and work out of volunteers, etc. The nontraditional refusals are intriguing. Obama's campaign did not splurge on tons of …

The Newsweek behind-the-scenes reports are indeed awesome, and I, like the Broadsheet women, have been using them as methadone post-election-season. However they raise troubling questions. What tidbits would campaigners share with the long-term reporters but …

I just pulled the lever for Obama, literally [photos]. Leonard suggested we get up by 6 so we could avoid the lines, but we ended up in line for about half an hour. Still a …

Online video is now a commodity, like content management systems. I'm managing a project right now where we're customizing WordPress for a CMS and using YouTube for nearly all the video. Just as site creators …

Given that most people who read my site have broadband, I'm experimenting with actually including graphics, video, etc. Basically stuff you couldn't do with a telegraph in 1872. In that spirit: My sister and I …

Barack Obama's campaign's momentum (or Omentum if you will) causes me as a manager to marvel at the fusion of inspiration and discipline his organization manifests. Hmm, whodathunk a community organizer would know how to …

Californians: today's your last day to register to vote for this year's election. And you can vote early to avoid lines and broken machines, and free up your election day for volunteering and get-out-the-vote work. …

"The American story is one of redemption and hope. That's my story and I'm sticking to it."