Ten points on Freedom and the Mosque (w/Video)
I’ve never done a “low quality webcam video speaking to camera” thing before, but felt compelled to do so…
Category: politics
There is no ground zero mosque
I asked a simple question earlier this week about the issue over the Ground zero mosque. Keith Olbermann, at…
Ground Zero and the Mosque
I grew up in Queens, NYC, and I know Manhattan pretty well. I’ve also been to the WTC area…
Should programmers run for Congress?
Clay Johnson has an interesting post suggesting programmers would make excellent Senators. I like the spirit of his argument,…
Do boycotts ever work?
In response to my recent debate inducing post, Why the Whole Foods boycott is stupid, where I offered that…
5 myths about health care around the world
I’m not trying to be a healthcare reform clearing house, but a few articles I’ve found are much more…
Why boycotting Whole Foods is Stupid
I’ve been forwarded a few emails about the Whole Foods Boycott, a movement in response to Whole Food’s CEO…
Healthcare as an innovation problem
I’ve been loosely following the healthcare debate in the U.S. and there are some obvious points for innovation gone…
Calling bullshit on social media
While I like and use Facebook and Twitter, there’s enough hype and abuse of words like innovation, transformation and…
New video: How progress happens
The folks at the Tools of Change conference posted a video of my talk this week on How Progress…
Should websites get movie style age ratings?
The UK culture secretary has fanned an old flame: PG/PG-13/R style ratings for websites. It’s an old idea, one…
Why there will always be pyramid schemes
A curiosity of the coverage of the $50 billion Madoff scandal was the sense of shock and surprise that professional…
Auto Bailouts and the Innovators Dilemna
All this talk of bailouts over the last few weeks, and now the talk of bailouts for the major…
What’s so special about a team of rivals?
Found this nice op-ed piece this morning called What’s so special about a team of rivals, By James Oakes.…
Will 2008 election ballots be usable? An expert interview
At UI13 I had the chance to chat with Dana Chisnell of usabilityworks.net, who has been working on ballot…
Quote of the month
This is what politics is to me. Someone tells you all the trees on your street have a disease.…
Great summary on Money Meltdown / Crisis
Probably the best single website for explanations, background and summaries on what happened, what it means, what might happened…
Presidental debate drinking games
With the first debate tonight (9pm EST), here’s the requisite list of drinking games: Metafliters list of presidential debate…
How hard to immigrate into the U.S? Awesome flowchart
I can’t say how accurate this thing is, but it’s both a great piece of design (By Terry Colon,…
New essay: how to pick a president
45 days to go. We’ve got wars, bailouts, and natural disaster zones galore. What’s the best way to decide…