Stephenson blogs on homeland security 2.0 et al.
Challenging Obama supporters to use data viz to help draft platform
Hi, ya’ll. I’m sweltering in Austin, attending the Netroots Nation (née Yearly Kos) conference. Pass the ribs, please.
In my speech tomorrow I’m going to throw a little gasoline on the fire by cha...
You will never hear me under-estimating Bush on national security
With yet another report saying that global warming is a severe national security threat, you will NEVER hear me underestimating George W. Bush’s ability in the national security field.
Who else cou...
Charlie Black: wagging the terrorism dog
Charlie Black is one of those GOP operatives who has been in the background for years, manipulating government for his clients’ benefit, and whose very presence in the campaign belies McCain’s comm...
At pdf2008: really interesting visualizations
Really interesting demo right now of a mapping tool, Linkfluence, that’s being used to map the political blogosphere, and various aspects of this year’s election. Followed by Michael Hurst of Micr...
Heading to NYC to speak at Personal Democracy Forum 2008!
Hi. Experimenting by riding Bolt Bus ($15 and free wi-fi plus no one to bother me. What’s not to like?) to NYC, where I’ll be speaking at Personal Democracy Forum 2008 (pdf2008) on data feeds and d...