22 Nov 2008, 11:34 a.m.

Wish Me Luck

Am now attempting to go to Seattle MindCamp without an actual ticket. Hope to present on "Three Ways to Look At Power: A Political Science Lens On Your Organization." Update: Got in! Thanks, Beth! Second …

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17 Nov 2008, 2:58 a.m.

Coast Shift

I have arrived in Portland and am staying in Brendan's flat for a few days. First stop tomorrow: Powell's, the City of Books. I've never made hajj before. I just missed Ignite Portland, one of …

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16 Nov 2008, 11:15 a.m.

Rachel Chalmers, Will This Make You Laugh As It Made Me?

I had not considered the necessity of gathering ammunition to use against your own children. [Indra Nooyi on working motherhood - YouTube video]

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15 Nov 2008, 16:16 p.m.

Subconscious Homophone

The other day someone said the phrase "Edge Case" and I thought he'd said my name.

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15 Nov 2008, 6:51 a.m.

Voices In The News [The Non-NPR Weekend Edition Version]

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 …

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13 Nov 2008, 22:04 p.m.

Kickoff, With Elaboration Later

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 …

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09 Nov 2008, 20:57 p.m.

On Getting People Mad And Winning Anyway

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 …

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09 Nov 2008, 20:37 p.m.

How They Did "How He Did It"

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 …

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04 Nov 2008, 6:49 a.m.

Election Day

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 …

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02 Nov 2008, 19:02 p.m.

Whither

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 …

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