Archive for October, 2008

Electoral vote maps: embed ‘em

One of the joys of publishing on the Internet is the ability to embed cool stuff.

(via Pollster.com)
From my perspective, this particular one is cooler because of the blue / red ratio. 29 days to go and counting…

Monday, October 6th, 2008

Mathew Ingram on crappy ad links: they look like ass

I’m fully in agreement with David Churbuck and Mathew Ingram on what the latter wonderfully describes as “crappy ad links”: they are crappy, and as Ingram also notes, “they look like ass.” They look cheap, they look spammy, they’re manipulative.
And on a semi-related topic, I’m surprised at the number of mainstream sites that [...]

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

Live chat is fun… if there’s a live event on worth chatting about

I’m having a ball right now, watching the vice presidential debate on MSNBC.com while also messing around with Election 2008, Twitter’s election site.

I’m reminded that if there’s a live event on with massive interest — which goes without saying for Palin v. Biden — it can be a lot of fun to dive in [...]

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

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