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Searching for Zubaz (or Zoomba)
I check my usage statistics on the site fairly obsessively. I like to keep on top of how many visitors I'm getting and more importantly where I'm getting referrals. It's a good way for me to get some idea of how many people the site is reaching (a
October 19, 2004 |
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Youth Evolving Online
A while back I asked people to make a list of sites they visit everyday. I was finding that there was an increasingly long list of places I visited daily and I was curious if others behaved similarly. What I found ended up changing much of my thin
October 14, 2004 | EMAIL | PRINT | 12 COMMENTS
A School That Discourages Political Activism (UPDATED)
According to an email posted on daily KOS it appears as though a school in Wisconsin that George W. Bush recently visited refused to allow students to wear any pro-Kerry clothing or risk expulsion. Here's the <a h
October 27, 2004 | EMAIL | PRINT | 8 COMMENTS
Party Party: Halloween Edition
For all you New Yorkers (or people that know New Yorkers) here's the invite for my next shindig: Hi Everyone, First off, thanks to everyone who made it out last time, it was a blast. After the success of the last party I've decided t
October 2, 2004 | EMAIL | PRINT | 4 COMMENTS
Feeling Encouraged (UPDATED)
I've been feeling a final push for Kerry (or against Bush) in the last few days that has left me feeling good for Tuesday. First it was Andrew Sullivan's peice in The New Republ
October 29, 2004 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
Content Creation and Organizing
I've been thinking a lot over the last few months about the impact of all the internet content creation going on right now. I, personally, have had this webpage for about 3 months now and I have found that it's a great outlet for ideas, whether th
October 7, 2004 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
Jon Stewart on Crossfire
On October 15th The Daily Show's Jon Stewart went on CNN's Crossfire. (For those interested in watching the video you can fin
October 18, 2004 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
A Letter to My Readers
Dear Readers, I just wanted to thank everyone who reads this, I really appreciate you taking your time to read what I have to say. I also have one small request to make of you, can you please post comments on anything you find interesting? (
October 9, 2004 | EMAIL | PRINT | 1 COMMENTS
What is RSS?
Ben asked the question on everyone's mind (definitely not true, but still): what the hell is RSS? I'm going to do my best to answer it. First, here's the description I used in my September article for American
October 15, 2004 | EMAIL | PRINT | 1 COMMENTS
In Response to an RSS Question
In response to "Content Creation and Organizing", David asked this question which I felt as though deserved a much longer response that I felt like writing in the little
October 11, 2004 | EMAIL | PRINT | 1 COMMENTS
REMINDER: Halloween Party
For all the New York City Readers (for those not in New York, tell your NYC friends): Dear prospective party-goers, Well folks, with the election, Halloween and the world series on your minds it's possible (though doubtful) that you may have
October 26, 2004 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Guess the Newspaper
Take a wild guess what newspaper this excerpt comes from: Kerry seemed far better prepared than Bush, ready to counter the president's points while Bush often repeated himself and at times seemed at a loss for words or defensive.
October 1, 2004 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Analyzing Lehrer
While most websites have been analyzing the performances of the two candidates in Thursday's debate, Jay Rosen, head of the NYU Journalism Department, has decided to <a href="http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2004/10/01/lehrer_d
October 2, 2004 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
One Week to Go
As everyone in the country knows, the election is only a week away, yet pollsters and pundits are still relatively clueless on the eventual outcome. There's a strong push from both sides and everyone seems to be making their choice for 44th presid
October 26, 2004 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
SOCIAL NETWORKING | Noah Brier
Is Friendster Useless?
Yesterday I was talking to a friend of mine who said, jokingly I think, that he was going to bring back Friendster. To think that just a year ago everyone who was anyone had a Friendster account, it's fairly
October 21, 2004 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
The End of an Era
It's been a couple hours now since we all witnessed the end of the Dynasty: A team that won 4 World Series between 1996 and 2000 and played in two others in 2001 and 2003. Paul O'Neill stands out in my mind as 'the guy' from that era. He played hard
October 21, 2004 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Not Just Another Tuesday in November
By Jeff Hughes I was watching CNN today and heard a clip of Dubya saying the following about John Kerry (and I'm paraphrasing): "He has called the war in Iraq a colossal failure.  He has called it the wrong war.  How can we expect someone t
October 26, 2004 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS