Monthly Archives: February 2008

Hillary Clinton: too experienced

By alex | Published: 2/4/2008
I know that a lot of people are planning to vote for Hilary Clinton tomorrow, and I’m still trying to figure out why. One of the main reasons given is that Clinton is “more experienced.” This is true, to a certain extent. Clinton was probably as close to the White House as you can come [...]
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Obama winning New York State

By alex | Published: 2/3/2008
I have a love-hate relationship with US presidential politics, often seeing candidates I would actually feel good voting for swept away during the primaries. That’s why I’m thrilled that Obama seems poised to really give Clinton a run for her money. That’s going to be difficult in her “home” state of New York, but I [...]
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January evaluation, February goals

By alex | Published: 2/3/2008
Well, many of the one-month resolutions went the way of all such resolutions, but in the spirit of disclosure: 1. Start nothing new Mostly, I was good with this. I promised to referee articles for three journals (JASIST, JCMC, and New Media & Society), but that is less “new project” and more “normal business.” I [...]
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Grand Central gridlock

By alex | Published: 2/1/2008
Imrpov Everywhere strikes again, freezing for several minutes in Grand Central Station. They rule.
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Social Graph API

By alex | Published: 2/1/2008
If you are like me, you probably think that XFN and FOAF are really cool ideas that just don’t seem to end up being very useful. Part of the reason for this is that it has been a little difficult for people to understand what the use of the links are, since there aren’t a [...]
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