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September 21, 2008

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While watching the Giants OT victory over the Bengals today I saw this new Microsoft ad: Video: Pride The ad is a direct response to Mac’s outstanding I’m a Mac, I’m a PC campaign, which effectively makes the argument that PC users are the dorks and Mac users are the cool kids (full disclosure: I have a [...]

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September 17, 2008

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As someone who occassionally (read: almost never) has enough money to warrant an ING Savings account, I just received this email from Arkadi Kuhlmann, CEO of Savings at ING. Looks like 2009 isn’t going to be any fun, either: The consequences of the mortgage meltdown on financial institutions and individuals continue to erode many Americans’ dreams. [...]

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September 16, 2008

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Al Gore’s TV network, Current, has joined forces with Twitter to Hack the Debates. Twitter users watching the debates can send a tweet with the additional extension “#current” which will be scraped for inclusion. According to an AP article by Jake Coyle: During the debates, the network bent on viewer-created content will broadcast Twitter messages — or [...]

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September 15, 2008

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Naveed Lalani, a Fall 2004 Web Design student of mine at The University of Texas at Austin, has launched a new company called Pyrix.com, which “offers non-partisan political software that fuses technology and democracy for the masses—empowering the average political entrepreneur.” The first point in their 10 point Philosophy: We Don’t Take Sides. We are non [...]

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