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Big quantities of red ink will remain the focus when the General Assembly resumes business this afternoon, but there's some good news to be found beyond the anticipated election of the first female Senate president, not to mention the first Asian...
The brightest minds in media have yet to figure out a way to sustain journalism deep into the Internet age. With an op-ed in today's ProJo, Joel Brinkley offers this concept: When the [newspaper Web] sites were considered technological curiosities...
A few odds and ends . . . -- Ed Fitzpatrick and yours truly write about the push in RI for the National Popular Vote. During the Monday evening fundraiser, New Yorker writer Hendrik Hertzberg, a one-time speechwriter for Jimmy Carter, described the Electoral...
Newspapers, a bulwark of democracy, may be seriously imperiled, but there's a boom market in excrement. From KillerStartups : Nature calls when least expected, and it is always handy to have a resource like this one at hand. Generally speaking, this...
Some speculate that Saul Kaplan was asked to give up his job as executive director of the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation. As we know, Governor Carcieri said via a statement that Kaplan plans to return to the private sector. At minimum,...
I hope to have a more thoughtful post today or later this week on Twitter . In the interim . . . Breakkup.com , a newish Web site, allows you, the American public (or at least those with too much time on their hands), to cast votes on whether the love...
Whether you see Rhode Island's glass as half-full (like Tom Sgouros ) or approaching empty (like Ed Achorn ), the folks at RI Nexus have a cool upcoming event: Making it through the Downturn and Emerging Stronger than Ever Where: RIEDC, 315 Iron Horse...
From today's NYT : PALO ALTO, Calif. — Facebook , the Internet’s largest social network, wants to let you take your friends with you as you travel the Web. But having been burned by privacy concerns in the last year, it plans to keep close tabs on...
AS220 is the spot, from 5:30-9. After October’s special event with Jason Fried, Providence Geeks returns next week to our regularly scheduled program. The November Geek Dinner will feature DandyID – a promising startup recently transplanted to our fair...
We know about the bad news on the RI economy. But the RI EDC's Saul Kaplan , in a news release today, points to some good news: Rhode Island was cited as a top performer in the 2008 State New Economy Index, a report published by the Ewing Marion Kauffman...
During her appearance at Providence's Central Congregational Church last night, NPR's Mara Liasson noted how Barack Obama has been likened to the Google of politics -- because of his facility with technology and because of his unparalleled audience...
While Obama's use of YouTube has been cited as an emblem of his tech-friendliness, it's only a matter of time before his BlackBerry gets yanked, reports today's New York Times . But before he arrives at the White House, he will probably be...
Speaking of Tim White, he was interested by my short piece this week on Wayne Franklin , so Franklin and Owen Johnson , another of the new wave of entrepreneurs who sometimes gather under the Geek umbrella, joined us for this morning's taping of WPRI...
Obama's steady climb above McCain in most polls coincided with the outbreak of the fiscal crisis in September. Yet all along, some smart people believed it was the Democrat's super-organized ground game that made the difference. Seth Gitell touches...
I was going to include Nate Silver's name in the headline for this post, but he's better known by his Web site, FiveThirtyEight.com , which -- with good reason -- has become a sensation this campaign season. Here (h/t Romenesko ) is part of the...
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