Has social media influenced your vote?

Has social media influenced your vote in the next US election?Interested in how, if at all, social media has played a role in influencing your vote.http://seesmic.com/images/seesmichtml.gif) repeat-x scroll left top; display: block; width: 435px;">

So much of this most recent election cycle has taken place across the social web. Twitter and SocialMedian have created …

Blog Action Day: What shapes your potential?

Photo by Meshl

"Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world"

- Maria Montessori

Lately, I've been thinking a lot about my daughters' potential. The world they've entered seems to be constantly on the edge of crisis. The environmental, …

Blog Action Day 2008

On October 15, over 8,000 bloggers with a combined reach of almost 9 million readers will post about poverty. I love the concept of many small voices helping to raise awareness of a global problem. I'll be taking part. There's still time, have you registered your blog …

I told you I was working on a solution to the economic crisis

Recently, I suspended my blog to tackle the economic crisis. Apparently I'm making progress.

To distract from the dearth of depressing financial news today, The Consumerist kindly suggested readers cheer up by checking out my 2007 State Fair set on Flickr. Check out …

If Sarah Palin was a font...

Which one would she be? That's the question I posed earlier today.

I got a great response via Twitter and Facebook. Lots of votes for simple san serifs and a few dingbats. My favorites were the decorative fonts, chosen for their name (Chiller - wr3n) or appearance (the …

Hack the Debate - The best of both worlds

Al Gore may not have invented the internet, but he's doing a hell of a job to make it better. Gore's cable network, Current TV has mashed together two of my favorite vices: politics and Twitter.

Hack the Debate is an innovative use of the two mediums. During each …