Archive for March, 2003
“Watch Howard Dean”
Jonathan Raban, a British ex-pat living in Seattle, writes a long “letter“ in this week’s Seattle Weekly about the effect the war is having on the political landscape in the U.S. His conclusion? “Watch Howard Dean.”
Here’s the key graph:
The immediate upshot of his speech (by no means limited to the war) was an orgy […]
Home with the flu
I’ve spent most of the last two days in bed, recovering from a stomach flu that I probably got from one of my kids. It’s never fun when you’re going through it, but you take it easy, try and remember that it’s relatively brief and you’ll be back to normal soon.
Or, if you’re Tiger Woods, […]
E-mail Reveals Real Leaders
I’ve heard of similar studies before, but now HP has gotten into the game, studying how large groups email each other within a company to determine what the real organizational structure is. Apparently, they say that how people email each other determines who the really important people are, and who really reports to whom. They […]
Dean Downloads
If you’re looking for downloadable flyers about Howard Dean, head over to deanaction.net – where the campaign has put together three PDFs suitable for printing and distribution.
I’ll be sharing a PowerPoint template I put together shortly for use in your own house parties…
NH Poll - Dean tied with Kerry
The Union Leader out of New Hampshire reports that Governor Dean has picked up ground, pulling into a statistical dead heat among likely voters in NH. Less obvious but just as interesting – the same poll had favorable/unfavorable rankings for each candidate:
Kerry: 69/7
Dean: 40/9
Lieberman: 51/28
Gephardt: 50/19
Dean narrowed the gap by picking up a lot […]
Take out the trash
Any fan of West Wing will recall the episode titled Take out the trash. The term taking out the trash is a euphemism for burying news items that are embarassing to the administration by casually mentioning them on a Friday afternoon – so that the effect on the administration in the news is blunted by […]
Cisco buys Linksys
Cisco Buys Linksys – Moves Into The Home. In a bit of a surprise, Cisco today announced that they’re buying Linksys for $500 million. Linksys is the leader in wireless routers for homes by a long shot, so this lets Cisco move down the chain to a more consumer level offering. Cisco has recently been […]
Coalition of the willing
I’m listening to Ari Fleischer’s briefing, and he just reeled off a bunch of stats that are supposed to impress us about the “coalition of the willing”:
more than 35 countries
more than 1 billion people
every race, religion, ethnicity
etc.
Here’s the problem in citing those stats: Of the 35 countries, only two – ONLY TWO […]
Where is Raed?
If you’re interested in a first-person account from Baghdad, check out “Where is Raed?“. I’m disappointed that I haven’t heard more of this unvarnished information through the major media, but grateful that this site exists.
Check it out.
Help. My laptop’s broken.
(As you read this, keep in mind that I am not now, nor have I ever been, an employee of the I.T. department.)
Cell phone rang at 9:45pm. It’s one of our salesmen. He’s on the road, prepping for a demo tomorrow morning. “What’s wrong?” I ask.
“When I press my ‘k’ key, the number ‘2’ shows […]
