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Posted in links, web design and development Tagged CSS, media queries, mobile, responsive, tool Leave a comment
When to post links to Twitter and Facebook
Bit.ly, the link shortening and tracking service, released new data showing the best and worst times for posting links to Facebook and Twitter. This was reported on at http://mashable.com/2012/05/09/best-time-to-post-on-facebook/. Key Points Don’t post links on the weekends or from 8PM – 8AM ET.
The Cost of Winning a Senate Race
To illustrate the large difference in the amount of money needed to win a US Senate seat (quite a lot) and the amount needed to win a state Senate seat (much, much less), a recent Mother Jones article used some calculations that I thought were somewhat lacking – so I decided to make improvements. To [...]
Photos from May Day Picket Actions with Occupy Wall Street
Today was May Day and though the day isn’t yet over, I’m pretty sure that Occupy Wall Street’s goal of “halting the flow of capital” wasn’t really achieved. That does not lessen, however, how awe-inspiring it was to see thousands of people take to the streets in support of labor and immigrant rights. My photographer [...]
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Bank of America Parodied
There is a fantastic website that looks like a copy of Bank of America’s website. If you look closer, you realize that something is up. The design elements are the same, but something is not quite right. It seems that the goal of the parody website, Your Bank of America, is to embarrass the bank [...]
Do campaign contributions influence who your lawmaker listens to?
Barry Deutsch / CC BY 3.0
New Yorkers Call for Fair Elections
Last week, I joined residents, activists, and politicians in Brooklyn’s Borough Hall to call for fair elections in New York State. This was one in a series of town halls that happened across the state.
Posted in money in politics Tagged Albany, Assembly Members, Attorney General, campaign spending, Citizen Action of New York, Common Cause New York, Comptroller, donations, donors, expenditures, fair elections, Governor, New York, New York City, New York State, NY, NYC, public financing, research, State Assembly, state legislators, State Senate, State Senators, Working Families Party Leave a comment
Zakir Hussain Blew My Mind
I got the chance to catch a performance by Zakir Hussain & Masters of Percussion at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia. It was absolutely mind-blowing. Do yourself a favor and watch the video. As the program declared, Zakir is “the preeminent classical tabla virtuoso of our time.” The performance also included [...]
Super PACs
http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/super-pacs/all/
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