Posts Tagged: four

More on Twitter and the events in Iran

Expanding on the points made by the head of BBC News, Richard Sambrook, about the issues with sorting through the outpouring of tweets from Iran, Kevin Drum writing for Mother Jones underlines some lessons about the way in which Twitter is best used at a moment like this. Firstly he actually quotes me, unwittingly: OneRead… Read more »

Is it Star Wars? No it’s Govloop’s Bureaucrat on Sports Covering the Frozen Four… plus, who’s Tweeting Away!!

You can still rock in America with the Hokie Guru!! Here here they come!! Yep, it’s the Frozen Four, the NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Semifinals and Finals… right here in Washington, DC at the Phone Booth (Verizon Center) … Star Wars style… our four contestants… the Bemidji State University Beavers (R2D2), Miami UniversityRead… Read more »

NYT Op-Ed: To Change Washington, Move Out

Today’s Daily Pipeline by the Partnership for Public Service shares a fascinating Op-Ed from Mark Everson in the New York Times. The long and short of the article is that true change would come to Washington only if people actually left the city. With government being centralized in Washington, it creates a serious risk forRead… Read more »