A tweet, of course, is a 140-character (or less) comment made on the online software/service Twitter.
Brock Shinen has a thoughtful essay about tweets as intellectual property.
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Some excellent points about journalistic objectivity from Froomkin and Atrios - “And it’s the focus on maximizing newspaper circulation that drove us to create the notion of ‘objectivity’” – Froomkin “…it’s nice seeing someone acknowledge that much of what journalists perceive as the standards of their profession, the ‘objectivity,’ was a business choice.” – Atrios While in college [...] It is inevitable, of course, that legalization of same-sex marriage will lead to sex with ducks. Here’s a music video celebrating that bright, awesome future. “Riki ‘Garfunkel’ Lindhome and Kate ‘Oates’ Micucci sing a pro-gay marriage song in response to a Pat Robertson quote that legalizing gay marriage would lead to legalizing sex with ducks.” George Tiller, a doctor whose clinic performed controversial late term abortions, was gunned down in front of his church this morning. There had been a previous attempt to murder Dr. Tiller in 1993. This isn’t the first time a doctor has been killed by pro-life advocates; Dr. David Gunn in 1993, Dr. John Britton in [...] The next iteration of Gmail will combine Google Chat, Gmail, Google Docs, and the rest of the Google online suite of apps into one multi-capable tool named Google Wave. It’s sort of a wiki-esque re-imagination of email that includes a lot of AJAX functionality and API extensibility. The following demo is sort of long, but [...] Here’s a list of government gadgets available for your blog or webpage. “These government gadgets (or widgets) are online applications built by one website that can be displayed on another website. You can embed these gadgets in personalized home pages, blogs, and other sites. Once you’ve added the widget, there’s no technical maintenance—the original source of [...] And where does the money for defense come from? Larger image here. (Thanks, EHP!) The current Change Congress campaign addresses what Lessig has coined “good souls corruption.” Good Souls Corruption is when there is not necessarily a quid pro quo for legislation passed, but the coincidence of campaign donations and favorable legislative efforts appears inappropriate, or at least unseemly. This leads to suspicions of pay-off, is corrosive to the [...] In this episode Dr. Steve Brule extols the pleasure of sweet berry wine. Erk, the number one project that I absolutely must get done today is so mind-numblingly dull it’s taking me hours to get anything accomplished. I should have been done before lunchtime, but every time I look at it my brain shuts down. Maybe more coffee will help. More indictments for this awesome representative of Floridian politics. Thanks to Alex Leary for all of his tremendous work following the sordid career of Ray Sansom. “The felony perjury charge is based on newly surfaced documents, including an e-mail Sansom received from the college president indicating that developer Jay Odom, who also was indicted Wednesday, would use [...] Here’s a slideshow of some of the billboard art you may have seen recently.
Artwork on Billboards Here is information about the artists. This page is full of info, including some commercial/promotional images like the one below. The above image is the work of Dino D’Taos. “My interpretations under osmosis of an international peddler’s [...] Candidate for St. Pete city council answers the question “Are you gay?” Via Stogie, this article from the Trib’s Tampa Bay Online. “TAMPA – Hillsborough residents who don’t like the way county government spends their tax dollars will soon have a way to question commissioners’ budget decisions directly. “Upcoming budget meetings will be the first “virtual town hall” events, during which residents can comment or ask questions via e-mails [...] Cool collection of robot tats. (Thanks, ML!) Dan Gillmor tweets - “When someone precedes the rest of the sentence with “Quite frankly” or “Truthfully” — do you trust what follows more or less?” I believe it because I think it’s just a semantic twitch and not worth reading into too much, but those little caveats always stand out to me. When somebody prefaces a [...] So says Symantec. “Spammers seem to be working a little bit harder these days, according to Symantec, which reported Tuesday that unsolicited e-mail made up 90.4 percent of messages on corporate networks last month.” OK, name the source of the following quote. “When I get a case about discrimination, I have to think about people in my own family who suffered discrimination because of their ethnic background or because of religion or because of gender. And I do take that into account.” A. Louis Brandeis The [...] There’s a word for people lacking empathy – sociopath. Brass Bowl has some great images of the Glazer Children’s Museum’s Tampa in LEGO exhibition. Miami leads the nation in personal credit card debt with the average person owing over 20% of their income to credit card companies. That translates to a household earning $50,000 owes over $10,000 on their credit cards. Tampa is not far behind, where the average household “owes 17.1% of its total income.” Jacksonville (16.38%) and Orlando (16.37%) [...] The American College of Sports Medicine’s American Fitness Index ranks Tampa as the fittest city in Florida, the 23rd fittest in the nation. Unfortunately, we’re moving the wrong way. We were 21st in the nation last year. More at Tampa Bay Business Journal. It’s one thing to not know the rudiments of grammar and spelling. It’s something else to not know the rudiments of grammar and spelling while calling someone else an idiot. It’s jaw-droppingly, mind-numblingly dumb to not know the rudiments of grammar and spelling while calling a graduate of Harvard Law School, editor of the Harvard [...] The Florida Progressive Coalition has a list of Progressive, Liberal and Democratic Twitter Feeds from Floridians. The US Department of State will start recognizing same-sex partnerships and providing some benefits. Florida Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL 18), top Republican member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, supports the measure. “Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will soon announce that the partners of gay U.S. diplomats are eligible for many benefits currently denied them [...] Florida’s largest bank goes belly-up. “WASHINGTON — Regulators on Thursday shut down BankUnited FSB, a struggling Florida thrift whose closure is expected to cost the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. $4.9 billion. “The failure of the Coral Gables, Fla.-based bank represents the second-largest hit to the FDIC’s insurance fund so far _ the costliest was last year’s seizure [...] Wired has a great story about using networks and Web 2.0 apps to make buying from local markets easier. “Now, a [San Francisco] Bay Area startup has launched a service to make it easier and cheaper for restaurants to buy food from small, local farms. With a suite of mobile apps for use in restaurants and [...] My awareness that I’m profoundly ignorant contributes to my curiosity. I’m pretty sure about 90% of what I think I know is wrong, which is why I keep reading, thinking, arguing, and listening. Martin A. Schwartz argues that this feeling of stupidity is one of the driving forces behind science. “Science involves confronting our ‘absolute stupidity’. That [...] In today’s Capitol Offense column, Kenneth Quinnell offers a great overview and introduction to the Florida Progressive Coalition. Here’s the list. Be sure to visit to get the links. *FPC Blog The American Clean Energy And Security Act of 2009 is out of committee and will be debated on the House floor in June. In a recent press release Rep. Castor touts a measure she added to the bill. “I successfully added a measure to the bill that is designed to expand the use of solar power [...] |
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