Category: Stuff
Operation Dr. Scholl??
2:1 they’re mostly Birkenstocks…
The Crypt: The other shoe to drop Jan. 19 – Politico.com
Anti-Bush activists, “in solidarity with the journalist in Baghdad who threw shoes at President Bush,” plan to bring the shoe-chucking home when Bush returns.
Anti-Bush activists, “in solidarity with the journalist in Baghdad who threw shoes at President Bush,” plan to bring the shoe-chucking home when Bush returns. Jamilla El Shafei of the Kennebunk Peace Department, which has advocated for Bush’s impeachment, is organizing a demonstration planned for January 19 at the White House.
El Shafei, in an e-mail sent out to dozens of activists, asked them to begin to collect donations of old shoes — shoes that would then be tossed at the White House on Bush’s last day in office.
read the full story at Politico
Hack the Debate with Current
this is incredibly cool stuff!!! what a great way to get people involved in the political process.
from Current:
“Current & Twitter have teamed up for the very first time to integrate real-time Twitter messages (aka “tweets”) over major portions of a live television broadcast.
Hack the Debate by adding your Twitter posts to our live broadcast of the 2008 Presidential Debates.
We will broadcast as many of your debate tweets as possible right over Obama & McCain, in real time, on our live broadcast.”
Just Around the Corner: World Usability Day
This Year’s Theme: Transportation
World Usability Day was founded in 2005 as an initiative of the Usability Professionals’ Association to ensure that services and products important to human life are easier to access and simpler to use. Each year, on the second Thursday of November, over 225 events are organized in over 40 countries around the world to raise awareness for the general public, and train professionals in the tools and issues central to good usability research, development and practice.
