I have lived in Bloomington for a decade now. My family relishes the ritual of voting on Election Day. We bring our boys into the booth and talk about the great thing we are doing by participating in a vote. Until Tuesday, the only place I have ever voted is in the elementary school across the street.
The Obama Stream
I compiled snapshots of the tweets Wednesday night from locals covering the Barack Obama campaign stop in Bloomington, Indiana. They included the pledges of allegiance and child bearing, as well as a fainting man (who is likely this guy from Comedy Central, so watch Thursday’s show). I’ll save commentary (except my own below, in tweet form) for a later date.
Twitosphere
Over the weekend, I finally made good on a months-long pledge to build a website that would archive tweets from local twitterers. The Indiana Twitosphere uses a WordPress platform and Charles Johnson’s great RSS plug-in, FeedWordPress, to keep tabs on the individual contributions of over 150 known Hoosier twitterers.
The Midwest Tech Corridor
What will it take to become a high tech power in this country? Efforts like Smaller Indiana are trying to answer that question. While Indiana is not likely to sprout a new Google in the short-term, the future is necessarily built off of the communities with which we engage today. To that end, I invite and encourage readers with interests in information technology and design to start the process by joining local organizations
Our Winter Wonderland
Our winter wonderland is a land of wonder today. As in, I wonder if I’ll get to leave the house. On the docket today (tentatively): (a) our outing to get a live Christmas tree, (b) my marathon group design session this afternoon, and (c) the IU men’s basketball game tonight.