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Blogging Again… 11 Jun 2009 | 03:37 pm
As outlined in my previous post, a change in my employment status has meant that I have had to stop blogging on politics. However, for those of you who have failed to update their RSS feed or are slo...
Adieu…. for the Time Being 13 Sep 2008 | 05:11 pm
A number of the more perceptive readers at ToK blog have noticed that I have seemed to have dropped off the perch during the last fortnight. The good news is that I am still live and kicking and am b...
If I Didn’t Have This Crippling Student Loan 24 Aug 2008 | 12:21 pm
This research position would be very interesting: Research Assistant positions with The Cooperation Research Group: Case Studies in Commons-Based Peer Production Project Description: What makes Wik...
Obamanomics 23 Aug 2008 | 01:19 pm
At risk of going all Obama, all the time at this blog, this piece at Technology Review on Austan Goolsbee, Obama’s chief economic advisor was an interesting read: (Goolsbee) is part of a generation o...
The Obamanauts and the Internets 23 Aug 2008 | 12:11 pm
Another excellent article on Obama’s Online Outreach group to make you drool, this time from WaPo. Highlights: A year and a half ago, Rospars led a group of 11. It’s easily double that now, with sta...
Costello, The Cheshire Cat 22 Aug 2008 | 09:49 pm
Doorstops with Peter Costello are becoming more and more like conversations with the Cheshire Cat: Cheshire Cat: If I were looking for a white rabbit, I’d ask the Mad Hatter. Alice: The Mad Hatter? O...
I Got More Bounce Than an Ounce*: Convention Bounce 22 Aug 2008 | 09:02 pm
Gary Langer, (US) ABC News polling guru has interesting things to say about Presidential Nomination Convention polling bounces: Convention bounces became apparent in 1968 (election polling was too in...
The Changing Security Environment 22 Aug 2008 | 08:54 pm
Making the greatest foreign policy mistake in the last thirty years would have this effect I guess: THE Coalition lost its traditional position as the party of choice on defence and security last yea...
Responding to Russia With Strength AND Smarts 21 Aug 2008 | 09:42 am
Those looking for a more considered political response to the Russo-Georgian conflict than John McCain’s bellicose rhetoric need look no further than UK Foreign Minister, David Miliband’s Op-Ed in The...
Are HyperLinks Distracting? 20 Aug 2008 | 08:46 pm
A Tip/Wag for the BBC’s new linking policy. A tip of the hat for the fact that the BBC will be introducing a form of in text linking and will be providing readers with links to background material fr...
