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  • Did Internet help win the elections?

    What role did the Internet play in the recent US presidential elections? A pretty big one, according to this article on the New York Times' blog Bits, which argues that Barack Obama's use of the Internet in his presidential campaign has changed US politics, drawing parallels to John F Kennedy's...
    Posted to Incubator (Weblog) Posted by Namitha Jagadeesh on 11-10-2008
  • The making of an Obama front page

    Barack Obama's election saw a surge in newspaper sales, temporarily lifting the mood in what has been a very gloomy year--full of layoffs and cutbacks--at American newspapers. While the story was quite compelling, powerful images also drove sales. To look at some of the more compelling front pages...
    Posted to A Romantic Realist (Weblog) Posted by Raju Narisetti on 11-06-2008
  • Is Obama's victory bad for Indian IT ?

    So finally after months of intense debate and a hard fought battle, USA has its first African American president in Barack Obama. While large parts of the world including India welcome his victory, Indian IT players might be chary, given some of the comments he made during the runup to elections. Obama...
    Posted to Down South (Weblog) Posted by Venkatesha Babu on 11-05-2008
  • Of Headhunters and their Cattle Calls

    Lost in the 21-month battle that Barack Obama waged to try and become president of the United States is perhaps the fact that, come 20 January 2009, when the 44th President is sworn in, it will be one of the most challenging assignments anyone can voluntarily and willingly take on. The chances that a...
    Posted to A Romantic Realist (Weblog) Posted by Raju Narisetti on 11-04-2008
  • Outsourcing the business of predicting the Obama-McCain race to India, via Vaastu

    It is eight days to go before Americans finally decide on their next president. By many accounts—and most polls and forecasts-- Barack Obama is walking away with the election. Still, there are serious questions about many of the polls as well as the methodology, a little-discussed debate in mainstream...
    Posted to A Romantic Realist (Weblog) Posted by Raju Narisetti on 10-28-2008
  • Will race cause Obama's fall?

    Will race swing the US election despite all the Obama - mania? Are Americans ready to vote in a black man, or will they change their mind at the last instance? As the US election draws closer, the discussions seem to have veered back towards race. Adding fuel to debate, is the Bradley effect, which is...
    Posted to Town Hall (Weblog) Posted by Livemint Community on 10-21-2008
  • Obama's got game

    Susan Davis out at the Wall Street Journal has a post on how everyone's favourite "Agent of Change" is now tapping into the online gaming posse to garner votes: A spokeswoman for Electronic Arts, the game’s publisher, confirmed to the gigaom.com that Obama’s campaign had paid for in-game...
    Posted to Play Things (Weblog) Posted by Sidin Vadukut on 10-15-2008
  • Rooting and voting for Obama from the Indian electoral college

    Every four years, one reads stories--and polls--about how the rest of the world actually prefers the candidate that often loses in the US presidential race. Many of us remember reading about how if Indians could vote, Bill Clinton would still be the US president! As the saying goes, if wishes were horses...
    Posted to A Romantic Realist (Weblog) Posted by Raju Narisetti on 10-06-2008
  • Facebook demographics revelation: Indian men like Sex And The City

    Well around a thousand of them at least. Facebook boffins will do well to check out the Facebook Demographics analysis tool that is available hidden deep inside the ubiquitous social networking website. While reaching the tool is a pain, it is well worthwhile as hours of fun and frolic proceed forthwith...
    Posted to Play Things (Weblog) Posted by Sidin Vadukut on 09-19-2008
  • McCain versus Obama for geeks

    When it comes to grandstand politics I am a total sucker for the soaring rhetoric and restrained gesticulation. Yet the more I see the Obama-McCain race hotting up the more I am beginning to notice one eye-catching aspect: Sarah Palin. When a former beauty queen can run for the Vice-President of your...
    Posted to Play Things (Weblog) Posted by Sidin Vadukut on 09-16-2008
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