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Entries from September 2007

Two House Tech Updates

September 4th, 2007 · No Comments

Two interesting uses of technology from prominent House members, a republican and a democrat.
First, Minority Leader John Boehner has a twitter badge up on his Republican Leader website. This allows him to post status updates on his whereabouts to a very specific degree. While it appears to only have been updated once [...]

Tags: Member Web Sites · OpenHouse · askgeorge · committees · government websites · twitter

Nokia, Ontology, and Legal Research

September 3rd, 2007 · 3 Comments

Among my favorite blogs lately has been Future Perfect, apparently a Nokia researcher’s personal brainstorming repository. I enjoy it so much because it reminds me of how I take notes, through either practical categorization or an off-the-cuff to-be-revisited kind of personalized conceptual banter that “Future Perfect” offers frequently. I find this refreshing because [...]

Tags: OpenHouse · corruption · legal research · nokia · ontology

National Archives Video

September 3rd, 2007 · No Comments

The National Archives (NARA, or National Archives and Records Administration) has a great video on their website, telling the story of citizens holding their government accountable through empowered investigation of public documents.
Check it out.

Tags: OpenHouse · archivist · government websites · preservation