Here is a clear case of astroturfing... I noticed the following ad on HuffingtonPost yesterday (01.28.08) promoting "draftbloomberg.com." Draftbloomberg.com (formerly Unity08.com) has been setup to encourage people to petition Michael Bloomberg to run for president as an Independent. The ad states 5,237 signatures... Meanwhile the web site only lists 3,719 signatures. ...

I've finally gotten around to posting some footage from the Critical Mass at Union Square on 07.27.07. Below the fold you'll find two videos and a slide show of pictures. The first video documents the organization of Critical Mass in Union Square North from 6:45 PM (15 minutes prior to ...

poster observed on east 9th street, NYC :: sent wirelessly via blackberry

This post has been imported from the NML Research Blog... On the flight to Oregon I read Michael Indegaard’s Silicon Alley: the Rise and Fall of a New Media District. “Silicon Alley” mostly runs along Broadway from the Flatiron to the Financial District (see map below). Indegaard makes two ...

This post has been imported from the NML Research Blog... While I intended to publish this under Joan’s ‘Sitting by the lake” post, you can’t post photos in comments (something I’m working on fixing in) so I decided to create a separate post. I’ve been traveling across the great state of Oregon ...