Jacob Kaplan-Moss: 2008

Matt's been working on the JW's election coverage for a few years now, and it's getting *really* slick. To me, though, the most interesting part is in how Matt's been able to track down clueful people at Douglas County and the Secretary of State; having a quick and clean source of data makes this process much, must easier. It strikes me that there really isn't a whole lot of difference between Matt cultivating these relationships and a “traditional” journalist's cultivation of sources.

(2008, django, elections, ellington, journalism, ljworld, programming, visualization)

blog.pmarca.com: An hour and a half with Barack Obama

Like Marc, I try not to put my political views online. Like Marc, I'm overwhelmingly impressed with Obama. After reading this, I'm even more impressed.

(2008, barackobama, elections, obama)

AMC Theatres Best Picture Showcase

AMC is showing all five Best Picture nominees back-to-back(-to-back-to-back-to-back). I'm not sure I could take twelve hours of moves in a row, but I have to saw I'm somewhat intrigued by getting to see all these fine films at once.

(2008, awards, movies, oscars)

2008 Democratic Convention Watch: Superdelegate Endorsement List

Complete list of the 2008 DNC superdelegates.

(2008, democrats, elections, primary, superdelegates, voting)

Covering Kansas Democratic Caucus Results at Matt Croydon::Postneo

Matt explains how he and Christian brought election results to ten sites in under two days. I'm blown away by how awesome their coverage was, and with how quickly they pulled it together. Congrats!

(2008, caucases, database, django, djangopowered, elections, ellington, ellingtonpowered, friends, kansas, primary, webdev, website)

Why 2008 Will Be An Awesome Year For Movies « FirstShowing.net

Man, looks like 2008 is going to a wonderful year for film. New moves by Michel Gondry, Richard Keylly, Darren Aronofsky, the Coen bros., a new Eastwood western, the new Batman movie, a remake of Get S.M.A.R.T., and — finally! — a new Indiana Jones!

(2008, movies)