Historically Relevant Links
The American Historical Association blog, AHA Today, has a wonderful weekly feature called "What we are reading." This week's edition has several entries that I think you will find interesting:
- How future historians will use the Twitter archives, By Christopher Beam, Slate (April 20, 2010).
- 21st Century Public History, Part I, Sharon Leon at the Center for History and New Media (April 21st, 2010).
- The Tea Party Challenge, By Erik Christiansen and Jeremy Sullivan, Inside Higher Ed (April 23, 2010).
Open-Government Related News
The Sunlight Foundation is starting an experiment that they are calling "the day in transparency." Every day, they will post a selection of transparency-related news stories, upcoming hearings on the hill, and related legislation introduced in Congress. They are currently posting the stories at http://www.theopenhouseproject.com/, but may move these announcements to their own blog home soon.
- The Day in Transparency 4/27/2010 by Eric Naing.
Printable Congressional District Maps: Behind The Scenes
Printable Congressional District Maps: Behind The Scenes, Joshua Tauberer, February 26th, 2010. I missed this when it came out a couple of months ago, so this may be old news to some of you. Seems worth mentioning for those who missed it.
Today I’m releasing print-quality maps of congressional districts, with street-level detail and county border lines. This has been one of the most sought-after resources based on emails I’ve received over the last some four years and I don’t think you can find this anywhere else. (At least not comprehensively for the whole nation. Local state clerk’s offices may have them. NationalAtlas.gov has maps but not with very much detail.) This was a solid 2-day project with less than 300 lines of code and it’s something that only recently became this easy to do.Continue reading
US House Adds Live Web Video
US House Adds Live Web Video, By John Wonderlich, Sunlight Foundation (04/26/10).
In a big step forward for public access online, the US House launched live streaming video today, on the new HouseLive.gov.Continue reading
White House uses Google AdWords against Wall Street
The White House unleashes AdWords against Wall Street, by Patricio Robles, Econsultancy (22 April 2010).
When you do a search on Google for 'goldman sachs sec' or 'goldman sachs fraud' and even 'goldman sachs' itself, you're likely to be greeted with an ad from the president himself: "Help Change Wall Street."Hat tip to Kevin Taglang! Continue reading