Fascinating graph at the NYTimes about how Americans spend their time. (via @abraham)

On Friday, December 5 at 8 in the morning I will be co-hosting a likemind event at Escape Java Joint on Willy Street in Madison.

Likemind is a way for creative professionals to meet each other and exchange ideas. It is basically networking for people who hate networking, as you can read in its profile in the New York Times.

I hope to see you there!

The Dutch government commissioned an official font and logo via a design competition. You can see the winning entry by Peter Verheul over at designworkplan. I wonder if, now that we have a design savvy President we can expect to see something similar within the mish-mash of US Government websites and publications?

Over at Slate Magazine, Farhad Manjoo has an interesting article about the future of the social network that Obama’s campaign built. In the article, Manjoo touches on the possibility that Obama could use his network to help his mandates get through the legislative branch.

Democratic Web guru Joe Trippi is quoted below

Trippi argues that if Obama can use the Web to spark the same well-organized fervor for his policy goals as he did for his campaign, “I think it’s going to be one of the most powerful presidencies we’ve seen since FDR, and maybe even more powerful. Even the best presidents have never had a way to connect directly with millions of Americans—Obama will have that.”

I think that more interaction between the executive branch and the people (see previous post) is very important, and maybe the internet really will bring along social justice and change. Only time will tell!

Head on over to my web design blog to check out a post with a link to Obama dingbats as well as info about his website and logo design!

Change is in the air, don’t let it slip away! Start planning for January and talk to your representatives in the government about the changes we not only want but need. This is our chance wrest the government back from big business and special interests—let’s not waste it. Remember we are the ones who put them there!

And on a less somber note… Hooray! BARACK OBAMA WON!

I got up early today and voted! Did you vote yet?

Here’s my favorite clip from the Charlie Brown Election special. Enjoy!

You’re Not Elected Charlie Brown

Enough said. Vote Obama on November 4th.

MTV has finally put Music back into its offerings, albeit on a separate website MTVM. A radical departure from its previous website offerings, (which are cluttered and difficult to use) the site offers a searchable music video database organized by artist and title. The videos are also embeddable on web pages.

As an aside, when he was a child The Rx thought that they wanted “chips for free”.