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It would not seem appropriate to have a blog based in Washington without drawing attention this brilliant video. This video has taken Washington by storm with this appearing on the local NBC, FOX and ABC stations (they do some pretty hard-hitting reporting here in the district).

This is an ode to Arlington, the side of the river where alot of Georgetown students live. Of course, there are also alot of students who live in the district. Do they live in the district for th reasons mentioned in this video? I can't say for sure. But yes, probably.  Read More »

Last week, I accompanied Dr. Linda Garcia and her son, Steve -- a business consultant who specializes in social network analysis -- to present our research at the Harvard Political Networks Conference.

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Yes. I think Sony wins thevideo game wars. You will either find this statement (a) entirely credulous since I already sunk $600 into a 60GB Playstation 3 (personal bias revealed) or (b) entirely incredulous, because the Wii is clearly the fastest-selling system, and the XBox 360 has the most marketshare of next-generation games.

Let me start by saying that there is nothing wrong with either of the other two systems. But here are my reasons for this statement.  Read More »

Ashley recently posted about her self-publication of her thesis using Lulu's print-on-demand service, and I wanted to follow up with my own thoughts on this process. While Ashley's post emphasized the nostalgic and sentimental motives for self-publishing, I approached my own project from a much different perspectice: career development, personal branding and, of course, copyright.  Read More »

Recalling the time when Sacha Baron Cohen's "Borat" movie came out, the question most often raised was how much of the film was documentary and how much was carefully orchestrated entertainment. At the MTV Movie Awards a couple weeks ago, Cohen organized an on-stage tussle with Eminem that the rapper later admitted was a planned shenanigan for laughs and shock value.  Read More »