Monthly Archives: January 2007

The End of Bananas

Posted on January 30, 2007 by ben

For some reason, I’m fascinated by a story I’ve been following for a few months: bananas as we know them may disappear in 10 years: Two fungal diseases, Panama disease and black Sigatoka, are cutting a swath through banana plantations, … Continue reading →

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Election Season is Over… It’s time to design the next Voting System

Posted on January 28, 2007 by ben

You can’t design a voting system in the few months that precede an election. That’s why the year in between elections should be the most productive in designing new voting technology: no one from the press is paying attention, no … Continue reading →

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Setting Expectations

Posted on January 11, 2007 by ben

Even if you take political preference aside for a second, and ignore the craziness of George Bush’s speech last night, if you just take it at face value, something is really really wrong. The President admitted that he made mistakes, … Continue reading →

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Scheduling Poll Workers

Posted on January 8, 2007 by ben

Thad Hall wonders if Poll Workers could be scheduled like Walmart employees. Thad’s ideas are generally fantastic, and I find his out-of-the-box yet highly-informed viewpoint to be refreshing in this field. In this case, though, I don’t think this suggestion … Continue reading →

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2007: Controlled End-User Web APIs for Private-Data Mashups

Posted on January 2, 2007 by ben

As far as technology goes, 2007 will be about web security. With everyone storing more and more personal data on various web sites, and with the continuing innovation of mash-ups, it’s inevitable. And it won’t be the web security issues … Continue reading →

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