Recently TweetedAndrew Schneider, longtime P-I investigative reporter and eminence grise, has a great post on the lurking threat to investors from weak regulation of nanoparticles — molecular-scale machines included in things like “sunscreen, cosmetics, food, clothing, sporting goods and packaging.”
Says Schneider:
If nanotechnology goes astray, companies and their investors could face billions of dollars in… »
Will they never learn? This is just… »
RailsConf ‘09 is going so well. Listening to an awesome talk on Rails 3 right now, and basking in the glow from yesterday.
The Gov2.0 panel I organized and the BOF Eric Mill from Sunlight Labs organized were both excellent and well-attended. You can see more… »
My new favorite word news word is “widgetize.” As in, to turn into a widget.
A widget, is a small pluggable program that is embedded in someone else’s Web site. Wordpress,… »
My previous post about the St. Pete Times Pulitzer for Politifact was a bit harsh in terms of my feeling that Matt Waite’s role was not being properly recognized. Some… »
Today’s double-whammy Pulitzer Prize in national reporting and Pulitzer finalist status in Public Service to Matt Waite for Politicfact.com is a signal moment in the history of journalism. Politifact programmer/data… »
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