Leonard

meta-collection of design patterns - Leonard

"Typepad Journalism Bailout Program" is actually pretty ingenious - Leonard

a decade late, but a huge improvement over floats/clears - wonder when major browser support will come? - Leonard

this is ingenious, in a slightly farnsworthy type of way. wonder if they'll catch on? - Leonard

Comparing 2008 voting patterns to 1860 cotton production. fascinating - Leonard

Even as the project matures, it continues to impress by how much progress is consistently being made. One of the most kick-ass things out there right now, and a real inspiration of a few motivated individuals making awesomeness. - Leonard

Sy Hersh - a reporter from when reporters actually did reporting - Leonard

Skyrails is a 3D visualization engine - Leonard

“My favorite quote is from Louis Pasteur: Chance favors the prepared mind,” Dean said in an interview Monday while campaigning in John McCain’s home state of Arizona. - Leonard

the only single serving page you need to obsessively reload. :) - Leonard

"Texting -- an obsession of the young and a necessity for lower-income voters -- may do for the Democratic presidential candidate what arm-twisting precinct captains did in years past: prod millions to get out and vote. The Obama campaign plans to use the millions of cell-phone numbers it has amassed over the past 22 months to blast its supporters with that message today." - Leonard

this would be good w/ an sms component and coordinated reporting on wait times - Leonard

Sullivan's piece is a powerful condemnation of what has happened over the past eight years and why tomorrow is just the beginning of what will be a long, hard redemption. - Leonard

"This year's unprecedented primary turnout has already exposed cracks in the infrastructure. In Texas, lines stretched for hours and ballots ran out. Voters in Virginia were told to submit slips of paper — which were later disqualified — when ballot deliveries didn't arrive, and overwhelmed poll workers in Washington, D.C., hid electronic machines because they were afraid of the contraptions." - Leonard

"Optical-scan machines made by Election Systems & Software failed recent pre-election tests in a Michigan county, producing different tallies for the same ballots every time, the top election official in Oakland County revealed in a letter made public Monday." - Leonard

Taking a look at some of the online numbers - Leonard

Dean: "We've had one-party rule on the Republican side and it was awful. And now, give us a chance. You know, there's an election with a third of the Senate up for election two years from now, so if we don't do what you want, you can get rid of us. But give us a chance to rebuild America." - Leonard

The last few campaign spots... - Leonard

Nate Silver's hour-by-hour guide to election night - Leonard

There’s something about the mix of personal details that is—to a young, educated, left-leaning, cosmopolitan audience—instantly recognizable. As one New York acolyte told me, “She is more like one of my friends than anyone else on television.” - Leonard

"Here's an ugly little secret about American democracy: We don't count all the votes. In 2004, based on the data from the US Elections Assistance Commission, 3,006,080 votes were not counted: "spoiled," unreadable and blank ballots; "provisional" ballots rejected; mail-in ballots disqualified." - Leonard

A reminder, that if you see shenanigans, call Obama Voter Protection 1-877-US-4-OBAMA (1-877-874-6226) and/or Election Protection 866-OUR-VOTE - Leonard

negative flakage rate (!) awesome. :) - Leonard

great easy way to speed up information transfer - Leonard

"This election is not about major policies. It's about hope." - Leonard

"The Supreme Court ruled in 1971 that students may register to vote where they attend school, and the Virginia state board of elections explicitly states that a dormitory may constitute a valid address. What's more, the additional paperwork sent to students violates the constitutional requirements against discrimination against particular groups of voters, according to the Brennan Center for Justice." - Leonard

“I feel like this is the year out of every other year in history that Georgia could go for a Democrat,” said Triniece Britt, a client relations manager at a mortgage company and an Obama supporter, who was waiting in a four-hour line to vote on Friday “People are hungry for something different. People want change so bad that they’ll wait as long it takes.” - Leonard

Still feeling antsy? head over to barackobama.com and volunteer... - Leonard

"Late last year, Colorado Secretary of State Mike Coffman decertified three of the four electronic voting manufacturers whose machines are used in the state, citing “problems with accuracy and security,” only to recertify them after county clerks complained. Adams County uses electronic voting machines manufactured by Premier Election Solutions, formerly known as Diebold Election Systems, which were among those decertified by Coffman. (Watch a demonstration of the machines here.)" - Leonard

"The goal was to give interaction designers some insight into how game design might be applied to the domain of more utilitarian applications" - Leonard