In the media business, we’re not afraid to tackle the tough issues facing America today. This, ladies and gentlemen, is the news.

5 months of work come together for me today.

Witness the madness that is Josh.

I have a fun weekend planned. NewsML Feed Format Specification and HTTP Gateway Specification reviews. Awesome.

Someone’s not happy.

Let the professionals do their jobs.

More scientific organizations are using Twitter as a means of information dissemination.

This is another test at integrating my Shared Items in Google Reader into my blog.

Steve Rubel touches on a number of points I can relate to regarding text vs. video for online content. For me, the bottom line is that my content consumption patterns lean very heavily towards text but there are certain cases where short-form video is a more appropriate format.

I’ve overheard several people and seen posts on Twitter today stating “election day should be a holiday” and “we should get the day off work.” While federal law doesn’t require businesses to give employees time off to vote, many states have related laws on the books. Virginia isn’t one of them.

Showing Mike and Adam how the Metaweblog API works. Apologies to Tess.

Acting on tip from someone I follow on Twitter, I’m checking out Moodle this morning. It’s an open source content management system that offer educators a number of courseware features including lessons, quizzes, surveys, assignments, chat, forums and much more.