The 2012 Electoral College Map Done Right: States Sized By Votes, Not Geographic Size

October 23, 2012

It drives me crazy to see news outlets with US maps showing the states estimated to be either going for Barack Obama or Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election based on the geographic size of those states, rather than the number of Electoral College votes they carry. There are better maps they could and should use. [...]

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My MacBook Pro Retina Running 3 External Monitors (& Could Do 4, 5….)

June 20, 2012

My old MacBook Pro had no problems running three external monitors. My new MacBook Pro Retina is easily able to do the same and should be able to do more, if I wanted. Here are the details of my setup. I’m using three Dell monitors. My center one is a widescreen running 2560×1440, and the two [...]

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Why I Destroyed An Official Republican Party Document

June 12, 2012

I’m concerned that I’ll be heading straight to jail soon, given that I’ve purposely destroyed an “Official Republican Party Document.” More seriously, I’m concerned that a major political party is sending out such misleading junk mail. For all I know, the Democratic National Committee does the same thing. I generally vote Democrat, but I’m not [...]

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Dear New York Times & Wall Street Journal: How About Some Sensible Digital Subscription Pricing?

May 8, 2012

The New York Times is launching new video ads to convince people they should pay for its content. Here’s a thought. If the New York Times, or the Wall Street Journal for that matter, want to be paid what they’re worth, how about giving subscribers a set price they can depend on? A price that [...]

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Stole My Son’s Phone? We’ll See About That….

May 2, 2012

I guess I can add a story to the many out there about someone who tracks down a lost phone using a Find My Phone-type of service. In this case, it was my son’s. I tracked it down to the exact classroom where the kid who took it was sitting. My son calls when he [...]

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How I Lost My Hacker News Name

April 5, 2012

I’m not on Hacker News a lot, but occasionally I do comment. When I do, you’ll see me there as sullivandanny. I’m also dannysullivan, but I can’t have that account. Forgot my password, and that’s that, apparently. When you create a Hacker News account, unlike most places I register with, you’re not required to provide [...]

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Bad PR Pitch #1: “Open To A Conversation?”

March 28, 2012

In hopes of improving the often sad state of PR pitches, I’m beginning a series dissecting the bad one I get. I’ll start with the “conversation” pitch. This one almost always goes in the trash. “Would you be open to a conversation with….” “I’d be happy to coordinate a conversation….” “Would you’d be interested in a conversation with….” No, [...]

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Glad Encyclopedia Britannica Is Alive – Now If I Could Only Find It On Google

March 14, 2012

Like many, I’m sure, I read with sadness the news that the Encyclopedia Britannica was closing yesterday (only the print edition, as it turns out). Then surprise, as I didn’t realize EB still existed. I sure never found it when helping the kids with their science projects. Perhaps there’s a lesson there? Helping the kids during science [...]

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Watching Another News Story Get “Stolen” Without Attribution

February 13, 2012

Occasionally, you can watch how a story you’ve broken spreads to other news outlets. Disappointingly, that can mean watching it spread without your originating story getting the credit. My story last week of the “Spreading Romney” site is a great/sad example of this. Last week, I wrote a story at Search Engine Land about a [...]

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You Can’t Watch SNL’s Hilarious “Downton Abbey” Sketch Legally Online, So NBCUniversal Pirates Itself

February 6, 2012

All I wanted to do was share a funny “Downton Abbey Meets Spike TV” skit that was on Saturday Night Live this week. Unfortunately, there’s no authorized version of the sketch online from NBCUniversal. That made me hesitate, but apparently it wasn’t a problem for iVillage, an NBCUniversal-owned site. Nor was it an issue for Time, [...]

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