With apologies to Gerald Ford, our long international nightmare is over.

Barack Hussein Obama is now the 44th President of the United States of America.

I've been saying that to myself over and over, just as a reminder that it's actually, really true now.

There were a few moments I really liked in the inaugural address, including his ( Read more... )

Speaking of Kimberly and Scott, they (along with Kimberly's brother, Chris) launched Regator this year, and the site has just been nominated in the Social News category of Mashable's Open Web Awards, "the only multilingual international online voting competition that covers major innovations in web technology ( Read more... )

I know, it's been nearly two weeks since the American election and I still haven't posted about my Election Day experience in Atlanta, but the least I can do is offer up some quick thoughts...

First off, thanks to everyone in the States who voted. :) Voter turnout was higher in the US than in Canada (which never happens), and I'm grateful to see ( Read more... )

On November 7, 2000, I was staying in a Melbourne hostel, watching news reports about the US presidential election on a small television in a common room. When they called it for Bush, I groaned quite audibly, whilst the (mostly British) backpackers around me had very little reaction. "What's the difference?" said one of them nearby ( Read more... )