I signed up for Ironman Canada this week! After a mildly successful* Ironman Boise 70.3, I decided to take the plunge sign up for the full 140.6 mile race. Ironman Canada has a reputation for being a great race with tremendous support from the community and the rest of the country. For [...]

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Yesterday, a friend sent me this video of a 6th grader from Oklahoma, Greyson Chance, singing at his school music festival. The kid is really good. The video, which he posted himself, had been watched 36,000 times when I saw it yesterday afternoon.
Today, ABC World News did a story about it. Diane [...]

Somewhere about 5.5 miles in the air above Hamilton, Canada – There’s no special subject for this blog post, other than I have wi-fi on my Delta flight (739 from JFK to SEA). It makes this middle seat a bit more bearable. The dude behind me loudly talking about caligraphy and wedding invites [...]

Below is my response to the April 8, 2010, POLITICO Arena topic about media bias and campaign contributions. Also, here is my response to Tuesday’s Arena topic about President Obama’s new nuclear strategy.

A few stories have caught my eye over the past day or two.
First, here’s a story from Mashable’s Christina Warren about how public relations professionals are using social media. It provides some good insights and useful tips for PR pros seeking to enhance existing campaigns.
Mark Silva reports in the Chicago Tribune that [...]

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I was quoted in this POLITICO story by Michael Calderone. He examined the recent foray by Obama White House communication staff into the Twitterverse.
Here’s the top of the story and my quote. You can read the full story here.

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W.H. messaging in 140 characters
By: Michael Calderone
February 15, 2010 07:07 PM EST
The [...]

Check out this video showing of some cool new features of Bing Maps, a project my brother Steve works on for Microsoft. You can see his thoughts on the demo at his posterous site.
Many people at the TED conference were impressed, including Robert Scoble (@scobleizer, with 114,000 followers) who tweeted this -
Microsoft just blew [...]

I was quoted in this CNN story by White House reporter Ed Henry (@edhenrycnn). My quote speaks for itself, but I would add that I think it is important for politicians, elected officials, CEOs and other public figures who have Twitter accounts to do the tweeting themselves. Barack Obama never tweeted from @BarackObama [...]