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Inside North Korea

Inside North Korea is an excellent National Geographic documentary that highlights Kim Jong-il’s impact on every day lives of North Koreans, the DMZ, how badly its youth are affected by malnultrition and the workings of its prison camps.

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SF Mayor Ed Lee uses my ‘Fear the Stache’ creative for his new campaign rap video

San Francisco interim mayor and candidate Ed Lee used my ‘Fear the Stache’ creative for his new campaign rap video.

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Fear the Stache

Move over Brian Wilson’s beard, there’s new facial hair in San Francisco.

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Infographic for FedScoop: ‘The Next U.S. CIO’

Infographic I created for FedScoop: ‘The Next CIO’ (my first infographic).

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White House ‘Open for Questions’ answers my question

The White House held a live chat discussion on federal .gov Website reform and, prior to the event, they asked citizens to submit questions via Twitter and Facebook.

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The other Vivek is wrong about open government

Whether it was written out of naivete or for the intent of sensationalism, the other Vivek, Vivek Wadhwa, misses the mark in his Washington Post piece The death of open government.

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Gov 2.0 Radio: SFOpen 2011

I discussed SFOpen 2011 on Gov 2.0 Radio with Adriel Hampton and Allison Hornery.

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#runlukerun: Social media and my health

It’s been a long time since I’ve run and mostly the challenge getting up and just doing it. I love running in the rain and felt the urge, but needed the motivation.

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How CityCamp became an open source brand

CityCamp founder Kevin Curry writes on opensource.com how we made CityCamp an open source brand.

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Where do good ideas come from?

Steven Johnson’s TED Talk discusses where good ideas come from (the lunchroom). Wired also has a great Q&A with Johnson and Kevin Kelly about their new books, Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation and What Technology Wants.

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