What happened this week? I was busy getting ready for my trip to Australia and New Zealand, but I guess there continued to be economic worries in the US.
Here are the Words of the Week for the week ending on October 26, 2008. My favorite: $150,000 wardrobe:
anarchy anticipatory apprehensive autumn awesome bamboozle [...]
This week’s 3rd Presidential Debate must have made an impression on Turkers.
Here are the Words of the Week for the week ending on October 19, 2008:
accomplished acne acquisition adamant ake aluminum ancestors appellation atriculate autumnal away boring brouhaha busy cantankerous cherubic confidentiality conflagration conglomerate consumption contentment convelance credit depressing determination distilled epiphany [...]
(This was also posted on the ASC blog.)
There has been a lot of buzz around social search in the online tech community, but I am largely disappointed by the new tools and services I’ve encountered. It’s not that these sites are unusable, but that they each seem to take on a different conception of what [...]
I came across a great quote from a friend today. It applies to the general Presidential election, as well as to California’s Proposition 8:
I hope we can all agree that we want to live in a country where we are moving toward, not away from, greater acceptance of all differences, whether they be political, racial, [...]
The stock market continued to take a hit this week. People are getting nervous. Obama & McCain had their 2nd presidential debate.
Here are the Words of the Week for the week ending on October 12, 2008:
allegation amalgamated amazing anoesis anxious arduous artistic assuage attitude awesome belligerent bird booyah cataclysmic cellulose chaotic chimney cold colossus defenestrate [...]
