Sorin Adam Matei
Analysis, research, maps, and essays from Sorin Adam Matei.
The relative popularity of the contenders in the 2012 US Presidential campaign can be measured not only by traditional polling methods, but also by the buzz the contestants create online and in social media. One efficient tool is Google Trends, which indicates…
Note: This post and the charts will be updated throughout the evening. Come back often for more recent details. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney were relatively close in number of Google News searches, which is an indicator of social reach on online…
In two highly readable books, Bob Woodward first embraced in Bush at War then trounced in State of Denial George Bush’s conduct of the war on terror. In a possible attempt to appear as an equal opportunity offender he got access to…
Although not quite the trade-off analysis that it promises, since each scenario starts with different resource allocations, this is a good overview of what things look like in Afghanistan. The most relevant piece of information: there are only 5000 American and Canadian…
Will President Obama have a computer in the Oval Office? – By Nina Shen Rastogi – Slate Magazine Barack Obama completed his first full day as president on Wednesday. Pictures of the historic occasion showed Obama sitting at a gleaming Oval Office…
The Obama administration will govern supported by a strong infrastructure of Web 2.0 applications. One of them will be the new Change.gov site. This is a mega blog, powered by the millions of supporters and one can imagine at times enemies of…
Adrants, snarky as usual, spins the Obama infomercial, this way and then that way. Hey, dude, now you can tell us, whose side are you on? MATEI.ORG :: Making the invisible, visible! Communication, GIS, spatial, wiki, mapping learning and discovery in real…