The Washington Post, the leading source on politics, today introduces a new politics homepage, PostPolitics.com. The new site offers the best compendium of U.S. political news, as well as the in-depth, original reporting and analysis that has made The Post Washington’s top online destination for politics.
New PostPolitics.com Features:
+ 2010 Elections: PostPolitics.com will be a central resource for original, on-the-ground reporting, analysis and opinion on the midterm elections including:
+ Interactive Election Map: Shows candidates running in senate, house and gubernatorial races, election results, current fundraising stats and state and district demographic information.
+ Increased User Engagement: The site provides better integration with social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, highlighting Tweets and user comments, access to tools like the congressional votes database and POTUS Tracker, an in-depth look at Obama’s schedule and issue agenda.
So, as the bullets above mention there are several useful reference tools available.
1) POTUS Tracker
Where and what President Obama is doing at any given moment. The database is also searchable. They even offer an advanced search interface.
2) Congressional Vote Info with Data Back to 1991
Search or Browse. Votes are broken down into the following categories:
+ By party
+ By state/territory
+ By region
+ By boomer status
+ By gender
+ By astrological sign (Yes, it's True)
You Can Also Search to Find Member info by Zip Code, State, Name
3) Campaign 2010: Congressional Races
Interactive, Customizable Map; Governor Races are Also Included
Numerous Ways to Refine Using Demographics Including Percent over 65 and Percent Uninsured
Data Back to 2008 for Reps; 2004 for Senators and Governors
Next to 2010 Candidates Name Includes Very Basic Fundraising Info
In Some Cases Candidates Name Links to WhoRunsGov.com, a Wiki Owned by The Washington Post
And Everywhere You Look at You Will Find Some Form of Social Media
A family of resources to help information workers be more effective, raise the value of information in their organisations and contribute to success. Read more »
Recently I have found myself cooing over visualisation maps (and heat maps) of health and well being resources. The content rich data is overlayed with mapping technologies, and some interesting themes and patterns are emerging.
A lot of the talk around social media in the last year has been around information overload. Social media has provided us with new and exciting ways to create content. But it has also meant learning new ways to manage and engage with social media tools. Are we teetering on the edge of an information overload precipice?
Information overload is a figment of your imagination. Or a failure of your filter. Or a symptom of your technological submissiveness. Depends on who you ask.
What if you had to sort through 3.5 million articles and social media posts a day and try to pull out the most relevant items for your organisation? What if you then had to cobble it all together into something readable for your top groups and executives in your organisation?
Alacra Compliance saves time by aggregating information from both free and fee-based sources and enabling users to conduct an accurate federated search across these sources (coined “simultaneous search” by Alacra).
FreePint Family
Quilting big data threads
The fallacy of information overload
Information overload: fact, fantasy or filter failure? 
