http://nms.com/index.php en pottenhoff@nms.com Copyright 2009 2009-11-03T20:24:24+00:00 http://nms.com/blog/post/if-deeds-loses-itll-be-because-he-forgot-the-new-independents/ http://nms.com/blog/post/if-deeds-loses-itll-be-because-he-forgot-the-new-independents/ When Karl Rove set out to get George W. Bush reelected in 2004, he targeted the Expedition-driving, megachurch-attending, Panera-eating, McMansion-living voters in places like Loudoun County, Va. Bush won Loudoun with 56 percent on his way to a comfortable victory statewide. 2009-11-03T20:24:24+00:00 http://nms.com/blog/post/blogging-your-way-to-bank/ http://nms.com/blog/post/blogging-your-way-to-bank/ Instead of focusing on building up enough traffic to post ads that clutter the page, compromise the site’s aesthetic and bring in enough money to cover Friday night’s bar tab, bloggers should rather use their site as one big advertisement for themselves. 2009-04-16T18:29:01+00:00 http://nms.com/blog/post/walking-through-congressional-districts-via-google-maps/ http://nms.com/blog/post/walking-through-congressional-districts-via-google-maps/ Street View is the latest product from Google that both amazes and alarms us. By taking millions of photos from the back of a Chevy Cobalt, Google has brought the images of far-flung neighborhoods to the comforts of our own laptops. It's also caught some pretty funny scenes on film, but perhaps the best use I've gotten out of this new feature is the ability to walk through congressional districts. 2009-02-11T20:20:46+00:00 http://nms.com/blog/post/ovie-learns-twitter/ http://nms.com/blog/post/ovie-learns-twitter/ Alexander Ovechkin might be the best hockey player in the world, but learning to use Twitter was a challenge for the face of the Washington Capitals.  2009-02-05T12:04:42+00:00 http://nms.com/blog/post/obama-and-mccain-by-bcs-conference/ http://nms.com/blog/post/obama-and-mccain-by-bcs-conference/ Ever wonder which BCS conference is the “reddest” or “bluest”? I examined the voting patterns of each of the major BCS conferences. It turns out that every winning presidential candidate has won the states in his home “conference,” including Obama, who swept the Big Ten states from Happy Valley to the Hawkeye State. This was also published as an Op-Ed in the DC Examiner. 2008-11-24T14:59:26+00:00