An update to yesterday’s blog post: Nate Silver of The New York Times now concurs with my prediction that Gingrich will win South Carolina. When writing my blog post yesterday, Silver had Gingrich and Romney tied with a 50% chance to win, but late last night, Silver updated his numbers to give Gingrich a 62% chance of victory, based on the …
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I’m coming out and saying it: I think Newt Gingrich will win South Carolina this weekend. I’m shocked that I’m saying it, but the forces all seem to be coming together to create a perfect storm favoring Gingrich to surge past Romney. Specifically: 1) A good debate performance on Monday night – one that Gingrich …
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With the holidays fast approaching, shopping has become inevitable. I’ve never really enjoyed shopping, and I find myself incredibly busy with work in the lead-up to the holidays. Further, with my husband and I living in different parts of the country, most of our mutual gift-giving is moving online (not to mention I don’t have …
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In my last post, I expressed my concern that Google+ has just too much to overcome to truly succeed as a newer social media. The two concerns I raised dealt with Facebook’s lock on the market due to Metcalfe’s law and the need for a flexible and malleable identity that moving to one social networking …
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As someone who was pretty enthusiastic about the potential of Google+, I’m sad to admit that I’ve been disenchanted lately. Although I have a lot of friends who relentlessly enumerate its benefits and try to convince everyone to join, I wonder if Google+ will be able to overcome its biggest challenge: the fact that Facebook simply …