Results tagged “natesilver”

With a few friends and basic blog tools, Nate Silver built a website (FiveThirtyEight) that wielded tremendous political power in the 2008 election. By figuring out how to be smart about data, Silver trumped pollsters and accurately predicted the margins of Obama's win and of Congressional races across the country.

• Alex Bogusky, the co-chairman of innovative advertising firm Crispin Porter + Bogusky, is expected to get the first day of SXSW Interactive off to an inspiring start as he talks about B-cycle, a plan to bring bike sharing to America. On Friday, March 13, Bogusky presents "Plan B: Can an Ad Guy Bring Bike Sharing to America?" to talk about the plan and how small changes can make a big impact on local communities and our future.
• More than 80 companies or projects made the finalist list for the SXSW Web Awards, in 18 categories including Activism, CSS, and Technical Achievement. The team at ReadWriteWeb took the time to review all the finalists and give a brief roundup of each one. Also, remember that you can vote for your favorite to win the People's Choice award in each category.
• A leading voice on technology, business and society, Clay Shirky is one of the featured speakers scheduled for SXSW. Here Clay sits down for an interview after his keynote at the FASTForward '09 conference last week in Las Vegas to talk about low-cost coordination and group action and the role of low-cost experimentation in finding new business models.