Some Nifty Web Apps

We've been a bit preoccupied here at TBG with the emergence of a new crop political websites.  Taking a break from politics,  here's a quick roundup of some nifty little Web apps that I found recently. 

Visual Page Rank

• Ever wonder what links get the most traffic on your webpage or blog? 
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Who’s it Gonna be? 2008 Presidential Candidate Websites

The Pew Internet and American Life Project released a new study this week about trends in obtaining political news online.  The results were pretty interesting, but predictable, given the rise in user-generated Web content.  Here is a summary of some of the study's important points:

• The number of Americans relying on the internet for political news doubled from the 2002 mid-term election and grew fivefold in the past decade:

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Harry Potter, Meet your Biggest (And Most Famous) Fan

After the fifth book of the Harry Potter series was published, Francisca Solar decided JK Rowling's version of the story wasn't good enough.  She was so dissatisfied with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix that the then 21 year-old Chilean journalism student decided to write her own "fanfiction"...

Who’s More Mobile: Blogs or Newspapers?

We have just finished a new mini-research study in which we examined the availability of mobile features for the top 50 newspaper websites and the top 50 English-language blogs. The results were surprising. Just 24% (twelve) of blogs provided mobile content, while 54% (27) newspapers offered a mobile browsing option....

One Laptop Per Child

While I was aware of the One Laptop Per Child Project – the goal of which is to develop a lost-cost, “$100,” laptop that can be given to children in developing countries for educational purposes – I had not seen much about its progress recently until I read an article on WashingtonPost.com this morning entitled,...