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PhD student in Information Science at the University of Washington's iSchool. Focusing on e-government and participatory democracy. How can we use technology to better citizen engagement and understanding of government (in a more citizen-friendly manner!).

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Shawn W.
Oct 4
Web Site Belief-O-Matic 1.  Neo-Pagan (100%) 2.  Unitarian Universalism (96%) 3.  New Age (95%) 4.  Mahayana Buddhism (92%) 5.  Theravad...
Shawn W.
Jul 26
Web Site Never thought this day would come… Dvorak likes the Mac (kinda) Wow, I never thought that I would hear John Dvorak say anything too pleasant about the Mac.  Now he has written an article in which Dvor...
Shawn W.
Apr 4
Web Site 21 Days… After starting to read the books Vegan Freak and Breaking the Food Seducation (the folks at PCRM are amazing), I’ve decided to take the...
Shawn W.
Feb 1
Web Site “Unlimited Broadband” — We knew it really didn’t exist A great article in the Guardian addressing the myth of  unlimited broadband.  Come on, you really didn’t think that your bandwidth wa...
Shawn W.
Feb 1
Web Site Sleep 1; Thesis 0 So, I’m trying to get into some sort of groove with respect to my thesis reading. The ultimate fantasy is to read or write for two h...
Shawn W.
Jan 30
Web Site Bye, Bye DirecTV So I called DirecTV on Saturday to suspend my service for the next six months.  I was pleasantly surprised that they were willing to sus...
Shawn W.
Jan 6
Web Site So, what have I been doing? Umm… yeah, it has been a LONG time since I’ve written anything on m blog. Time to change that. So what have I been doing since last ...
Shawn W.
Jun 15
Web Site Secrets on a 8.5/5.5 card I’ve become a huge fan of PostSecret. People send in postcards with their deep,dark secrets and then they get posted on the web. The ...
Shawn W.
Jun 15
Web Site Two Pugs and a Mutt: Bath and Poo at Petsmart Since Kevin and Elyse are out of town this weekend, I am watching their two pugs (Brutus and Scoonie) along with Darwin. I volunteered t...
Shawn W.
Jun 29
Web Site Iraq War Fatalities Iraq War Fatalities Wow, I knew that that the number was high but this is just crazy. Seeing a dot placed for each death is just crushin...