Photo of the first first lady Martha Washington, left, and photo of current first lady Michelle Obama, right. (Photos are in the public domain.) For those who wonder what exactly the role of the first lady is, you are not alone. First ladies wonder about that too. “It was a demanding job, but it […]
Entries from April 21st, 2011
Role of First Lady Self-Determined, McBride says
April 21st, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
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Infographic of Birth Places of the First Ladies of the U.S.
April 17th, 2011 · No Comments · Tech Blog Posts
Our recent video conference with Anita McBride, chief of staff for former First Lady Laura Bush, had me wondering about previous First Ladies. Below I created a Google map of the states the First Ladies of the United States were born in. I plan to continue editing it and add pictures of the First Ladies. […]
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Posterous and an Update on Twitter
April 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Tech Blog Posts
When I did a post about Tumblr it left me with a lot of questions about another site, Posterous. I wanted to find out what it was, how it compared to Tumblr, and why it was on the radar of the tech-savvy people at Mashable. Some of the answers to my questions were in a […]
George Mason University and the Use of Social Media in the Case of Abdirashid Dahir
April 3rd, 2011 · 2 Comments · Tech Blog Posts
Abdirashid Dahir on Dipity. A recent post by Mindy McAdams about the use of timelines in journalism had me wanting to try out the idea. I thought the recent case of George Mason student Abdirashid Dahir would lend itself to a timeline. How quickly events happened after the Sarah Evans Facebook post would help to […]
