Crawdad Technologies, more specifically Wonkosphere, has been featured in the newsletter of the W.P. Carey School of Business at ASU. The article covers all the bases about Wonkosphere and Crawdad’s patented text-analysis technology. More importantly, it discusses how the Wonkosphere has been a leading indicator in presidential election results. For example, even before Mitt Romney dropped out of the Republican race, Wonkosphere indicated that John McCain was in the driver’s seat. Read More

JumpBox solidified its position as a destination for simple Open Source server software deployment today by announcing the shipment of its twentieth JumpBox application. They actually have released six additional applications: Cacti network graphing system, phpBB discussion forums, ProjectPier project management system, TikiWiki content management system, PmWiki wiki software, and MoinMoin wiki software. Read More

If you are an entrepreneur, or an aspiring entrepreneur, mark next Wednesday, February 13th on your calendar. Steve Stralser, Professor & Managing Director of Global Entrepreneurship at Thunderbird is going to be providing a fast-paced look into what’s hot and what’s not in writing a business plan, and how to hit all the right notes with strategic partners, angel investors and venture capitalists. The event is being put on by TiE-Arizona and is being held at Sky Song.

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Wonkosphere (and Crawdad Technologies) used their patented text-analysis technology to analyze President Bush’s State of the Union speeches for Slate. They found a progression of four personas: The Domestic Bush (2001), The Security Bush (2002-03), The Vision Bush (2004-07), and The Legacy Bush (2008). Read the full story.

11.07.07 Wonkosphere Using Internet Buzz to Accurately Predict Polling Results - Wonkosphere.com buzz share results for October suggest that Barack Obama will gain ground on Hillary Clinton…(and) predict that Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney will begin to pull away from Fred Thompson. Read More

12.12.07 Internet Likeability Favors Huckabee and Edwards over Giuliani and Clinton - Wonkosphere.com reports that Mike Huckabee and John Edwards were the most likable presidential candidates amongst their constituents in the month of November…Rudy Giuliani and Hillary Clinton were the two leading candidates who had the most negative buzz from conservative and liberal bloggers, respectively. Read More