Tuesday’s inauguration of President Barack Obama was utopia for geeks. Sure, it was streaming online, but that’s been done since President Bill Clinton’s 1997 inauguration. (I know my inauguration trivia.) And it was big on Twitter, of course. But beyond that: whitehouse.gov was relaunched before the oath of office was stumbled over. See what the [...]

It’s time for a little shameless self-promotion. My latest little project is on the history of presidential inaugurations. Good timing, too, since the next one will be sworn in on Jan. 20. It’s got everything you could want to know about each inauguration and swearing-in ceremony, word clouds of the speeches (and the speeches), photos, [...]