Yes, this mouseover problem has been confusing me as of late. I'm using JQuery + Raphael to interact with the SVG map objects. I need to figure out this bug (which I believe is something particular to Raphael) by diving into some docs a bit more.
The geolocation is only as great as your ISP allows. I hope to allow people to change their region if they're logged in. If anyone happens to know a good geocoding service, please let me know.
I'll try to get something worked into the interface to show this.
So right now there are 3 polls I think. And I have very odd polls that I've made. So that is part of the problem. I hope to make something in the future where you can follow topics and get emailed polls that interest you.
But I think you're right. Skipping should be easier. I'll try to figure out a good solution for this.
We track where users voting come from so you can segment by particular referrers. For example, you could segment votes by Facebook users or Twitter users.
Mostly, we aim to work with larger websites/companies with large amounts of website visitors, Twitter followers or Facebook fans to easily aggregate what their users think.
I'm not positive we'll be able to eliminate bias though. Its on the to-do list =)
We're adding support for other countries currently. I believe Germany and France are in there right now...but that is something that is definitely on the list.
The maps are made with SVG and I make them on my own so they suck up a good amount of time.
I graduated in May and got a job with a startup merely because I spent my spare time building a fairly cool product built in Ruby on Rails. I would argue if you've shipped a product and can show it off, thats more valuable than having a degree from a well-known school.
But my real advice: Start a startup out of college if you've got no debt and have a good idea. It is what I'm doing right now and I'm pretty sure its the right time to take risks. At the very least you'll fail, have another product, and be even more employable than you once were.
The geolocation is only as great as your ISP allows. I hope to allow people to change their region if they're logged in. If anyone happens to know a good geocoding service, please let me know.
I'll try to get something worked into the interface to show this.