March 2010
48 posts
February 2010
40 posts
WatchIt sounds like Sen. John Thune has spent more time reading GOP talking points about the health care bill than the bill itself.
The Sunlight Foundation is live streaming the... →
jimray:
This is really clever — when someone takes the mic, a list of campaign contributions shows up inline. [via mathowie]
Well played.
MSP Int'l Airport 2nd Best in Country →
pencilthin:
JD Power and Associates’ poll concludes that our airport (and safest neighborhood) is one of the best in the country for its cleanliness and ease of navigation. Does this mean we have upgraded from a flyover state to a stopover state?
JD Power & Associates’ surveyors must not own computers. Detroit, who they put at #1 has around 1 public power outlet in their entire...
“The list of items she will need to turn over includes a $60,000 fur coat, a...”
– The “dude buys you a $60,000 fur coat and things don’t work out” theorem strikes again.
A Real Question
nickdouglas:
fimoculous:
If you wrote a post on your personal blog that had the effect of making someone look bad on Google (because their name is in it and they did something dicky that you were writing about), would you remove the post if they paid you enough?
How much? What if it were, say, $10K? More?
And if you did remove it, was it unethical?
I’d remove it for money if I couldn’t get...
Ted Rall is Kickstarting a reporting trip to... →
jimray:
He’s trying to raise $25,000 to get there, report and get home to write a book about it. No media outlet will cover his expenses so he’s bootstrapping the operation himself.
Rall is nothing if not controversial and certainly willing to launch metaphorical bombs at both sides of the political divide. He knows his shit when it comes to central Asia, though, he’ll do good work there.
I...
“When EMI disabled the embedding feature, views of our treadmill video dropped 90...”
– OK Go’s Damian Kulash Jr. (via livejamie) (via nickdouglas)
This makes me wonder how many views (and, um, ad impressions) news sites are missing due to their video embedding disabilities.
I had a chance to talk about increasing the...
“It’s the true local, local buying decision resource,” says Ken...”
– Sounds like Ken is saying that there are some areas in America that are too desolate for telecommunications to provide cell coverage, but still viable print yellow pages markets. This does not sound like a growing industry.
Given the negative correlation, Pawlenty has made between good schools and high performing students and an overly strong unions, we checked with Education Minnesota about the states that have – and lack – strong teachers unions. According to Education Minnesota, in no particular order, Minnesota, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Michigan and California have strong unions and Texas, Louisiana,...
T.G.I. FRiDAY's Partners With Tea Party
thememegeneration:
chaztoo:
Through an old agency connection I got pulled in as a subcontractor on a pretty exciting gig about a month ago. T.G.I. FRiDAY’s is interested in producing some full-spread ads for placement throughout various Tea Party event programs. Smartly, they agreed to pay for printing the programs in exchange for a full sponsorship. This is an interesting shift of their...
“59% of Americans agree that “homosexuals” ought to be able to serve in the U.S....”
– This. (via spiegelman)
“South Dakota’s percentage of people born in the state and still living...”
– One of many interesting nuggets in Bob Collins’ breakdown of whether tax rates drive business location decisions.
“I’m sure in your little tech centric world the mere though of having to use a...”
– Print Yellow Pages apologist, Ken Clark, takes on a print yellow pages denier in the comments on his blog. How dare someone say that there are faster, better, or more eco-friendly ways to research local business information in 2010!
It’s amazing that Ken continues to talk such smack in light...
“Charity is also a necessary response to injustice—but it isn’t sufficient....”
– Correct.
Stupor Bowl Comin' →
