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May. 23, 2012 at 4:24pm View comments

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We’re spending $70 per person to fill this out. That’s just not cost effective,” he continued, “especially since in the end this is not a scientific survey. It’s a random survey.”

— First term Republican congressman Daniel Webster, on why the American Community Survey should be eliminated. The U.S Chamber of Commerce, National Retail Federation, National Association of Home Builders, budding entrepreneurs and established businesses everywhere of every size that use ACS data to make crucial business decisions are vehemently in favor of keeping the survey.

(Source: The New York Times)

May. 19, 2012 at 1:57pm View comments

globaldev governance socent

Love this analogy from @auerswald’s new book #socent #globaldev #governance (Taken with instagram)

May. 6, 2012 at 1:22pm View comments

The secret to my recent blogging renaissance. (Taken with instagram)

May. 4, 2012 at 2:08pm View comments

THE MESSAGING SWEETSPOT

Oh boy, there goes another workday.

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WHEN A WRITER SAYS THAT MY EDIT DIMINISHED HIS “VOICE”

editorrealtalk:

Apr. 26, 2012 at 11:59am with 6,730 notes View comments

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theatlantic:

The Invisible Borders That Define American Culture

One of the clearest regional differences in the U.S. can found by tracking the words people use to refer to soft drinks, which is in fact the map you saw at the top of this story. Pop or soda, or even Coke, these small linguistic differences are not as small as we might think. While “soda” commands the Northeast and West Coast (green) and “pop” is in between (black), “Coke” reigns in the south (turquoise). These small distinctions can often act as touchstones for larger cultural differences.

Read more. [Image: Samuel Arbesman]

I’ve always thought so.

Apr. 24, 2012 at 3:02pm with 1,488 notes View comments

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schoolofvisualarts:

Stefan Sagmeister’s ‘Happy Show’ opens in Philadelphia (more photos here)

Amen.

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unlockingsolutions:

Co.Design published a great piece on pitching new ideas.

The idea was magic. Maybe a little too magic to be embraced by the sales team of a packaged goods giant. They wouldn’t see the magic. They’d just see the beans. They needed coins first.

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