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A few cups…a few pints….what’s the difference?

A few weeks ago I found myself in the dairy section of Whole Foods with my girlfriend trying to remember how many cups were in a pint. We were picking up ingredients for a recipe that called for 3 cups of buttermilk. She picked up one pint, saying, “This should do it.”...

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The Funny (Web) Pages

What is a web comic? Its like a regular comic, except it’s hosted online and generally does not follow a strict release schedule. They also differ in that they tend to be larger than regular comics taking up 3, 6, or 9 comic panels. The art is usually hand drawn and scanned,...

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Website as a Graph (and Art)

Was on the site of Edward Tufte, the author of the stunning series of books about data and its visualization — The Visual Display of Quantitative Information is the first in the series — looking up info about his new book, Beautiful Evidence. Was especially intriqued by his notion of Sparklines....

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10 People Who Don’t Matter

Along with it’s list of 50 People Who Matter Now, Business 2.0 has also released its list of 10 People Who Don’t Matter.

The former corporate A-listers include:

  • Steve Ballmer, CEO Microsoft
  • Jeffrey Citron, Chairman & Chief Strategist, Vonage
  • Reed Hastings,
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Campaign Study on PBS MediaShift

Our study on Internet usage by 2006 U.S. Senate campaigns got a nice write up on the excellent PBS MediaShift blog today. The article focuses on the use of tools like blogs and podcasts by the campaigns. It’s a good read.

For those of you interested, here’s a listing of our series of posts the last few months on this topic:

  • The Internet’s Role in Political Campaigns
  • Best 2006 Campaign Websites
  • 2006 Campaign Blog Review
  • 2006 Senate Blog Review…The Sequel
  • Politicians Who Podcast
  • Most “Web 2.0”
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