2008
Amendment-backer dogged Domain deal from the start
by springnet
Brian Rodgers is no City Hall mover and shaker. But he has nonetheless shaken things up with his crusade to stop the tax subsidies that Austin granted to the high-end Domain shopping center in 2003.
2007
transect points: La Paz Loses Yakima Case
by paleorthid
Locals are outraged that an elected official used La Paz County resources to pursue a solely personal vendetta against Yakima, a biosolids drier, abusing employees and losing over $10M in the process. A recall effort is mounting.
2006
graphic illustration of data about US
by jlesage & 2 others
I learned new search terms for visualization: infosthetics or infoviz.
The Google YouTube Tango
by jlesage
essay about the political consequences of marketing based on Internet-use data
I Want Media - Media News & Resources
by jlesage & 1 other
media headlines, regrettably no RSS feed for site
Critique of Ranking and Listing; Exchange with Kenneth C. Werbin
by jlesage
"Our increasing emphasis on quantitative reductions, like ranking lists, at the expense of critically engaged qualitative thought, can be seen as bottom-line strategies for efficiently navigating our increasingly .. networked cybernetic order."
2005
WSJ.com - The Numbers Guy
by vista
Carl Bialik, a former technology reporter for the Online Journal, is a freelance writer living in Brooklyn, N.Y. He has long had an interest in looking at the way numbers are used, and abused, in the news, business and politics.
1970
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