February 2012
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November 2011
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“Those who think that the cold weather will end the protests should think again....”
– - Jeffrey Sachs, The New Progressive Movement
Read the whole piece. Sachs sketches the series of gilded ages: the Robber Barons of the late 1800s overturned by Teddy Roosevelt and other progressives, the Roaring Twenties scotched by FDR, and the Reagan era that the new progressives seek to undo.
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May 2011
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April 2011
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January 2011
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December 2010
2 posts
Underpaid Genius: Global Land Grab Spreads →
underpaidgenius:
Large corporations and national governments are moving aggressively to take control of arable land, as worsening climate — particularly desertification — is placing a premium on land and food:
Neil MacFarquhar, African Farmers Losing Land to Investors
Across Africa and the developing world,…
September 2010
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July 2010
2 posts
June 2010
8 posts
“A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week.”
– George S. Patton (via cordfunnel) (via mikehudack)
where are the great online ad campaigns →
Mary Meeker has just delivered her latest Internet Trends presentation, and as usual it is full of data and insight about the state of the world today.
Most striking for me was the upbeat assessment on the potential of online advertising. While the much-prophesied gains from online advertising has been an almost yearly siren song for the past 10 years, it feels like this time things are changing....
What makes a social object “social?” →
taylordavidson:
JP Rangaswami, musing about social objects and why social objects are created by our stories, lives and shared experiences, not the content.
If you’ve ready anything I’ve written about the photography business, or marketing through experiences, or the value of context, you’ll understand why JP Rangaswami’s thoughts resonate so deeply with me.
JP, Thinking about social objects...
May 2010
6 posts
“Show me your friends, and I’ll show you your future.”
– Bill Cosby (via kareem) (via taylordavidson)
Nas and Marley →
I have this on repeat all day right now. Album out May 18th, can’t wait.
“ “What would happen if the printed book had just been invented in a high-tech...”
– Juan Villoro, in an article in last month’s adn CULTURA (an Argentinian culture magazine) about the “future of books.” (kindly pointed about by reader David Christensen, and translated via SignandSight.com). (via amiquote) (via ashalynd)
April 2010
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Slapping the politicos →
On the day that Gordon went to the Palace to dissolve parliament ahead of the election on May 6th, www.slapometer.com captures how the majority of the UK feels about the political class. It was noticeable that the debate with Darling, Osborne and Cable had no impact on the polls, and with the current swingometer veering between a Tory landslide and a Labour win, it is extremely hard to see how...
February 2010
2 posts
rdeeming:
Couple of friend-inspired posts this...
August 2009
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February 2009
1 post
day 1 of tumblr
well here we go, let’s see what blogging is all about…