Monthly Archives: January 2004

UNSTEADY STATE

This week’s (February 2nd) New Yorker has at least three wonderful surprises. The first is a guest article by the blogosphere’s own Joshua Micah Marshall — he of the Talking Points Memo — entitled Power Rangers: Did the Bush Administration … Continue reading

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COMMON DREAMS’ DYNAMITE DAILY E-MAIL

Common Dreams, an aggregator of progressive news and commentary, provides a daily e-mail summary. It’s so good at capturing the news that I care about — politics, economics, and the environment — that I now read it before any other … Continue reading

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BOYCOTT EXXONMOBIL

One week’s revenue. That’s what a judge, and a jury, have three times decided is a fair price for ExxonMobil to pay for the Exxon Valdez disaster fifteen years ago, one of the worst ecological catastrophes in the history of … Continue reading

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FUN WITH NUMBERS

Some fun with blog numbers today. The chart above is as close an approximation as I can derive for Shirky’s Power Curve for the entire blogosphere. I developed it as follows: I used the number of inbound blogs of Technorati’s … Continue reading

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FAVOURITE PHOTOBLOGS

For many reasons, I greatly admire photobloggers. I know how hard it is to take good pictures (that’s why you see so few of mine on this blog). If twenty percent of us think we can write, at least double … Continue reading

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TOOL TIME

There are several new and improved tools available that make blogging a bit easier: Technorati, the tool that tells you how many inbound blogs link to your blog, has now released its beta of its improved version — faster loading, … Continue reading

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IS BUSINESS WAKING UP TO THE NEED FOR INNOVATION?

After three years of obsession with cost control and outsourcing, there are some mixed indications that business might once again be realizing that you can’t cut your way to greatness, and that companies can only survive by continuous innovation, developing … Continue reading

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STEVE RAKER ON WRITING

The blogless Steve Raker regularly sends us his creative and sometimes apoplectic writing by e-mail. Whenever I’m tempted to republish his work on my blog, I find that Mark Hoback has already beat me to it, posting the best of … Continue reading

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PHARMACOPEIA

There’s been a fair bit of coverage lately on substance abuse & dependence. Put them all together and you come up with some surprising and alarming findings: The US Department of Health does an annual survey that indicates that about … Continue reading

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FOUR STORIES THE MEDIA MOSTLY MISSED

Some interesting stories this week, that, for the most part, escaped major media attention. They’re all about complex issues with long-term implications, so maybe the big media didn’t want us worrying our pretty little heads about them. Republicans break into … Continue reading

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