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April 30, 2008 Hot Trends

The “Action Dashboard” (An Alternative To Crappy Dashboards)

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:05:53 PDT
Know the difference between a Reporting Squirrel and a Analysis Ninja? One is in the business of providing data. One is in the business of providing, to use a old fashioned word, information. This one of the core reasons why most dashboards are “crappy”, i.e. they are data pukes that provide little in terms of context and even less in terms of actionable value. Here are some examples of sub optimal dashboards, sub optimal in my mind from a actionable perspective. . . . Perhaps the most c

Frugality is the hot new trend

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:09:28 PDT
Has saving money replaced America's devotion to shop till you drop? Silicon Valley Blogger at The Digerati Life has found lots of evidence that frugality is catching on across the nation.

Why Blogging Has Been Light and More on My Independent Job

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:06:18 PDT
Time for another of those oh-so-rare meta posts on the site. Lately, blogging has been relatively light on this site. I've started my new job at the New Mexico Independent, and despite what fellow blogger Mario Burgos believes we aren't all being paid enough to live lavish lifestyles or to go sip chardonnay as Joe Monahan said of progressives recently. In fact, I am being paid a stipend of $1500 a month for my work. It's public how much us "fellows" make -- go take a look at the job descript

TV tonight: Five worth watching (Toronto Star)

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 01:44:58 PDT
Oprah and Jen give it up: Oprah's Big Give pulls out the big guns for its season finale, with a special appearance by Jennifer Aniston, who will apparently deliver "big news" in this closer (CTV, ABC at 8).

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Mr. Stursberg oversees all aspects of CBC's English language services, which includes, among other things, the main network (CBC), Newsworld (a 24-hour all ...


World's News Headlines Still Reeling with Doom and Gloom, but Economic and Business News Strongly Upbeat, New Metric Finds

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:00:01 PST
Although news organizations around the world worked to bring their audiences a good mix of stories and feature articles, on balance, the news for the first day of 2008 featured more negative stories...

Beating Your Term Paper Writing Anxieties

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:52:57 PDT
Many undergraduates fear, if not worry about this one point in their college life wherein they get to write a term paper. Custom term paper suddenly becomes the new trend in online marketing

IPL Betting

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:23:32 PDT
All of the latest IPL betting odds and news. Previews and betting tips on all the big IPL matches.

CBC: It’s a “bungle”! No it’s a “blunder”! Hang on: it’s a “gaffe”!

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:28:14 PDT
It ain’t good, that’s for sure! Just yesterday I had to update my Monday blog entry because the fair and balanced state-owned CBC Newsworld kept changing its mind about the Conservative government’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maxime Bernier, and how to officially describe his, um, verbal malfunction. On Monday I showed you how Canada’s cable news networks—the state-owned one and the citizen-owned one against which they compete—instructed us to think of the Conservative Minister of For

Vacations are Trendly

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:07:11 PDT
The Trendliest explores the latest leisure trend of going on vacation...going on one themselves.

Webware 100 winner: Photobucket

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:59:19 PDT
Photobucket is a photo-sharing and hosting site owned by News Corp. In addition to photo hosting, Photobucket lets its users upload video clips, which can be edited with an integrated video remixing tool designed by Adobe. Users also can make their own profiles and portfolios to share with others.


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