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Tadfad Top Five
I’ve been doing this blog-o-blog gig for awhile. (5 years and change to be exact). I’ve been using Google Analytics for most of those years so I have some interesting data on what my readers like to read. Here are the top five posts from 2006 to present:
1. McCain vs McCain
2. Volvo Radio Hack
3. GTD Zen – Rollabind Edition
4. The Opportunity Cost of Corporate Bureaucracy
5. Data Back-up
Filed under sites i like : Comments (0) : Jan 20th, 2010
JibJab’s 2009 year in review
It may be corny.
It may be kitschy.
But damn it if the team at JibJab isn’t consistently funny and spot-on the mark.
Filed under culture, sites i like : Comments (0) : Dec 29th, 2009
Internet Art
From the “this was not possible 25 years ago” department:
An artist created a song by enlisting the talents of a dozen street musicians from around the world. Each one added to the piece by listening through headphones and recording a new track. The result is surprisingly beautiful:
Filed under culture, sites i like : Comments (1) : May 2nd, 2009
Visualizing the Credit Crises
Blake found a well-done visualization of the credit crises. Even if you think you’ve heard too much about the subject, give it a watch. I promise you’ll improve your understanding (or your money back).
Filed under economics, sites i like : Comments (1) : Mar 29th, 2009
Understanding our financial predicament
The team over at This American Life delivered another exceptional episode explaining our global banking shitstorm [ed: excuse the technical terminology].
This American Life : Bad Bank : Episode 375
There is great value in explaining an extremely complex subject in simple terms, and these guys deliver. Required education (in my humble opinion) to anyone who pays taxes or votes or will do those things some day.
Another gem from the archive is the Giant Pool of Money episode that neatly explains how we got into this mess.
Listen to both of these with an open mind and see how it impacts your understanding and opinion on the subject. I realized I had some fundamental gaps in my understanding that I was trying to cover over with flawed assumptions. I wonder how many members of Congress are in the same boat.
Filed under economics, politics, sites i like : Comments (0) : Mar 8th, 2009
