Chris Hedges: Why the Elites Are in Trouble – Chris Hedges’ Columns – Truthdig
Even now, three weeks later, elites, and their mouthpieces in the press, continue to puzzle over what people like Ketchup want. Where is the list of demands? Why don’t they present us with specific goals? Why can’t they articulate an agenda? The goal to people like Ketchup is very, very clear. It can be articulated [...]
The Woman Who Knew Too Much | Politics | Vanity Fair
At a time of record corporate profits, a time when 14 million Americans are out of work, when millions have lost their homes and, according to the Census Bureau, the ranks of those living in poverty has grown to one in six—that Elizabeth Warren could be publicly kneecapped and an agency devoted to protecting American [...]
What Shareholder Value is Really About – Michael J. Mauboussin – Harvard Business Review
A CEO must understand three issues to be effective. First, he or she needs to internalize the true meaning of creating shareholder value. This amounts to a collection of principles that guide strategic, financial, and organizational issues. Second, he or she needs to understand how capital markets work. Finally, he or she must communicate effectively [...]
We spend more time with social media news than mainstream news
Americans spend just a fraction of online time with news compared to social media | Poynter.. The above link by my friend and sometimes editor Steve Myers at Poynter points out some great research by Nielsen about our online habits. We spend more time socializing online than we do [...]
From John Perry Barlow’s mailing – Boing Boing
From John Perry Barlow’s mailing list on 9/11/01: *DO* WORRY ABOUT US. AND, MORE TO THE POINT, U.S. As most of you know, I believe that the United States has gradually, subtly, invisibly to most of us, become a police state over the last 30 years. This morning’s events are roughly equivalent to the Reichstag [...]
Like science and politics, journalism and belief don’t mix
Science deals in reality, and it isn’t there to make you feel comfortable about things. Belief is how you explain the un-explainable. And it must change as new evidence becomes available. A fantastic Op-Ed by Krugman today: Mr. Perry, the governor of Texas, recently made headlines by dismissing evolution as “just a theory,” one that [...]
Science ‘dorks’ see need | The Columbus Dispatch
MythBusters should be in and Jersey Shore, out. At least that’s what students at Metro Early College High School say. Students from the Northwest Side school discussed high-schoolers’ attitudes toward math and science education in a town-hall setting yesterday. They would choose the science-based show on the Discovery Channel over the MTV reality show about [...]
How they did it: The New York Times’ budget interactive :: 10,000 Words :: where journalism and technology meet
“It’s one of the most tweeted graphics we’ve ever had,” said Kevin Quealy, a Times graphics editor. The game allows users to explore various options (spending cuts and tax increases) to close the U.S. budget gaps projected for 2015 and 2030. In an interview with 10,000 Words, Quealy stressed the overall simplicity of the project. [...]
Landing Page Optimization tips: analysis of 50+ sites to find out what increases sales and conversions « I love split testing – Visual Website Optimizer Blog
if you want to increase sales and conversions on your landing page or homepage, you need to concentrate on fixing following issues: * Too-much text (without any apparent order and layout) * Headline that doesn’t tell what your product or service does (or, in other words, tangential headline) * Lack of a single prominent call-to-action [...]