Noted in brief – 10/9/2009
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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Noted in brief – 10/8/2009
- The Campaign Effect: The Catalist Evidence
- Microsoft Hohm connects with Seattle City Light
- Seattle City Light will feed electric use data to Microsoft Hohm. Wouldn’t it be cool if you could authorize any provider to get your electric data? - L3C: Pot of Gold or Space Invader?
- Federal Shift to Cloud Raises Tough Issues for CIOs
- King County's running out of cuts
- An intelligent overview of the county budget/revenue situation. - An invitation to critique… And the trouble with Hopenhagen
- Michael Silberman uncorks some loving-kindness. - Special Guest Post: Tunnel Digest
- Nice to see Cary Moon’s voice re-emerging! - Seattle’s Chief Techie Sees Future in Two-Way Video
- PubliCola Comment of the Day Goes To…
- A Call to Action for State Government: Guidance for Opening the Doors to State Data
- 10 Useful Usability Findings and Guidelines
- Real-Time Web Protocol PubSubHubbub Explained
- Your Fundraising Priorities
- Social media (appropriately) not a very high priority among nonprofit fundraisers. - Contributions of the Day
- First look: Microsoft Security Essentials impresses – Ars Technica
- Nice to have a free, lightweight option for viruses and spyware. - Mayor Sam Adams and the City of Portland to open source, open data, and transparency communities: Let’s make this official « Silicon Florist
- Portland is moving its Open Data/Open Source resolution forward. That makes Vancouver, BC and Portland. Where is Seattle in the mix? Nowhere. - Nonprofits Paying Price for Gamble on Finances – NYTimes.com
- Oh yes, nonprofits should definitely be more “business-like.” Sigh.
The Cartoon Introduction to Economics
My dear friend Yoram Bauman, Ph.D., aka the “Stand-Up Economist” has just sent his first book to the printers! The Cartoon Introduction to Economics is, as the name implies, an microeconomics textbook in the style of a graphic novel. It’s now available for pre-order, shipping January 10th, and a bargain at just $12.21.
Yoram is brilliant, witty and has some transformational ideas about how microeconomics should be taught (short version: more game theory, less price theory). I can’t wait to get my copy!
Congratulations, Yoram (and illustrator Grady Klein)!
King County Conservation Voters Makes No Mayoral Endorsement?!?!
In an affront to environmental poster boy, Sierra Club leader and mayoral candidate Mike McGinn, the King County Conservation Voters have decided not to endorse either candidate in the mayor’s race.
It’s hard to build a movement when you won’t stand with your own. Very disappointing.