At Newly Nerfed, my write-up on National Disability Mentoring Day experience
The post looks great, and Joey added sweet pics of the interior of Bloomberg LP. (My DMD location.) Many, many thanks to Joey and her blog for posting my review.
Is there any place that’s doing better interactive data visualization? Another fantastic piece from the New York Times: The Jobless Rate for People Like You
via FlowingData
A new installation challenges our preconceptions concerning heroism, not least because of its location on the walls of The Guards Chapel, spiritual home of the Household Division of the British Army
via Creative Review
How an economist's cry for ethical capitalism was heard
Hertz falls into the pragmatic tradition of philosophical left, as such I find her fascinating.
A newspaper (welcome kit?) with more depth
A conceptual idea for opening up data to residents and new neighbors:
The data.gov.uk Newspaper [newspaperclub.co.uk] is a tangible prototype of a potential service targeting people who recently moved into a new area, and shows information about the area, such as local services, environmental information, crime statistics, travel times, transportation options, education and healthcare.
The new American Dream: Renting
Thomas Sugrue on accepting that home ownership is not always a good goal and curtailing the enormous programs fueling that ambition.
Captioning news from HearingMojo
Via HearingMojo, web video captioning is finally getting the attention it deserves from the top: the hosts and the developers.
Make the walls invisible, for just one night
Brooklyn projected image project, highlighting interior usages of industrial buildings in Williamsburg/Greenpoint area.
Community online social media initiative: Cardiff, Wales
From project author David Barrie: A key output of the project has been and remains engagement of key stakeholder organisations locally, regionally and nationally in the idea of enabling digital…
