What Every American Needs to Know (and Do) About FISA Before Tuesday

Seeded on Mon Jul 7, 2008 11:21 AM EDT (The Blog of Tim Ferriss)

From the blog article by Tim Ferriss (4-hour Work Week) Various administration officials have claimed that the requirement of applying for a warrant from the FISA court deprived them of speed and flexibility. This is false.

constitution, privacy, politics, surveillance, fisa, 4th-amendment

Bad News - 95% of People Have Jobs

Seeded on Wed Apr 2, 2008 5:26 AM EDT (Credit, Debt, Life, and Steve)

For those of us financial, debt and credit experts it is just so easy to drift to one side and see things with alarm. Every bit of new news seems like yet another bit of bad news that spells doom and gloom for consumers.

business, economy, unemployment, good-news, bear-stearns, banking-crisis, credit-crisis, business-failure

Obama's Anger

Seeded on Fri Mar 21, 2008 10:56 AM EDT (American Thinker)

From the article: There were black student organizations and other clubs that "facilitated" the minority student's experience on the majority white and "racist" campus, in addition to a plethora of faculty members, both white and black, who encouraged the same animus toward the …

politics, racism, obama, affirmative-action

US enters 'checkbook war' with China

Seeded on Tue Mar 18, 2008 6:39 AM EDT (atimes.com)

The increasing inability of the US to compete with China was voiced some time ago by former World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz, who stated there is a moral reason why the US cannot provide financial help to as many countries as China.

business, commodities, oil, china, africa, us-economy, global-resources

The worst-case scenario - live

Seeded on Tue Mar 18, 2008 6:27 AM EDT (atimes.com)

Commentary and weekly watch by Doug Noland

business, wall-street, stock-market, bear-stearns, economic-collapse, investment-banking, liquidity

Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making

Seeded on Sun Mar 16, 2008 3:23 AM EDT (Salon.com)

Rothkopf announces that he and his researchers have identified "just over 6,000" people who match his definition of the superclass -- that is, who have met complicated (and vaguely explained) metrics designed to determine "the ability to regularly influence the lives of millions …

books, influence, odd-news, wealth, elite

Prepare For Your Credit Card Interest Rates To Jump Without Much Notice

Seeded on Fri Jan 25, 2008 12:38 PM EST (Credit Debt Life)

One take on how banks may handle the loss of money after the subprime crisis.

business, economy, credit, interest-rates, banks, credit-cards, subprime

Simplicity Is Highly Overrated

Seeded on Thu Dec 21, 2006 5:55 PM EST (Don Norman)

From the article: "Why such expensive toasters? Why all the buttons and controls on steering wheels and rear-view mirrors? Because they appear to add features that people want to have. They make a difference at the time of sale, which is when it matters most.

design, marketing, packaging, arts, product-design, simplicity, complexity, don-norman, korean-design, asian-design

Improve a Life, Empower a Community for the cost of 2 Starbucks Lattes

Sun Dec 17, 2006 7:10 PM EST

Have you heard of the Grameen Bank for the Poor?

Continue reading this entry ...

charity, giving, philanthropy, christmas, charitable-giving, heifer, one-acre-fund, grameen-bank-for-the-poor

Creating a Page Curl in Photoshop

Seeded on Mon Dec 11, 2006 3:40 PM EST ()

Nice tutorial from Veerle Pieters on creating an uplifted "page curl" look in Photoshop.

design, arts, photoshop, graphic-design, photo-manipulation, design-tutorial

The Graphic Glass ceiling

Seeded on Mon Dec 11, 2006 12:45 PM EST (Design Observer)

From the article, which goes a bit beyond the traditional discussion about women in graphic design: ""Superstar" designers — and that's what we're talking about; read the question again — aren't just good designers. They're celebrity designers.

celebrity, design, culture, arts, graphic-design

Color Theory- Art Lozzi explains some technique

Seeded on Fri Dec 8, 2006 1:17 PM EST ()

Wonderful dissection of color theory, blending techniques and pointers about observation in nature.

art, design, arts, cartoons, illustration, color-theory, design-technique, applied-arts, yogi-bear

24 Ways to Impress Your Friends (design and code tips)

Seeded on Fri Dec 8, 2006 1:06 PM EST (24ways.org)

the folks at 24 ways are back at it again this year with a daily round up, leading to Christmas, of daily design and development tips. Go get a daily nugget!

development, design, ajax, arts, web-design, xml, javascript, css, html, web-development

77 Design Gifts Under $77

Seeded on Wed Dec 6, 2006 10:26 PM EST ()

(reseeded to post to design group) I LOVE the "Neutra" house numbers. Now, to get a house to put them on...

design, arts, gifts, product-design

Model Transformation

Seeded on Wed Dec 6, 2006 10:15 PM EST (Speak Up)

A dissection of Kate Moss as a brand. From the article: "Earlier this month, Yahoo! reported that the post-rehab Moss was earning three times what she earned pre-rehab, to the tune of $56 million this year alone."

fashion, design, marketing, icons, branding, social-commentary

Muslim Mac Attack

Seeded on Sat Dec 2, 2006 1:23 PM EST (Australian News Network)

From the article: The fast-food chain (McDonalds) has introduced halal products at two Melbourne restaurants, significantly boosting sales.

religion

How to Live Happily With a Great Designer

Seeded on Sat Nov 25, 2006 9:37 PM EST (Seth's Blog)

A few months old, but great advice for clients. A snippet: "You don't know a lot about accounting so you don't backseat drive your accountant. You hired a great designer, please don't backseat drive here, either."

business, design, marketing, clients, seth-godin

Design's Growth

Seeded on Wed Nov 22, 2006 12:51 AM EST (Fast Company)

From the article: "Again this means companies seek more savvy and sophisticated designers. According to (RitaSue Siegal of RitaSue Siegal Associates), "Now designers have to be collaborative, persuasive, and strategic. Before these things were nice to have.

business, design