January 2011
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walgreens to sell their own brand of beer →
for under 50¢ a can. O_o
Jan 29th
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gyms that charge you for NOT exercising →
Every year one of America’s top New Year’s resolutions is to join a gym and get in shape. And every year America just gets fatter. So what if our workout facilities started hitting us where it really counts; not in our guts, but in our pocketbooks? via GOOD.
Jan 27th
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Jan 27th
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from the US Nat'l Design Policy initiative…your...
From Dori Tunstall, Organizer, US National Design Policy Initiative: The White House is offering the opportunity for The People’s questions to be answered twp days after the State of the Union address based on popular vote. I have submitted the following question for Obama: Given your focus on economic competitiveness, many European and Asian nations have established national design...
Jan 25th
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closing the achievement gap with baby talk →
“…by the age of 4, children of professional parents had heard on average 48 million words addressed to them while children in poor welfare families had heard only 13 million. It was no wonder that the underprivileged children they saw at their preschool could not catch up and often lagged behind once they went to school. They simply weren’t getting the experience with...
Jan 24th
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Jan 24th
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from pattern to component (UX magazine) →
While design patterns are the crucial starting point, they take a significant investment of time, skill, and money to execute well. In order for our digital interactions to advance in richness and quality, the design patterns of today must become the UI components of tomorrow.
Jan 15th
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WatchWatch
angieunit: J. Cole Who Dat x In The Morning
Jan 15th
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Jan 10th
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Jan 9th
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for those of you with the all-too-familiar new... →
Health Month is about taking the SCIENCE of nutrition and behavior change and combining it with the SOCIAL GAMES of the recent social web to help people improve their health habits in a fun and sustainable way. via @thinksomandy
Jan 4th
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health care reform act implementation timeline →
The implementation timeline is an interactive tool designed to explain how and when the provisions of the health reform law will be implemented over the next several years. - by kaiser family foundation via @danamo
Jan 4th