The 2010 Census is a Breeze

The United States Census 2010 is touted as “One of the shortest forms in history–10 questions in 10 minutes.” Actually, even with four people living in my household, it took me less than half that time to complete.
The demographics/data geek in me wishes they’d asked a few more questions. As someone old enough to remember [...]

Satan Responds

Thanks to my colleague, Andy Schultz, who emailed this to me today. I love it.

Dear Pat Robertson,
I know that you know that all press is good press, so I appreciate the shout-out. And you make God look like a big mean bully who kicks people when they are down, so I’m all over that action.
But [...]

Reccommended: First Guns

So, it’s been more than a month since I last wrote in this space. Too long! I’ve had a lot going on, but nothing that should have kept me from writing. A sick child, a sick “me,” busy at work, snow in April (ugh!) but mostly, I’ve just been uninspired. However, this morning, I [...]

Love the New Website

I love the new http://www.whitehouse.gov/ website.

So far, I don’t see any sharing or rating functionality, which would be really interesting here, especially in the blog content. Maybe they’ll add it later.
But the content is great, and the designer and information architect definitely know their SEO (search engine optimization).

Cook County (non-) Elected Officials

Pure class. http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1383355,CST-NWS-bird17.article