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Sat Nov 7
Jon recommended an interactive graphic : Behind the Jobless Rate

The unemployment rate reached 10 percent for the first time in 27 years on Friday.

Jon recommended an article : A Place to Put Your Apps

Last week, I reviewed not one, but three new phones. You’d think that would be enough for a while, but fall is peak season for new mobile devices, and another major release — Motorola’s Droid — is…

Wed Oct 28
“ As Daniel Pink, the author of “A Whole New Mind,” puts it: In a world in which more and more average work can be done by a computer, robot or talented foreigner faster, cheaper “and just as well,” vanilla doesn’t cut it anymore. It’s all about what chocolate sauce, whipped cream and cherry you can put on top. So our schools have a doubly hard task now — not just improving reading, writing and arithmetic but entrepreneurship, innovation and creativity. Thomas Friedman - The New Untouchables
Mon Oct 26
Jon recommended an article : Twitter Serves Up Ideas From Its Followers

Twitter is “smart enough, or lucky enough” to let its users create new features for it, says an M.I.T. professor.

Sat Oct 24
Jon recommended an article : To Cut Global Warming, Swedes Study Their Plates

STOCKHOLM — Shopping for oatmeal, Helena Bergstrom, 37, admitted that she was flummoxed by the label on the blue box reading, “Climate declared: .87 kg CO2 per kg of product.”

Wed Oct 21
Jon recommended an article : Nudging Recycling From Less Waste to None

Sara Marshall peers into a drop-off point for recycling in Nantucket. The town is a leader in “zero waste.”More Photos >

Mob Rule! How Users Took Over Twitter

Wired takes a look at the company behind the messaging service

Thu Oct 1
Jon recommended an article : Talk to The Times: Deputy Technology Editor David Gallagher

David F. Gallagher, a deputy technology editor at The Times, is answering selected questions from readers Sept. 28-Oct. 2, 2009. Questions may be e-mailed to askthetimes@nytimes.com. Mr. Gallagher is…

Sat Sep 26
Type Online, where we're at

Nice overview of how fonts over the web could be handled.

Fri Sep 11
Jon recommended an article : Choosing Wisely by Consulting the Sommelier in Your Pocket

Shopping for wine is a lot like parenting a teenager. You feel stupid when you’re in the middle of it, and when you finally emerge, you’re desperately ready for a drink.