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Measuring Sales by Kinds
November 19, 2009 at 10:00 am by Chris
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Tags: business analytics information-synthesis measurement
EmailComments (6) Measuring "Busyness"
November 18, 2009 at 9:00 am by Chris
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Tags: project-management analytics information-synthesis measurement
EmailComments (12) Three Years of Blogging Activity
November 17, 2009 at 10:00 am by Chris
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EmailComments (2) Benefits of Peer Usability Reviews
November 17, 2009 at 8:00 am by Steve G
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EmailComments (0) Optimize Your Website: Users First, Google Second
November 17, 2009 at 9:12 AM by Mark O'BrienA user-centric view towards your site's content, information architecture, and calls to action are the best path toward optimization. read more... |
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EmailComments (0) Show Me the Data!
November 16, 2009 at 4:30 pm by Chris
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EmailComments (2) Editing for the Nonprofessional Editor
November 16, 2009 at 3:59 pm by SarahAs a secret grammar nerd working at a place where a lot of writing takes place, I end up doing a fair amount of editing. Chris has recently provided a lot of good advice on professional writing; this is my take on the other side of the process. read more... |
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EmailComments (1) The History of Our Office
November 13, 2009 at 11:00 am by Mark O'BrienI just read/listened to Sarah's great post about the soundscape of the Newfangled office and got inspired to write down a few things I've recently learned about our historic digs. When we had our last front porch social with BlogAds (our upstairs neighbors) the mayor showed up, and he told me the history of our building.
Our building was actually the first public building in Carrboro. It was built because the train tracks happened to end at this location. They were supposed to continue on a half mile into Chapel Hill, but they ran out of funding so they stopped where they happened to leave off. The original use for the rail line was as a drop-off point for the local farmers to bring their cotton and tobacco. The man that happened to own the few hundred acre farm that abutted the tracks decided to build a building (our glorious office) to hold the offloaded wares overnight. Before long, he decided to outfit the building with the area's first steam engine. This was first used to power a cotton gin and later a grist mill--both of which resided inside the building. At some point between then and now more funding was acquired and today the rail continues on that half mile to a plant that powers UNC. The line is mostly used for coal transport to that plant. |
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EmailComments (1) A Year of Ideas
November 12, 2009 at 9:00 am by Chris
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Tags: the-future digital-conservation digital-literacy information-synthesis
EmailComments (2) 2 sketches of sound at Newfangled Carrboro
November 11, 2009 at 2:01 pm by SarahTwo ways that sound travels around 103 Lloyd Street. read more... |
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