The Sunday Diigo Links Post (weekly)

July 1, 2012

All energy and climate solutions are local | SmartPlanet So true: QUOTE I have long maintained that creating policy around emissions gets the problem backward, by focusing on what comes out of the tailpipe instead of what goes into the engine. We should be incentivizing solutions, not penalizing emissions, because carrots harness human desire and […]

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Turmoil = No Links This Week

June 24, 2012

Well, the title says it all – I moved into a new place this past week, and it’s all still quite chaotic. Hope to settle into routine of sorts sometime soon… 😉

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The Sunday Diigo Links Post (weekly)

June 17, 2012

The future of oil prices | SmartPlanet Wake up call. QUOTE The history of oil prices since 2007 suggests that a permanent doubling of oil prices, while possible in theory, are not possible in reality. We have been bumping against the pain barrier since the first oil price spike in 2008. As we substitute more […]

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The Sunday Diigo Links Post (weekly)

June 10, 2012

An Interactive Journey Through New York’s Roofscape Makeover – Technology – The Atlantic Cities More like this! QUOTE Most visitors to New York City crane their necks for a view of the city’s famous skyline, but locals know better: to get the best views, you have to go up. Here’s your chance to take a […]

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The Sunday Diigo Links Post (weekly)

June 3, 2012

Stop Making Sense: A new strategy for community outreach | PlaceShakers and NewsMakers A really good, must-read post about rethinking the confrontations between Tea Party folk and smart growth urbanists. QUOTE A lot of the talk is about “reframing the message,” which tends to focus too narrowly, I believe, on coming up with new words […]

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The Sunday Diigo Links Post (weekly)

May 27, 2012

Mission/Vision | Shetroit.com Just learned about this site the other day. Given women’s historical role in civic leadership (at the municipal level, via committees and clubs), and how that role was been maligned as small and “boob-ish” when metropolitanism grew in strength and favor, initiatives like “Shetroit”‘s are important in getting women back in the […]

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The Sunday Diigo Links Post (weekly)

May 21, 2012

I was so caught up with looking for a place to live yesterday that I forgot to post my weekly links. Here they are, on a Monday…

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The Sunday Diigo Links Post (weekly)

May 13, 2012

You Don’t Need This “Recovery” – Umair Haque – Harvard Business Review Call to arms (sort of) from Umair Haque: QUOTE If we face an imperative, perhaps it’s one as timeless and worn as bedrock: not merely to employ our selves to make the most, but to make the most of our tiny selves. Perhaps […]

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The Sunday Diigo Links Post (weekly)

May 6, 2012

A Stock Exchange for Your Personal Data – Technology Review Interesting. QUOTE …since the pricing options he [Bernardo Huberman] outlines gauge how a person values privacy and risk, they address at least two big obstacles to making such a market function. The first: how to put a realistic dollar value on any given bit of […]

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First Day of the Cross-Country Roadtrip

May 1, 2012

A slight account of my first day traveling by car from Portland Oregon to Boston Massachusetts. On Day One, the spouse and I passed through beautiful Oregon, traveling east on US 26 (south of Mount Hood) to Madras.

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