Author: Björn Jeffery

15 years and counting

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For over 15 years the newspaper industry has been looking for “the right business model” for digital. Think about how many hours have been spent by bright people at New York Times and all the other fancy places. The smartest people in the industry have been thinking about this for over one and a half decade. And yet they have not found anything that works well enough to even be able to keep their colleagues […]

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robyncom: Monument is special to this album and to me. Its about space in time and defining oneself. Svein and Torbjorn and I were in a zone when we made it, it was like a dream. Like a meditation… Waiting for the techno remixes to drop. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

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In fact, there were more instances in which children had higher levels of achievement when their parents were less involved than there were among those whose parents were more involved. Even more counterintuitively: When involvement does seem to matter, the consequences for children’s achievement are more often negative than positive. (…) Conventional wisdom holds that since there is no harm in having an involved parent, why shouldn’t we suggest as many ways as possible for […]

Rap Data “Analysis” from FiveThirtyEight

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alexwhines: At this point, you’ve probably already heard that the new FIveThirtyEight has some problems. It seems a little unsporting to pile on, but if Nate Silver is gonna be a dick, I’d like to make a nomination for FiveThirtyEight’s worst piece yet. The piece, a blog post by Mona Chalabi, is… Genius Rap Data “Analysis” from FiveThirtyEight

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Another take on globalization (Jozi being Johannesburg): “we be poppin’ bottles from Jozi to Lagos” and instead of dollars: “rands and nairas” RANDS and NAIRAS – Emmy Gee ft AB Crazy & Dj Dimplez : OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO (by Teamtalkless) (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)