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Client work: United States vs Russia

Posted on 21. Oct, 2009 by Jess.

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Here is one in a series I am doing for Mint.com. It is a comparison of the United States and Russia over 100 factors. I have used the same format in comparing China, Canada and Mexico, and India. Pretty popular stuff, with over 4500 Diggs between them.
The first thing most people notice is that are [...]

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What’s in a name? Children of the Collective Consciousness.

Posted on 31. Jul, 2008 by Jess.

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You may have unwittingly named your child after a meme in the fabric of society. Or you yourself may be nothing more than the product of hive minded parents.
So what’s in a name?
I have always been interested in naming things, it’s one of the reasons why I own so many unused domain names. And the [...]

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Visualizing One Billion Dollars.

Posted on 30. May, 2008 by Jess.

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The Death and Taxes poster contains a lot of information and is great for putting federal spending in context. However, the de-facto unit of measure is one billion dollars. I realized that people often have a hard time grasping just what one billion dollars is. So to provide further context to the poster, I am [...]