Tag Archives: death and taxes
Black Wednesday holiday bonanaza!… psst, free stuff.
Posted on 02. Dec, 2009 by Jess.
I wouldn’t be a responsible online retailer if I didn’t offer some sweet deals for the holidays. So here is the run down.
The first 5 people to retweet the following will get a free Death and Taxes:2010 poster or a free 389 Years Ago offset. Free poster, free shipping, 100% easy as pie.
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Death and Taxes 2010 - Data only.
Posted on 16. Jun, 2009 by Jess.
So the data collection and processing part of the project is finished. I decided to post up the data that I will be using so peope can read it, check it, or do whatever they like. I will pretty much be importing into the poster as is, though I still need to add a bunch [...]
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Question of Design and Data
Posted on 04. Jun, 2009 by Jess.
First of all, thank you for your input on the previous design/data dilema. I feel confident I made the right choice for Death and Taxes 2010.
Now another data/design issue is before you.
In the previous dilemma, I had to figure out a way to account for the Stimulus funding since it was inseparable from each budget [...]
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A question of percentages - need input
Posted on 25. May, 2009 by Jess.
So one of the first issues to arise in creating the Death and Taxes poster for 2010 is that of percentages.
Normally, for all the data points I list the Agency/Program name, followed by the dollar amount, then the percentage change from last year. However this year it’s a bit tricky because all of the stimulous [...]
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Open call for advising, Death and Taxes 2010
Posted on 15. May, 2009 by Jess.
So the Obama’s administration released their full budget numbers last friday through the OMB. This information which is thousands of pages long contains all the spending estimated for the federal goverment for 2010. Usually this data is released the first Monday in February, but due to a new administration and recent economic activity, it has [...]
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Martha Stewart, Death, and Taxes
Posted on 04. May, 2008 by Jess.
On April 15th, Tax Day, I, Jess Bachman, appeared on the Martha Stewart Show.
It was an odd segment for her show which typically deals with crafts, gardening and cooking. Indeed I was in between Elizabeth Vargas who was cooking prosciutto and peas, and eco-friendly gardening. The experience was great in [...]



