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Austin Evolution #3

Last night I attended a town hall meeting at the Austin City Hall regarding a complete redesign of the Austin city website. From austingo.org: Redesigning the Web site will make government more open to the residents of Austin. Public input in the redesign of the Web site, will ensure one of the best municipal Web [...]

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Rock the caucus

To date, here are the numbers for the caucuses for the month: Iowa caucus-goers ages 17-29 — 57% for Obama New Hampshire voters ages 18-29 — 51% for Obama Nevada caucus-goers ages 18-29 — 59% for Obama South Carolina voters ages 18-29 — 67% for Obama Whatever politician you’re siding with in the primaries, you [...]

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Sustainable business

This weekend, I attended the inaugural Sustainable Business Summit, which was held at the University of Texas at Austin campus. The purpose of the conference was to bring awareness and create dialogue between attendees and representatives of business who place a large importance on sustainability and ecological responsibility. I got to interact with executives from [...]

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Austin Evolution #2

In a surprising announcement, Austin’s Solid Waste Services announced their plan to phase out the ubiquitous blue recycle bins that line the residential streets of the city. How does this make any sense, you ask? Late last year, the city awarded a contract to a California consulting company to set up a Zero Waste Plan [...]

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Generation "why"

Branding agency Interbrand has a white papers section, known as Brand Channel, “the world’s only online exchange about branding,” as stated on the site’s About Us page. Their latest white paper, written by Patt Cottingham, talks about the millennial generation and its ties to branding and advertising. A part of this group myself, I can [...]

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