Feedback Immediacy

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Published June 7, 2010 at 12:11 a.m.

This cast describes WHEN to give feedback ... How fast is too fast? How slow is too slow? ...

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Infographic of the Day: K Street, the Favored Employer of Ex-Congress Members

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Published June 4, 2010 at 1:13 p.m.
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Guess which state has the most? ... An interactive map from Talking Points Memoshows how K Street, that D.C. sinkhole of faceless movers and lobbyists,is in fact full of familiar faces: your ex-Congress members ... Themap details the distribution of Congress members-turned-lobbyistsacross the United States. Scroll over the states to find out how manyhigh-profile career changers are out there (172) and where they comefrom (Texas takes first place with 17; New York's a close second with14). Then,

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Apple WWDC 2010 Rumor Round-Up

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Published June 4, 2010 at 1:05 p.m.
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In about 72 hours from now Steve Jobs will kick off the 2010 World Wide Developers Conference--one of Apple's premiere events. Given the drama of this year's leaks, what new things can we expect to learn from Steve? ... The new iPhone for 2010 ... Whatever you think about the Gizmodo iPhone "leak" saga, it's done at least one thing for us: It's pretty much 100% confirmed that this year's revision of the iPhone is the hardware Gizmodo showed the world. And although more recent rumors have

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Beyond Design Thinking: Why Hybrid Design is the Next New Thing

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Published June 4, 2010 at 11:12 a.m.
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Hybrid design dispenses with theory and relies on nimble, multi-faceted teams of experts to tackle the complexities of a design challenge ... For the better part of the past decade, the design profession has been in a chaotic period. Confronting a unique mixed salad of conflicts--political, social, economic and environmental--designers have been struggling to define their core beliefs. The result has often been a defensive stance, rather than a positive look at the industry's capabilities and

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Crib Sheet: The Bilderberg Group, a Real-Life Illuminati for Conspiracy Theorists

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Published June 4, 2010 at 10:06 a.m.
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Just outside of Barcelona there is a pretty little seaside resort called Sitges. Beloved by the gay community and horror movie aficionados, it is this year's venue for the Bilderberg Club's annual general meeting. "The what?" asked Noah, my editor. Evidently he hasn't received an invite ... Or maybe he has. The first rule of Bilderberg is, apparently, that you don't talk about Bilderberg--at least, you don't discuss what went on during the meetings, as they are governed by the Chatham House

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Foursquare Shut Down in China

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Published June 4, 2010 at 9:50 a.m.
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Foursquare may be many things--from a promotional advert system to a highly addictive and competitive game--but did you think it could be a tool for political dissent? The Chinese authorities think so, and appear to have banned it ... The U.K.'s Telegraph paper is reporting that "according to some sources" access to Foursquare has been shut down in mainland China. The reasons behind the censorship haven't been explained, but it's pretty typical behavior from a government that has regularly

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DoubleTwist App: Google Android's Answer to iTunes?

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Published June 4, 2010 at 9:50 a.m.
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DoubleTwist is the first original, full-package media app that makes a case for Android as a media player. Initially a desktop software for Mac and Windows, DoubleTwist was an iTunes-looking program that was actually designed to be everything iTunes is not: streamlined, open, and platform-agnostic. DoubleTwist works with smartphones, media players, thumb drives, e-book readers, and countless other gadgets, no matter who makes them. It's sometimes a bit buggy and slow, but it's a pretty decent

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LEED Buildings Rated Green ... and Often Toxic

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Published June 4, 2010 at 9:25 a.m.
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A study gives LEED failing marks on indoor health and safety ... A new study from a health-research nonprofit blasts LEED for failing to protect against toxic indoor environments ... The study, released last week by the Connecticut-based Environment and Human Health, Inc.,says that the voluntary rating system -- the gold standard for green buildingseverywhere -- falsely presents its projects as bastions of health andsafety, when it actually allows for all sorts of harmful stuff,

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CyberCom Is Seeking Real-Time Situational Awareness to Defend Military Network Attacks

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Published June 4, 2010 at 8:41 a.m.
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U.S. Cyber Command, a subdivision of U.S. Strategic Command launched last month to help shield the Defense Department against cyberattacks, has a big job in the months ahead. The command has to protect the entirety of the military’scomputer systems, which consists of more than 7 million machines, 15,000networks, 21 satellite gateways and 20,000 commercial circuits. Unauthorized users probe these systems over 6 million times a day. And now Army Gen. Keith Alexander, CyberCom's chief and

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Google Hands Over "Rogue Data" to Euro Authorities, Apologizes Again

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Published June 4, 2010 at 7:28 a.m.
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When Google was found to have collected data from scores of private (though unsecured) wireless networks in its efforts to map the world, the company immediately apologized with strong words. "We screwed up," said CEO Eric Schmidt. "Let's be very clear about that." ... Schmidt is continuing to apologize, and the company, after a battle with Germany over the legality of handing over these documents, has pledged to do just that ... The company will also publish the results of an external audit

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