A super-majority perhaps?

      2 min read      National/International Politics

We hear a lot of talk around election time about term limits for Congresspersons. People are concerned about long-serving elected officials losing touch with their constituents, and about the difficulty of unseating incumbents due to the advantages of running as an office-holder. I’ve never been a fan of the idea of term limits. I think there’s much to be gained from some of the long-time office-holders developing a large skill base in dealing with issues.

links for 2010-03-24

      1 min read      Technology

The Barca Report A European Union report on regional economic development efforts. Widely recognized as one of the authoritative works on regional E.D. (tags: ed development)

Age of Conversation 3

      1 min read      Technology      Professional · Technology

The 3rd edition of the great Age of Conversation book is soon to be released. This series collects a number of essays dealing with social media issues. I’m very pleased to announce that an essay of mine will be included in the latest edition of the book. A lot of the writers collected in this edition are great current thinkers on social media, so I’m happy to be in such great company!

A little perspective on the health care bill

      2 min read      National/International Politics

So, did you bother to read the Congressional Budget Office scoring of the health care reform bill passed this weekend? Did you know that this bill could actually reduce the deficit? Funnily enough, many opponents will say they don’t believe the CBO numbers. Somehow though, when pressed, those opponents don’t seem to have any numbers of their own. You think this will bankrupt the nation? Show me your numbers! There is an incredible lack of perspective on this issue, in my humble opinion.

links for 2010-03-21

      1 min read      Technology

[Librophile - Finding Free Audio Books Made Easy](http://librophile.com/) A massive collection of free audio books. (tags: [audio](http://delicious.com/ddeery/audio) [books](http://delicious.com/ddeery/books)) [Chabin Concepts](http://www.chabinconcepts.com/index.html) A network of economic development professionals. They've produced a good report on what makes a good economic development web site. (tags: [ed](http://delicious.com/ddeery/ed) [website](http://delicious.com/ddeery/website))

links for 2010-03-17

      1 min read      Technology

Plan Cruncher A nifty tool to help you compress your business plan into a one-page summary with cool icons. (tags: businessplan business entrepreneurship)

links for 2010-03-09

      1 min read      Technology

QR-Code Generator Generate your own 2D bar codes. Now that more people are carrying iPhones and such, more people are able to scan codes and get info. (tags: barcode qr)

links for 2010-03-08

      1 min read      Technology

[2010 Torrents (Home of the (UNOFFICIAL) SXSW Torrents)](http://sites.google.com/site/sxswtorrent/2010) A collection of music from all the artists appearing at South-by-Southwest. Gigabytes of free, legal music. (tags: [music](http://delicious.com/ddeery/music) [mp3](http://delicious.com/ddeery/mp3)) [flame | peter blaskovic | escape motions](http://www.escapemotions.com/experiments/flame/#top) Very cool drawing tool. (tags: [design](http://delicious.com/ddeery/design) [wallpaper](http://delicious.com/ddeery/wallpaper) [art](http://delicious.com/ddeery/art)) [Wordpress Themes - SimpleThemes](http://www.simplethemes.net/) One of the best collections of Wordpress themes I've ever seen. (tags: [wordpress](http://delicious.com/ddeery/wordpress) [themes](http://delicious.com/ddeery/themes))

For the gold!

      1 min read      Ireland

Congratulations to our friend Maryrose Lyons of Brightspark Consulting, who recently took home a gold medal at the 2010 Digital Media Awards in Ireland. Her blog is definitely worth a read. ![](http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=9c7f5db2-a946-8539-9316-6c8f3765a725)

links for 2010-03-01

      1 min read      Technology

[Google Analytics for Facebook Fan Pages - PHP, Web and IT stuff](http://www.webdigi.co.uk/blog/2010/google-analytics-for-facebook-fan-pages/) An easy technique for using Google Analytics to track your Facebook fan pages. Handy! (tags: [facebook](http://delicious.com/ddeery/facebook) [analytics](http://delicious.com/ddeery/analytics)) [Ugolog - Video monitoring online](http://www.ugolog.com/) A free service to offer online webcam monitoring of your home. (tags: [webcam](http://delicious.com/ddeery/webcam) [security](http://delicious.com/ddeery/security))