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We Fed Ad Fed

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Leif-F

Founder, president, CEO, chairman of the board, art director, senior designer, intern and occasional punching bag for mockery at Soulo Communications, Tom Heller, has joined Ad Fed. Apparently he was tired of only hanging out with us wordy types, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Design, News

Writing to a Reading Level

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Leif-F

An interesting post from the University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs blog, Smart Politics, using the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level test to analyze State of the Union addresses going back to 1934. Not so much because of the speeches themselves, … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Writing

(Probably) Obvious News Wednesday – Using Wikipedia During its Blackout

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Leif-F

As you probably heard, Wikipedia is going dark today in protest of SOPA and PIPA, congress’ attempt to stop copyright violations on the Internet. About that, uh, yeah. Riiiiight. Remember, in 2006 this guy was the head of the senate commerce … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Technology

Obvious News Wednesday – Proofreading Works! (Or, some people want joory dooty)

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Leif-F

A teacher in Hell’s Kitchen was arrested for forging jury documents. She used them to take 15 paid days off in 2010 and 2011. The jury summons letter – described as “error-ridden” – included “trail” for “trial,” “manger” for “manager,” … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Writing

Obvious News Wednesday – This Just In: Kids Want iPads

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Marc

A recent article on Bloomberg News confirms what we’ve all been thinking: children are driving sales of tablet devices like the iPad much more aggressively than anyone had originally thought. With the gift-giving season in full swing, many holiday shoppers have … Continue reading →

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