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University Strives to Take the LEED
It is no secret that I’m an avid University of Florida (UF) Gator fan and proud alumna. In fact, around this time of year (*cough* football season) some might call me borderline obsessive. So when I came across UF’s venture to create the first parking garage in the country to earn USGBC L...

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Is the RSS Feed Twittering Away?
Recently, I was browsing through my Google Reader RSS feed for a particular industry topic and become frustrated with the lack of quality and relevant content. I then turned to my Twitter network and had much better luck. This got me thinking about the relationship between RSS feeds, Twitter, an...

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Women in Tech
While women have made some great strides in the tech world, there’s still a ways to go, as evidenced by Allyson Kapin’s Huffington Post article, “Giving Tech a Bad Name.” Some of the most amazingly gifted people in technology are women. Yet, women are underrepresented, making up only a s...

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Broadband: The New, New Frontier?
The Federal Communications Commission had begun work on a National Broadband Plan, which will benefit citizens and businesses. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act called upon the FCC to submit a national broadband plan to Congress by February 17, 2010 that discusses broadband deployment, a...

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Bus driver, MOVE THAT BUS!
Last week, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition came to Washington, DC. This particular episode of Extreme Makeover featured the remodeling of both a house and a community center/school. I got an all-access, behind-the-scenes pass, thanks to a VIP invite from my client, Serious Materials. Its super-...

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University Strives to Take the LEED
It is no secret that I’m an avid University of Florida (UF) Gator fan and proud alumna. In fact, around this time of year (*cough* football season) some might call me borderline obsessive. So when I came across UF’s venture to create the first parking garage in the country to earn USGBC L...

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UF’s venture to create the first parking garage in the country to earn USGBC LEED Platinum credits

The Wheels of Change Keep on Turning
2009 has been coined a time of “change.” From the White House administration to the green movement, from technology to journalism and communications, change is a constant theme no matter what industry you’re in. While new technology and online media are forcing a lot of the change in the fi...

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Social Capital - I want my rights!
If you aren’t familiar with TEDTalks, I suggest you check out their site and catch up on some of the interesting conversations going on. I try to check back for new and interesting perspectives and came across this great presentation by Clay Shirky, “How social media can make history....

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A Social Media Fractured Fairy Tale
It’s time for a fractured fairy tale: Spinning the Web: P.R. in Silicon Valley, courtesy of the New York Times.  Once upon a time in a Sand Hill Road conference room, an entrepreneur, a VC and a PR consultant met to discuss the launch of Wordnik, a website about language and word u...

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Live from the Archives
Given the short week, Vantage Points is taking the week off as far as new posts are concerned. Stealing a page (and a title) from our friends in the TV and radio businesses, we are digging into the archives for some of our favorite undiscovered  posts: Rebuilding the way we look at Green Buil...

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