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As my neighbor Sara put it, just when you completely give up on the city of New Orleans they go and do something cool.

I couldn’t believe it when they first began striping St. Claude Avenue for bike lanes. I still recall a conversation with the Department of Public Works when they said “We don’t [...]

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I first became eligible to vote in 1984. That means that there has been a Bush or Clinton in the White House or the Vice-President’s mansion my entire voting life.

And its not like things have been getting better with each passing year: no need to rehash all the grim statistics related to the decimation of [...]

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In the religion of Asphalt, Interstate Highways connect people and communities. Observation — as opposed to faith — quickly reveals the lie beneath the ideology.

The Festivals Acadiens in Lafayette drew a bunch of us out to cajun country this past weekend. The weather, the festival, the friends, the music and the food were each one [...]

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Relying on memory to show a friend the cool site stolen, I got it wrong and ended up at perhaps the funniest site I have yet encountered on the web: stolen.com. I am probably revealing a bit too much about my sense of humor with this one. So far, no one else seems to think [...]

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Been thinking a lot lately about visual identity and its role in branding. Increasingly it is evident that a thoughtfully conceived visual identity is a necessary foundation for any branding effort. The three legs of the stool that must be in place before one can begin discuss branding and brand strategy are:
A well conceived product [...]

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