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The Crisis of Credit Visualized

Posted on February 28, 2009 by The Tim

Great visualization of the mess we’re in. The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

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Reminder: No News is Bad News Town Hall Discussion Tonight

Posted on February 26, 2009April 8, 2009 by The Tim

Just a brief reminder that the community-driven town hall discussion “No News is Bad News: Seattle As a No-Newspaper Town?” is happening tonight at 7:00 PM in the Bertha Landes Room at Seattle’s City Hall. What it is: A free, community discussion to discuss the future of journalism and news media in the Seattle area….

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Seattle Times “$1.5M condo on 20K income” Story Full of Gaping Holes

Posted on February 23, 2009February 25, 2009 by The Tim

Last Friday, the Seattle Times ran an interesting story about a “limousine driver, earning little more than minimum wage” being approved for a loan on a $1.5 million condo in Bellevue Towers. The story was also picked up by at least one of the local television news outlets, and has been making the rounds on…

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Foreclosure Rescue Plan Open Thread

Posted on February 18, 2009February 18, 2009 by The Tim

Here’s a good summary of Obama’s proposed foreclosure rescue plan from our friends over at Calculated Risk. This plan rewards those homebuyers who speculated with excessive leverage. I think this is a mistake. Another problem with Part 2 is that this lowers the interest rate for borrowers far underwater, but other than the $1,000 per…

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February 26 Community Forum on the Future of Journalism

Posted on February 14, 2009April 8, 2009 by The Tim

The following is a blatantly-copied press release for an upcoming community event that I am (very loosely) involved in the organization of. Download the event flyer here (pdf), and spread the news to anyone you know that is interested in the future of journalism in Seattle (and elsewhere). Obviously I give the traditional fish wrap…

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