43 results for "metric"

The data and the metrics of civilization

The UK just had its last conventional census, from now on they are going to do data mining to get their answers instead of the 210+ year old traditional door-knocking every ten years. Don’t expect the U.S. to follow suit anytime soon- we officially ditched the insane British measuring system back in 1975 but when Read More

Dayton’s missing metric: delivery of customer service

After a writing a blog for long enough, some things just start to write themselves for you. This post is based on comments on the site and a discussion I had with a senior city staff person- and both come back to a recurring theme of my trials and tribulations with Dayton City Hall going Read More

Saint David Lawrence, Chief of Innovation, Dayton Public Schools

Dayton Public Schools seems to have a double standard

It’s been a long time since the Dayton Public Schools had a school board that’s collective IQ was over 75. I’ve seen presentations made to them- with slides with “Lorem ipsum” text still on the slide– that they actually allowed to continue. I’ve watched a board member actually argue that the only reason to make Read More

Tombstone for "Your local Newspaper" Darwin Award winner- Content galore, failed to monetize

You’ll be sorry when the local newspaper dies

This story is happening everywhere, but, who will be left to tell you, and why you should care… a lot. First, the email came to tell us that the Dayton Daily News would no longer print a Saturday edition, and that subscribers should “read it online.” Bam, just like that, you just lost a seventh Read More

I'm Mike Turner and I am for sale, 11 Billionaires sponsor me

Turner out-raises Esrati a gazillion to one

Campaign finance reports for the first half were due on July 15th. Apparently, the Dayton Daily news no longer cares about who is buying your congressman. Hint: 79% of Republican incumbent Mike Turner’s money comes from out of state and his average donation is $1,617.61. Democratic challenger David Esrati on the other hand, has 84% Read More

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