http://www.tresvacas.com Three little cows. One big world. A whole lot to say. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:38:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en via Pixelpipe Posted via web from the urban core http://www.tresvacas.com/?p=312 Like many other well-known organizations, we face cyber attacks of varying degrees on a regular basis. In mid-December, we detected a highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating from China that resulted in the theft of intellectual property from Google. However, it soon became clear that what ... http://www.tresvacas.com/?p=311 Eduwonk uncovers how FL is getting tough and specific about collective bargaining agreements in its push for RTT funds. Here’s my take on what Secretary Duncan ought to say in order to jump start such good behavior elsewhere. http://www.tresvacas.com/?p=310 MSNBC anchor Carlos Watson noticed during the presidential campaigns and election of President Obama last year that a new generation of media consumers had emerged. The “Change Generation,” Watson calls it (wonder where he got that name from), is educated, edgy and curious about the world and news, and in ... http://www.tresvacas.com/?p=308 Shared by Trey Great set of suggestions for spreadsheets. If you're like me, and spend a lot of time building spreadsheets to model or budget or crunch a set of numbers, you have probably had the following experience. One day, you have a bright idea. You fire up Excel and ... http://www.tresvacas.com/?p=307 Apple fans found their beloved company satirized Simpsons-style last night. The latest installment of the Fox cartoon featured a “Mapple” store in the beginning of the episode, a tech store where hip, young t-shirted employees take brand loyalty very seriously and display an inordinate amount of devotion to their bespectacled ... http://www.tresvacas.com/?p=305 This is great news. Over the weekend, the Obama–Biden Transition team switched the copyright policy for their Web site, Change.gov, from the old fashioned “copyright protected model” to the most  open Creative Commons license. Lots of folks had noticed this oddity and there had been a low buzz of conversation ... http://www.tresvacas.com/?p=303 Gary Guthrie, father of alumna Taylor Guthrie (N.Y.C. '05), has spearheaded the creation of a tribute album to great singer-songwriters with all proceeds to benefit Teach For America. Twenty-six contemporary singer-songwriters contributed recordings to Before the Goldrush, including Neko Case, The Swell Season (from the motion picture Once), and Okkervil ... http://www.tresvacas.com/?p=298 Canvassing is an exhausting affair: hitting the road early in the cold morning, wandering through unknown neighborhoods, knocking on door after door and repeating the same speech about a thousand times. Contrary to popular belief, most people are at the very least coutreous, regardless of their political views, but their reaction ... http://www.tresvacas.com/?p=293 It's close the end of my second day in Dayton and. so far, the city has been both everything I expected and a complete surpise. Having not spent a ton of time in the midwest, I came to Ohio expecting a post-industrial wasteland. Dayton has been home to a number of ... http://www.tresvacas.com/?p=286