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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Don’t reply to your emails: The case for inbox infinity

A few years ago, the goal of achieving “Inbox Zero” cropped up — having an email inbox of 0. I’ve never reached that number. My inbox usually holds several dozen messages. As a media company …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Microsoft offers more money than talk toward affordable housing crisis; Boston weighs a plan

Greater Des Moines can count a few shining examples of affordable housing, most of it out of sight and probably out of mind in various pockets of the metro. Not that we don’t spend a …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: A real-world battle over dancing avatars: Did Fortnite steal the Floss?

It’s a dance battle. Really, the New York Times writes about a copyright issue in the age of gaming and technology-based entertainment. Fortnite, for those who’ve never heard of it, is a hugely popular global online game. …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Hospital pricing mandate not loosening the blindfolds yet

Des Moines’ hospital systems are complying with new federal rules that require them to post estimated costs for medical procedures, but the results are far from enlightening, writes David Lind in his blog on health …

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NOTEBOOK: Throwback to ‘02

Nate Heinrich, head of John Deere’s Precision Ag Product Marketing and Innovation department, appreciates the throwback music medium of CDs. 

Heinrich was the first speaker of 2019 for the Technology Association of Iowa’s TechBrew series, …

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NOTEBOOK: Mandelbaum’s present to council colleagues examines poverty and housing

Des Moines City Councilman Josh Mandelbaum gave his council colleagues each a copy of  “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City” for the holidays. The council has a tradition of exchanging gifts at the …

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the January 18 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the January 18 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories …

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NOTEBOOK:Reynolds lauds Vermeer security chief

At the beginning of her Condition of the State address today, Gov. Kim Reynolds paid tribute to Central College graduate and Army veteran Billy Fox, who as head of security at Vermeer was key in …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: How millennials became the burnout generation

This is one of those stories that will be bookmarked and referenced for the rest of the year. I actually don’t know how I can sum up this Buzz Feed piece in a short blurb — it covers …

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the January 11 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the January 11 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories …