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Jeff Reifman

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Jeff Reifman is a freelance writer living in Seattle. He worked at Microsoft as a technology manager from 1991 to 1999. He is a minority investor in Crosscut. You can reach him in care of editor@crosscut.com.
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Posted Wed, May 21, 8:43 a.m.
Tossed out of Starbuck's third place: I was asked to leave for taking photos (within seconds) at Starbucks' HQ store last week. Perhaps they thought I was taking a picture of the new logo! I was working on a project for my photo class about the Power of the Starbucks ...
MOREPosted Thu, Feb 7, 2:43 p.m.
Response to commenters: I've written a summary response to comments from this article on my blog. Top Reader Defenses of Microsoft's Tax Dodges
MOREPosted Thu, Nov 8, 1:33 p.m.
Toronto Street Car Advertises "Ride the Rocket": In Toronto, riding the streetcar is called "Riding the Rocket" - and the transit agency advertisements encourage people to "Ride the Rocket". When stuck in traffic though - it's not so pleasurable. No kidding. Streetcards need dedicated lanes to be most effective.
MOREPosted Tue, Jun 5, 12:33 p.m.
Gore may be very overweight: Gore looked really heavy on the daily show. He may be overweight and tired because of that too.
MOREPosted Tue, Apr 17, 11:24 p.m.
1.9 MB is a pinpick on their bandwidth: Sorry but if we're going to drain our least favorite paper ... we'll probably have to find another way.
MOREPosted Wed, Apr 11, 11:45 p.m.
Isn't the point of Real Change to help more vendors out of poverty?: I mean, surely we can allow one or two to actually be exceeding the goal. I'm going to keep paying for Real Change ... and continue to pass on the free New Times' mismanaged Seattle Weekly. I'm ...
MOREPosted Wed, Apr 4, 11:01 p.m.
Drinking Liberally Doesn't Suck: Skip, not sure who is writing the headlines for your blog ... but Drinking Liberally Doesn't Suck would have been a lot funnier.
MOREPosted Wed, Mar 28, 4:43 p.m.
Thanks for answering MY BURNING question: The one I've always been afraid to ask!
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