mfefer

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Help from Yelp: Harvard study shows online reviews boost Seattle restaurants

Posted Thu, Oct 20, 9:57 a.m.

Given the large number of Yelp users, it would be pretty surprising if restaurants receiving more and more positive Yelp reviews weren't also seeing an increase in revenue. What's remarkable about this Harvard guy's study is his claim to show that the one factor actually *causes* the other. And how ...

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Genuflecting to the high rises

Posted Thu, Feb 14, 10:15 a.m.

Thanks for calling them out David: Only problem is you go way too easy on the Times. At least the P-I had the decency to put their story in the Business section, where readers expect unquestioning enthusiasm for developers. The Times put their story on the front page. And less ...

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Why we hate soccer

Posted Wed, Nov 21, 11:14 a.m.

Thank goodness for Crosscut!: Among its other valuable purposes, it has provided a new forum for Skip to assail soccer. I remember him telling me years ago that there were two keys to America: "We don't do metric, and we don't do soccer." I could write 4,000 words about why ...

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You don't have street cred if you can't do the math

Posted Thu, Apr 12, 9:03 a.m.

No new editing: Thanks for the perspective, Chuck. For the record, the only thing we did to Huan's piece following Harris's blog post was add a reference to that post.

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