Pay off your credit card debt

August 14, 2011

A simple example showing what happens when you only pay the minimun monthly payment on your credit card debt. I submitted this to Longshot magazine’s issue on Debt but my graphic didn’t make it in but you can take a look at the other submissions on their site.

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The Big Picture Conference – Oct 11th

August 14, 2011

I will be speaking at the The Big Picture Conference on October 11th. Early Registration ($395) has begun. You can sign up at Eventbrite      

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McCormick New Media Women Entrepreneurs initiative

August 6, 2011

While my blog has been pretty quiet over the summer as I work to finish my Income Guide I just wanted to pass on some good news. I recently applied for and received one of four $12,000 NMWE grants from the J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism at American University. This initiative is supported by the McCormick Foundation. J-Lab [...]

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Real Housing Prices 1991-2010

May 17, 2011

This is the second map that I created with my urban geographer brother Matthew Mulbrandon on the Housing Price Index (HPI). A description of these maps as well as the first set can be found on Design & Geography. This new set is inflation adjusted and covers the entire span of the Federal Housing data set 1991-2010. Data [...]

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