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I posted the NY Times link. The WaPo article to which 'dang links (which I hadn't seen) goes into more depth and seems to do a better job. The respective head
by dctoedt 12y ago
I posted the NY Times link. The WaPo article to which 'dang links (which I hadn't seen) goes into more depth and seems to do a better job.
The respective headlines undoubtedly made a difference in upvotes here -- the NYT headline, which referenced an ex-Googler, is now near the top of the HN front page, while the (better) WaPo article, posted a few minutes earlier but which didn't mention the SV connection, is languishing with just 1 point. [EDIT: I just upvoted it; it still has just 2 points.]
- dang 12y agoOk, we've changed the url from http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/12/us/politics/ex-google-engineer-to-lead-fix-it-team-for-government-websites.html http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/12/us/politics/ex-google-engi....
- rootbear 12y agoThe WaPo article may be better in terms of the depth of coverage but the writing is awful. Really awful. Misspellings, bad grammar, clumsy phrasing. I suppose the Post thinks that's okay because it's just a blog post and not a "real" news article. Or something. To the point, this new USDS sounds interesting and as a DC area resident, I should probably look into it. I will definitely watch the Youtube video linked to above.