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Try out a new captcha system
I built a new version of the captcha challenge-response designed to stop spammers, with a twist appropriate to Greater Greater Washington: it asks you questions about the Metro map. Keep reading…
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How would you tame or improve our comments?
Readers would comment more if our comments were less combative, had easier CAPTCHAs, and made it easier to reply to individual comments, said those who responded to our recent survey. How would you make the comments less combative, or how else could we improve them? Most of the survey respondents don’t comment very often, or at all: Do you comment on Greater Greater… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: According to a poll
Cameras for money? People think so; Marylanders now strongly for equality; Transit for the people; Yuppified Union Market; Green features vs. bigger sewers; Parks: #5 but should be better; Google Maps for the ancients; And…; Your name at the top. Keep reading…
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Take our reader survey!
We always want to make Greater Greater Washington greater. To figure out how to do it, we’ve put together a short survey. Can you take a few minutes to help us know a little more about what our readers want? The survey is below the jump, or you can go to it in a separate window here. Keep reading…
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Greater Greater Washington is now Greater Greater Wells
This article was posted as an April Fool’s joke. The site has been renamed back to Greater Greater Washington, but you can continue to see the page at greatergreaterwells.org. Keep reading…
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On the calendar: Hear from at-large candidates, learn to write for blogs, talk Reservation 13 with Mayor Gray
Interested in the at-large DC Council race? Watch the forum I’m moderating tonight. Want to write for Greater Greater Washington or another blog? I’m giving a free seminar Monday on writing for blogs. Want to stop DC from giving away valuable land to the Redskins for practice fields? There’s an important community meeting on March 22. At-large forum,… Keep reading…
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Want to be a daytime or Thursday night editor?
Are you good at editing other people’s writing? Do you instantly notice typos or missing commas? Do you find it easy to pick out the key points of an argument? Do you care about making Greater Washington greater and want to help out with volunteer editing? Greater Greater Washington is a labor of love from 10 editors, 2 links writers, and about 36 other contributors (at last… Keep reading…
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Write about education and other family issues for GGW
One very important part of making Greater Washington greater is creating communities that serve people of all stages in life, including families with children. While we often write about transportation and urban planning, having good public schools, daycare options, playgrounds and recreation, and safe routes to school are all vital elements. We’ve recently been… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bicycle’s race
Baca on biking; Contributors in the news; Size doesn’t matter for gambling; Metro stations get better for bikes and peds; Zipcar wouldn’t mind if you emailed Bellamy; Sprawl nearly slips by in southern Maryland; Georgetown’s got more competition; 10 minutes to Gainesville; And…. Keep reading…
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Become a contributor, write about interesting events
Greater Greater Washington is run by volunteers, many of whom started out reading and then became contributors. We’d like to invite you to become a contributor and help us tell interested people across the region about the information and discussions at forums and community meetings. Forums by regional organizations like the Coalition for Smarter Growth bring interesting… Keep reading…