In honor of Halloween, anyone dressed as a burrito gets a free one from Chipotle today. Anyone seen any aluminum foil around here?

You all know I’m always up for finding a good way to translate an idea/argument/principle into words, but sometimes there really is no better way to do that than through an interactive application. Case in point: taxes.

Obama Tax Calculator

Taxes are complicated. Taxes are boring. Taxes are different for everyone, so they’re hard to effectively explain. What the Obama team’s done here is an excellent example of how an interactive application can cut right through all of that. Simply and easily, it takes a complicated proposal and breaks it down in a way that speaks to people on a personal and direct level while demonstrating the stark difference between the candidate and his competition on this issue. Doesn’t get better than that!

And no “official” answers! Be honest.

How funny is this?

Put on Google’s ‘Mail Goggles’ before you send that late night e-mail

I thought this was a particularly useful and interesting post on business blogging. Be sure to follow the link for a list of 50 companies making good use of “social marketing.”

How to Blog for Your Business – the Good and the Bad.
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/risky-business/2008/9/10/how-to-blog-for-your-business–the-good-and-the-bad.html