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In this week’s episode of On the Evidence, Mathematica’s Beth Weigensberg talks about an article she co-authored describing findings from a 2013 needs assessment on the challenges state agencies faced in using their data to inform their programs.

In this episode of On the Evidence, Cindy Hu, a Mathematica data scientist, discusses the prevalence of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in our drinking water, as well as their health implications and ways to address them through public policy.

In this week’s episode of On the Evidence, Genna Cohen and Llew Brown, who research and work with electronic health records (EHRs) at Mathematica, discuss challenges in adopting EHRs as well as what to do about them.

This post describes how health care systems and providers have been—and can be—critical partners in collecting and acting on social determinants of health data.

On this episode of On the Evidence, we feature six short interviews with the 2019 summer fellows about the research questions they pursued and what they have learned so far.

While many of us try to cope with the immediate effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and process the trauma, anxiety, and global loss, recent research might help guide the way forward.

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Twitter topped its social network competition on job and recruiting site Glassdoor’s list of the 25 highest paying companies in 2019, coming in at No. 3 overall with a median base salary of $162,852.

Other social networks to crack the top 25 were LinkedIn (No. 7, $157,402) and Facebook (No. 8, $152,962).

The list was dominated by tech firms, many of which are based in Silicon Valley.

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Let us inhale the vapors of the Sacred Tree and pull back the mists of time to reveal one of the most ancient and storied forms of internet content distribution: the RSS feed.

RSS feeds have existed since before the advent of social media in the mid-2000s. They were popular because of the complete control they gave the user over the forms of content they received on the various applications attuned to their usage. This form of content distribution has been at the heart of many digital media phenomena such as podcast hosting and blogging due to the streamlined and user-centric design of RSS feeds which allow consumers to subscribe to their favorite content.

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Social media continues to surge as a channel for businesses to market themselves and engage with customers. And with its continued growth and popularity, there is no shortage of social media “how-to” advice out there directed at businesses trying to scale up.

If you make it a point to keep up with social media trends, you’ve likely found at least some overlap in these tips—but every so often, there are unconventional or uncommon practices that can lead to great results. As experts in social media marketing, the members of Young Entrepreneur Council shared their most surprising social media tips—that truly work—and how you can take advantage for your business.

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How have the rise of social media and spread of misinformation changed the news media landscape?

As a major election year nears and the public questions the role of Facebook in combating misinformation, Andrew Pergam, director of governance and strategic initiatives at Facebook, gave a glimpse of what is happening behind the scenes at the social media company during a symposium at the University of Utah on Friday.

Misinformation is one of the companys most pressing and scrutinized issues, he said. We are under an immense amount of pressure to do more to tackle viral information more quickly.

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When was the last time you watched a video on Facebook? What about Instagram or Twitter?

My guess is that it was probably within the last day.

The reason for this guess is because video continues to be one of the most powerful forms of content on social media. You can not take a digital step without coming face-to-face with a video – and there is a reason for this.

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Let us inhale the vapors of the Sacred Tree and pull back the mists of time to reveal one of the most ancient and storied forms of internet content distribution: the RSS feed.

RSS feeds have existed since before the advent of social media in the mid-2000s. They were popular because of the complete control they gave the user over the forms of content they received on the various applications attuned to their usage. This form of content distribution has been at the heart of many digital media phenomena such as podcast hosting and blogging due to the streamlined and user-centric design of RSS feeds which allow consumers to subscribe to their favorite content.

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With another US Presidential election on the way in 2020, we can expect the debate around fake news to once again ramp up, and become a key focus of discussion as we look at how political influence spreads online.

What if Fake News Is Not the Real Problem on Social Media?

None of us are getting out of this alive. With the advent of consumer tech and the internet, you can now make your wishes known in a myriad of ways. For starters, if you are wondering where’s the best place to make sure your loved ones follow your will directives and have access to your passwords, you can do this online.

Specialty sites can store all your important documents from wills, trusts and passwords to your funeral preferences. While most sites are subscription-based, there is a free option that is HIPPA-compliant with secured bank-level encryption.

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A few months ago, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales launched a new platform called WikiTribune Social – or WT:Social for short. Unlike Facebook, the Wikipedia social network isn’t designed to generate profit by leveraging user data. Thus far, it has a modest membership, but Wales doesn’t seem interested in jousting with Facebook. Instead, it sounds like he is hoping to offer a refuge from it.

Some critics have highlighted the ways certain social media sites are purposefully designed to be addictive. That can help make them successful, but it can take a toll on users.

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The SEO landscape is very dynamic. Sure, some things stay the same: put relevant keywords in your titles, make it a priority to optimize for mobile users, etc.

But other things continue changing in a never-ending spiral. This year, Google, along with other huge platforms, is trying more and more to be the end destination of their users journeys.

This, more than anything, defines major SEO trends for 2020.

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Social media has been one of only a handful of sectors that is benefiting from the stay-at-home environment. Social distancing has forced social interactions online for the time being, but investors looking to capitalize on the surge in social media usage be surprised at the big winner.

On Friday, DataTrek Research co-founder Nicholas Colas said the biggest social media winner from the COVID-19 era is not Facebook, Inc.
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Instead, teen-oriented video platform TikTok has seen the biggest surge in Google search volume over the last 90 days. TikTok is owned by the private Chinese company ByteDance.

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Colas said Facebook and Twitter saw only a small bounce in worldwide Google search volume since global lockdowns went into effect. In the chart below, searches for Snapchat have demonstrated a similar trend, while searches for TikTok have steadily risen over the last 90 days.

Fred Warner has watched Super Bowl LIV a few times, and he knows what went wrong against the Chiefs.

Joe Staley left 49ers guard Laken Tomlinson with some valuable lessons.

"It is heartening to note that many PMBJKs are using modern communication tools including social media platforms like Whatsapp to provide better services in effecting faster delivery of essential medicines to the needy," Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers DV Sadananda Gowda said.

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If we want CSS4 to be a thing it is necessary to define it a little more. However, that does not mean it’s necessary to divide all existing CSS modules into CSS3 and CSS4 buckets. This article discusses these issues, and goes through some of the feedback to my original article.

Responses

My article led to a few responses. Louis Lazaris disagrees with me, and thinks we should stick to the individual modules, as we do today. I leave it to Dan Q to summarise my disagreement:

Nobody’s going to buy a book that promises to teach them “CSS3 Selectors Level 3, Fonts Level 3, Writing Modes Level 3, and Containment Level 1”: that title’s not even going to fit on the cover. But if we wrapped up a snapshot of what’s current and called it CSS4… now that’s going to sell.

In a comment, Ilya Streltsin points out that there are too many CSS modules, which makes them less suitable for high-level teaching and marketing. A list of twelve modules is inherently more boring than “CSS4.”

Still, Louis isn’t entirely wrong. We need to say something about what CSS4 is. Chris Coyier and Timothy Miller have some ideas that I’ll get back to below.

I think we should pick two or so modules that would become poster children for “CSS4,” mostly to raise awareness and enthusiasm among web developers who don’t follow CSS too closely.

CSS4 is undefined

Picking two or so modules is not the same as going through all of CSS and deciding which parts are CSS3 and which are CSS4. Therefore Johan Ronsse’s fears are unfounded:

As a teacher of sorts, I for one don’t want to explain the difference between CSS3 and CSS4 to junior web devs. There is simply no point. CSS is just CSS. We should be happy that it’s stable. We should be happy that we dropped the 3.

CSS modules are not CSS3 or CSS4; they’re just CSS. The term “CSS4” is meant to draw people to your teaching, but once you have their attenton you largely drop the term and just teach them what they need to know.

Instead of attempting to define it, we should airily refer to CSS4 but be rather vague about what it means exactly. That allows people to project their own feelings and ideas onto it. CSS4 is here, and it means whatever you want it to mean. Now come and learn. It’s cool!

Remember: this is a marketing exercise; not a technical description of CSS.

Setting minds at ease

Nonetheless, in order to prove that CSS4 is cool we need a few example modules. “Learn CSS4! It allows you to do X and Y!” Which modules should we pick?

When I was a history teacher, long ago, I learned one valuable trick: when writing tests for students, always start with a simple question that all of them know the answer to. The purpose is to put the students’ minds at ease and make them feel they know at least something about the topic.

For instance, if they have to learn the chapter on the French Revolution, start the test by asking “In which year did the French Revolution take place?” The chapter prominently states the answer, 1789, in the first two paragraphs, so you can be reasonably certain that almost all students have actually learned this by heart. So they’ll sigh a breath of relief, give the correct answer, and gain more confidence for the rest of the test.

I feel we should do something similar f0r CSS4. One of the modules we tout as “CSS4” should be one that even people who’re not all that good in CSS have used and know a little bit. That’ll make them feel that they already know something about the subject, so the rest shouldn’t be too hard. It will draw them in.

CSS4 — the known parts

Chris Coyier created a draft list, and Timothy Miller added a few ideas. The first module Chris mentions is Flexbox, but he notes it may be too old. Sadly, I must concur. Flexbox would have been a brilliant “set-your-mind-at-ease-CSS4-is-not-as-hard-as-you-think” module, because almost everyone has heard of it, and plenty of people who are otherwise not terribly into CSS have used it.

Unfortunately it’s really too old: if we’d use it as our poster child people might lose the suspension of disbelief that’s necessary for the CSS4 trick to work. “Huh? Flexbox? But that’s been around for ages!”

Grid is the obvious next option. It’s not too old, and some people have heard of it and use it. On the other hand, I learned doing research for the book that there are some web developers who feel they don’t have to learn Grid because they already know Flexbox. And both are for layout, right? So why learn two?

As an argument this does not make any sense, but the fact that this ideas is floating out there means using Grid as a poster child might backfire. (I’m not sure; I’m just guessing here. But my gut feeling says that Grid is the wrong module.) Update: I changed my mind: grid should definitely be part of CSS4.

For now I settled on CSS custom properties (or variables) as my choice. They are in use, but they’re not yet old news. More importantly, custom properties allow local scope in CSS, and that is quite important to JavaScripters and might draw them to the right articles and teachings.

I’m not quite sure yet if this is the best module — I’m open to arguments. But I have to say something, and this is where I stand right now.

CSS4 — the unknown parts

In addition to the well-known set-your-mind-at-ease module we should also have soemthing that’s really, really new. The idea would be to tout two modules as “CSS4.” People would lose their fear after recognizing custom properties, while the other module would intrigue them, and they’d be excited to learn about it.

But which module? I’m not sure. Chris mentions Houdini, CSS nesting, variable fonts, and offset paths as possibilities. Timothy adds media queries level 4 to the list. Chris also says:

Lemme just say I will personally spearhead this thing if container queries can get done and we make that a part of it.

Container queries would be suitable. Developers who predominantly use JavaScript would like to have them.

Unfortunately they’re not there yet. So although they’re an excellent choice for a future module (“CSS4 will eventually include container queries”), they won’t help us right now.

So ... does anyone have a useful suggestion for a new CSS module that is not well known yet, applies to more than just a subset of CSS, and that we can start teaching right now? (Lack of general applicability is my problem with variable fonts and offset paths.)

Houdini? I’m afraid its complexity will detract from learning simple CSS, so I’m not sold. Level 4 media queries? I feel there’s too little difference with level 3.

So I don’t know right now. I’ll continue to think about this, and meanwhile I’d appreciate hints and ideas.