January 2010
50 posts
marianschembari:
A Gen Y Reaction to Macmillan’s Piracy Plan http://bit.ly/cSR9ga
“Share things that you are most excited about. Share things you find, love, hate...”
– Five social media tips for indie musicians | Technology | Los Angeles Times
Good quote!
(via thegrammys)
(via john)
Rubber Room Episode on This American Life →
“The New York teachers’ union was launched in 1960 and led in the early...”
– Time Magazine, Why We Are Failing Our Schools
david:
Meaghano: are you READING?!!!?
I was reading. Then I had to blog a quote and got distracted.
I’m starting to recognize some of the iPad’s shortcomings as an ebook reader. Or maybe they’re just my shortcomings…
Postscript: J. D. Salinger: Back Issues : The New... →
briandee:
Read. And read again.
“I’ve always hoped against hope that Salinger did not stop writing, that he’d...”
– Daring Fireball’s John Gruber: J.D. Salinger, Dead at 91 (via briandee)
Kevin Connolly Takes It to the Extreme →
“I know, people will piss and moan about the stuff this administration hasn’t...”
– Anil Dash (via soupsoup)
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Dear Internets: It's NewsDAY that has the failed... →
(via newsweek)
An Embarrassment of Riches →
HBO’s Thing for Autism →
The Sixty One →
Wow. That is very cool. Love this site.
newsweek:
mikehudack:
Absolutely beautiful music discovery engine. Hat tip to Rafi Mama.
Nwk loves, loves, loves this. Very cool
An Ongoing Lack of Imagination in Pricing (of...
maggiehilliard:
Interesting post about lack of creativity in digital pricing from Albert Wenger.
continuations:
Yesterday brought two announcements and one rumor that all relate to the pricing of digital content: the New York Times announced that it plans to add a paywall in 2011, Amazon announced that it will offer authors a 70% royalty rate, and book publishers are apparently trying to...
Clay Shirky: “Not enough women have what it takes... →
Crush It, the Remix →
You Say Piracy Like It’s a Bad Thing →
“As if the journalism job landscape weren’t terrifying enough, now you’ve got to...”
– (did I mention that Ryan is writing a book for HarperStudio?)
Ryan Tate, Hack to Hacker: Rise of The Journalist-Programmer (via soupsoup)
i didn’t take any sort of computer science course until my senior year, and the 101 course i took i LOVED. i am kicking myself for not spending my credit hours...
WatchPecha Kucha presentation from tonight at Bower Poetry Bar. Did I mention that I <3 @glecharles & @ami_with_an_i for setting this up? Can’t wait to go see the next one in April.
Creative Hero #01: Ryan Murphy →
The Do's and Don'ts of Online Publicity, For Some...
lindsayrobertson:
[This is long and obvious, but it’s been driving me nuts for years. So here is my Guide to Online Publicity (For Dummies).]
There’s a question that has been bugging me for years: why are 99% of publicists and promotion/marketing people complete useless failures when it comes to blogs and online outlets? I keep waiting for the industry to figure things out and catch up, but it...
When Fiction Becomes Reality →
Once a Bestseller, Always a Bestseller? →
Take a minute to block Facebook from indexing you... →
soupsoup:
peterfeld:
Take a minute to read this Mashable post and if you’ve been delaying till now, I think you’ll agree:
It’s time to block Facebook from indexing you with Google.
A. Why should you keep your Facebook profile off Google?
1) Embarrassment. First things first! Say you belong to some silly group a friend invited you to, or you friend-requested Julia Allison and she used her...
A Moment of Optimism →
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A Moment of Optimism
About a year and a half ago I had the pleasure of meeting Gretchen Rubin in person, though I’d been following her on Twitter for some time before that. I was supposed to give a talk to authors about the power of the tools on the internet, and when the list of authors was sent out and I saw Gretchen’s name on it, I immediately called her and told her SHE should be leading the workshop, not...
How to wash dishes in an office
marco:
Stack as many dishes, glasses, and mugs in the sink as you can get to fit in it. Be sure to include as much leftover food as possible, especially if it came from the ocean. There should be no more than 1 inch of clearance between the top of the stack and the faucet’s opening.
Saturate the sponge, then hide it somewhere in the middle of the stack.
Pour coffee over the stack.
“A lot of the people who read a bestselling novel, for example, do not read much...”
– The Economist via (via mudd up!) (via ericmortensen)(via jasencomstock) (via jaimeleigh)
This is true. And it’s double edged to the point where it’s the reason I haven’t read any of the Harry Potters (heard I’m missing out), the DaVinci Code (eh), and anything Twilight (ye gods).
(via peterwknox)
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A Book Full of Curious Looks →
Christopher S. Stewart to Write Book About Lost... →
Best Blogs of 2009 →
So honored to be on that list too!
newsweek:
fimoculous:
It’s the only thing I do all year that could legitimately be called link bait: Best Blogs of 2009. A few snippets: The Awl:
The Awl is too good to exist, or so goes much of the catty banter in the media business scene. There is seldom a conversation of The Awl lately that doesn’t ask, “How the hell will they make money?” But let’s set...
Today in It's Funny Until it Happens to You
wordstudio:
newsweek:
Rachel Sklar’s “Next Year in Media” piece for the Daily Beast is smart and insightful. It’s also, here, a little mean (emphasis ours):
At the end of 2009, Jennifer 8. Lee took a buyout from The New York Times. I wonder if her 9,250 Twitter followers really care. I first saw her name on Gawker, and have read more about her than I have by her. Not that she isn’t a fine...
