March 2010
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gary:
Excited to be doing this event, hope I see a bunch of NYC peeps there, it should be really good
February 2010
51 posts
Could You Have Passed 8th Grade in 1895?
Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they only had an 8th grade education?
This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina, Kansas, USA .
It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina and reprinted by the Salina Journal.
8th Grade Final Exam: Salina, KS 1895
Grammar (Time, one hour)
1. Give...
Watch@kevinrose talks about his upcoming book with @harperstudio, the writer…..and the overly exuberant editor who blogged about it before the deal was signed.
Take-Aways From Tools of Change 2010 →
re-set Business →
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Take-Aways From Tools of Change 2010
I’ve been hearing a lot of chatter that there wasn’t much new to learn at this year’s Tools of Changeconference. In fact I heard the same things said about Digital Book World. I don’t know…..that’s not at all what I take away from these things. I attend a lot of conferences, even ones that have nothing to do with publishing. In fact, one of my all time favorites was Brad Inman’s Real...
“I had a show. Then I had a different show. Now I have a Twitter account.”
– Conan O’Brien’s Twitter Bio (via aquabooks)
WatchChatRoulette, explained in under 6 minutes. This doc. + NY Magazine story = all you need to know.
bigcrush:
spiegelman:
An awesome minidoc study on ChatRoulette
This is great. Watch it.
Snow Day at the Hospital →
WALL ST. JOURNAL: The human brain has shrunk 10%... →
mikehudack:
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inothernews:
This is a fascinating read in today’s WSJ on how parts of the body have changed over the past 5,000 / 10,000 / 50,000 years. It points out that evolution of the human body not only allowed us to survive - it has actually led to “today’s most pressing health problems, such as cancer, obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.” (Subscription may be...
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Thought Leaders — And Eggs →
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Thought Leaders- And Eggs
Yes, you heard that right. We’re hosting a breakfast with Vanity Fair called Re-Set Business.
Vanity Fair is our media partner, and Seth Godin is the host/moderator. The four panelists are Anna Bernasek, Michael Eisner, Tom Peters and Gary Vaynerchuk, so we are guaranteed a provocative conversation about what it will take to succeed in the “re-set” business world ahead.
It’s taking place...
“Unread counts cause mental blocks, [David Karp] said, and they’re the reason...”
– I’d add “email” to the list of what this is true for, for me. My entire life has become one “life stream.” I dip in and out and try not to feel badly about not seeing it all.
this is true of both tumblr and twitter for me. i see what i see and i miss what i miss
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Sometimes It’s Worth Going the Extra Mile (Lessons... →
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A Novel to be Savored Like a Gourmet Meal →
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A Novel to be Savored Like a Gourmet Meal
I’ve been wanting to write something about Martha McPhee’s upcoming book, Dear Money, but I’ve been having trouble articulating what I want to say.
It’s a gorgeous book — delicate, elegant, subtle and lyrical — and yet it took me an embarrassing amount of time to read, and I think the point I want to make is somewhere in that; It’s to be savored like a gourmet meal — and that’s not a bad...
Editorial Alchemy: When an Article Becomes a Book... →
fimoculous:
And on the eighth day, God took away ChatRoulette, GoogleBuzz, Tumblr, and Twitter, screaming across the land: GET THE FUCK BACK TO WORK.
Greatest Michael Jackson Tribute EVER →
The Economics of Integrity: Why Toyota Will... →
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The Real World →
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The Real World
I made 2 New Year’s resolutions for 2010.
1) Try to expand my food repertoire by cooking a recipe from a cookbook once a week. I’ve already broken this resolution after my first few recipes were flops.
2) Get out in the real world more. Everyone’s talking about online marketing and social networking these days…but I want to give a plug for getting together in real life too.
Yesterday I saw...
Generalization Fail
glecharles:
When you’re ranting about the evils of “Big Publishing”, it helps to remember that for every My Life Outside the Ring, there’s also Boneshaker, and The Poetry of Pablo Neruda, and the entire First Second catalog! All of those happen to fall under the Macmillan umbrella.
I’m not saying publishing isn’t all screwed up right now, because it damn sure is, but it’s also full of people...
Barnes, meet Noble →
Watchgood one
Gen Y Asks “Why Not” →