May 2013
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Cameron Russell: Looks aren't everything. Believe... →
Profound.
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April 2013
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March 2013
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February 2013
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“In less than a decade, Wikipedia has grown from a frequently ridiculed...”
– R. Stuart Geiger and Aaron Halfaker, Using Edit Sessions to Measure Participation in Wikipedia (PDF).
FJP: That’s approximately 11,720 years of peer production.
(via futurejournalismproject)
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“The web is very much the first draft of history, a rough-cut, it still has to be...”
– FT editor Lionel Barber on the difference between web and print. WTF.
Financial Times editor Lionel Barber: ‘News now is not the newspaper’ | Media | The Guardian
(via felixsalmon)
Robert Reich: Coming Tuesday (Hopefully): The... →
robertreich:
If you’re sitting in the well of the House when a president gives a State of the Union address (as I’ve had the privilege of doing five times), the hardest part is on the knees. You’re required to stand and applaud every applause line, which means, if you’re in the cabinet or an elected official…
Picking up the blog thing again →
On why parents make us who we are, part I…
January 2013
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Diggin’ The Cramps this morning…
December 2012
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21st cent. Mannheim School, minimalism, sonic wash...
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Wild Beasts →
New Order. The Pet Shop Boys. The 80s are really back…
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dont think me unkind/words are hard to find....
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Echo and the Bunnymen in the 21st century. digit.
August 2012
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My favorite Beethoven Symphony is definitely No....
July 2012
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Friday at noon:
Where I hope to be Thursday:
Something that’s really inspired me lately…
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The Police just kicked serious a#$ back in the...
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Early Records: Tattoo You, One for the Road
First paper route, 1981, Stamford CT. I saved my paper money to buy the Panasonic version of the Sony Walkman. Then I did what most kids did growing up in my era: I obsessed over the perfect mixtape.
That year, I bought several albums at the local Caldor, which was walking distance to my house. My paper route earnings were such that all I could really afford were records at discount store...
June 2012
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“We need a massive infusion of youth. Students in today’s best journalism...”
– Tim J. McGuire, the Frank Russell Chair for the business of journalism at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, in his piece, This I Believe (about journalism, newspapers and the future of media).
It’s an incredible thought piece.
McGuire starts by...
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This tree has shaded Arlington Court for as long...
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If you live here in Charleston, W.Va., I hope you...
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Been gone awhile from home...
“Sometimes, just living life is hard.” A good friend of mine told me that once, in the middle of my parent’s separation and divorce. That was about 12 years ago, and her words stuck with me.
It’s been a tough haul these past 10 months. I could take this space to chronicle what I have referred to in conversations with friends as a “Job year.” But that seems...
May 2012
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The creative life
This speech from Neil Gaiman is great. Good reminder to prioritize making good art, no matter what, is what matters most to the creative person. “When you have a bad day,” he says, “make good art.”
April 2012
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Going Home...
Headed to NYC at the last minute this weekend.
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“There is something in us, as storytellers and as listeners to stories, that...”
– Flannery O’Connor on Redemption
March 2012
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“so true: Writing cannot express words fully; words cannot express thoughts...”
– The Book of Changes, c. 350 BC (via laphamsquarterly)
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Washington Post →
Less than 25% of Americans, according to this poll, think the President is hostile toward religion. Interesting.
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