January 2010
26 posts
to the girl in my class that just said, “i feel like such a douchebag, but international headlines are just not interesting”: I appreciate that you prefaced it, but really? how can you be in a journalism class and not care about what’s happening in the world?
How and Where to Donate to Haiti (and Avoid Scams)... →
I know everyone already knows or has heard of a lot, if not all of this, but I thought this was a decent overview.
Fahrenheit 451… Book burning as done by... →
A really good overview of books and the public domain today.
“the first istanbul TEDx conference is themed around ‘resetting...”
– designboom guest speaker at TEDx istanbul
i am so upset that I missed the prague one.
Study Finds Newspapers Lead in Providing New... →
shaneguiter:
There are more places to go for local news but less news to find there, and the great majority of actual reporting still comes from newspapers, according to a study of the Baltimore area that is scheduled to be released on Monday.
Looking at six major story lines that developed over one week last July, 83 percent of the reports in local news media “were essentially repetitive,...
A Clothing Clearance Where More Than Just the... →
melper:
Nice job, H&M
NYTimes: My American Friends
annagoesabroad:
From The New York Times: LETTER FROM LONDON: My American Friends “Like many Europeans, I always feel good about myself in America; I feel appreciated, liked.” “Yes, this is the bright secret of life in the United States: Americans are not just friendly and polite — they are also charming. And the most charming thing of all is that it rarely looks like charm.”...
Op-Ed Guest Columnist: Bono - Ten for the Next Ten... →
shaneguiter:
If we have overindulged in anything these past several days, it is neither holiday ham nor American football; it is Top 10 lists. We have been stuffed full of them. Even in these self-restrained pages, it has been impossible to avoid the end-of-the-decade accountings of the 10 best such-and-suches and the 10 worst fill-in-the-blanks.
And so, in the spirit of rock star excess, I...
Why Twitter Will Endure - NYTimes.com →
A really wonderful and thorough look at Twitter and its staying power.
Happy New Years, everyone. I should probably do some sort of forward-looking or backwards-looking post, but I’m feeling too lazy and tired to do that. Instead: good luck, everyone, with keeping your New Year’s resolutions.
Phoebe: I had a similar problem when I lived in Prague.
Chandler: Prague?
Phoebe: So much you don't know.