April 2012
110 posts
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“Opponents of marriage equality have never been able to show any evidence that...”
– Bigotry on the Ballot - NYTimes.com
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“Who thinks it’s cool to bully nuns? While continuing to heal and educate, the...”
– Bishops Play Church Queens as Pawns - NYTimes.com
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“until the prime example of an innovative major corporation ceases to be Procter...”
– When Will This Low-Innovation Internet Era End? | Wired Opinion | Wired.com
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“If New York is a wise guy, Paris a coquette, Rome a gigolo and Berlin a wicked...”
– A Profile of London by A.A. Gill - NYTimes.com
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“Average bosses consider their company to be a machine with employees as cogs....”
– Geoffrey James
(via Management Secrets: Core Beliefs of Great Bosses | Inc.com)
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“Most of my female friends picked up copies of Seventeen or Teen Vogue. I chose a...”
– Blogs are projects, too // Tess Rinearson blogs.
I met Tess at #witsphl on Saturday. She is poised, articulate and eighteen years old.
There is hope for the world.
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“On Jan. 1, after a new state law targeting Mexican-American studies courses that...”
– Racial Lens Used to Cull Curriculum in Arizona - NYTimes.com
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“Programmers and journalists create similar value — or they could. Each makes...”
– Journalism Inside® | BuzzMachine
“Was I sensitive this time because the soldier wasn’t a nameless African? Perhaps...”
– Tim Hetherington, from a chapter in Photographs Not Taken, a new book of essays by more than 60 photographers about times when they couldn’t, or wouldn’t, take a picture. Hetherington died from wounds suffered while covering the Libyan civil war in 2011. Via Time Lightbox.
If you’re in New York...
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“Trinidad remains a nation both parochial and international in its collision of...”
– Is Just a Movie - FT.com
Not quite the whole story there, FT.
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“this is a full-throated medley about identity and independence; love and...”
– Paris Review – A Badjohn in Harlem: An Afternoon with Earl Lovelace , Anderson Tepper
Lovelace. So good.
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“If we strip out distribution, promotion and marketing as core competencies, the...”
– Media: What’s Past is Prologue
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The Options Tweeters You Need to Follow Now |... →
In which @businessinsider is described as “content farm and slide-show exhibitionist”
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“Paper has turned out to be tenacious. This is because paper is awesome.”
– Paper Is Dead. Long Live Paper! | Design | Wired.com
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“Very few teams asking for money via Kickstarter have extensive, or even...”
– The PA Report - The ugly side of Kickstarter: the risks in backing game dev campaigns are greater than you think
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“There is not, and never has been, a form of DRM that effectively prevents...”
– HBO Decides It Still Isn’t Difficult Enough To Watch HBO Shows | Techdirt
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“One of the most important things I have to teach my students is that when you...”
– How Schools Can Teach Innovation - WSJ.com
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“If you take out every kid under 10 and every adult over 80, you have a market...”
– U.S. Wireless Seen Contracting After IPhone Binge: Tech - Bloomberg
via @moorehn
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Flavorwire » Awesome Infographic: Jessie Spano’s... →
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In Tennessee, a law that fines a teacher $50 for... →
seldo:
If the teacher refuses the fine they will face up to 30 days in jail. Guys, I’m telling you, keeping the south in the union was totally the wrong call.
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“6. Writer’s Block does not exist. Ideas come from everywhere. There’s a saying...”
– Advice From Auntie Mara, Part Two : Mara Wilson Writes Stuff
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“I don’t agree with the argument that “everyone should know how to code”, but I...”
– Ent! - program OriginStory;
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“The ongoing death of newspapers is not about changes in journalism, or the need...”
– On the Difference Between Google and Journalism
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“Black Beauty, Anna Sewell – Tears. Tears. Why couldn’t anyone be both nice...”
– Really Good Books That Happen to Be Free For the Kindle: Part One | The Hairpin
This book made me cry so much. In my youth. Obviously.
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“If the motion picture were an art form that involved the olfactory senses - in...”
– Arundhati Roy, Walking with Comrades (via lotus-eyes)
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“If you’re a woman or a minority (and I have to make the distinction...”
– Adventures in Capitalism: Speak Up, Silicon Valley
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“Fortunate individuals may identify with one or more ethnic influences which they...”
– So what are you anyway? | The Coloured Collective
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Watchduckandroll:
Hologram/CG Tupac performing at Coachella 2012
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EscherGirls →
trinichaos:
A blog for pictures of female characters in impossible or ridiculous poses or disturbing anatomy because the artists needed to show that they are sexy.
Inspired. Depressing.
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“All kinds of great ideas, from the Walkman to nacho chips, died in research with...”
– Want Breakthrough Ideas? First, Listen To The Freaks And Geeks | Co.Design: business innovation design
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“The actresses playing these true-to-life Gen Y losers are unusually privileged...”
– Lena Dunham’s ‘Girls’ Begins on HBO - NYTimes.com
The dynasties persist, redux.
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“this amazing stretch of Roosevelt Avenue isn’t just a road with some food...”
– Queens for the win.
A Midnight Street Food Tour of Queens with Jeff Orlick | Serious Eats : New York
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“Bloomberg did add one new element in the iPhone app: it gives readers a word...”
– Interesting.
Bloomberg Businessweek goes magazine-y on the iPhone » Nieman Journalism Lab
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In Japan, you'll soon be able to access ATMs with... →
Japan lives in the future.
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“As more social apps get acquired by the same companies, the concept of opting...”
– Why is Instagram worth $1 billion to Facebook and Zuckerberg? - Chicago Sun-Times
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“the records of every transaction I’ve ever made through Twitter would tell me...”
– Why is Instagram worth $1 billion to Facebook and Zuckerberg? - Chicago Sun-Times
via @maoxian
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