February 2012
6 posts
Feb 11th
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THE BEST HORSE_EBOOKS THING
celebraterickysargulesh: My friend Ben, who you can follow on Tumblr and Twitter, made the best toy I’ve ever seen. Ever. Indeed.
Feb 9th
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Feb 8th
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Feb 4th
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10 Questions with Chris Mohney, Editor-in-Chief of... →
chrismohney: Pretty happy with how this turned out EXCEPT FOR THE PHOTO WHICH IS A DECADE OLD though I recognize that’s no excuse. I’m so sorry about that photo. So, so sorry.
Feb 2nd
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So That's Happening
chrismohney: The popular social blogging site Tumblr is hiring writers and editors to cover the world of Tumblr. Chris Mohney, a senior vice president for content at BlackBook Media, will be the site’s editor in chief. Jessica Bennett, a senior writer and editor at Newsweek and The Daily Beast, will be the executive editor and, she said, a kind of Tumblr correspondent. YUP! Welcome aboard,...
Feb 2nd
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January 2012
11 posts
Jan 30th
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Jan 30th
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Jan 27th
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My only consolation re The Help’s four Oscar nominations is that the French version of the title is so hilariously saccharine it approaches parody: La Couleur des sentiments (“The Color of Feelings”). Seriously, though, last year was a parade of remarkable films; that’s not something you would conclude from these nominations.
Jan 24th
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“[T]he social, digital world is one where the biggest media companies have a much...”
– How sharing disrupts media | Felix Salmon
Jan 23rd
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Jan 20th
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Jan 15th
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“I believe that in our culture of simulation, the notion of authenticity is for...”
– Sherry Turkle, Alone Together via caitlinwinner (via christmasgorilla)
Jan 12th
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Scouting An Abandoned Cold War Missile Base Hidden... →
Jan 9th
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Would we be safer overall if we just accept a few... →
Hat tip to Adam for reminding me of the great IEEE blog.
Jan 5th
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Jan 5th
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December 2011
8 posts
Dec 20th
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Dec 20th
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“They had a rule of thumb, he explains: they would study no specific example of...”
– Michael Lewis on the King of Human Error | Culture | Vanity Fair I’m skeptical of books popularizing cognitive science (so many are too Gladwellish), but this looks like an exception.
Dec 14th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 7th
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New York Lottery's motto is "Hey, You Never Know" →
I would have gone with “Sometimes Not a Total Waste of Money.”
Dec 6th
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Dec 4th
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Dec 1st
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November 2011
11 posts
Nov 30th
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“Sitting in front of a TV certainly looks passive. But watching MTV made me want...”
– Dave Holmes, quoted in I Want My MTV, making me even happier to know he’s made a home on Tumblr.
Nov 29th
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“Leaving [the European Union] legally does not seem to be a viable option. The...”
– Given all the somewhat alarmist recent articles on the possibility of a Euro zone break-up, I was curious about what the mechanics of that would be. This report from UBS, which is surprisingly direct and at turns even funny, gets into the gruesome details.
Nov 26th
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“It appears that Tumblr built in a day or two what no D.C.-based technology...”
– MediaShift Idea Lab . #DontBreakTheInternet: How The Web Became a Political Force vs. SOPA | PBS
Nov 21st
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“Everybody wanted to direct music videos. It was like a drug; there was instant...”
– Beth Broday, producer, quoted in the oral history I Want My MTV compiled by Craig Marks I had never considered that music videos were not only a new kind of production, but production at a totally different speed from end to end. It took several years into the success of MTV (this is around 1986)...
Nov 21st
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That clears that up! (American sex ed edition)
Student: What if I want to have sex before I get married?
School nurse: Well, I guess you’ll just have to be prepared to die.
Nov 21st
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Nov 12th
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Nov 8th
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Nov 6th
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Nov 6th
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7th Tumblr Meetup in Berlin
I’ll be there — along with Evan and Tyler! tumblrmeetupberlin: Be part of the 7th Tumblr Meetup in Berlin! When? November 9, 2011 – 8.30 pm Where? Neu Bar Greifswalder Straße 218, 10405 Berlin Who? Everyone who loves the Tumblr community Please reblog this post and spread the message! Thank you. If you are reading this via your dashboard, please visit...
Nov 4th
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October 2011
12 posts
“EDITOR, n. A person who combines the judicial functions of Minos, Rhadamanthus...”
– The Devil’s Dictionary
Oct 28th
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“Amazon’s publishing house will be in service to a different idol, because...”
– Dennis Johnson, publisher at Melville House - Monopoly vs. Diversity in Book Publishing - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com
Oct 25th
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“88 percent of adults say they enjoy going to restaurants”
– National Restaurant Association 2011 Annual Report Are there honestly 37 million restaurant haters in the US? Who are you‽
Oct 24th
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“The abundance of independent music celebrated by CMJ is awash in paradoxes. The...”
– Jon Pareles - Critic’s Notebook: A Glut of Bands, Amid a Fog of Blaring Sound
Oct 24th
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Oct 17th
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Oct 16th
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Oct 14th
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“There is a crisis of leadership which is absolutely appalling. Politicians are...”
– Economist Carlota Perez in a must-watch interview by Fred Wilson
Oct 13th
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Oct 12th
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The market value for an NYC taxi medallion is $700,000.
Oct 5th
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Oct 3rd
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Oct 1st
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September 2011
7 posts
Sep 28th
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Wikipedia: Heavy metal umlaut →
Sep 24th
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