January 2010
26 posts
“As if the journalism job landscape weren’t terrifying enough, now you’ve got to...”
– Ryan Tate, Hack to Hacker: Rise of The Journalist-Programmer (via soupsoup)
i didn’t take any sort of computer science course until my senior year, and the 101 course i took i LOVED. i am kicking myself for not spending my credit hours more wisely, toward learning this increasingly necessary...
Conan's Enemy Isn't the 11:35 Slot, It's Any Time...
1015:
newsweek:
Summers, writing in Tech Shifts, on why Conan should abandon network TV altogether:
Conan has always appeared to be more interested than his late-night peers in pushing the comedic envelope. David Letterman may break the fourth wall and make characters out of his crew, and Jimmy Fallon may have experimented with Webisodes before his program launched. But only Conan will...
“I hate change. Always have. I despise innovation for innovation’s sake. (I am,...”
– The Future of Reading: Don’t worry. It might be better than you think. by John Green (via enthusiastick) (via fuckyeahnerdfighters)
i remember when brotherhood 2.0 started way back when and i watched john and hank talk to each other via vlogs every weekday. before then i was fangirling over looking...
tonight i went to a young women’s support group for type 1 diabetics. i skipped out of work a bit early to get there by six, counting for the necessary lost wandering that i do when i venture beyond midtown. i made it on time, but the hour of walking reared its ugly head as a mild but constant low throughout the meeting.
i met a bunch of lovely ladies of various ages and backgrounds. we...
“Perhaps fiction has, for me, served a similar purpose—what is a narrative...”
– American Wife, Curtis Sittenfeld
skimming
joanne mcneil at tomorrow museum:
Robin at Snarkmarket commented:
[William Gibson] said it’s like dipping a finger into the zeitgeist. It this river roaring past, and you’re just taking its temperature. The reason to go for scale—to subscribe to 700 feeds, not just 70—is to increase the chance of weird combinations, of unexpected collisions that reveal something new & interesting. To pile it...
“A lot of the people who read a bestselling novel, for example, do not read much...”
– The Economist via (via mudd up!) (via ericmortensen)(via jasencomstock) (via jaimeleigh)
This is true. And it’s double edged to the point where it’s the reason I haven’t read any of the Harry Potters (heard I’m missing out), the DaVinci Code (eh), and anything Twilight (ye gods).
(via peterwknox)
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