Listening to On The Media's report on Lisa Simeone this morning, because I ran into a friend on Saturday who heard on Democracy Now that she was fired for "attending a protest," which I'm tempted to say is why I don't listen to Democracy Now. Mostly I find ...
I've been working on a project called Nutshell, a sort of proof of concept. I could write up "occupywallstreet" but I don't think it rises to the occasion. I might write up something about Travellers, since they seem to be making the news here, but there's more parsing than background to it, because of course, the history of most Gypsies is one of eviction. Note: Travellers aren't Romani. Still: call them travelers and then tell them to hit the road. For now: Travellers facing eviction from Dale Farm gipsy camp have their own homes in Ireland - (Telegraph). I'm trying to decide how much and how often Nutshell makes sense.
Plenty of people are asking good questions about whether social media matters. So I'm putting a couple of studies on my reading list. Soupsoup (via Kenyatta/Elspethjane/Tumblr in general, speaking of social.) Two interesting reports out today. One from Aol/Nielsen shows that 66% of content is ...
I've told this story before and I'm sure I'll tell it again and it evolves a little every time I tell it, becomes a little more elaborate. When I write my memoirs I promise not to spin it into my own personal experience. But it goes like this, approximately. First, ...
Not a secret: milk prices are heavily regulated in New York state. Also not a secret: compliance is rare and price gouging is common. We buy our milk at the green market most weeks, but we were deep in the Cherokee National Forest last weekend (actually, ...
Cross posted from the Idealab. When he's not toasting escapism, our tireless editor Mark Glaser has been asking why reporting costs so much. I can't tell you much about investigative reporting (a $400,000 product of which started the conversation), except to ...
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