Morning Coffee
I’m not going to lie to you, all of these things are awesome. Hey guess what, some sharks can turn invisible. Maps that changed the world. Let’s take a look…
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A MODERN READER #2: And That’s It, More or Less
When I was in college, I had a crush on Ugly Duckling Presse the way 17 year-olds in 1958 had a crush on Jack Kerouac.
Is Adobe Dying?
“The bottom line? Adobe Books, as it exists now, will not exist in a year or so.” At the just launched Bay Citizen Reyhan Harmanci reports on the unsure future…
A Second Set of Eyes
“This wide disparity in editing editorial content isn’t wildly surprising; the disparity has grown markedly over the last decade, and certainly the blogosphere making each one of us our own…
10/40/70 #9: The Descent
This ongoing experiment in film writing freezes a film at 10, 40, and 70 minutes, and keeps the commentary as close to those frames as possible. This week, I examine…
“Facebook Announces New Privacy Features”
“The theme here is clearly ‘simple’ — an easier way to stop sharing information with people, websites and applications that you don’t want to have access.” Facebook does some damage…
“Graphic Novel”
“I thought it would never catch on. It’s a terrible term. They’re not novels; most of them are memoirs, in fact. ‘Graphic’ implies an illustrated novel; that’s not what it…
Oh, Garrison
I came across this piece in the NY Times by Garrison Keillor bemoaning the new world of self-publishing via the twitter feed of Austin Kleon, who suggested Keillor should “just…
Tune of the Day
Artists: Wiley (featuring Jodie Connor & J2K) Song: “Electric Boogaloo (Find A Way)”
Sam Lipsyte at HTMLGIANT
Tomorrow, Thursday May 27, at 9pm EST (6pm PST) Sam Lipsyte will give a live, online reading from his book The Ask over at HTMLGIANT. The reading will be followed…