Media
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Danya Glabau’s Tech Links
Are you ready for a Twitter-based Obama town hall-style meeting? I guess it sucks to work at RIM, maker of the ubiquitous BlackBerry, these days. Troubled News Corporation asset MySpace has long been spammy, but now it’s going to be owned…
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Erin Rose’s Tech Links
MySpace was just sold. Again. Hackers have busted into a database of US military personnel. A video of NASA (successfully) testing their new hovering robotic lander. Cool. Why yes, I have been looking at these weird WWII gas helmets for…
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How Does He Do It?
Being overwhelmed by the myriad distractions and endless information floating around the universe can feel a personal struggle. How come it seems like everybody else can deal with it so calmly? This is how Gay Talese, one of the most…
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Erin Rose’s Tech Links
The + project, Google’s answer to social networking, launched today. The Supreme Court sayz: Cali can’t ban selling violent video games to kids. The hacking group LulzSec is disbanding. A long-exposure photo of a Roomba’s path. Some canned responses to…
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Site for Cities
A new destination awaits the city dwellers, lovers, and planners among us. Yesterday The Atlantic announced its plans to launch The Atlantic Cities in September. The imminent site will be “dedicated to the global cities and neighborhoods where we live,…
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Time for a Digital Diet?
Anybody feeling the “encroachment of the buzz,” the multitudinous distractions that prevent us from concentrating on a book? Johann Hari is offering survival tips for these distracting times. “A book has a different relationship to time than a TV show…
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What Would A Kid Say About Go the Fuck to Sleep?
Seems like big kids and parents alike are getting a lot of writing mileage out of Go the Fuck to Sleep, Adam Mansbach’s playfully honest plea to his daughter to expedite her bedtime rituals. The book and its hype have…
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E-Publishers’ Guides to Writing Books
Ever heard of this guy? Chances are you haven’t, but one peek at that link will show you just how much you’re missing out on. Manuel Ortiz Braschi is one of the most prolific self-publishers on Amazon’s Kindle site and,…
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Danya Glabau’s Tech Links
Hacker group LulzSec, after almost two months of chaos, called a truce on Saturday. But their hacktivist buddies Anonymous say there’s no end in sight for them. Plus, if you do it right, hacking can land you a sweet job. There’s…
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John Locke Remix
There’s a new John Locke who is less known for his philosophy on natural rights, and is more famous for his e-book success. In fact, he is “the first self-published author to sell a million Kindle e-books,” which makes him…
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The History of Media in New Forms
On the Media’s Brooke Gladstone is discussing the media in new forms without losing the intimacy that the radio provides listeners. Her book, The Influencing Machine traces the history of publishing and media in cartoon-form (drawn by Josh Neufeld). You…
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New Site For Nonfiction Lovers
There’s a new literary website, claiming that enviable title “the Pandora of narrative nonfiction.” Byliner.com compiles writer profile pages, full of long-form stories gathered from all corners of the web, recommends authors to users and is purpoted to assist new…