Media
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Sorkin and Carr Discuss the News
Director Aaron Sorkin’s conversation with NY Times columnist (and intrepid memoirist) David Carr for Interview Magazine delves into the territory of addiction, journalistic journeys and the state of news media. He uncovers much about the state of journalism in these…
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Danya Glabau’s Tech Links
Here’s some nice internet doomsdayism for your Monday: people only see things they like online. Oh, and traditional journalism is still dying because of the internet. Let’s just call today “internet hoax day”: the voice of the Syrian rebellion is fake,…
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A Note to My Fellow White Males
Dear Dudes: As a fellow white male, I understand how tough it is to get oneself noticed above the din of all the other white male voices out there.
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Erin Rose’s Tech Links
A little corporate hypocrisy for yr Friday: Apple rips off student’s rejected iPhone app. One positive outcome of Weinergate: Congress members are tweeting a lot less. The age of international Internet regulation is upon us. What price would you pay…
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Danya Glabau’s Tech Links
There’s a lot going on in the security world right now. First, Lockheed Martin was compromised. There was the series of Sony hacks, and the newest round of Gmail hacks. Then, just as a judge says that banks aren’t really…
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Erin Rose’s Tech Links
Does Facebook’s new facial recognition system violate users’ privacy? One in 4 US hackers is actually an FBI informer. They’re testing out the new IPv6 internet protocol today. What can tech savvy political activists learn from the balloon info battle…
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Erin Rose’s Tech Links
Will the next big thing in ecommerce be online pawn shops? A preview of Apple’s iOS 5 operating system for iPhone/iPad. Who woulda thunk? Kindles now make up nearly 10% of Amazon’s business, and that number’s still growing. Nintendo unveils…
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“Freewheeling Essays, to Be Consumed With a Cocktail”
“The excellent thing about Between Parentheses is how thoroughly it dispels any incense or stale reverence in the air. It’s a loud, greasy, unkempt thing.” Dwight Garner at The New York Times reviews Between Parentheses, a collection of Roberto Bolaño’s…
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Danya Glabau’s Tech Links
Apple held its big yearly news event, known as WWDC, today. Highlights include a new version of OSX, called Lion, that will only be available online, new mobile operating system iOS 5, greater Twitter integration for the iPhone, and a…
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YA Fiction Feud
This weekend twitter hosted a feud on the subject of young adult fiction, spurred by Meghan Cox Gurdon’s article in the Wall Street Journal, detailing the perils of contemporary young adult fiction. According to Gurdon, young adult fiction “can be…
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Bye Bye, Boss
“Jesus spent three days in Hell. … I could only handle one.” Jack Shafer has published a collection of what “fired or resigned journalists wrote to their bosses on the way out” (the quote above is from Richard Morgan, “who…
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Jill Abramson
“Jill Abramson, a former investigative reporter who rose to prominence as a Washington correspondent and editor, will become the next executive editor of The New York Times, succeeding Bill Keller, who is stepping down to become a full-time writer for…