Category: Ideas
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Seven Inklings for 2007
Fire in the Evening by Paul Klee (I started this post out as a list of the most popular posts on this blog this year, and then immediately got bored with it, which I figured wasn’t a good sign of the prospects of you, dear readers, becoming bored as well. Hence, the following seven inklings/predictions/resolutions.)…
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Which newspaper will drop its print edition first?
Wired News prediction for 2007: “A major newspaper gives up printing on paper to publish exclusively online.” Howard Owens doesn’t think so: “Ain’t happening. There’s still too much revenue tied up in print and not enough online. A major newspaper — I’m taking this to mean a major metro — couldn’t support it’s current news…
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Surprises/No Surprises
Back from vacation and the first day back at the office, here are a few quick reviews and observations: Surprises Casino Royale: Best Bond ever? Maybe. Certainly a re-invention of the formula, with actual character development and relationships. Frankly, it was awesome. I was marking out the whole time. “OMG he ordered the drink for…
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Five things you might not know about me, but now I’ll tell you and ruin the opportunity to tell you these stories properly later
Okay. First things first, I don’t usually play the blog-tag game, and calling these things “memes” always makes me, Saussure, and Debord throw up a little in our mouths, as the saying goes. Does that count as the first thing? No? Fine. Here goes: I spent my 21st birthday in Central Booking in Manhattan. Lesson…
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What I spent time thinking about yesterday while you were at work
This is the view I had from here. (More.)
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Dream software package for online news: Your answers
Last week, out of curiosity — and the need to hand in a list to IT folks at work — I asked for your suggestions for software-that-costs-money for an online news PC. Here’s the list I started with: Photoshop Flash Dreamweaver SoundSlides Here’s what you added: For image editing: Fireworks or Aperture or Lightroom For…
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I was in Boston all weekend, cut me some slack
I was in Boston all weekend. First time really walking around in the city. It felt a lot like New York, except that people in Red Sox hats kept popping up everywhere. Where do these people think they are? Is that guy wearing a Patriots shirt? WTF? Every time I go to a new vegetarian…
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What’s your dream-team online news software package?
Hey online news friends, delicious network pals, social networking junkies, and actual co-workers: Imagine you were switching desks, leaving behind your hard drive, and moving to a fresh install of some flavor of Windows. What software would you load up first? I’m looking for the stuff the IT department needs to know about and pay…