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Tag Archives: New York Times
A photo speaks a thousands words and one editorial point of view
7 CommentsOn the evening of September 11, 2001, my family piled into the car and we drove to a restaurant to have dinner. During the five mile drive on a mostly deserted freeway, we talked about the events of the day … Continue reading
99% does not mean 99 things #OccupyWallStreet
6 CommentsI read the #OccupyWallStreet story in the New York Times this morning and kinda just shook my head slowly. They reported this as if it were a 2011 version of Woodstock, complete with hippy-chicks and guitar-slinging beatniks. Yay. Or should … Continue reading
The definitive difference between a real journalist and your sorry blogger butt
8 CommentsMaybe I’ve read one too many rants from know-it-all bloggers about how nobody really needs journalists and how journalism is a dead dying industry, but it really hit home today about the real difference between journalists and blogger know-it-alls. Above … Continue reading
My little dopamine spritz #twittermakesyoustupid
Comments OffLast week, Bill Keller (@nytkeller) Executive Editor, The New York Times tweeted out: “#TwitterMakesYouStupid. discuss.” And I wrote a blog post that was a half tongue-in-cheek job application and half… naw, it was a job application. I suspected his tweet … Continue reading
#TwitterMakesYouStupid – a New York Times challenge
3 CommentsLast night, Bill Keller, Executive Editor, The New York Times tweeted out: “#TwitterMakesYouStupid. discuss” And of course, this started up a firestorm among the twits, many of whom were not particularly skilled with using the grammar of the English language … Continue reading
Facebook’s privacy mess just a way out of a larger mess that has everything to do with software management
Comments OffIt seems that everyone has an opinion on Facebook’s privacy mess and I would be remiss if I didn’t just jump right on the bandwagon and try to grab some limelight (two clichés in one sentence!) Here is what I … Continue reading
Annoying little kids at the New York Times
2 CommentsToday, the New York Times is “the annoying kid at the magic show shouting, ‘I know how you did that trick!’” Why did you have to spoil the illusion? Did we really need to know this? Why couldn’t you just … Continue reading