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99% does not mean 99 things #OccupyWallStreet

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I 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

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The definitive difference between a real journalist and your sorry blogger butt

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Maybe 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

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My little dopamine spritz #twittermakesyoustupid

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Last 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

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#TwitterMakesYouStupid – a New York Times challenge

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Last 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

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Facebook’s privacy mess just a way out of a larger mess that has everything to do with software management

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It 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

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Annoying little kids at the New York Times

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Today, 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

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Is there a text in this election?

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Oh, brother. Why is this DNC nominating process so hard for the common people to grasp? And why is the misinformation being fueled by the press? I saw the same thing happening when Bill Clinton was being impeached. The “mob” … Continue reading

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