February 2012
8 posts
“As far as I know there weren’t that many prequels or sequels to Moby-Dick.”
– Alan Moore responds to DC Comics’ Watchmen prequels. (via jimray)
WatchContext can bring a lot to music. I’ve only met Michaela once and I had no idea she sang, much less played concertina.
I was only tangentially aware of Azure Ray, and if someone just played some of their studio recordings for me, I might have thought it was okay and moved on. But when I see someone take out a concertina and sing a pretty song for (with?) their dog, it totally opens up the...
January 2012
4 posts
Another commute song.
turbine: Two brief ideas for the publishing... →
steampoweredmedia:
1. If I buy a full-price hard-cover book, give me the e-book for free. I don’t mean some super-snazzy, illustration-rich multimedia experience. I just want the book in electronic format. The system works well on me when I’m buying records. I bought 1000 Hertz on vinyl because it came with a cd. I…
All this AND never charge more for an e-book than $10. EVER. Come on.
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December 2011
4 posts
The Last Best Words for the Machines
“For when the last best words have been said for the machine it has no marvel comparable to the marvel of the human hand guided by the human mind.”
— The Woodworker, Chips from the Chisel, 1937, page 255
(via Lost Art Press)
November 2011
3 posts
NYCeophyte: Are You The Someone To Spread The Word... →
nyceophyte:
As I announced yesterday on this here long-stagnant blog, I am moving back to The Promised Land San Francisco in December. In making this decision, I also had to make the decision to leave my job at Modest Needs Foundation.
That was not an easy decision.
Brittney is leaving her job at at Modest Needs writing and doing outreach/social media. Maybe you’re the right person to...
October 2011
7 posts
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September 2011
6 posts
“Do we really want Facebook citizenship to become a requirement for accessing...”
– Introducing Facebook Nation « Social Media Collective (via emptyage)
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August 2011
6 posts
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July 2011
13 posts
What's an anniversary?
In these days of long-term unmarried partnerships and arguments over who should even get married and half of those who are allowed to get married getting divorced at some point, celebrating a wedding anniversary seems either archaic or more meaningful than ever. But how do you choose which one?
Fourteen years ago today, I drove to Katie’s office at her lunch hour and picked her up. We...
Google not so plus
So far Google+ is pretty useless to me.
It’s not a replacement for Facebook, because I use Facebook to keep in touch with people who think Facebook is the Internet. It’s highly unlikely that most of my Facebook contacts will see any value at all in creating a Google+ account, much less transition to it.
It doesn’t have the distilled-one-liner-touch-and-go low impact of...
