March 2012
30 posts
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February 2012
38 posts
Look, I got a Pinterest! →
And I kind of love it - though it will never replace my dear old Tumblr.
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West GS '80: 'I'm having a wonderful time ...... →
My latest for The Daily Princetonian, complete with a map graphic.
Cornel West left a message on my phone! I was so sad I missed his call - I would have loved to have talked to him and gotten a real interview. (I was in class. #studentlyfe)
But, on the bright side, I have his message saved on my phone. Hee!
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I think news organizations have to get really, really serious about creating a...
– Khoi Vinh (via soupsoup)
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1983 Princeton Fashion →
Source: John Tinseth (Tintin) - The Trad
Social media is all about relationships. If you want to find people’s...
– Joseph Turow, on why social media apps were gathering information from address books on iPhones. (via nprfreshair)
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It seems very pretty,” she said when she had finished it, “but...
– Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass
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The White Rabbit put on his spectacles. “Where shall I begin, please your...
– Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (which I’m reading for ENG 385: Children’s Literature)
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Men Step Out of the Recession, Bag on Hip,... →
by Stephanie Clifford, NYT 2/19/12
To get traditional women’s accessories to appeal to men, some designers are giving them manly names and styles. That’s not really a bracelet; it’s wristwear. And that’s not a purse, nor the dreaded murse, but a holdall.
He’s back: the male shopper! But whatever you do, don’t call it a murse. lolz.
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ShortFormBlog: On whether Pinterest's terms are... →
shortformblog:
inadvisable asks: Wait? How is that different from Tumblr? Same policy, yes?
» SFB says: Actually, not so much. This sell thing is actually a fairly notable difference. As Anthony De Rosa just pointed out on Twitter, Facebook andTumblr don’t claim to have the right to sell your content, just to openly distribute it. Twitter does, but only in API form. Pinterest, meanwhile, says...
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My thesis: “This text is me; and simultaneously not me. And it will feed...
– We, Yevgeny Zamyatin (I’m reading this for my science fiction class)
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ShortFormBlog: To give you an idea of Tumblr's... →
Impressive! This is why it’s worth it to incorporate Tumblr into social media strategies.
shortformblog:
500 million page views go through Tumblr every single day
40k requests added each second at Tumblr’s peak usage hours; and it’s growing, too
50GB of posts added each day; follower list updates are roughly another 2.7 terabytes daily
1M number of writes made through the...
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Lost Island of NY: Abandoned leper colony →
Fascinating, and so gothic: the run-down buildings, the abandoned altarpiece, the old examination table.
Be sure to check out the sidebar on “Typhoid Mary” - very interesting.
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