December 2009
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Dec 30th
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Dec 28th
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Lost in the Virtual Pile-On
nybooks: Sue Halpern (Edward Gorey Charitable Trust) One of the defining features of social media, if not the defining feature, is its participatory nature. Anyone, everyone, is a content producer. Anyone, everyone, is a critic. And, for the most part, everyone’s voice registers at the same volume. Your take on the new Michael Jackson movie, and my take, and the take of the fifteen-year-old boy...
Dec 11th
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Dec 9th
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Dec 5th
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Dec 5th
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Ouch!
My God, am I bleeding? Lesson learned today: Don’t read your friend’s tumblrs. Especially if you like them.
Dec 3rd
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Dec 3rd
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Dec 3rd
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Dec 3rd
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Dec 3rd
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Dec 2nd
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“Ladies and gentlemen of the class of ‘97: Wear sunscreen. If I could...”
– This piece was presented as Kurt Vonnegut’s commencement address at MIT in 1997. It’s great stuff, but apparently it wasn’t written or delivered by Vonnegut. It’s still a beautiful piece…
Dec 2nd