June 2012
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May 2012
32 posts
“A dive bar is a social platform. Tumblr is for publicly sharing awful...”
– A graduation message from an analog dad to a digital son. (via latimes)
I love the Internet, but this is beautiful.
“My head is still throbbing.”
– Over at Fuel Your Writing, Eric Kuentz takes Ernest Hemingway’s “write drunk; edit sober” edict to heart and sacrifices himself to a boozy experiment: where will a case of beer, a bottle of Chianti and some brandy bring his writing.
He survives a hangover to tell the tale.
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Watchmichellelegro:
My god, I think they’ve done it. The trailer for Les Misérables is here.
I will never tire of Les Mis remakes.
“But it was another girl, young and new to the city, fiddling with her keys.”
– Jennifer Egan, from A Visit From the Good Squad (thanks, offitgoes)
“To be human is to feel at times divided, fractured, pulled in a dozen directions...”
– The Spirituality of Imperfection – storytelling and the search for meaning. (via explore-blog)
“Retain a healthy skepticism about the world, and a lot of humility … Be...”
– Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s advice to the 2012 graduates of Johns Hopkins’ Paul H. Nitze School. (via kiplinger)
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“Information does not imply meaning, or knowledge, or – much less – wisdom. And,...”
– James Gleick, author of The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood – one of 7 essential books about the future of information and the internet – speaking at Harvard. (via explore-blog)
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“Those were the good old days when you could smoke in newsrooms and drink and...”
– Buzz Bissinger, Nieman Storyboard
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Ugh, on that hipster shit And you’s a...
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“People rarely look the way you expect them
to, even when you’ve seen...”
– Jennifer Egan, “Black Box”
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“Because when they’re not done, the songs, they’re like little...”
– Neko Case talks inspiration on NPR.
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Absolute Transparency, or Love in the Time of... →
“Did you really not think about what would happen when you wrote your essay?” a friend asked, not unkindly. She was asking because she would never, ever publish something so personal about herself. She’s not a memoirist. I am. And I chose to be one, which is important.
“A lot of young people often describe and evolve their identities online,...”
– And Tumblr? [full interview here] (via nprfreshair)
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“We grew up with the Internet and on the Internet. This is what makes us...”
– Piotr Czerski (via azspot)
January 2012
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October 2011
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Watchtheatlanticvideo:
A Thriller About the ‘Weird Loneliness of the Internet’
Adam Butcher’s Internet Story is a tale of mystery and suspense, set in the bizarre world of online message boards and YouTube videos. The story begins when an anonymous Internet user creates an elaborate, puzzle-ridden treasure hunt based on an old Chaucer story. I won’t ruin the ending, but I’ll say that as the video...
September 2011
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