January 2012
1 post
“We cannot say it often enough. The intellectual work for scholarly publications...”
– Breaking technology | Scholarly Communications @ Duke
December 2011
1 post
WatchTea (Modern Marvels) (by H2)
October 2011
4 posts
“Barnes & Noble, with a tablet of its own to nurture, did not like this one...”
– Bookstores Drop Comics After Amazon Deal With DC - NYTimes.com
Talk about focusing on content rather than containers!
3 tags
“A weary cynicism, a belief that justice will never get served, has taken over...”
– Confronting the Malefactors - NYTimes.com
September 2011
5 posts
Goldilocks Reviews the Sunshine Mary Jane Pump on...
You might like this: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/goldilocks-reviews-the-sunshine-mary-jane-pump-on-zappos
“There are ideas that can literally put you in physical danger, which this one...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer to appear at Festival of Dangerous Ideas
“If you rank the largest classes for each school by size, the top ten graduating...”
– Is the United States Training Too Many Librarians or Too Few? (Part 1) | In the Library with the Lead Pipe
This is COMPLETELY fascinating to me. I expect/hope to see a lot of discussion of the field/retention/retirement/graduate in the near future.
August 2011
9 posts
“The tech world loves to bandy about the term “social,” but its concept of...”
– Blog U.: Selfish Tech - Confessions of a Community College Dean - Inside Higher Ed
“There’s more going on in the Earth than we understand.”
– Zoo mystery: How did apes and birds know quake was coming? - The Washington Post
“I once had the honor of hearing His Holiness speak. He even entertained...”
– Confessions of a Meat-Eating Yogi. ~Suzanne VanGilder | elephant journal
Watchstarting 30 seconds in—very good summary of tea party situation. :(
Dealageddon: Angry Tea Party (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart) (by Comedy Central)
“You have to poke your finger at everything that is coming out to actually...”
– Gus Balbontin, via Tito Sierra
Publishers, don’t pave that cow path - O’Reilly Radar
July 2011
1 post
“This type of mode-specific design is not easy thing to do. I’m sure the...”
– How to Design a Hot Product - NYTimes.com
June 2011
4 posts
From The Basement : Thom Yorke : Performance →
Oh, how I wish I could embed this video for you. One of my favorite Radiohead songs, and it’s just Thom Yorke at a piano.
Some answers to just about any bike forum post... →
I don’t know about bikes, but I can completely agree with the sentiment.
“In short, Buddhism is an experiment that reveals our true nature. In...”
– Buddhism in 362 Words! | elephant journal
May 2011
1 post
March 2011
1 post
February 2011
5 posts
“Do you have aspirations outside of writing?
I hope so. I have aspirations to be...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer - Author Interview | All Cities - DailyCandy
I love most everything this guy does.
Who Is Arcade Fire??!!? →
This has made me happy since I first came across it.
December 2010
2 posts
November 2010
8 posts
“Every one of us does things that would be inexplicable to a stranger, hence the...”
– Cory Doctorow (via dwineman)
thanks Dan. I always have liked Doctorow.
“Coffee is gas for the engine, a sort of hi-octane jittery energy that scrapes...”
– Yarn Harlot: Tea Time
WatchZe Frank’s web playroom | Video on TED.com I adore Ze Frank. And I really miss the show.
October 2010
9 posts
