July 2009
What did you do when you first joined Tumblr?
nickdouglas:
- Whom did you follow first, and why/how did you find them?
- Did you post as much as you do now?
- What did you think of Tumblr?
Is Nick Douglas conducting youth market research for CAA’s Intelligence Group?
June 2009
rachellehruska:
“Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don’t let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.” —Clifford Stoll (via simko) I learned this the hard way….
Me too. Hepatitis B! (This was not FEK, btw.)
Somebody better byline that. It wasn’t me. This was FEK. Stop trying to get me in trouble. Also: did someone give T*o L*n the login?
Actually, on that note, we’re going to be having our own panel.
My Testicles Cost Nothing But The Love They Demand: Sussing Out The Business Models Changing Things Like Whatever Journalism Means, Now. With Dumplings, too!
We’ll assemble New York media’s best and brightest, bring them to you with dumplings, cigarettes, and a bag of KB, and tell you exactly what you want to...
The asshole who pays to go to a panel about the future of free content absolutely deserves to be hosed for the $75 they’re going to get nailed with. Then again, they’re probably already AvantGuild subscribers, so: $65. That being said, I will definitely head down there to try to win tickets. I’d love to have it out with somma these punks.
Re: Flacks and Hacks. Figures they’re giving tickets to that panel. Insert Abrams Research COA joke(s) here.
Looks like the Al Franken Decade is finally here.
What team are you on?Hey there!
We’re throwing a flacks ‘n’ hacks party on Tuesday, July 13, at Arctica Bar & Grill. It’s our way of uniting PR people and writers in the service of their true love: drinking. (You thought I was going to say journalism?)
But don’t get too friendly, because we’re going to be having a Guitar Hero competition between Team...
Foster Kamer Doesn't Have A Vagina
…but Alexia Tsotsis does.
Someone should tell Alexia that MJ news coverage still has legs (and knows how to use them)! Probably won’t be out of the headlines until July 4th…of some year in the next decade. Whadaya say, Mickey Kaus?
Graham Rae is not a fan of Green Day, OK?You can almost sense Armstrong (who sings in a ludicrous fake English accent I’m sure the wee American idiot lassies just love to bits) sitting bored as hell at the laptop on this album with a lyrical to-do list: “Anger, check. Angst, check. Anarchy, check. Self-mutilation and self-hatred, check. Sodomizing dogs, check. Depression, check. Few expletives...
From the cast and crew listing on The No Kill I (Sacramento Star Trek Punk Rock) band page:The Singing Sassmaster - Cap’n Kirk. Or Cap’n Pike when he broke his leg and played in a wheelchair. We spray-painted a box black and stuck it over him. He sat there looking vacant flashing his lights. We had to pour beer into him. I love being in this band. Cap’n James Tequila Kirk.
"The paradox of poetry is that so many more people...
Katha Pollitt:Can you name an art form that millions practice, but is widely believed to be difficult, boring and on its last legs? That’s right: poetry. Pundits have been writing its obituary for decades — “Poetry is dead. Does anybody really care?” asked Newsweek snarkily in May. (Well, at least they waited till April, National Poetry Month, was over.) But obviously, there is...
Epic interview with the real-life Omar Little on Vice:Can you trace your history back to an event that sent you down that path?
I know exactly when it was. I was nine. I had an abusive mother, and one night she woke us up—me and my brother Kent—like, two in the morning and made us go to the laundromat to go wash clothes, so we got up. They used to have an old homeless guy or a wino...
Elizabeth Gumport reviews Kate Christensen’s Trouble:The Internet is a tricky topic, and one Ms. Christensen must be commended for confronting. Many authors elide its existence out of what seems defensive self-interest, timidly deferring to the tyranny of the transitive property: If writing emails and checking blogs are frivolous activities, then novels containing descriptions of these activities...
31. Become an Expert at Sandwiches
Journalism Grads: 30 Things You Should Do This Summer
You could spend this summer working on your killer tan… or you could use the downtime to get heads up on the thousands of other grads competing for journalism jobs. Use this checklist to improve your journalism skills and set yourself apart from the pack:
1. Start a blog and post at least twice a week
2. If you already have a blog,...
Can someone let me know which side of the Nico/Dana catfight I’m meant to be on? Or can I just continue to not care?
That was quick.
Why do you think the sandwich meme should be retired?
We’re retiring the sandwich meme for now. Sorry, people.
I Bet You Think This Expense Report Is About You
ninety9:
Fuckin’ Nebraskans who are really impressed by Hamptonites (gotta see if that URL is available)? Organized Around my Interns? I Was Told There Would Be Stipends?
YM needs more mustard.
Continuing with the analogy of the moment, who would be considered the Earl of Sandwich?
I wonder how sandwich experts pay the rent. Books? Articles? Speaking engagements? Endorsement deals? Free sandwiches?
Foster Kamer's Unpaid Interns:
urg:
rachellehruska:
Take a look folks [Foster Kamer is a total hypocrite but we’ll laugh it off to immaturity]
For the record, my little sister occasionally writes for G-of-a-G, and is not under some sort of slave labor contract. So, go away Foster Kamer. And tell Gawker to hire some female writers before spitting out criticisms at other sites. Thanks.
Fuckin’ Something. (Though she...
I Think You Are A Sandwich Expert
If you’re looking to establish your online presence, and build relationships, it’s not the kind of project where you show up, build your profiles, friend a few people, and call it good. It’s a lot like tending the farm. Here are seven particular “chores” you could do every day that should prove beneficial to your online interests.
Twitter
Find seven things worth retweeting in your general feed...
A Tablet reporter's dispatch from Madoff's... →
As this blog noted earlier, squabbling has broken out among some Bernie Madoff victims about how the small amount of stolen money that’s been recovered by the government should be disbursed. But this morning in the gallery of Judge Denny Chin’s Manhattan courtroom, there was a chummier, almost giddy, vibe in the air. My pewmates included Carol Baer, an Upper West Side café owner whose 100-year-old...
Blog and web design pioneer Jeffrey Zeldman:“Brilliant writer @ftrain gave amazing reading at Cake Shop today. Saw with @igotmyreasons @aworkinglibrary @stuntbox”Previously: You should have been there.
Actually, Mickey, It Was Johnny Who Hardly Knew...
In case you thought you were the only one who’s ever had to remind a famous person that you’ve met before:
He looked at me, squarely, directly—the effect was powerful—and asked: “Who are you? Do I know you?” I was stunned by the philosophical depth of his questions. In a few seconds, he had penetrated to the core of my identity, indeed to the very question of...
Martin Luther King Jr. is turning in his grave.
/jezebel link (sorry)
Awwww shit. We have a launch date, people! GIRD YOUR LOINS AND PREPARED FOR THEM TO BE RANKED.
The best part about YM is that it actually sucks.
The problem with Rex is that Fimoculous is actually a good site.
One wishes that the fourth estate would evince as much ethical handwringing over the question of whether disclosing the photos of detainee abuses is worth putting our soldiers in harm’s way as it has over the question of whether the New York Times was right to keep the lid on the kidnapping of David Rohde. But, as they say, you can’t really compare the two, because, you know, Bush.
We are all sandwich experts now.
Ooh, Bakes, that's gotta hurt.
ninety9:
Pareene “celebrates” 10 years of kf.
He used the “hacks” tag, Katie.
“Being an SEO expert is like being a sandwich expert.”
– Ryan Brown in a comment on my blog. (via fimoculous)
Rachel Sklar: homophobe?
“….The distinction between blogger and “real” journalist has been boring for a while now - things are changing, HuffPo is a huge news site, and anyhow the “blogger at the briefing” barrier was broken ages ago by Garrett Graff in freaking March 2005. (Also, to the best of my knowledge, neither have appeared in any gay porn. Point, bloggers!).”
...
Who else is going to see Mr. Dream tonight at Cake...
(via leoncrawl) Yeah.
Nico Pitney
natashavc:
From an editor’s exit memo to Arianna Huffington:
One of your editorial staff members asked Nico Pitney to engage in a discussion of how editorial decisions are made in terms of selecting and placing entries and his answer was: “We just put things up. That’s it.” Nico is correct, of course. It’s the best sum-up I’ve heard to date of what the real editorial process is at HuffPost.
...
The Inevitable Fate Of Amanda Congdon's Glorious... →
fek:
It doesn’t matter if you’re black or white. Or gay or straight. What matters is that you’re single, and the happy couples of the Weddings and Celebrations section of the Sunday NYT aren’t. Professional P.Y.T. Phyllis Nefler’s on the case… Yet again, Katie has absolutely slayed it. I spend all weekend trying to write this well, goddamnit. Please, go, give her some love.
I hope she’s...
From the Archives
pareene:
I know how the internet “works” and all that, and god knows I steal things all the damn time, but really? Reprinting the entire forward to a book without any, like, citation at all? The book is long out of print I guess. Information wants to be free, and famously reclusive authors want it to look like they contributed to blogs they probably have never heard of because I am pretty sure...
Lifestyle choices.
katiebakes:
Me: We should apply the après ski mentality to summer!
Dave: People need to do something great after they do something great!
I see you guys are putting that Talkhouse season pass to good use.
