December 2008
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Dec 31st
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My favourite Typefaces of 2008 | i love... →
There is a serious lack of interesting fonts in mainstream employ, sadly.
Dec 29th
Ad and Media Jobs Continue to Fall During... →
“Jobless recovery” might be scariest term I have heard in a long time. Like “nuclear winter.”
Dec 29th
Should Twitter Add Authority-based Search? →
adamiss: Sure, but please don’t make it a default. Twitter should continue to add tools that let you search, sort, and find what you’re looking for in as many ways as possible. Not surprising that the Twitter elite want their tweets to gain even more prominence, but frankly, I think that will only help the people that are already there and hurt the chances of others to achieve that status. I...
Dec 27th
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My family is about to sit down to XMas dinner with Hanukkah candles burning in the background, but this is still hilarious. fredericguarino: probably one of the funniest Xmas songs ever !
Dec 25th
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Dec 25th
Clever Witty Quick: Luddite Journalism →
Is there a place for print-only newspapers? Is that a redundant term? Apparently there is, if you look at the TriCityNews in New Jersey.
Dec 23rd
Report Says Twitter Would Take 36 Years to Catch... →
Will Twitter ever be as big as Facebook? Who cares? Quality over quantity, I say.
Dec 23rd
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Dec 23rd
Battlestar Galactica Web Series →
“The Face of the Enemy,” a 10-part Web series bridging BSG’s Season 4 break and Series finale starting mid-January.
Dec 23rd
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 22nd
Dec 22nd
Sports: Where Teixeira could and should play in... →
“At the moment, Boston is the best place on Earth to play baseball.” Coming from a non-Boston journalist, that’s pretty exciting. I’m ready for the 2009 season!
Dec 18th
Washington News Bureaus Are Shrinking -... →
This distresses me, but I don’t have the solution.  We’re getting what we pay for when it comes to journalism — less and less.
Dec 18th
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Pyramid Schemes Are as American as Apple Pie →
With the Madoff scandal roiling the financial world (as if it needed more shocks), this WSJ opinion piece puts Ponzi schemes into perspective — including how a swindler took President Ulysses S. Grant was taken for all he was worth using the same trick.
Dec 18th
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