May 2009
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May 31st
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May 29th
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“Evolution is good at getting us to avoid death, desperation and celibacy, but...”
– Geoffrey Miller, evolutionary psychologist, University of New Mexico Findings - Message in What We Buy, but Nobody’s Listening - NYTimes.com
May 19th
May 18th
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I'm Leaving PR and Going to Business School
— Begin navel-gaze — Today is my last day. It’s not only my last day at CJP, where I’ve had the good fortune to work with fun, savvy people and interesting clients, but also my last day in the PR/marketing industry, in which I have spent nearly four years.  After doing some traveling this summer, I will be at Columbia Business School pursuing an MBA beginning in August. ...
May 15th
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Of Keywords and Competitors
I’ve been thinking a bunch about Google’s policy of allowing people/companies to buy their competitors’ keywords — and trademarks — as triggers for ads, and I don’t really have a problem with it. I keep returning to a real world example: if I walk into a store knowing that I want a Coke and only a Coke, I’m still likely going to see Pepsi and a few other...
May 15th
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Let The Geek Wars Continue →
May 14th
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“Being suspended is one thing, man, but not being able to play baseball is...”
– Manny Ramirez: ‘Am I In Trouble?’ | The Onion
May 14th
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May 13th
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My company is rich, biatch! $4 million buxxx in... →
Congrats Rana & Medialets! (via ranajune)
May 12th
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May 11th
May 10th
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(Re)Blog for our Cause
goods4good: This is exciting. Blogging add-on service Zemanta is planning to donate $3000 to five charities who get reblogged the most before June 6. We know we’re new on Tumblr, but we’re going to give this a try. What can Goods for Good do with $3000? A lot. Consider some of this: $39 clothes 80 orphans in Malawi $250 buys toys for 4 nursery schools at Consol Homes Orphan Care $1,057...
May 8th
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WatchWatch
Just because. Saturday Night Live: Digital Short: I’m On A Boat
May 8th
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May 8th
The Need for Speed
LC: I hate that you beat me to every breaking news alert
AG: Might be the best IM I have ever received
LC: Really bc it's the worst one I've ever had to write
May 7th
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“Watching the Yankees on the YES Network reminds me of what it must’ve been...”
– Mike’s Nightmare (via letsgomets)
May 6th
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May 6th
“At the same time, readers have made it clear they prefer their news online,...”
– TelevisionWeek to Become Web-Only Publication, Spin Off New Magazine for News Pros - TVWeek - News
May 5th
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Baltimore Sun Massacre →
Details of recent layoffs at The Baltimore Sun, as reported by an editor for whom I interned in the summer of 2003. I recognize some of the names, which is a weird feeling.
May 5th
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“This is not fan-friendly. This is B.S. You pay money for a top-of-the-line...”
– Martin Watson, a 39-year-old New Yorker who spent $800 for four tickets to last night’s Yanks/Sox game. On Sunday I went to the Yanks/Angels game, which was ultimately postponed at around 2:45 p.m. The Mets called their game before noon. Optimistically, we went up to the Bronx anyway,...
May 5th
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May 5th
May 1st
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May 1st