September 2011
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July 2010
4 posts
June 2010
3 posts
Boring Product Description Pages? Not this one!
superamit:
bobpotter:
Product pages can be so boring. The descriptions lack personality and color and flair. But Photojojo’s! SLR Sloop is unlike any description on the sea…
Weary, sick, and tired were we of the drab camera bag, trapping our dearest of friends in black nylon drag. (It nigh made us gag.)
So we sailed a strong breeze across the seven seas, to summon an SLR chum, second to...
Power of the geek trope →
bobulate:
A ten-year old study shows how seventh graders view scientists:
In the study, 31 seventh graders were asked to describe and sketch a typical scientist. Then they visited Fermilab, the applied-physics facility in Batavia, Illinois. After a tour and meetings with actual lab employees, they repeated the exercise. The study testifies to the power of the geek trope: The “before” sketches...
On trust →
bobulate:
Andrew Zuckerman — of recent wisdom and bird renown — on what he trusts:
I trust my elders. I trust the Ladd Brothers. I trust my Italian grocer. I trust my tailor. I trust Locanda Vini e Olii. I trust Claire Oswalt. I trust Chiara Clemente. I trust my butcher. I trust Bill Withers. I trust short film. I trust my jewelers. I trust my architect.
I’m pretty taken with Andrew Zuckerman....
May 2010
1 post
Malcolm Gladwell's advice for young journalists:... →
farhad:
From a Time Q&A:
Aspiring journalists should stop going to journalism programs and go to some other kind of grad school. If I was studying today, I would go get a master’s in statistics, and maybe do a bunch of accounting courses and then write from that perspective. I think that’s the way to survive. The role of the generalist is diminishing. Journalism has to get smarter.
March 2010
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