Posts from — August 2007

Talking Points Memo | Annals of Reporting:
Actually, if you look at what he says, it seems Skube’s editor at the Times oped page didn’t think he had enough specific examples in his article decrying our culture of free-wheeling assertion bereft of factual backing. Or perhaps any examples. So the editor came up with a few blogs to mention and Skube signed off. And Skube was happy to sign off on the addition even though he didn’t know anything about them.

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in an ironic twist, michael skube and his editor contrive to do in print journalism what they intended to critique as part of the tendencies of the blogosphere. now… anyone who reads or watches the news, knows that print and other media are rife with unsupported opinion, look at the recent story about ving rhames’s dogs, or the NYT coverage of the Iraq war… (though the persistent presence of paid cia and military employees in the newsrooms is partially to blame there).

Preserving the Outpouring of Grief:
Preserving the Outpouring of Grief
Va. Tech Archives 60,000 Items Sent as Condolences

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/18/AR2007081800588.html?referrer=emailarticle

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archivalia points us to this story about the archives at virginia tech

Welcome to Bridges to Understanding:

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this looks like a great project. it teaches kids to document and share their lives.

PNC Financial Services Group MediaRoom – News Releases:
In fact, teachers say they value social skills – such as following rules and directions, and being able to play and share well with others — over academic skills as a better predictor of children’s success in school.

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interesting opinion…

Internet Resources – Writers Resources – Writing Links & Writers Links for Writers – Word Stuff :

some great writing resources

who owns web 2.0?:
Via Tama Leaver, I found this great overview of who owns what from Amy Webb- as you can see, Google, Yahoo and the rest are far more likely than Murdoch, at this point, to end up controlling our media lives in five or ten years time. Amy Webb suggests printing it out from the PDF and hanging it up in your cubicle. I need something for my office door: this might be it.

Jill points us to this excellent graphic showing who owns which web 2.0 companies. the concentration is pretty clear, but what does it mean for academics? or students?

My Boring Ass Life » Rosario, the Prom, and the Week That Was:
Fuck high school: late thirties is the new adolescence!

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zweet!

YEONDOOJUNG:

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interesting conceptualization

well I’ve been in chicago for almost a week and mostly have accomplished work on my apt. but I’ve done a good amount of work there. I still need to get some things set up. I still don’t have dsl installed, though that is supposed to happen on the 13th.

I now have to finish a paper and finish about 90 other things:)

Various Deities Still Sorting Through Victims Of Tragic Queens Bus Accident | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source:
The deities were all unanimous in agreeing that the sole Catholic fatality should be condemned to forever roam the Earth as an anguished, wretched ghost, as Catholicism is the only truly false religion and has no god to accept its faithful when they die.

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the onion considers religious triage post mortem.