February 2012
2 posts
Truthiness
It pains me to say that Marketplace has stumbled.
As the founding producer and editor of the show, a factual mistake is one big fear…but finding oneself duped or used is the biggest fear of all.
When it comes to a segment called My Life is True that they recently aired, it sounds like they got taken to the factual cleaners by one Leo Webb (true name, who knows?) and by what sounds like...
New(t) Moon
January 2012
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SOTU Done Smart →
James Fallows of The Atlantic is one of the smartest guys writing today.
His blog is always worth cruising. And, as a former presidential speech writer, his take on President Obama’s latest State of the Reunion is full of original analysis — Fallows looks at a variety of facets of the speech; the political, the policy, the rhetorical, the partisan.
Few are better at sifting...
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Flickr. Whimpr. →
I really like Flickr but this site of great promise has just stopped…growing. Makes me sad. Do I have to repost all of my great photos somewhere else?
No curation. No community building. No tools for helping sell your shots. Terrible editing tools. Sharing is a challenge. Crappy iPhone app.
Oh, but they did figure out how to boost rates and ding my credit card.
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Launched
Let’s see how this looks…glad you came by.