June 2011
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“If you believe, as the corporate crowd apparently does, that this market for...”
– Steven Pearlstein: Why they’re winning on CEO pay - The Washington Post (via quotingthecrisis)
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“While the original Tumblr iPhone app felt mechanical, the new app, just released...”
– Tumblr’s brand new iPhone app makes mobile tumbling awesome - TNW Apps
Really nice review on TNW
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STRIKE LOOMS AT VILLAGE VOICE
realvillagevoice:
June 28, 2011: For immediate release
The current three-year contract between Village Voice Media and UAW Local 2110, representing the workers of The Village Voice, expires midnight June 30. The membership has unanimously passed a strike authorization vote.
Over the past three years, the Voice staff has been cut by an estimated 60%, and average annual salaries have markedly...
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lunchm3at asked: Hi Mark -- another college newspaper-Tumblr question. I'm really motivated to start a Tumblr for my D.C. college newspaper, particularly to promote multimedia and layout content. I've done plenty of research on the topic, outlined a well-reasoned plan for the blog, but the editor in chief isn't giving me the go-ahead. She thinks it'll be too much maintenance time and work for...
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“Whatever is driving this negative trend, it seems more than implausible to...”
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I was wrong about same-sex marriage - David Frum
Forgive me David Frum, but I’m pretty sure you’re you’re not saying “I was wrong” so much as you’re saying “I’m changing sides now that it’s politically good for me to do so, just like it was...
andrewgraham asked: Is there a plug-in that makes tags directly accessible from the dash so users can check them off instead of typing them in directly? For instance, I post a lot about tax reform; because of general inattention, some of those posts are tagged "tax reform" and others are tagged "tax law."
I want them to be consistent so I can link to categories/areas of interest.
I want them to be consistent so I can link to categories/areas of interest.
producermatthew asked: Where can I buy a Tumblr coffee mug?
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In Which Content Farming Comes to Its Logical... →
(h/t Jay Rosen)
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Good News for GroupMe
HS Dude on train number one: Do you know GroupMe?
HSDOT number two: Yeah, it's awesome
HSDOT#1: I'm in this GroupMe with Noelle and Amber. It sick; were on there all the time.
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richardturley:
Cover Story - MySpace
My homage to Raygun. Made with a fax machine, glue, scotch tape, a ghetto copier, scissors, knives.. then more photoshoppery than i should admit to (i sort of woke up and found myself artfully placing photocopy distress marks in photoshop 15mins before it had to go). David Carson would turn in his grave. if he was dead.
Shown here is the process or...
davidschiller asked: Alright. so - I have just become the new manager of the social media of my schools student newspaper. The tumblr (thedailyvidette.tumblr. com) is so grossly under and misused it should be a crime. But that's not the point. My point is, I would like to be able to "add members" to this blog, like you can when you create a secondary blog. Is there a way for me to do this? The current...
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"Poker Sponsorship": Join the Movement! →
poker-as-entropic-process:
My name is Colson Whitehead. I´m playing in the World Series of Poker next month in Las Vegas, and writing about it for Grantland.com. I’ve been in training the last few weeks.
If you’ve seen the tournament on ESPN, you know that all the real players wear the names of sponsors on their…
Attention: Colson Whitehead is now on Tumblr. I repeat, Colson Whitehead...
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ONA Denver talk at Tivoli Student Union | Mark...
kateoplis:
No, Jon Stewart, You’re Not Just a Comedian ”[…] outside of “The Daily Show,” in interviews like the one he gave to Chris Wallace and even his famous 2004 confrontation that may or may not have killed CNN’s “Crossfire,” I find that Stewart (and it pains me to say this, as such a fan) can come across as kind of lame, his “media...
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“What’s all this add up to? Well, to me it means get out of your own way. In the...”
– Some really nice thoughts from Fred on this subject, and a great lesson for everyone; so many on the success stories I see on Tumblr are people who stopped waiting for permission and just did something great.
(Fred Seibert’s Tumblr: DIY triumphs.)
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“I’m going to give you the conclusion to his article here to solve the...”
– What Big Media Can Learn From the New York Public Library - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic
Really nice deep dive into how the NYPL has become one of the best digital institutions in the world, including a nice shoutout to FOT Angela Montefinise and her excellent NYPL Tumblr.
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Move over Twitter... Make room for Tumblr
ricksancheztv:
Social media has changed the way we receive news. It’s also changed how it’s reported. When the “Arab Spring” hit Egypt, I began tweeting. A lot. We were witnessing history and I was riveted to my television and my computer. I tweeted out information and updates for no other reason than because it was a hugely important story. I wanted to share the same fresh info I was...
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“‘Modern corporate life is increasingly using images – not solemn texts – to...”
– Gillian Tet in the FT (via richardturley)
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Watchjoshuanguyen:
Play time for Clark.
So sorry I missed a Clark appearance.
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“The problem with our bias against improv, both in jazz and basketball, is that...”
– Basketball and Jazz | Wired Science | Wired.com
Word.
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We Have a Winner
topherchris:
Anthony Weiner stepping down to spend more time with his internet connection
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Tumblr is the Next Great Social Network
steverubel:
Brent Simmons sees a natural evolution for blogs…
“New blogging systems like Posterous and Tumblr seem to be pretty popular, and they fill a nice middle ground: short content, easy sharing, social stuff. They’re cool.
But try to imagine replacing Daring Fireball, Scripting News, Apple Outsider, Shawn Blanc, or any of a number of great blogs with something like Twitter. You can’t....
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Follow this Tumblr Now, and Thank Me Later →
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Matt Langer: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and... →
langer:
A few weeks back Ray Lewis sat down with Sal Paulantonio to talk lockout, and somehow, even through the dense fog of crazy that usually materializes whenever Ray Lewis opens his mouth, I caught a few glimmers of clarity.
Lewis talked about who really stood to suffer from this lockout, and he…
This is the kind of thing Grantland should be doing.
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WatchReally nice bit on Tumblr from NPR’s John Asante. Also, this woman does a much better job of describing Tumblr here than I do….
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“[CNN’s “This or That”] stunt was pretty much what it sounded like: little...”
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-James Poniewozik, TIME (via mediaite)
JP for President.
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USA.gov: Celebrate the Flag →
usagov:
Image description: The sun shining through the American flag. Photographed by Bin Lee.
On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress approved the design of a national flag. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation declaring June 14th National Flag Day. In 1949, Congress…
Public Service Announcement, USA.gov edition.