The New York Times Is Now Supported by Readers, Not Advertisers At the company’s big three papers — the New York Times, International Herald Tribune, and Boston Globe — print and digital ad dollars dipped 6.6 percent to $220 million, while circulation revenue was up 8.3 percent to $233 million. The historical rebalancing may indicate a sea change in an industry …
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Here is the perfect Pinterest account to follow, The Los Angeles Times. The paid photographers of newspapers and magazines are the ideal users of Pinterest. After all, they are trained professionals in the art of awesome photography. While most of us are creating boards called “Things I like” and “My Style” they are doing things …
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An intelligent essay from Pamela Hieronymi, professor of philosophy at UCLA, discussing the impact of technology on education: A set of podcasts is the 21st-century equivalent of a textbook, not the 21st-century equivalent of a teacher. Every age has its autodidacts, gifted people able to teach themselves with only their books. Woe unto us if …
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I guess 1962 was quite a year to be born! From an L.A. Times article – Turning 50 in 2012 Tom Cruise Demi Moore Jim Carrey Spider-Man (the character) Incredible Hulk (the character) Jon Bon Jovi Axl Rose The Jetsons Walmart Target “Sex and the Single Girl” by Helen Gurley Brown John Stewart (comedian) Andy …
A fascinating piece of curation from Brain Pickings. Ten centuries of anatomy drawings covering everything from Civil War wounds to anti-tuberculosis flyers from China. For the past 175 years, the The National Library of Medicine in Bethesda has been building the world’s largest collection of biomedical images, artifacts, and ephemera. With more than 17 million items spanning …
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I really enjoyed the Olympics, particularly seeing Oscar Pistorius compete in his carbon fibre Cheetah foot. Now, I’m looking forward to seeing some of the more exciting Paralympic events: Following his historic appearance at the Olympic Games – where he was the first male athlete with a disability to compete at the able-bodied Games – South …
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RC3. org – A list of engineering blogs …technology trends of the past few years has been the emergence of engineering blogs. They are, mostly, a recruiting tool, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t learn a lot about how companies operating at varying levels of maturity and scale go about their business. A few examples: …
Here is a breathtaking photo gallery from National Geographic – Visions of Earth 2012 Why I chose these shots: It’s summer and I feel like this orangutan (loungin!) Our neighborhood now has raccoons, two of them. They are weird too. Last week, I was writing outside and they popped up on the fence, right in front …
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This is an amazing journey Across Africa, Asia, South/North America, including North Korea and Cuba! Watch it, you won’t be disappointed. Back in 1989, as the Berlin Wall fell, Gunther Holtorf and his wife Christine set out on what was meant to be an 18-month tour of Africa in their Mercedes Benz G …
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Most people know the traditional banking model, if only from George Bailey in It’s A Wonderful Life. In simplified form: A bank takes deposits from savers, and pays them a low interest rate. Then it lends that money out to borrowers at a higher interest rate. The bank’s profits come from the difference between the rates. Charming…but far …
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