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  • Zen, death, love, and an exorcism.
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  • A Sociologist Examines the “White Fragility” That Prevents White Americans from Confronting Racism
  • We’re Not in This Together | Ajay Singh Chaudhary
  • [Essay] Poem for Harm, by Matthew Zapruder | Harper's Magazine
  • What’s ‘wild swimming’? The perfect antidote to cabin fever
  • ‘A Preventable Catastrophe’
  • Discord Was Once The Alt-Right’s Favorite Chat App. Now It’s Gone Mainstream And Scored A New $3.5 Billion Valuation
  • The Infinite Heartbreak of Loving Hong Kong
  • Guest Blog: From The Mainland to A Marathoner-- My T.I. Journey from Non-Swimmer to Open Water Long Distance - Total Immersion
  • The Hidden History Of Juneteenth
  • Where will you be? Why Black Lives Matter in the Hawaiian Kingdom

Recent books

Breathe! You Are Alive: Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing
Breathe! You Are Alive: Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing
by Thich Nhat Hanh

Why We Swim
Why We Swim
by Bonnie Tsui

Hitler
Hitler
by Joachim Fest

Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha
Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha
by Thich Nhat Hanh

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
by Robin Wall Kimmerer




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Month: April 2007

What it takes to make a billion from writing.

4/25/2007 Notes

Why J.K. Rowling is the first author to make a billion dollars from her writing: Leverage.

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What it takes to make a billion from writing.

Why journalists misquote everyone.

4/24/2007 Notes

Penelope Trunk explains why you think reporters are always misquoting you: Why journalists misquote everyone — or do they?

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Why journalists misquote everyone.

We Are Getting Tired of Prying Your Guns out of Your Cold Dead Hands

4/20/2007 Notes

Headline of the week: We Are Getting Tired of Prying Your Guns out of Your Cold Dead Hands

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We Are Getting Tired of Prying Your Guns out of Your Cold Dead Hands

Party in a NASA Hangar Gives a Glimpse of Space Culture

4/16/20073/29/2010 Wired, Wired News, Wired.comPublished Work, Wired

MOFFETT FIELD, California — Twenty-year Jet Propulsion Laboratory veteran Charles White drove 350 miles from Pasadena to attend what amounted to a rave in Hangar 211 at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View on Friday night.

It was worth it, he said.… Read the rest

Party in a NASA Hangar Gives a Glimpse of Space Culture

Kathy Sierra Case: Few Clues, Little Evidence, Much Controversy

4/15/20073/29/2010 Wired, Wired News, Wired.comPublished Work, Wired

In the mountain of commentary that has been published about the Kathy Sierra affair on blogs and in mainstream publications, one fact has so far remained obstinately unconfirmed: Who was it that posted threatening messages and images on Sierra’s website and on two other blogs?… Read the rest

Kathy Sierra Case: Few Clues, Little Evidence, Much Controversy

Office insanity.

4/15/20074/15/2007 Rough Drafts4 Comments

Office 2007 RibbonImagine you had a roommate who you’d known for ten years as a somewhat annoying, slightly compulsive, very finicky but ultimately very talented and capable individual. Now, suppose that one day this person showed up wearing completely new, very trendy clothes.… Read the rest

Office insanity.

My new favorite word.

4/13/20071/25/2008 Notes2 Comments

“Asshat,” which perfectly combines aspects of stupidity or clownishness and assholism.

I say this knowing that Gadget Lab blogger Rob Beschizza has outed me as someone who says “Oh my goodness” with no apparent trace of irony. Guilty as charged.… Read the rest

My new favorite word.

Tim O’Reilly: Web 2.0 Is About Controlling Data

4/12/20073/29/2010 Wired, Wired News, Wired.comPublished Work, Wired

It’s not too late to get on the “web 2.0” bandwagon, says publishing magnate Tim O’Reilly, who coined the term. And if you’re wondering what it takes to build a web 2.0 startup, O’Reilly has just the conference for you — the Web 2.0 Expo.… Read the rest

Tim O’Reilly: Web 2.0 Is About Controlling Data

What I Learned From Friendster: Jonathan Abrams’ New Startup

4/10/20073/29/2010 Wired, Wired News, Wired.comPublished Work, Wired

Jonathan Abrams’ last startup, Friendster, was one of the first social-networking companies to attract an audience of users numbering in the millions. Launched in 2003, the site grew quickly through word of mouth, as people rushed to connect with their friends online.… Read the rest

What I Learned From Friendster: Jonathan Abrams’ New Startup

The Art of the Pitch: Be Direct

4/9/20073/29/2010 Wired, Wired News, Wired.comPublished Work, Wired

At Microsoft’s Silicon Valley headquarters Monday evening, a couple hundred entrepreneurs and investors gathered to schmooze, eat mashed-potato-and-roast-beef hors-d’oeuvres from martini glasses, and spend a few desultory moments looking over the eight companies on display in the middle of the meeting room.… Read the rest

The Art of the Pitch: Be Direct
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