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Month: July 2009

Big Money in Journalism

7/23/2009 / Rough Drafts; , , ,

I’ll admit it: I got into journalism for the money.

Columbia Journalism School dean Nicholas Lemann has said: “I’ve never met a single person in 35 years who went into journalism out of pure economic reason.”

He never met me.… Read the rest

Blind photographers

7/17/2009 / Notes; , , ,

photo of pigeons in Istanbul by Tim O'Brien

Brian X. Chen wrote a moving story about how three professional photographers are continuing to pursue their art even though they’re almost totally blind. One of them went blind after he’d become a photographer, but has found a way to continue working using a Nokia N82 and an iPhone 3GS.… Read the rest

This is my happy face

7/15/2009 / Notes

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Happiest People Ever!

… Read the rest

To Run Better, Start By Ditching Your Nikes

7/10/2009 / Published Work, Wired;


Before the Nikes, before the breathable, antimicrobial running shorts, before the personal fitness coaches, heart rate monitors, wrist-mounted GPS and subscriptions to Runner’s World, you were a runner.

And, like all children, you ran barefoot.

Now, a small but growing body of research suggests that barefoot is the way adults should run, too.… Read the rest

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