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
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Month: July 2009
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
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
interesting links
- “Backpack,” by Tony Earley | The New Yorker
- Humanity has wiped out 60% of animal populations since 1970, report finds | Environment | The Guardian
- Boy Scouts in a war zone
- Bruno Latour, the Post-Truth Philosopher, Mounts a Defense of Science
- I’ve Got 99 Problems But SPF Ain’t One | Valimail
- Introducing 1Password for Democracy | 1Password
- TS Eliot prize announces 'intensely political' shortlist
- Clown School
- On Subtlety
- What can a technologist do about climate change? A personal view.
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