Opera lives
Hundreds of people, including NYC’s former mayor, plan to protest the Met’s production of “Klinghoffer.” Protests! Against an opera — an art […]
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Rough Drafts
Why I’m using blind auditions to recruit journalists for VentureBeat
Orchestras in the U.S. used to be 95% to 100% male. But after instituting blind auditions, with the applicants performing their music
How to make Facebook work better for you: Quit the ‘Like’
The “Like” button on Facebook seems harmless enough: It’s an easy way to express your appreciation of something. But as some people
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Re-educating myself.
I was chatting via IM with science writer and Wired contributor Quinn Norton recently when a light bulb went on.
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Make a Better Product
If your product isn’t selling, who do you turn to? Those who help make your product? Or those who buy
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What to Think, Ep. 14: Talking big data with Hilary Mason
In this episode, Dylan Tweney and Jordan Novet catch up with data science maven (and New York tech scene fixture) Hilary
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If this is the iPhone 6 screen, it’s going to be a nearly indestructible device (video)
Above: The actual iPhone 5 next to the front panel of what may be the iPhone 6. Image Credit: Marques
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What to Think, Ep. 13: Resurrecting Prodigy
In this episode, Dylan Tweney and Jordan Novet speak with Benj Edwards, a journalist who is digging up screenshots from
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Silicon Valley VC’s plan to split California into 6 states may actually make the ballot
Above: Tim Draper of DFJ Image Credit: Dean Takahashi If you thought venture capitalist Tim Draper’s plan to split California
What Yo’s $1.5M round tells us about the state of tech marketing
The guys who invented Yo are not stupid. Their app may be — depending on who you talk to, the