Slate’s media critic Jack Shafer wrote a dead-on-balls accurate response to all journos lamenting the death of newspapers and print. Not that we shouldn’t cry — change is always disheartening (I’m personally saddened by the number of magazines closing, particularly Domino).
But I believe it’s time to put down the sob rags and look eagerly toward the future, Get the whole story
Just finished reading Charmed Thirds, by Megan McCafferty. Hilarious and thought-provoking as was to be expected, based off the first two books in the series, Sloppy Firsts and Second Helpings.
Now, I’m starting Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré.
A trap for cars. Photo by Redjar / Jared and Corin
I’m almost done with my novel—the first draft that is. And I can attest to the seesaw of confidence and doubt that many writers experience. I’ve sometimes experienced both within minutes of each other!
So, it makes researching the novel a welcome part of the writing process. So far, I’ve been learning a lot about Vermont, where my story is set to take place. For example, I learned that starting in March, Vermont experiences Mud Season, a time where Get the whole story
I’m working on a website for my friend’s wedding. It’s a lot of fun. Very feminine and celebratory. It got me thinking that designing wedding websites would be a great pursuit, so I came up with possible names for a wedding design company. I scrapped this name, but I did brainstorm a few logo designs that I thought I’d share.
Reading newspaper in the Dead Sea. Photo by Kevin Lim
Everyblock.com, Adrian Holovaty’s site, was mentioned in a recent Times article about the death of newspapers. I love the idea behind Everyblock—it provides local news by pulling information from public documents, blogs, Flickr, etc. Ideas like these are consoling. If big media companies aren’t coming up with solutions to moving journalism online, at least someone is!
Another similar site: Guy Kawasaki’s Alltop.com, which groups articles by topic. Do a search on something like “swine flu”, and you’ll find recent content from official sources, like the CDC, to top name publications to dinky personal blogs.
The only thing…who’s gonna provide the content if newspapers continue to go belly-up? I guess all the laid-off journalists should just form blogs—the only staff needed would be reporters and maybe an ad guy. And everyone could work from home. Ha!
Taken at the New York Botanical Garden's Orchid Show.
Lavender Orchid
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