May 2012
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kottke.org: A "Kardashian" as a unit of measure... →
jkottke: Ethan Zuckerman proposes measuring attention with a unit of measure called a Kardashian. One Kardashian is equal to the amount of worldwide media attention that Kim Kardashian gets in a day. I choose the Kardashian as a unit both because I like the mitteleuropean feel of the term — like the…
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“Curating is the new criticism.” →
May 22nd
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Something Changed.: sonder →
n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness—an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate…
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Monmouthpedia: The World's First Wikipedia Town,... →
The process of making the town into an Internet place required the adoption of QRpedia technology and a lot of plaques, stickers and signs to help people work out how to use them. QR codes are stuck on buildings and landmarks and as users read those codes with a phone or mobile device they are linked to Wikipedia pages in their own language. To support the QR codes, Wikipedia volunteers wrote...
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It’s All About Storytelling…It Always Has Been,... →
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My parents were awesome - great blog
myparentswereawesome: Lionel and Barbara Bests, Jo
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Editing: :Reduce, Remove, Reimagine →
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“A Closed Letter For My Possibly Non-Existent Potential Life Partner I’ve got...”
– A Closed Letter For My Possibly Non-Existent Potential Life Partner « Thought Catalog
May 10th
“Why ask why? “Why?” is the most important question, not asked nearly...”
– Seth’s Blog: Why ask why?
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April 2012
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TUMBLR is a more popular search term than blog.  →
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March 2012
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pedestrian.tv →
Via Pedestrian.tv; “A New Zealand Weet-Bix commercial has been accused of plagiarising The Grates more than a year after it first aired on television. A side-by-side of the band’s 2008 single “Aw Yeah” and the offending commercial (see link above) reveals more than a passing similarity between the two, a lift all but confirmed when the band tweeted “They asked us if they...
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