July 2010
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“With the future as murky as the Gulf of Mexico, any commentator who claims to...”
– Brooke Gladstone — On the topic of the media response to the oil spill.
June 2010
9 posts
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Bank Verification
In order to prove my identity, this bank is using a database of information on me (presumably from Equifax or something similar) to ask verification questions. All of the questions asked were very broad, provided multiple-choice answers, and generally not information that is hard to come by. At this point, I’ve provided my DOB, address, social, etc, as a part of my application.
Question...
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WatchYeah, I don’t know what the hell is going on either. (via This American Life)
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WatchHoward Rheingold on new media literacy: “Increasingly I think the digital divide is less about access to technology and more about the difference between those who know how and those who don’t know how. The ability to know has suddenly become the ability to search and the ability to sift”
The AP Stylebook Struggles to Remain Relevant
The poor AP. Although I was never a big user of the AP style (I preferred MLA & The Economist Style Guide), it is the most widely used stylebook by journalists. But they are struggling to keep up with new media. They list POS as standing for “parent over shoulder”. Most under-30’s probably use it as Wikipedia defines it, “a euphemism for ‘piece of...