December 2011
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FFUUUUUCCCCKKK.”
“Fuck.”
“Fuck.”
“Fuckity...
– My side of a text conversation.
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I wish I could remember who asked me the question. Because I know for sure that...
– Stephen H. Segal, Geek Wisdom: The Sacred Teachings of Nerd Culture
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By any normal standards, Obama should be extremely vulnerable. Not only is the...
– Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian. How Fox News is helping Barack Obama’s re-election bid.
I honestly didn’t know the laws of the universe allowed letters to be physically arranged in the order of this headline. — Michael
(via futurejournalismproject)
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The show went on sale at noon on Saturday, December 10th. 12 hours later, we had...
– Louis CK with a sales report for his Live at the Beacon Theater show that he produced, directed and began selling for $5 off of his site this past weekend. (via futurejournalismproject)
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To me style is just the outside of content, and content the inside of style,...
– Jean-Luc Godard
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Today in the world ...
Based on the past nine hours of editing through news photos for the wire, I believe I have some right to say I’m kind of aware of world events. At least a little bit. A perspective.
And that perspective is:
The DRC elected a president (and the people immediately protested).
Argentina inaugurated a president.
Russians are denouncing tampering in their legislative elections.
Tunisia...
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An Observation of December 7 at Justin Herman...
As a mere hundred protesters marched down the street from 101 Market towards Justin Herman Plaza, there was a distinct lack of the optimism which has thus far permeated the Occupy protests. The chants and rants of indignation weren’t filled with self-satisfied righteous fury, but with a mechanical need to inject spirit into a worn down congregation. Angry youths and tired-looking activists...
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via Demotix →
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Raccoons
There was a raccoon in the recycling this morning when I came back from a walk.
Different from how raccoons used to be. This one was cleaner. His shoes looked newer. I couldn’t see his face as he was buried waist-deep in the glass and plastic bin, trying to wrap his fingers around every last treasure he could.
Braver, too. I suppose an adaptation to most people not caring about what gets...
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via TED.com →
At about 4:00 in:
And seeing this reinforces, for me, that every one of us has at least one or two great photographs in them.
But to be a great photojournalist, you have to have more than just one or two great photographs in you.You’ve got to be able to make them all the time. But even more importantly, you need to know how to create a visual narrative.