February 2012
11 posts
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10 Tips on Writing Well from David Ogilvy →
nevver:
Read the Roman-Raphaelson book on writing. Read it three times.
Write the way you talk. Naturally.
Use short words, short sentences and short paragraphs.
Never use jargon words like reconceptualize, demassification, attitudinally, judgmentally. They are hallmarks of a pretentious ass.
Never write more than two pages on any subject.
Check your quotations.
Never send a letter or a...
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John Cotton Dana’s 12 Rules for Reading
libraryland:
1. Read
2. Read.
3. Read some more.
4. Read anything.
5. Read about everything.
6.Read enjoyable things.
7. Read things you yourself enjoy.
8. Read, and talk about it.
9. Read very carefully, some things.
10. Read on the run, most things.
11. Don’t think about reading, but
12. Just read.
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The Historical Blog
Just a sketch for an idea, but to create a blog that appears to have been created in ancient years… So maybe a Roman blog, depicting historically, such as:
“Oh no, the barbarians are gethering on the other side of the river”…
I’d follow a blog like that…
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5 Forgotten Literary Vampires →
twowaymonologue:
“Anyone waiting for the vampire craze to subside is in for a world of disappointment. Although the current “twihard” population is certainly the loudest and most obnoxious of the genre’s fans, there have actually been vampire lit cults for years — and, yes, we mean farther back than Interview with the Vampire. Long before Bram Stoker created his iconic Count Dracula, this...
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January 2012
22 posts
“todo lo que no está relacionado con elefantes es irrelefante.”
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“SOPA and PIPA are their last ignorant attempt to burn the Library of Alexandria...”
– codelinks
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Words - Radiolab →
It’s almost impossible to imagine a world without words. But in this hour of Radiolab, we try to do just that.
We meet a woman who taught a 27-year-old man the first words of his life, hear a firsthand account of what it feels like to have the language center of your brain wiped out by a stroke, and retrace the birth of a brand new language 30 years ago.
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December 2011
19 posts
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dp's DJs You Should Know
Look ma’, I’m famous on the internet!!
8tracks:
dp is 8tracks founder and CEO. Here’s his list of, as he says ”10 DJs who’ve introduced me to broad range of new (mostly) electronic music that I love. Many were early DJs on 8tracks who published some great mixes when we were but a wee startup and helped me realize we were really on to something.”
Check them out:
dh, groutgauss,...
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I Work For The Internet →
staff:
We work for the Internet. And we’re guessing many of you do too. Whether it’s researching, selling, coding, supporting, designing — so many of our careers depend on the Internet.
One argument that’s been made to Congress is that the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is needed to protect American jobs. In truth, the new liabilities this bill would impose on startups could stop American...
“in the struggle between “labor” and “capital,” capital...”
– CHARTS: Here’s What The Wall Street Protesters Are So Angry About…
“automated trust systems undermine trust itself by incentivizing cooperation...”
– In Defense of Friction « Social Media Collective
“we’re friends with everyone now.”
– Faux Friendship - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education
“beautiful music should have beautiful words beautiful words should have...”
– Dismuse » In a place far away from anyone or anywhere, I drifted away for a moment -Murakami
Empathy and Pro-Social Behavior in Rats →
Whereas human pro-social behavior is often driven by empathic concern for another, it is unclear whether nonprimate mammals experience a similar motivational state.
HackerSlang.com - flarp →
Among those who use it, it is associated with a legend that any program not containing the word `flarp’ somewhere will not work. The legend is discreetly silent on the reliability of programs which *do* contain the magic word.
