…an 89-gig initial backup of the primary Mac, via Wi-Fi to a Time Capsule across the room, is complete. Next up, the recently re-commissioned laptop. And then the tertiary G4.
Who knew having a terabyte of backup capacity on the ol’ home network would be so much fun.
Space does not permit a full accounting.
And they still haven’t written about herebeforeoprah.com….yet…..
The me-me-me clamor brings to mind Emily Dickinson’s poem about the disgrace of fame, “I’m Nobody! Who are you?”: “How public — like a Frog — / To tell one’s name — the livelong June — / To an admiring Bog!”
via The Medium – Let Them Eat Tweets – Why Twitter Is a Trap – NYTimes.com.
As Robert Frost observed in a different context, isn’t parodying Twitter without obeying its frustrating character limit like playing tennis without the net?
via The Parody Tweets That Went On Too Long – NYTimes.com.
COMPANY Pizza Hut Inc.
JOB TITLE Summer Twintern
JOB TITLE, TRANSLATED A summer intern who uses Twitter.
JOB CATEGORY Hot pizza/social media
SALARY Competitive (with other Twitterers).
via Tweeting Becomes a Summer Job Option – NYTimes.com.
“Twitter proves innovation is alive and well in Silicon Valley,” [Google's Eric] Schmidt said in a conference call with investors.
via Google Chief Chats Up Twitter – DealBook Blog – NYTimes.com.
Sunday’s New York Times does a quick survey, assembles some anecdotes, and draws a few conclusions…..
The changes [in media] are forcing colleges and universities to rethink what a journalism education should look like. The perennial debate about journalism programs — theoretical teaching versus professional skill building — has been displaced by more urgent questions: How can you help students find sustainable business models, while introducing the formerly verboten subject of the business side? What are the implications for the craft of journalism in the shift to digital? And how do you position students for an uncertain future in the media?
via J-Schools Play Catchup – NYTimes.com.
The online headline, as headlines are wont to do, oversimplifies the conclusions one easily can draw from the story: For one that, that J-schools perhaps saw this coming somewhat before the people running paid newsrooms. (The print presentation, in the Education Life section, is way different. In fact, the first deck is “J-schools boom despite crisis.)
Boom is not far off. I don’t think that the more than 100 admitted-but-not-yet-enrolled graduate students who attended a two-day Medill open house this week (Thursday at the downtown newsroom, Friday in Evanston) felt like they had applied to a place that’s a lap behind.
Is there lots yet to figure out? Sure. I kinda think that’s one reason I’m here, to help.