Monthly Archives: April 2009

…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.

1,217,000 items and 51 hours later…

 Musings (with quotes and links) about the Twitterers from the Gray Lady, three years in… 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 […]

Let’s all sing like the birdies sing

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 […]

J-Schools Play Catchup (NYT)