April 2010
“Here’s the thing: If you get two or more journalists together in the presence of...”
– My first blog post is up on 48 Hour Magazine. It needs a lot of link love. And money. Delicious, delicious, money.
Actually, let’s cut out the middle-man. Just send me the money and let’s not say anything about it to Alexis, Sara, Derek, Dylan or Heather. Cool? Cool. Thanks.
(PS:...
48 Hour Magazine →
“I think about the farmer who grew my coffee beans, sometimes his name is on the...”
– —HarperBikeBeer
This is similar to the way I tend to think about coffee as well, regarding it as a fresh agricultural product rather than simply as some dark tasty stuff that comes in a cup and gets you high.
48 Hour Magazine →
For the past couple of months, I’ve been plotting a new project, which I’m proud to finally announce. On May 7, Alexis Madrigal, Sarah Rich, Derek Powazek, Dylan Fareed, Heather Champ, and I are going to put together a magazine—start to finish—in 48 hours. It’s going to be completely insane, and even better, it just might work.
But we can only do it with your help.
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“I’m deeply concerned about overbreadth as the police begin to search...”
– The Gizmodo Warrant: Searching Journalists in the Terabyte Age | Freedom to Tinker
Okay, so I’m encrypting my hard drive now.
Police Seize Jason Chen's Computers - Iphone 4... →
I’m so glad the police are taking the case of a stolen phone way more seriously than they did my mugging-at-gunpoint. Because, for real, a slightly iterated prototype phone is so much more valuable than my wife and my lives. I couldn’t even get a detective to return my phone calls afterward, but apparently if you pay for and then return somebody’s goddamn cell phone they’ll...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-4-25) →
Ratatat (26)
M. Ward (16)
Andrew Bird (15)
Beirut (14)
LCD Soundsystem (12)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“A pair of sea lions surfaced in front of me, staring, their glossy black eyes...”
– Predator - May/June 2010 - Sierra Magazine - Sierra Club
China Could Wipe Out Recycled Toilet Paper →
Now that’s a fucking hed. Nice work, @alexismadrigal.
“[A]nyone who’s ever worked to break a story — and Gruber has had...”
– - gdgt
I’ve been kind of amazed watching the reactions to the Gizmodo scoop. I’ve watched as journalists who I know for a fact have received trade secrets—some of whom I have been in the room with, even, and discussed how we would strategically publish said secrets—have...
WatchFashion Accessories for the iPad - Video - Wired
This was pretty great. And yes these are all Wired employees.
“The third coffee is part of the signature drink, he’s going to use all three...”
– Mike Phillips - winner of the the 2010 US barista championships
“Okay I’ll say it: Apple would be right to fire him. He got drunk and left...”
– Twitter / fake mat honan
I am Tumblring my Twitter here, people. That is just how important this message is. The more you know.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-4-18) →
LCD Soundsystem (95)
Uncle Tupelo (28)
Vampire Weekend (28)
Belle & Sebastian (23)
TV on the Radio (19)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“In 1912, San Francisco founded its municipal railway as the realization of a...”
– The Muni Death Spiral
“Rulings by conservative justices in the past decade make it perfectly clear that...”
– Op-Ed Contributor - Our Fill-in-the-Blank Constitution - NYTimes.com
“I’d like to offer congratulations to the Web video Webby nominees. That said, I...”
– Mike Hudack
(via soupsoup, nextnewblog)
A new and meaningful best of the Web video awards show, eh? Well, I do have this URL I’m not using.
“On this occasion, there are a couple of things that we know that we’ve...”
– LCD Soundsystem - “Pow Pow” from This is Happening.
I’m already in love.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-4-11) →
Taizé Community (222)
Taize (160)
Wait What (25)
Titus Andronicus (18)
K’naan (11)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“Let’s finally put to rest the myth that the iPad is a good way to read books –...”
– NSFW: I Admit It, The iPad Is A Kindle Killer. I Just Wish It Weren’t Going To Kill Reading Too
“Etiquette on the iPad is white space on the map. It’s not a smartphone....”
– iPad Etiquette: The Official FAQ - Etiquette - Gizmodo
I have a story in Gizmodo today. You will disagree with me.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-4-4) →
Belle & Sebastian (26)
The Magnetic Fields (20)
Bon Iver (17)
Monks and Nuns of Prinknash and Stanbrook Abbeys (17)
Camera Obscura (15)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by
The iPad is not a CD-ROM →
In 1996, my first year in the working world, I used to bring CD-ROM magazines into work to watch them on my computer. These new media magazines would choke the antidiluvean machine in my apartment…
