This book is a next-level Brooklyn 2nd-grade public school...
This book is a next-level Brooklyn 2nd-grade public school artifact, left to right: Dr. Mae Jemison, possibly Temple Grandin, Basquiat, Harvey Milk, Ada Lovelace, Coco Chanel, (not sure), maybe Wilma Rudolph, Maya Angelou, poss. Gandhi. twitter.com/...
When client A comes in and wants a proposal I want to...
@tomcritchlow When client A comes in and wants a proposal I want to quickly know who A's peers are (B, C, and D) and then I want to be able to get lots of detail about A,B,C,&D. Most orgs we talk to have this data in their marketing orgs but not their product orgs. So I can be helpful.
Poll: Of the various SEO/site/platform competitive analysis...
Poll: Of the various SEO/site/platform competitive analysis tools which do you like best? If none of these four please tell me. Mostly it's for research--I want to understand who the competitors are for any client who comes in the door.
A sci-fi story where the main character is an utterly...
A sci-fi story where the main character is an utterly committed activist who spends all their time online arguing their beliefs and then comes to realize they're a bot.
I'm a fat ruddy giant who wore boots today so I don't think...
@mimismartypants I'm a fat ruddy giant who wore boots today so I don't think I gave off the "minor in creative writing" vibe as much as I would have liked.
Turns out I just need to have my wisdom teeth out and also...
Turns out I just need to have my wisdom teeth out and also one molar that has been destroyed by my wisdom teeth, which is why it's a pulsing ball of woe. So just five of my largest teeth. The dentist said I look like I can handle a lot of pain, which is great to hear.
I'm 44 and never had a cavity. My molar really hurts in a...
I'm 44 and never had a cavity. My molar really hurts in a new way—like when something touches the tooth it feels like my brain is filled ball lightning. I'm at the dentist. How much pain am I going to experience in the next hour?
Review: It's a sequel to REAMDE, which, well. First 1/2 is...
Review: It's a sequel to REAMDE, which, well. First 1/2 is fine if you like techno-culture scenery chewed (I do). Second 1/2 is watching someone play MINECRAFT: PARADISE LOST EDITION for 1,000 years. It does have an ending.
I've been told I'm not critical enough of the big tech...
I've been told I'm not critical enough of the big tech platforms by one smart person and not optimistic enough about tech by another smart person and I've never felt more like a smug NYC play-it-down-the-middle dipshit writer. And it's wonderful. But of course they're both right.
What is an opinion you deeply hold that few people expect...
What is an opinion you deeply hold that few people expect you to have at all? For example, I strongly believe that Ray of Light is the best Madonna album.
I would like to share with you, the readers of the New York...
I would like to share with you, the readers of the New York Times Magazine, my deeply normal love of reading open source project git commit logs. nyti.ms/...
This industry takes itself more and more seriously as it...
@felixsalmon@page88 This industry takes itself more and more seriously as it shrinks and that was never what made magazines great. That element of folly is so key and the length was part of the folly.
We were joking about it in comparison to Hersey before it...
@felixsalmon@page88 We were joking about it in comparison to Hersey before it came out. WWII vs JavaScript. People interpreted its success in a lot of ways but it was just a big fun piece of service journalism, it looked beautiful in print, and it was joyful and alive online and had a little robot.
The whole focus was kind of comic. I was known but not a...
@felixsalmon@page88 The whole focus was kind of comic. I was known but not a name. I was trying to get Postlight moving and leaving media. There's no reporting. It's a comic essay framed fictionally about a subject people find exhausting.
In objective terms yes, because people continue to read it...
@felixsalmon@page88 In objective terms yes, because people continue to read it and it is referenced as as an intro to the industry, is on syllabi, and I get emails about it from students, etc. For me it's the sense that I got to be part of a totally ridiculous gambit that paid off for everyone.
It's a comically bad length and it leads to padding and...
@page88 It's a comically bad length and it leads to padding and awkward memoir. Very few subjects can sustain overheated magazine prose for that length. Esp. as written by our serious reporting men.
This is so real, it's fun but it also brings calm, and then...
@speckledwords This is so real, it's fun but it also brings calm, and then who among us can actually put down what they truly believe in concrete terms, and then you're like "ulgh total virgo move."
people believe all kinds of things and astrology is no...
@bn2b people believe all kinds of things and astrology is no goofier than many other systems it's just wild that it's like 30% of the feed whereas protestantism is like 1%
and I went on an early date there that was nearly fatal, it...
@toomuchnick@katienotopoulos@maureenflaherty and I went on an early date there that was nearly fatal, it was 30,000 degrees and we were both sweating, and the hairiest man we've ever seen was sitting shirtless by a little pond, we've never forgotten it
I want to create a personalized news startup called Some...
I want to create a personalized news startup called Some Personal News and then hire a bunch of people from on here, and just lean back and enjoy the results.
Public accountability statement that no matter what future...
Public accountability statement that no matter what future Paul says, he doesn't need to buy any more expensive desktop computers from Apple, and if he says he does please refer him to this tweet.
You know it's a kids eye view but everything is serious,...
@goldman You know it's a kids eye view but everything is serious, the series hits anti-Semitism, class warfare, religious differences, death, corruption, provincialism, etc. It's like fun Ibsen for kids.