October 2009
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A Whole New Ballgame?
Yesterday saw the launch of the Publishing Point, an industry group—originally called the Digital Publishing Group—dedicated to bringing together forward-thinking people in the book industry for education and interaction. The first Publishing Point event also took place yesterday, with Hanny Hindi, a Clickable Guru, speaking to the group about SEM.
I’m lucky enough to have been...
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Announcing the Publishing Point
I’ve been working with Susan Danziger and DailyLit for almost two years now (eep!) and today’s one of the most exciting days in all of that time. We’re announcing the formation of a new industry group that seeks to bring exciting thinkers in publishing together, online and in-person, to discuss rapidly changing future of our industry. Here’s the official announcement,...
WatchThanks to @benrubinstein for reminding me of this excellent Daily Show takedown of the 30 Republican Senators who voted “No” on a bill requiring the government to withhold defense contracts from companies like Halliburton if they restrict their employees from taking workplace sexual assault, battery, and discrimination cases to court.
You read that correctly. These senators believe...
WatchI wrote about this Miracle Whip commerical a few weeks ago. As far as I can see, it remains one of the dumbest* commercials on television.
You can imagine my delight, then, when my favorite fake newsman, Stephen Colbert, decided to take on their un-American anti-mayoism last Thursday.
*Dumb being relative, of course. The commercial is definitely patronizing and stupid, but they are getting an...
WatchThis would be even funnier if it weren’t so true. And depressing.
david:
DEMOCRATIC SUPER MAJORITY. And Jon Stewart calls Chuck Schumer a “fucking idiot”.
