From a Washington Post story last month about the guy who took on Apple when his Ipod’s battery died: Like a doctor with zero bedside manner, Ryan pretty quickly gets to the point: Since Neistat’s iPod is past the year-long…
Author: tom
Year of the gadget
OK, so within 24 hours of placing my order for my new Mac laptop, I learn of two people who also bought new Mac laptops. And yesterday I’m at work and I notice one of the guys on the National…
Sorry for the dearth o’ posts
I’ve been busy buying a bunch of new toys (Mac iBook laptop, Canon A70 digicam), but I do have a couple links of note: Hiawatha Bray of the Boston Globe has a nice piece on the promise & peril of…
‘Rock is dead they say’
Or, well, rock criticism is. I’d suggest the real problem isn’t our obsession with celebrities, it’s our obsession with the notion that things were better in the good old days.
The last thing I will ever write about hyphenation
As Phillip Blanchard would say, this is simple: If adding a hyphen to a compound modifier makes something more clear or more accurate, then add it. If leaving the hyphen out makes it inaccurate, then for God’s sake put it…
Best blogs of 2003
I know, 2003 is so last year, but listmeister Fimoculous has tossed together a nice list of savvy blogs worth checking out if you haven’t already. Speaking of the Fimo-dude, he inspired a mighty fine “best of” list over at…
My conference topic
I’ve decided “Blogging” isn’t sexy enough, so I’m titling my talk as follows: “The Future Doesn’t Need Us: Weblogs and the End of Editing as We’ve Known It.” Now, to get busy amassing facts to back up my conclusion. Assistance…
Headline of the Day
Did you know the Poynter site has been taking these submissions since September 2002? Neither did I.
My prediction for 2004
It will be much like 2003.
Most interesting Web sites of 2003
And not one of them is a blog. Somebody alert the InstaPundit!