Tequila Mockingbird wins a “Bloggie” for “best-kept-secret weblog.” I’m sorta miffed by the category because her blog has been no secret to readers of Prints the Chaff. Mighty Girl, another editor’s blog, was nominated for “best tagline” (hers is “Famous…
Category: Editors’ blogs
The perils of being a book reviewer
It’s bound to happen: someday an author will spit on you. Maud’s blog has the details.
The poop on nanotech
Nanobot parses a Mercury News article on nanotechnology — in this case a company that uses nanotech for mundane but essential tasks like cleaning potties. I’m working on a piece right now that discusses whether nanotech creates new markets or…
Winkie in Tokyo, contd.
The moral of the past two nights is that when visiting Tokyo, make sure you carry some AC/DC with you at all times. If you’re ever in trouble with the law, just crank up “Highway To Hell” and kick back.…
A coup for Claire
Claire Zulkey interviews Dave Barry. An excerpt: Who are some of your favorite humor writers? Steve Martin, Carl Hiaasen, Roy Blount Jr., Gene Weingarten, the late great Robert Benchley, the Onion people, and a bunch more whose names escape me…
Covering sports in Spain
Newsdesigner shows the front pages of Spanish sports dailies in response to the train bombings. I hope I never get to the point where I understand what makes people think it’s OK to blow up other people.
Doug, you’re a blogger now
Doug Clifton, head of state in the Plain Dealer newsroom, earns his wings in the Blogosphere with his latest post — a rant on why people are so damn stupid. Until now Doug’s role as representative of the North Ohio…
When news is a conversation…
Sometimes people have to be told to shut the hell up. Here’s why the Spokesman Review stopped putting reader feedback at the bottom of stories: First, it was very labor-intensive to gather that feedback. Once a day on weekdays, an…
Quinn’s in Chicago
Here’s what she says: Chicago is the Star Trek slide of doors, the voices of train angels, the racket of distant thunder (every four to ten minutes). Chicago goes from underground to street to sky to train to train to…
Why it’s good to be Winkie update
Three words: Bowie at Budokan.