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Posts tagged 100design
Posts tagged 100design
Awesome lighting installation by Climar at 100% Design
Lighting on Display by Vitra at 100% Design
LED blades soar through the Air at 100% Design
Electroluminescent Wire creates an awesome web for the Mercedes brand activation at 100% Design.
We were warned on Day 1 of BlogTour that there was too much to do and see to possibly see everything in a week. After just one day, it's becoming clear that's the case. We started our day being carried off to 100% Design. Not having been to the festival before, it was great to get a sense for the reboot they've undergone in the last year to make the show a more designed experience. As you can image I took a roughly speaking 1.7 million photos and I won't have enough time this morning to go through all of them. But as I tweeted yesterday, what becomes immediately striking about lighting fixture design here in Europe versus what is typically seen in the US is boldness. European designers do not fear risk in their fixture design. Of course not every fixture was a bold departure from convention, but many were an attempt, and all said something unique.
From beautifully crafted glass fixtures to stunningly retro task lighting, there were some amazing pieces. I'll have to do a longer post dedicated to the European versus American approach to fixture design, but in the mean time. Head over to my tumblr and you'll find lots and lots of photos of some of the amazing fixtures I found on the floor of 100% Design.
More photos of what I saw at 100% Design here and here and here. (whew)
After a jaunt through the Knoll Blogger's lounge, we went over and visited the booth at Amtico. Amtico is doing some amazing things with Vinyl flooring including custom finishes that create the look of wood, stone and natural materials. You can even use a custom photograph as a pattern for your flooring. When I can get back to the states I'll be doing a post on the importance of reflectivity when choosing a vinyl floor like Amtico's. In terms of lighting what will sell a vinyl floor as wood or stone is how it reflects light. That reflectivity and finish will help finish the look of your floor and make it feel like a natural choice.
As designers we'd all been to showrooms and some are more beautiful than others. I can personally say no showroom I'd even been in was more amazing that the brand new Lapicida showroom we visited yesterday. Full of custom-sourced as well as reclaimed stone from all over the world, the showroom was filled with truly stunning examples of what Lapicida is capable of as artists and procurers of stone. Walking their showroom was a real experience, how often can you say that?
One of the reasons the showroom was so brilliant, other than the amazing products, of course, was the pitch-perfect lighting design of Sally Storey. She is one of the UK's most renowned lighting designers and it's safe to say one of the globe's truly amazing designers. The smart attention to every detail of how the showroom was lit cast each piece of stone a brilliant light releasing it's texture and revealing the natural beauty of the stone. I will certainly be doing a more in depth post on the lighting at Lapicida but head here to see more photos in the mean time.
More photos of the Lapicida Showroom here.
I love a good bed (who doesn't really?) and so when we headed to And So To Bed for a showroom visit, some champagne and some mattress testing (you can imagine the jokes) I was thrilled. Not only does And So To Bed sell some of the most amazing bed frames I've ever seen. They also partner with Vi-Spring to sell the most comfortable mattresses I've ever laid on.
More Photos of And So To Bed's Showroom here.
The visit inspired me to think about some bedroom lighting tips that will iron out and share here after the whirlwind of BlogTour dies down and I'm home again. What's that three posts I've promised now?
One of the most amazing things about BlogTour is that it gotten me thinking about lighting in context of the rest of the design interior world. That might sound silly, but when you consult on a specific thing as I do, it's easy to become focused solely on lighting when in reality lighting is only effective as part of a larger design scheme. A day like yesterday provides thrilling inspiration for me and has gotten me thinking about lighting from a fresh angle. Day three promises to be no less inspiring.
Team BlogTour doing what we do in the Knoll blogger's Lounge at 100% Design. Sharing what we saw at 100% Design with each other and the world.
Yes, even more lighting observations from 100% Design.
More Lighting observations from 100% Design
Lighting Observations from 100% Design
Tweetup at the Amtico booth here at #100design #blogtourldn (Taken with Instagram)


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Bollywood icon Aamir Khan, who is also the brand ambassador of popular soft drink Coca Cola, sprang to the defence of the product saying many of the food items we consume in India had a higher percentage of
pesticide content.
Aamir, who was answering a question as to why he had been endorsing the product in the context of the demand for ban on the drink, which was allegedly posing a health threat, he shot back '' saying ''milk, water, eggs and even many vegetables you eat have more pesticide content than Coke.''
Parrying a question that school children would be influenced to consume the harmful soft drink if it was endorsed by a popular star like him, Aamir said in the US, school children do not figure in the advertisements for Coke.
''I endorsed coke as I simply love that drink'', Aamir asserted, adding ''I have been enjoying Coke since my younger days.''

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Last week, Columbus janitors took to the streets to demand a fair contract. This Monday, they return to the table to negotiate with the cleaning contractors who have demanded a wage freeze for janitors for the next three years, in addition to increases in health care costs and the right to cut janitors' hours at any time.
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From the reader #23
Pejac. My kind of artist.
Pejac. My kind of artist.
Michael Wolf's architecture of density project is pretty incredible.
A nice alternative to signing up to a stock photography website.
→ Continue reading Blank Slate: A Comprehensive Library of Photographic Templates
Free (do whatever you want) hi-resolution photos.
VMX Architects at work in Amstelveen, Netherlands.


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Good Neighbours / Bad Citizens: Personal Value Priorities of Economists
AbstractSeveral recent studies found that the behaviour of economists was less cooperative than the behaviour of non-economists. Other studies found, however, that economists behaved no differently than other individuals. In this Paper, we study this issue by examining personal value priorities of economics students and students from other disciplines. Values are desirable goals that transcend specific situations and serve as guiding principles in people's lives. We find that the value priorities reported by students of economics are different from those reported by students from other fields: Economists attribute more importance to achievement and power values and less importance to universalism. Our findings also indicate that the value differences between students of economics and students from other disciplines were already apparent before students were exposed to training in economics.
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text: Welcome! My name is Armando Fonseca.The purpose of this site is to organize my online presence and to share my computing thoughts, hacks, code, problems and experiences. I'm very passionated about software and I hope to meet other people with the same level of interest. If you have passion for software, please don't hesitate to contact me and share your thoughts. While I have a busy schedule between work, school and open source coding, I will still find time to write for my personal blog and enhance this site.


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Nick McRae and Omoregie Uzzi are doing their best to make Georgia Tech's fans forget that the starting guards from last year's ACC championship squad are gone.
And that's not easy to do. All-ACC performer Cord Howard and Joseph Gilbert started every game as a tandem last season and helped pave the way for the Yellow Jackets to average an ACC-best 295.4 rushing yards per game. Howard exhausted his eligibility and Gilbert is transferring to further his education.
Uzzi, a Lithonia native, got a lot of playing time last season after redshirting as a freshman. McRae, a Dublin native, also redshirted as a freshman but wasn't able to crack the lineup as much as Uzzi last year.
But McRae is seizing his spot with the first unit this spring, consistently holding off challenges from redshirt freshmen Will Jackson and Ray Beno.
"Coach Sewak and I, with both guys [Uzzi and McRae] we see incremental development," co-line coach Todd Spencer said. "They are making progress, grinding through the fundamentals. With that you're getting better work habits. It's been small victories, one on top of the other this spring."
The hardest part is learning the plays, which Uzzi said he and McRae both know. Now it's just a matter of improving their technique, staying low at the snap and trying to play as fast as they can.
"There's a lot less thinking, a lot more playing," Uzzi said.
Neither player said they've leaned much on Howard's experience this year, though McRae said he is doing his best to follow the most important piece of advice Howard gave him last year.
"He would tell me to keep my head up and keep working," McRae said. " My time would come and when it comes to take advantage of it."
Injury update
For the first time since the previous spring, linebacker Kyle Jackson was able to participate in some of the non-contact periods of Friday's practice. Jackson broke a bone in his foot during a practice last spring and missed the ACC championship season.
Linebacker Brad Jefferson (hamstring), who has been out since Monday, should be back for Saturday's practice at Bobby Dodd Stadium, which starts at 9:15 a.m. Linebacker Julian Burnett (ankle) will be a practice-time decision made by the trainers, Johnson said.
Johnson downplayed the significance of Saturday's scrimmage, the last one before T-day on April 24.
Hill grounded
Wide receiver Stephen Hill missed Friday's practice to compete in the long jump in the ACC track and field championships at Clemson. Hill fouled on each of his attempts.
Friday rewind
It's the hit of the spring. During a third-and-4, down-and-distance drill, B-back Anthony Allen burst through the middle and flattened safety Jemea Thomas. Allen tried to fake him out at first, but then lowered his head and knocked Thomas backward. It was reminiscent of some of Jonathan Dwyer's big hits last year and sparked one fan to say: "I don't think we're going to be giving up much at B-back."
Johnson didn't seem to impressed afterward. "It happens sometime," he said.
Other highlights and lowlights during various drills in Friday's practice:
• Cornerback Dominique Reese had three interceptions, including one when he snatched a ball right before it hit the ground.
• A-back Roddy Jones went up high to make a nice catch on a slightly underthrown pass down the right sideline.
• Nose tackle Logan Walls had a sack and defensive end Emmanuel Dieke had a tackle for loss.
• Middle linebacker Brandon Watts, pushing to make the first team, had a tackle for loss.
• Defensive end Jason Peters showed good lateral quickness to his right by pursuing down the line and bringing down B-back Richard Watson.
• Jordan Luallen made a hard throw to A-back Robby Godhigh on a skinny post that he caught in stride. Otherwise, it was an uneven day for Tech's quarterbacks.
• Safety Mario Edwards and B-back Lucas Cox had a big collision in a run up the middle. Cox continues to impress, bowling through the line for positive yards on most of his carries.
• Wide receiver Tyler Melton busted a long run on a screen play.
• Albert Rocker tagged Allen in the backfield on the third-and-4 drill.
• As middle linebacker Steven Sylvester sacked him, Tevin Washington was able to get away a nice pass to Melton that he wasn't able to hold onto.
• A-back B.J. Bostic wasn't looking for a pass by Luallen on a seam route. The ball zipped right by him. Had he caught it only the wall at the other end of the practice field would have stopped him.
April 16th, 2010
7:01 pm
i think the old guard(s) will be forgotten pretty quickly.
April 16th, 2010
7:20 pm
And people say Tech doesn't pass? Sounds like the guys are getting more in the playbook.
April 16th, 2010
7:21 pm
So how does Roddy go up high for a pass that is under thrown…is he that short?
April 16th, 2010
7:28 pm
TechMan, I'm guessing you can picture all of Reggie's underthrown balls that Calvin had to slow down for and outjump people for…
April 16th, 2010
7:56 pm
go jackets!!…can't wait to T Day…
April 16th, 2010
8:09 pm
LOL – charles, I think you missed the joke… Roddy might be short, but he's a bad-ass!
April 16th, 2010
9:09 pm
Finally a good update. thank you. Keep them coming
April 16th, 2010
9:55 pm
wish we had a play-off…we scored 9 more pts. on un than cu….
April 16th, 2010
9:58 pm
You have Kyle Jackson as a backup offensive lineman and also as an ailing linebacker. I believe he's a linebacker. Who is the offensive lineman in question?
April 16th, 2010
10:13 pm
Where all the posts by UGA fans on the Tech blog that all of you guys allude to when you are on our boards talking trash? Looks like I'm the first and this has been up for three hours.
April 16th, 2010
10:15 pm
Best of luck to you guys on a repeat of the ACC next year, btw. Have a good night.
April 16th, 2010
10:29 pm
First, Omoregie Uzzi is from Lithonia. Secondly, he played in 20-30 snaps last season, and played almost the whole bowl game against Iowa. Is this the type of lack luster coverage we are going to expect from the ajc when it comes to Tech?
April 17th, 2010
8:40 am
Doug please update the linemen on both sides of the ball, say a two deep as you see it.
April 17th, 2010
9:36 am
collegeballfan – it's tough getting much info, but I will speculate for ya:
O-Line: 1st team — Tackles – Claytor,Barrick Guards – Uzzi,McRae Center – Bedford
As mentioned, Beno & Jackson backing up at Guard, with Krish in the mix.
It looks like McRae and Beno would be the best bets backing up at center – they both have experience here.
Foster and Phil Smith are Tackles who will get a shot.
D-Line: 1st team — NT Logan Walls DE's Peters, Cross
At nose tackle there seems to be adequate depth with T.J.Barnes, Ben Anderson, and J.C.Lanier, however, they were talking about using Lanier at DE – I haven't heard how that's working out.
The depth chart at DE is harder to figure. Will Robert Hall come back strong in the summer? Dieke has promise, but needs to stay lower. Cummings is a possibility. Rocker and Tongo are not the ideal size for DE in a 3-4, but will get some playing time somewhere. I wouldn't be suprised if the freshman, Denzel McCoy, is worked into the rotation at DE.
April 17th, 2010
10:05 am
April 17th, 2010
10:38 am
Lucas Cox is a valuable guy. In 2008 he played as the backup to Dwyer at B, plus snaps in the rotation at A. In 2009 he played mostly at A. Big, tough runner and good blocker.
April 17th, 2010
10:42 am
How is Kyle Jackson doing? He's a monster, but stays hurt a lot. Is he getting any better?
April 17th, 2010
11:40 am
Yeh, I always liked the Cox kid at B back. Why not use Allen as more an A back to take advantage of his speed on the outside? Maybe Allen is turning into a bruiser as well up the middle and the two would make a good rotation. Anyway, my biggest concerns are LBs and WRs. No way in hell to replace Thomas and the LBs seemed to be the weak spot all year last year. But maybe Groh can out scheme someone this year.
April 17th, 2010
11:44 am
Consider this when thinking of the OLine. They are extremely important but remember how Navy had OhSt on the ropes last year with an OLine that may have averaged 260 lbs soaking wet.. That said over the past two years i've seen some DLines in the ACC and this past year GA just man handle our OLine. Not sure how Navy does it.
April 17th, 2010
11:59 am
Um, ah, like, um, like ah, Tech's two best guards either QUIT or transferred from the BONE???
I um, ah thought that tech graduated ALL of their scholar athletes. Um, ah, why did they LEAVE???
One even went to Ga State??? Wow!! Sort of like the former techer tight end that escaped, so as to play in the SEC for Bama. THAT HAD TO HURT tech's pride. Dumped for the SEC.
Tech can't sign top drawer HS prospects, nor can they get ACC all stars to stay. That says it all.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA Middle School offense is attracting them from all over the world. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHHA
April 17th, 2010
1:09 pm
oh, and just to be clear, 2-time all ACC guard cord howard DID graduate.
so what was your point again, two best??? that u really wish u could have gone to GT?
April 17th, 2010
1:42 pm
Will Jackson needs to get back in the rotation as we need to keep everyone healthy along the offensive line going inito fall camp. Paul Johnson is starting to get some beef up front which will start to show how this triple option offense can work when the offensive line is controlling the line of scrimmage.
For more Georgia Tech Football articles go to http:isportsweb.com. Go Jackets!
April 17th, 2010
1:43 pm
April 17th, 2010
2:36 pm
lame.what a bunch of cut blocking cheats .GO HOKIES!!!!!!
April 17th, 2010
9:02 pm
to the moron posting above as "vahokie":
so what is your point again? still upset about losing to GT in 2009?
here's an idea – stop complaining, and start improving. that is, if u actually play for VT.
if i had to guess, i'd say that you are an uneducated "fan" of the VT program who is embarassing other VT fans with your lack of knowledge. perhaps it's time to leave the blogs alone and pick up a book?
April 18th, 2010
1:05 pm
lol yeah im a idiot i guess ill just have to find something to do with this with MBA.have a good day you hick
April 18th, 2010
11:27 pm
so "vahokie" admits to being an idiiot. glad to hear it – the first step in dealing with a problem is admitting it.


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Dad Captures His Son's First Year, One Second Per Day, and It's Lovely
Sam Cornwell, a photographer from England, took a second of video a day and stitched into a video of his son Indigo's first year on planet earth. It's neato — and he's got that song in the background that's used in lots of movies lately to make you cry. When Indigo takes his first steps, I totally said "yes!" out loud. Well played, Cornwell.
It's cool to watch Indigo's transition from a high needs pet to a little boy. That's not to knock on any part of a child's development, but they get a lot more fun as time goes on, right? Well, at least cuter and more capable of staying alive. Good job, kiddo.
This is the cutest thing in the entire world. Worth watching the whole thing, for sure.
Jude's friend received a butterfly garden for his birthday, and this morning we were invited to the park to watch them get released. Jude went nuts! It was pretty fun to see so I think we will eventually order one for ourselves.
Hope you're all having a lovely Tuesday!
Fashion Friday - It's Ok Apparel
It's Ok Apparel is a brand-spanking new company that launched at the beginning of this month. Katie is the mom behind the brand and started the line to help support her family. She has two beautiful littles at home and is pregnant with her third! The name came about because she noticed she was using the phrase "It's OK" a lot with herself and others, so it made sense to translate that into the company. Tees run true to size, and are soft and durable.
Jude is wearing the "3trees" tee. I fell in love when I saw it on instagram because it reminded me of the PNW. We also have the "It's OK" tee coming our way:
Check out Katie's instagram to see more of the line. She also knits just about anything, and will customize hats, scarves, etc.
Previous Fashion Fridays-
Munkstown, Mason and the Tambourine, PRSPR, Minette and Milo, Hello Apparel, Mini and Maximus, & Bambinos and Bunny
Mischievous fox is mischievous
Jude is such a wonderful kid, but he has been a real handful lately. You guys weren't kidding when you said three is tough age! I have to bring my A game, all day, every day to stay on top of this one. Love him to pieces, but thank goodness for coffee (and a little wine, too).
Mask by Opposite of Far
We have been making a point to stay busy and our favorite way to do that is to play tourist. Things were so nuts around here for a couple of weeks with people visiting for Jude's birthday, and after my dad flew out and Mark went on the road, I was feeling a little empty. Hence the staying busy. I also started running again!! I know it makes a big difference in my mental state, but I always forget how much of a difference it makes. Game changer.
My favorite day last week was when we decided to head down to Seaport Village on a whim (unplanned things always turn out the best). We are usually up in Washington this time of the year, so it was crazy overwhelming to see the plethora tourists. I got over it when I started picking up on all the second hand vacation vibes. Everyone was so happy down there! Jude got a balloon from a stranger and he was so jazzed he started interpretive dancing, which brought all the smiles. Judging from the crowd's response, Jude will be making an appearance in some photo albums overseas.
More pictures and updates to come. Hope you're all well!
Sunday Sounds- this song always makes me emotional edition
I have never googled it, but I interpret this song to be about a son missing his mother. I was pregnant with Jude the first time I heard it…enough said.
I have a little spare time so I'm doing one more update while I can :). Auburn invited us for a beach morning on Tuesday. It was much needed after our busy weekend. SD has been really warm and humid lately. The clouds and the breeze made this northwest girl very happy. My dad came in from Seattle that afternoon, so we have been spending some quality time with him the last few days. Tuesday night my brother, mom, dad, and I went out for dinner. We can't even remember the last time it was just the four of us! It was incredibly fun and relaxing and I am really thankful my parents have remained such good friends (they've been divorced for almost 10 years). Unfortunately, we were having such fun that none of us remembered to get a picture.
I hope that you and your families have a fun and safe 4th, and I'm looking forward to catching up on all your feeds soon!!
Jude's Jurassic Birthday Bash!
He was one excited guy last Saturday. The kids came over and dug for fossils in the sand table, made their own fossils out of *play-dough, and played around in some dino masks. He is a loved little boy and that makes my heart happy.
*Here is the play dough recipe I used. It was less mess, edible (in case one of the kids got a crazy idea), and incredibly easy to make.
Hard to believe this guy will be three on Saturday!
I have been making a point to ensure that his birthday week is special. We spent the day at the zoo on Monday and he was in charge the whole time. After the zoo we took a quick ride on the Balboa Park Train, then took a nap together and stayed up late for our first family movie night. We watched Toy Story 3 (no, that movie makes you cry) and munched on some popcorn. He looked over at me and said, "I'm happy." Heart melting. Yesterday was spent reading the same two books, over and over and over. One about dinosaurs and one about animals. Tedious for mama, but he was pumped. Then we watched a few episodes of Dinosaur Train and Wild Kratts that corresponded with the creatures in his books. Today we are heading to Seaport Village on the trolley and tomorrow I am planning a beach day. Friday I will probably be a maniac trying to get ready for his Jurassic Birthday Bash, but hopefully we can squeeze in a trip to the museum or something.
Party prepping is already in full swing, so I probably won't be on here much over the next few days. Wish me luck in my attempt to organize this thing. Hope everybody has a great rest of the week!
One of those days. <3
I want to hold the hand inside you
I want to take the breath that's true
I look to you and I see nothing
I look to you to see the truth
Sunday Sounds-
One of the songs Mark and I bonded over in college.
Mike McCready (Pearl Jam) is going to score Mark's documentary! Been sitting on this one for a bit, super happy to finally be able to share the news with you guys :). Hope you're having a fabulous weekend!!
Tried it Tuesday -
I am slowly redecorating Jude's room to turn it into more of a "big boy" space. I have been obsessively stalking my local IKEA for these $4 spice racks to use as bookshelves for his reading area, and they were finally restocked last week. Jude was so excited to help me put them together. He has been loving his new spot and I'm pretty happy with how the whole thing turned out, too!


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Photos: Haiti one year after the earthquake
The one-year anniversary of the Haitian earthquake that killed more than 200,000 people will be marked on Jan. 12, 2011. Here are some images of the devastated nation.
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Outdoor Mass( Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images / January 12, 2011 )
Haitians hold an outdoor Mass at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Port-au-Prince on the one year anniversary of the quake. Dressed in their best and clutching Bibles, thousands of Haitians gathered near a ruined cathedral Wednesday to mark the moment a year ago when the earth convulsed and savaged their nation. More than 1.3 million were left homeless when at 4:53 p.m. on January 12, 2010, the earth heaved for a few terrifying seconds, collapsing homes and businesses, churches and schools,


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It brings me back to 2006 when my friend and I were kneeling on the floor in adjacent stalls at a suburban Taco Bell, alternatively holding hands and puking. We knew each other well enough to know we'd both had "eating issues" in the past, but that applies to most girls, honestly, and the stories are told with a narrative of having reached full and final recovery, always. We were both 21 and living in a shitty house and doing just enough to not get swallowed up by the enormity of our respective post-college neurotic avalanches. We didn't speak, or plan our twisted means of catharsis. We found each other without words, synchronized as if our muscle memory knew the same choreography. http://tcat.tc/1fM72jv
It's National Eating Disorder Awareness Week so it feels like the appropriate time to talk about why I've been on vacation from this blog for the last month.
I dunno. The bulk of it is that I have an eating disorder. My brain just does not work like a normal person's. I am smart and I can (and have) read about nutrition and coping techniques and gotten all the self knowledge I want to from going to therapy and writing about my life all the time, but none of that was making my ED any more manageable. It wasn't manageable, and as time went on it got worse and worse.
I went on my first diet when I was in Kindergarten. I remember asking people if they thought I was fat around that time. In high school I realized it felt really good to just skip meals. I wouldn't eat anything for days, I'd go to hockey practice after school and feel SO powerful that I could exert so much energy that wasn't coming from anywhere but what I thought was sheer will. Then I'd go home and eat everything in the kitchen because I'd be shaking and dizzy. I'd make up for it by puking or getting up and over exercising in the morning or just by feeling shitty and worthless indefinitely.
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Tumblr is shutting down blogs that promote self-harm. This means pro-anorexia, pro-bulimia, and pro-self harm blogs are dunzo.
I have to believe this is because of the misconception that these communities are about encouraging people to have eating disorders and causing existing eating disorders to worsen. They are primarily a community of mentally ill people talking about eating disorders with other people who have an eating disorder. I mean, we understand that we are talking about sick people, right? It's not a well-adjusted sadistic girl sitting behind her computer hoping that people reading her blog will hate themselves for her enjoyment. These kinds of blogs are run by communities of like-minded people. They provide friendship and support to people who are otherwise completely isolated by their disease.
Pro-eating disorder websites do not cause eating disorders. The thing that people can't look past is someone will post something like "I didn't eat today!" and people will be supportive and congratulate them. This is what is at stake. People being nice to each other in a misguided way. It's not great, sure, but why target this very specific kind of violence?
It's still okay to have a racist blog on Tumblr. It's still okay to have a blog where you take pictures of people eating and call them fat. In essence, it's okay to have the kind of blog that causes someone to degenerate into the mental state where they might get an eating disorder, but once they get one we'll sweep them under the rug unless they only talk about their disease in a manner a bunch of bros unfamiliar with eating disorders find acceptable.
Tumblr, like LiveJournal and many, many other platforms before them is targeting self-harm blogs because they are an easy kill. These blogs are written by primarily young girls who are mentally ill and don't have the resources to fight back. Think about some bros having MMA blogs on Tumblr; maybe they even beat up their friends for fun. That would also qualify as a harm blog, definitely. There might be longterm physical, mental, and emotional consequences to their actions but this is a non-issue because outward violence is "masculine" and more socially acceptable.
It's not a secret that this new rule will target primarily women. Sick women that have finally found a community where they don't feel alone. If you think censoring these websites will lead more women to recovery, consider whether people fought in wars before there was violence on TV. This is shutting down a community where people can talk openly without addressing the (actually evil) blogs that may have caused them to be where they are at. Great job, Tumblr.


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The Next Web: The iPad is Going to Kill the Kindle
Alex Wilhelm, writing for The Next Web:
If you follow the ebook market you were likely stunned this June when Steve Jobs claimed to have captured 22% of the electronic book market overnight with the release of iBooks and iPad. Many of us who watch this market with careful eyes were leery of the numbers that Jobs was tossing around, they sounded too good to be true.
- If you "follow the ebook market" you're a fucking dork. Yeah. I said it, and I'm not sorry I said it.
- Assuming you're a fucking dork, were you really "stunned" by Jobs's claim? Did your mouth literally hang wide open, as you stared blankly at the words that you could not bring yourself to believe? Was it like a punch to the gut?
- Steve Jobs did not make that claim, and if you think he did, you're not following the ebook market very closely. Dork status: Revoked.
How do I know Steve Jobs didn't make the claim? An investigation? A Google search? Did I call Steve Jobs up, because I can do that, and ask him?
No, no, no. I only call Steve as a last resort. I didn't even have to do any of the work myself. Before I copied and pasted the little snippet from TNW's article, the word "claim" was a "hyperlink" to this Gravitational Pull article:
What Steve Jobs actually said about iBooks market share
As you might have guessed, the word "actually" (which I helpfully emphasized) is a hint that there's something more to the story. The "something more" was this:
I've got a few stats today for you. In the first 65 days, users have downloaded over 5 million books and that is about two and half books per iPad which is terrific. The other interesting thing is the five of the six biggest publishers in the US who have their books on the iBookstore tell us that the share of ebooks now that are going through the iBookstore now is about 22 percent. So iBooks market share now of ebooks from five of these six major publishers is up to 22 percent in just about 8 weeks. And, as we ship more iPads, that number is just going to keep going up and up and up and we're really thrilled with it.
So, what Steve Jobs "claimed" was merely what he was told by the five biggest publishers who publish on the iBooks platform. The 22% figure is not a reflection of the "total ebook market" and it wasn't pulled out of Jobs's ass—it's a reflection of the sales of those specific publishers.
Yes, I'm aware that a slide from Jobs's presentation caused some initial confusion, because it read "22% share of total ebook sales" but the entire point of the Gravitational Pull article was to provide context for that slide via the actual words that came out of Jobs's mouth. Apple doesn't provide a live feed of its events, so getting a transcript took some time. Time which was used by many in the blog-o-press to flip the fuck out.
Why is it, then, that TNW is trotting out an author who self publishes (one guy whose name is not A. Nick Dotal, alas) to somehow prove false a claim Apple never actually made, even while linking to an article which proves he never made the claim?
Because they can, and no one will call them on it. Because the internet sucks.
On the other hand, the article is written by the kind of guy who would end on something like this:
So much for iPad killing Kindle. I called it.
Way to go, Nostradamus. Where can everyone else get a crystal ball that peers into the obvious?
At any rate: The iPad hasn't even finished mashing the buttons on the fatality it's laying down on netbooks and as everyone who follows the technology mortal combat circuit knows, killing things is an art, not a race.
"Get over here!"
Ridiculous Valleywag Headline: Apple's 'Freedom From Porn' Enforcer Drawn To Porn Stars and Escorts on Twitter
Long story short: Phillip Shoemaker is employed by Apple. He's heavily involved in the App Store app approval process. It turns out that prior to employment with Apple, he was an app store developer. 7 of his apps are currently available, and they're all pretty lame.
The first part of this pulitzer-worthy journalistic effort is that Apple has rules against this sort of thing. Wired was first to make note of this in their own overly-sensationalized write-up:
Typically, Apple employees are prohibited from selling apps in the App Store unless they gain special permission from an executive as part of a policy to avoid conflicts of interest, according to Evan Doll, a former senior iPhone software engineer at Apple. Doll left Apple about a year ago to start his own company, which now produces the popular Flipboard iPad app for reading news content.
"Apple employees are generally prohibited," Doll told Wired.com. "You have to get a special exception from a VP. Otherwise, big no-no."
"If he was doing it pre-Apple then he'd have an easier time getting an exception," he added.
Valleywag's take:
The publication of the apps appears to violate Apple's own employment policy for app store employees.
It's worth noting that Valleywag is relying on Wired's article. Neither site seems to have any real information about whether Shoemaker was deemed an exception based on the fact that his apps were developed (and submitted) "pre-Apple".
So, if you're looking for the facts which would allow Valleywag to come to the above conclusion…good luck.
So, Wired and Valleywag track this guy down, pour over his posts to various social networks, and are shocked to find that he has since deleted his Twitter account:
Meanwhile, Shoemaker has deleted a Twitter account that, we've discovered, showed him following lots of escorts and porn stars on the microblogging service, a public indulgence in precisely the sort of content his boss Apple CEO Steve Jobs has deemed too harmful and corrosive even to touch the app store.
That's pretty much the short version of the rest of the article, which is a lot of words saying, in effect: "There's nothing wrong with following sex escorts on Twitter, there's nothing wrong with looking at porn, but the fact that THIS GUY does those things, while also attempting to disallow pornographic apps from Apple's app store, is a clear conflict of interest.
Keep in mind that Apple only disallows pornographic content when it comes to distribution through their app store. Go ahead and see what happens if you try to watch a pornographic video on youporn.com, using the iPhone's web browser.
I doubt you'll have much trouble, nor want for a more hardcore experience.
In other words, Valleywag is determined to make a scandal out of this guy's personal life, based primarily on his "embarrassing, porny Twitter account".
Let's assume the worst: Shoemaker does indeed follow porn stars and even sex escorts on Twitter, and actively sought those people out. So? This is only a conflict of interest if it can later be shown (through some actual investigative journalism) that the porn stars and escorts he follows somehow get priority treatment or even availability on the app store.
If the argument is that it's a conflict of interest for Apple employees to view porn, to follow porn stars on Twitter, to go to strip clubs and watch women shake their titties—I suspect a lot of Apple employees need to be fired.
Now, for kicks, let's assume a less salacious scenario: According to the Valleywag screenshots, Shoemaker follows around 20 escorts and/or pornstars, and they all appear in a cluster. In total, he follows over a thousand twitter accounts including "TheExpert"—a guy who can help you "make money on Twitter."
It seems reasonable to assume that maybe, just maybe, Shoemaker blindly followed anyone who followed him first? It's even possible that Shoemaker's account was set to automatically follow everyone who followed him. Has no one at Valleywag ever experienced the sort of spam followers one gets by posting even the most innocuous of tweets?
Given that Shoemaker's job involves filtering pornographic content, his tweets may well have been attracting a lot of pornographic spammy followers, right?
The moral of the story:
More to the point, it could also lead people to wonder if it's not hypocritical for Apple to repeatedly insinuate that merely allowing adults to look at porn through specialized apps on its tablet and phone-sized computers is somehow immoral, corrupting and intrinsically harmful to families — given that the very Apple employee deemed moral, incorruptible and otherwise trustworthy enough to gatekeep said apps was publicly subscribed to 16 escort and porn star Twitter feeds, at minimum.
Ryan Tate wrote this article, and this is the same Ryan Tate who got into an ill-advised, drunken back and forth email/rant with Steve Jobs regarding Apple "no porn" policy. (Speaking of conflicts of interest…cough.)
Tate also, predictably, misrepresents Jobs's comments on the matter. Jobs may, in fact, think porn is immoral and corrupting and inherently harmful to families, but what he actually said is that the app store "offers freedom from porn" and that Ryan Tate might feel differently about the subject if he had kids. Jobs hasn't elaborated much, but he has indicated that porn is (as I mention above) easy enough to find, even on an iPhone, and that Apple simply isn't interested in pushing it.
Most importantly, any attempt to tie an app store policy to the personal life of an app store employee—possibly destroying his reputation as part of the process—is simply absurd at best and irresponsible journalism at worst.
Not that anyone would expect more from a Gawker Media joint.
One last note: About an hour ago, I tweeted:
Just curious about something: Sex Escort Service.
While writing this story, I received an email informing me that MISS_KNOCKOUT is now following me on Twitter.
I can't help but think Apple would be an entirely better, more open, less sandboxed, more customer/less profit focused company with Woz at the helm rather than the Steve we've got there now.
What Steve Jobs Said
First, here's how I summed up what I thought he should say, before the event went down:
…Apple should use sales data, real-world reports—and a little contrition—to give a hard-to-refute middle finger to the negative press they've been receiving and then they shouldn't ever address the situation again.
That is, in essence, what Steve Jobs said. I was pretty close. Of course, he said it with a look of anger and annoyance that was rooted in having to say it in the first place. As I suspected, Jobs made it pretty clear that the Consumer Reports "non-recommendation" article was the impetus for this impromptu discussion.
However, I also thought that Jobs needed to concede his role (and Apple's overall early PR role) in furthering the so-called "antenna-gate" crisis. That didn't really happen, much, or at least to the degree that it should have happened. Yes, Jobs conceded that Apple isn't perfect. Yes, he conceded that they really zeroed in on the "kill spot" for attenuation with the design of the iPhone 4.
By and large, though, there was no mention of his "don't hold it that way" email quip, directed at a user who would probably say that he doesn't feel particularly loved by Apple, despite Jobs's repeated claims that they love every customer.
This is disappointing because the assembled members of the press were given an opportunity to ask questions, and Jobs's early involvement was the elephant in the room that everyone ignored.
I also didn't predict the bumper giveaway, primarily because I feared it would come across as a somewhat contradictory gesture if Jobs was going to argue that the phone was as good as they've been saying all along. (It did.) As predicted (by just about everyone) there was no recall announcement.
As part of my job, I see the way a lot of corporations defend the products they make and believe in—often despite allegations which go far beyond anything customers are facing with the iPhone 4—and I knew that Apple would never announce a recall based on the flimsy "design defect" claims that have surfaced.
So, Jobs did what I thought he needed to do: He used statistics and evidence to show that customers (99-ish percent of 3 million customers) aren't seeing the problems that the tech blogs, the pundits and some in the press want them to see. We now know that iPhone 4s aren't really being returned, and that complaints aren't pouring in to Apple's support line.
(Carolyn made a good point, though: How many people call AT&T to complain, rather than AppleCare, given that the complaints are related to reception? Dunno.)
While a lot of the numbers we saw as well as the impressive shots of the testing facilities were clearly meant to combat some of the concerns that have been voiced over the last couple weeks by members of the press, I saw an even bigger target for those reveals:
Lawyers who have filed class action lawsuits against Apple, regarding the iphone 4 antenna issue.
After what we saw today, there is no way that a lawsuit will ever prevail in court, and I'm certain that Apple used today's press conference as a way to make it very clear that this isn't a smart fight for anyone to pick.
Even so, I fully expect a few of these money chasers to press forward with their claims: Any lawyer who files a class-action lawsuit before even a single consumer is beyond the 14-day return policy of the product in question, or who contacts someone to see if they'll testify as an expert witness, even after that person has admitted to not being an antenna expert, isn't going to be deterred just because their claims have been undermined by a mountain of compelling evidence.
Michael Arrington (TechCrunch) questioned the news-worthiness of the test facilities, which is odd given that a lot of media outlets (and a lot of commenters) have been making a lot of really stupid comments about whether Apple did enough testing of the iPhone 4 outside of stealth cases. It should now be very clear that Apple tests their products well beyond what even Consumer Reports utilized in the test that drove them to walk back their recommendation. And, again, it doesn't hurt that this information puts class action lawyers on notice as well.
Bloggers can (and will, I'm sure) continue to write about the issue, but the story can no longer be "what's Apple going to do about this" or "is Apple ignoring the issue" or "did Apple neglect to test the iPhone 4" because the onus is now on the consumer, and the future is in their hands.
Jobs has essentially asked iPhone 4 owners to call his bluff:
"If you're unhappy and if you think a bumper case isn't enough to make you happy, if you think the iPhone 4 is defective, if 3 million of you are as unhappy as the press that has been speaking on your behalf seems to think you are…return your phones. We've made the process as easy as possible by extending the return policy, waving the restocking fee, and you'll even receive an AT&T contract reset."
The early adopter return rate Jobs mentioned was something like 1.3 percent, and that number will now either go up, or it'll hold steady, depending on how right Jobs is concerning his theory that people really love their iPhone 4s. (I imagine the number will get slightly higher, because some people were probably holding off, wanting to see how Apple would respond before making a decision to return their phone.)
A product that is selling like crazy, which is back-ordered because of its popularity, and which is not seeing an above average return rate (indeed, which is apparently seeing a below average return rate) simply isn't a product that can be portrayed as defective or worthy of a recall, especially given that the claims do not involve safety issues. (Whether the antenna crisis has affected anyone's sanity is debatable.)
I've seen far too many variations of "I'm not seeing a problem with dropped calls or any real issues in day-to-day usage, but I'm upset just knowing that my phone has this problem" and have even seen people who claim to be upset about the antenna issue while conceding that they're getting better reception than on their previous iPhone.
The perception of unhappiness and the very idea of an imperfection seems to be Apple's biggest enemy at this point.
In the end, people who don't have issues shouldn't complain about the issues they're not having, and people who do have issues should return their phone and get a refund, if their grief can't be assuaged.
I recently bought a new Mr. Coffee brand coffee maker and because I'm not an aficionado, I bought one based on a few basic wants (stainless steel carafe, detachable water tank, etc.) and, well, how it looked: I like my appliances to be pretty.
It's definitely been serviceable, but it has two bothersome flaws: When the lid is open on the water tank (in order to fill it with water) the lid actually covers the measurement numbers on the side of the tank, so there's no way to know how many cups of water you've filled it with, past 4 cups. (It's a 10-cup coffee maker.) It also doesn't brew coffee as hot as I'd like. So, I risk making coffee too weak or too strong at too low a temperature.
Both of these issues sort of frustrate me, but I was still well within the 30 day return policy when I discovered them, and if they had been deal breakers, I'd have a different coffee maker on my counter. Of course, I could bitch and moan and do everything in my power to bring down Mr. Coffee, all the while sipping coffee brewed by my defective Mr. Coffee coffee maker but then, what kind of douche would do something like that?
Michael Arrington, in this presser post-mortem with John Gruber and MG Siegler and some guy who looks like he's there primarily to give me the impression that he wants to lick Arrington's anus, can't wrap his mind around the fact that Jobs seems to concede that the iPhone 4 has a problem area while simultaneously saying that there's not a problem with the iPhone 4.
Meanwhile, he's perfectly willing to talk up an Android phone (the 4G EVO) that, as he concedes, "gets 20 minutes to the charge" while simultaneously saying that it's a great phone. Beyond the dismal battery life, this is a product that is marketed for its 4G capabilities but which most people can't actually use as a 4G phone, due to the low availability of Sprint's 4G network. To make matters worse, customers are required to pay extra for a 4G data plan, whether they can use a 4G network, or not.
Unsurprisingly, this isn't seen as a defect, or an issue worthy of litigation.
The iPhone 4 will have a "problem" when it has an issue (be it with the antenna or any other shortcoming) that compels a significant percentage of Apple's customers to ask for their money back. According to Apple, that day has not yet come.
A couple things I noticed:
- Jobs actually said something nice about Google when he lamented the way they've been "unfairly" treated, though he didn't really get into specifics.
- At one point, Jobs hinted that they're working on a way to get around the laws of physics by saying they haven't done so…yet.
- John Gruber's question during the Q&A was a softball lob but was balanced out by whoever it was that asked the goofy and unfair "I'm holding a BlackBerry Bold right now and can't make it lose signal" non-question. (I have a BB Bold, and you can definitely make it drop several bars based on the way you hold it.)
- Michael Arrington is a total cock. Why does MG Siegler put up with it?
What Steve Jobs Should Say on Friday
I don't think this is what Steve Jobs will say, but having read almost every article ever posted about the iPhone 4 reception issue, I think whatever he says can be based upon a handful of facts:
- Apple has sold well over two million iPhone 4s, by this point.
- There's definitely an attenuation problem, caused by the new antenna design.
- The issue has become a PR nightmare, based largely upon Apple's craptacular response.
I think those facts are fleshed out by the following:
- If Apple has sold well over two million iPhone 4s, and if people are having massive real-world issues with their iPhones, there is no way that we'd not know about widespread returns. I don't think it's possible to hide customer dissatisfaction at that level.
- Despite the fact that the iPhone 4 has a very real attenuation problem, it's commonly reported that in real world use, it's a better phone than any previous iPhone. Engadget even posted the opinions of several tech personalities on the subject of real world use, and most backed up the thought that attenuation is real, but not necessarily a factor in day-to-day usage.
- Despite the fact that Consumer Reports "can't recommend" the iPhone 4, they rate it higher than any other phone on the market and even rate "voice quality" as "good" and "phoning" as "very good".
Regarding number three, if CR hadn't walked back their recommendation, I believe Apple would not have scheduled this press conference. I believe we'd be seeing the usual trickle of updates from a few of the tech blogs, and Jesus Diaz would continue to rape the story's now gaping asshole for all its worth, to the surprise of absolutely no one, and that the story would have eventually fizzled out.
Insert balloon deflating sound here.
(Interesting side note: Gizmodo's Jesus Diaz has been hammering this story from day one, well beyond the posts of any other outlet, including other gadget blogs and even Apple-themed sites. It wasn't until mainstream outlet Consumer Reports issued their report that the shit really hit the fan for Apple. One report from a respected mainstream outlet had the power to do something that 50 Gizmodo rants couldn't.)
The Consumer Reports non-recommendation managed to shake up a hornets nest and even spurred some analysts to declare that a product recall was imminent and/or necessary. That's the sort of bluster that makes it onto The Early Show. Apple simply can't ignore mainstream reports questioning whether there will be a recall of their most popular product.
Which brings me to Friday's press conference. (I'm operating under the assumption that there's not going to be a magic software fix.)
Steve Jobs may announce a product recall based on pressure from the media, but—with only one exception—shouldn't.
Instead, he should address all of the above. He should concede that the antenna design does add an attenuation issue that can be a factor in certain circumstances—even above and beyond normal attenuation issues experienced by most phones—and then he should say that those circumstances are outweighed by the overall improvement in voice quality.
Most importantly (and I think this would go a long way towards ending this) I feel Jobs should admit that they fucked up the response from day one. He needs to anticipate how his words will be covered and get out in front of that coverage.
There's only one reason for Jobs to actually announce a recall: If Apple is indeed seeing a return rate or a negative response that is above and beyond the industry average. We won't know that until Friday.
I think Apple's best-case scenario is that they've figured out a manufacturing fix, at which point they can then issue a voluntary recall: Exchange your phone if you want, keep it if you're happy with it.
If that's not an option, Apple should use sales data, real-world reports—and a little contrition—to give a hard-to-refute middle finger to the negative press they've been receiving and then they shouldn't ever address the situation again.
Anatomy of a Steve Jobs Email String
As anyone who reads tech blogs and/or the technology section of select mainstream outlets knows—ie, as less than 10% of the population knows—Steve Jobs has been trigger happy of late with short, pithy responses to customer emails. Having followed the resulting shitstorm caused by many of these, I'm now offering an annotated version of a typical (but hypothetical) back and forth with Steve Jobs:
Hi, Steve:
Familiarity right off the bat. The goal is to put Jobs at ease. This flows nicely into:
First, let me just say that I'm a huge Apple Mac fan and I love your products.
Probably not and if so, who cares? This is a pretty common "street cred" strategy that you'll see whenever someone wants to complain about something without seeming overly hostile right from the start. See also: "I have a ton of black friends but I really think black people have a bit of an entitlement problem" and "Some of my best friends are gay, but I just don't think they should be allowed to destroy the sanctity of marriage." In other words: "I'm not unreasonable, but…unreasonable comment to follow." You'll also see this used in comment threads: "I'm a huge Apple fanboy, but blah blah this just goes too far blah."
I read that (insert issue) is a problem with the new (insert Apple product).
In other words, this person read an article on Gizmodo, or on CNET, or wherever, and they've also heard that Steve Jobs sometimes personally responds to people who send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com. As a result, they're banging out a quick email, based on whatever it is they read, to complain about a product that they're either 1) using with no intention of returning or 2) not using (and weren't planning on ever using) in the first place. In all likelihood, the response, and the 15 minutes of fame they'll receive when Boy Genius Report posts their email alongside Jobs's response, is what they really care about.
Is this true? I'm considering purchasing (insert competitors product) and if this is a real issue, I'm probably going to have to switch, even though I really want (insert Apple product).
Otherwise known as "the threat". The person who wrote the email knows full well that "the issue" is real, because they've read 50 articles on Gizmodo detailing every nuance of the issue. The real point of the threat is to add a bit of urgency to the email with the thought that it might increase the likelihood of a response. They also know full well that Steve Jobs isn't going to say: "Yes, it's true. Our product is lackluster and you should switch." Likewise, Steve Jobs is never going to promise something specific in an email.
Steve Jobs's response:
It's not a big deal.
- Steve
Sent from my iPhone
Jobs may be dismissive, and I wouldn't even argue with anyone who thought he was a dick, but he's not stupid. The emails we ultimately see probably represent a very small fraction of those he responds to, and far less than 1% of the emails he receives. I've no doubt that he knows which emails are likely to be republished on Gizmodo and Engadget, and my suspicion is that he answers those emails as though they're written not by an individual, but by an individual who is asking a question that's been suggested by pundits and informed by comment threads. I think he takes his responses about as seriously as he suspects the emailer takes the issue.
The fact of the matter is, whether Steve Jobs cops to the issue or not, if a person is having trouble with their iPhone 4 (or any other product by any other manufacturer) there are two options: 1) Decide that the issue doesn't outweigh the good things about the device and keep it or 2) RETURN THE FUCKING PHONE.
The iPhone 4 is fragile. It's made out of glass. (Reinforced glass is still glass.) If you're concerned about the reports that dropping your iPhone is likely to shatter the glass on either the front or the back (depending on how it lands): Return it, or don't buy it if you have yet to do so. If you're accident prone and you can't avoid dropping your iPhone, Apple still sells the 3G[S]. Or, buy a phone from some other manufacturer. Given that it was never a secret that the front and back were made out of glass, you're probably going to take a hit on a restocking fee, because the fact that glass shatters upon impact isn't a design defect when you're talking about expensive crystal champaign flutes and it's not a defect on the iPhone 4. Changing your mind based on a known issue isn't the same as discovering something like…
The iPhone 4 antenna has issues. It's real. It's even been demonstrated to be worse in some scenarios than other phones which exhibit similar symptoms, due to the design of the iPhone 4. There's no way that early adopters could have known this. (I'd argue that anyone who buys an iPhone knowing the issue has no recourse if they're affected by it.) If it's causing you to drop calls and you're unable to use your phone as a phone, well, every single person who has the new iPhone is still within the 30 day return policy. This isn't an issue which waits two or three months to manifest. A lot of retailers won't even ding you with a restocking fee. (If you can demonstrate your phone not working, I'm not sure how they could hit you with one even if they normally would.)
If you're unhappy with your phone: Return it. It's that simple. If you need something so bad that you are willing to put up with something that (allegedly) makes it not work, I don't see how the problem is the device.
If you're not willing to do that—and it looks to me as though there's not a very large percentage of people who are—then it would seem as though it's not that big of a problem after all.
(My guess is that the class action lawsuits which are popping up will fail based on the same reasoning.)
Or, you could go for broke and write an email to Steve Jobs.
Steve Jobs's best response would have been a short, pithy variation of what I just said:
People seem to like the iPhone 4. If you're unhappy with yours, return it. Not a big deal. We think it's great.
One famous story recounts an outraged phone call made by Herbert Johnson, an important Wright client, to report that at a dinner party in his new house, water from a leaky roof was dripping on his head. Wright suggested he move his chair.
If Blogging is Taco Bell and Traditional Journalism is Authentic Mexican Cuisine: Where Can I Get Some Chipotlé?
Oh, that Steve Jobs.
The thin line between blogging and journalism is a debate that will probably never end, but which is (SPOILER ALERT!) far more boring than the noise would lead you to believe.
XKCD recently posted an excellent Venn Diagram regarding the difference between geeks and nerds, which I shall now shamelessly rip off:
Meanwhile, Steve Jobs has bloggers all in a tizzy, yet again:
Speaking at the D8 conference, the Apple CEO said he wants to help save journalism because "I don't want to see us descend into a nation of bloggers myself. I think we need editorial more than ever." Ahem. Regardless, "what we have to do is figure out a way to get people to start paying for this hard-earned content."
Anil Dash (I know the name even though I know nothing about him which leads me to believe he's earned a solid reputation for whatever it is that he puts his mind to) tweetorts:
I don't want to see us descend into a nation of narcissistic CEOs.
Except, Dash's snap commentary is kind of…stupid. It doesn't really hold up under scrutiny. The fact is, love him, hate him, whatever, Steve Jobs is pretty much a genius. Go ahead and deny it. You're jealous, and I get that. But the fact remains: He's a legend in the industry.
That's the reputation Anil Dash has to work with when he snarkily says "I don't want to see us descend into a nation of [Steve Jobs]".
Uh. Okay?
Steve Jobs is right though, as dismissive as it sounds.
Has blogging produced its Steve Jobs? When someone rips on blogging, what stellar reputation does Anil Dash or anyone else prop up to defend it? Hell, pick someone who is or who was universally thought to be a "great" journalist, and I'll ask the same question.
Dan Lyons made his reputation as a "quality" blogger—and probably is most well-known for that stint—by pretending to be Steve Jobs. Irony, thy name is Fake Steve Jobs.
At what point did blogging match the consistency, the accuracy, the reputation of mainstream outlet journalism?
How did I miss this?
More importantly, and as always, why the fuck do bloggers even give a shit? What great product has ever been the result of people spending time caring what other people think about their efforts?
Whether you're a blogger or a journalist, if you're wasting much of your time in that middle segment of the venn diagram, if you care about the distinction…
- …as a blogger, you'll probably never be of lasting consequence or produce anything revolutionary.
- …as a journalist, your days of consequence—if you were once consequential—are probably numbered.
If you're a blogger, and you're "doing good things" or "producing journalistic content" then you shouldn't give a shit what Steve Jobs has to say on the subject and you certainly shouldn't be wasting time whining about his opinion on the matter when that time could be better spent proving him—and popular perception—wrong.
Adobe fell into the same trap when executives and evangelists started to publicly whine and bitch and moan about Apple's stance on Flash, instead of working to prove the stance wrong.
If Blogging were Journalism (note the capital letters, there) we wouldn't need both terms, would we?
Wikipedia isn't a real encyclopedia. It's not held to the same standards, and there will always be some people who think that this means Wikipedia can never be more useful than, or as important as, a traditional source of curated, edited "factual" information found in an encyclopedia.
I could write a thousand words about why that's annoying, why it's a stodgy point of view, or I could put my head down and contribute to an evolving source of up-to-date information that, in many very important ways, a traditional encyclopedia will never be able to touch.
Suffice it to say, if I want information about the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, I'm going to Wikipedia, not an encyclopedia. Topicality for the win.
In much the same way, Blogging is not Journalism, and it shouldn't aspire to be Journalism.
When Gizmodo isn't ripping into and mocking "traditional" outlets regarding their slow pace, their adherence to ethics, etc., they're decrying their critics for dismissing their efforts as something less than "traditional journalism". Not only is this annoying by virtue of being contradictory, but both arguments are incredibly mundane—not to mention a waste of Gizmodo's time and effort.
Worse yet, Gizmodo is so wrapped up in the story that sparked this debate—and Jobs's D8 commentary—that 1) they're currently (largely) unable (or simply unwilling) to report on Steve Jobs's appearance at the All Things Digital D8 conference and 2) much of their recent Apple-related content reads like the spiteful ramblings of a spurned lover.
This is journalism?
Blogging, when done well, offers something that we can't get from traditional outlets precisely because it is not rooted in traditional Journalism. (Note that I am not arguing that Gizmodo constitutes blogging done well.)
Bloggers, then, would be well served to stop worrying about whether they're considered relevant or whether they're "as good as" journalists who write for mainstream outlets, and should just spend time actually being relevant.
Most people (non-bloggers and non-journalists) aren't accounted for on the Venn Diagram because most people just want relevant information, from relevant outlets.
Newsvine, an outlet which at one point held the promise of straddling the interesting and untapped divide between stereotypical blogging and mainstream journalism, eventually settled for a bunch of boring, stereotypical bloggers and a handful of sterile mainstream journalist wannabes and neither side produces anything of any real interest. Certainly not consistently.
Therein lies the problem: Blogging has a reputation and it earned it. The perception (right or wrong) is there that blogging is inconsequential because, for the most part, it is.
The sweet spot is that divide, the middle ground that Newsvine ultimately failed to deliver.
I don't think Steve Jobs dismissed that segement, I just think there's no point in addressing a segment which, by and large, doesn't really exist.
If you're upset with Steve Jobs: Shut the fuck up and do your part to carve out that niche.


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Schelde works with a story that is never unfolded. It merely exists as a impression of the picture's before and after. Only the contours of a story are suggested, seemingly presenting us with a fragment of a greater narrative. Rather than offering answers, the work opens up to more questions. Is there a storm brewing? Why is blood dripping from the hand? Is it the hand of God? Or the artist?
Morten Schelde's art in general
In his colourful and fanciful drawings Schelde abandons realistic portrayal. He suspends gravity, twists perspective, distorts the proportions and juxtaposes subjects in unfamiliar ways. Often he also lets abstract areas of colour and simple pencil lines propel onto the surface, experimenting with the colours as independent and detached from the subject. In employing these devices Schelde places his works in the borderland between realism and fantasy. The works oscillate between the familiar and the fantastic, questioning our usual perception of reality.
Schelde consistently works in drawing. In his artistic practice he attempts to make drawing a self-contained language. He focuses on the actual depiction, i.e. on the line. To Schelde, however, what is important is not the medium in itself but what it can be used for. The idiom he employs is often part of the work's meaning. In the majority of his drawings he integrates reflection on the medium and the process in the finished work.
Schelde often sticks to red and grey nuances. By reducing the number of colours he gives focus to drawing as a medium. He draws the subjects realistically but gives them unrealistic colours. Schelde plays out the ordinary pencil's matter-of-factly and objectively recording character against the red coloured pencil's dynamic explosion of colour that blasts our usual understanding of the world, evoking new, imaginative pictorial scenarios.
On the red colour Schelde says: - First and foremost I have chosen to work in monochrome to emphasise my work with pictures, that is to make a drawing appear as a self-contained and 'fully realised' medium on a par with other artistic expressions. The drawing as such can be used for anything; many people use it for preliminary work and sketches. I am interested in 'upgrading' the drawing as discipline to a valid medium, first and foremost because it works for me as the most direct and 'natural' medium. I chose the red rather than other colours, simply because it has an enormous power as colour and because it has so many connotations that it can be interpreted as anything.


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Although your post is blacked out and mine probably will be too, I have to agree with Jesse to some extent. Yes attitudes are a very important aspect of pvp. They're a very important aspect of every single thing you do in your life. You would be hard pressed to find something you did in the last week that wouldn't have gone smoother with a positive attitude. This isn't so much a pvp article as it is a life advice article. I may sound whiny but I find that the articles are much more interesting when they investigate the interactions between classes or the varying playstyles corresponding to different maps. But that's just me.


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So earlier this month I had the chance to go catch Wiz Khalifa at SUNGOD. I wanted to start blogging about concerts/raves/events that I get to go to for free…and call it [HOMIE.HOOKUP] Of course always gotta give a shout out to the peeps that made it possible. So this post goes out to the homie Tri Ta. Big ups to Tri for the effort in getting me and my crew in!
I'm a fairly big fan of Wiz Khalifa. He's been building his viral prescense for the past year or so and has done over hundreds of shows. I missed him at Coachella but did watch the livestream and definitely thought he was great live. So I decided to head SUNGOD to catch him.
I've never been Sungod when I was in college. But from what I heard it was a big big drunk festival on campus. When I got there, man was I NOT READY. LOL. DRUNK-MANIA-USA.
Definitely had a very "RAVE" vibe to the whole thing except that the main stage had FALLOUT BOY performing. I've never been a big fan of those guys, but they seemed to be rockin' the crowd.
The crew and I headed over to the Dance tent where the more famous half of MSTRKRFT was doing a KILLER SET.
Originally we wanted to come down early to catch BIG SEAN around 530. But there was no way were going to make it down there on time. So when we got there we found out that Big Sean missed his performance! So nobody got to see him…till
Wiz was going to go up at 1030PM. We wanted to head over there early to catch him around 1010 in hoping that we'd catch a good area. Little did we know from the Dance stage we noticed someone performing already at 10.
Yep. It was Big Sean!
We all ran over a long w/ all the Big Sean fans & the people that thought Wiz was performing. lol.
First time seeing Big sean live, and honestly I wasn't too impressed. Dude definitely needs to do more shows.
Definitely not that many TAYLOR GANG FANS but by the end everyone was rockin.
I love a good hip hop show, and Wiz definitely delivered.
Working in the music industry, and being able to catch LIVE HIP HOP SHOWS. I know how hard it is to do a good show. Which is why I tell all of my rapper friends that a LIVE SHOW is MUCH IMPORTANTE. You can't just be up there w/ your boys throwing gang signs.
After the show we wanted to catch some Mexican food and headed down to RIGOBERTOS where we found out that it was ALL PACKED. :(
Headed down to a lesser known spot and had a eh eh burrito. But I was starving sooooo OKAY!
Overall this was a trip that was worthy of a drive down to San Deigo. Once again Thanks Tri for the hookup! :)
Till next time :)
This month has been crazy. Tons of changes. Tons of life revelations. Bad days, Good Days. Super party weekends. Super Coughing Parties. Partying thru the sickness. Getting Sick while partying. Coincidental dreams, Realizing Nightmares. Saying Bye to Old Friends, Saying Hello to Old Friends. Happy conversations, Confusing Chats. Hitting my head. Waking up. Literally Waking up. All the things that happen this month is life. Its what happens.
Above all the stuff that happened this month. I know one thing for a fact. Thank you for all the great friends I have in my life. The close ones to the acquaintances. I appreciate the birthday messages, the people coming out to my party (Sorry the line was so long), and just everyone in general for supporting me. Thanks to my brothers, the pledgebros, the mentors, the homies, my artists, the chiefers, teamMURA, my confidant. Without any of you guys I really wouldn't be able to be the person I am today.
The 26 year old version of my life so far has been a rocky start already but I'm definitely built for this rocky adventure. #superstrong #dreamchaser
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Tom Ngo
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So I've been traveling with Joseph quite a bit, and decided that I definitely need to start blogging about my trips. I take a good amount of pictures and usually upload it on facebook for kicks. So why not take it to the next level and blog about it.
So Joe (This is what I call Joseph Vincent, and will begin to refer him as that from now on) is a fulltime student, so the touring he does is only on the weekends. I give him a lot of props for being a full-time student and doing the music stuff on the weekends. Since I've started managing him both of us have been non-stop working. This previous weekend was his spring break and we both decided we were going to have a little bit of fun on this trip (Usually he's working on a paper during deadtime while we travel.)
We did the show Friday for the AASIA over at University of New Orleans. It was a great show that had about 500kids come out? So the next day we got a chance to do some touristy junk (which I'm all about.)
This is the homie Smokey in front of the Riverfront Park!
Smokey in front of one of those ferry boats! Super reminded me of New Orleans Square at Disneyland! Super dope
Love the building architecture in NO
Forgot what Cathedral this was
Cafe Du Monde! (Beignat is dope)
French Quarter is coool.
Train Walking
Yoooo Thanks Daniel & Christian for showing us around during the day guys!
After that we headed back took naps, and began the adventure at night in New Orleans. Daniel dropped off about 30 pounds of crawfish for us to grub down on. HAaha Super delicious! We then started getting our drink on. They took us to Harrah's Casino where they had a sort of Lounge in the middle of the casino. It was a great night and around 3 we decided to head towards Bourbon Street to check it out and get a "Hand Grenade". For all the people who's been on that street, knows whats up^.
We ended teh night around 530AM and headed to the airport to catch our flight back to LA. (Crazy Right?!)
Thanks to these girls for accompanying us to the airport after trekking with us down Bourbon Street!
Overall a pretty awesome trip!!
I'll be staying in LA for a while :)
Been having a small sort of quarterlife crisis because my birthday is coming up. So I've decided that I'll be going HAM this April.
Speakers goin' Hammer.


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If you like to eat seafood then you know that seafood is very easy to be prepared,its nutritius, contains no saturated fats,and furthermore is healthier than meat and other foods containing fats. Anyway,l to prepare this food, you need for 4 persons, 10-12 of this special kind of lobster, that in Greece we called " karavides". Just cook them for 8 minutes, in boiled water in wich you have added lemon , 2-3 seeds of black pepper,and a glass of white wine. When the food is ready, serve it in a deep plate, adding extra virgin olive oil, lemon and leafs of parsley. If you like it more spicy add more pepper. KALI OREXI :thumbsup:


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7 U.S. Code § 79b - Testing of equipment
(a) Random and periodic testing at least annually; fees
The Secretary shall provide for the testing of all equipment used in the sampling, grading, inspection, and weighing for the purpose of official inspection, official weighing, or supervision of weighing of grain located at all grain elevators, warehouses, or other storage or handling facilities at which official inspection or weighing services are provided under this chapter, to be made on a random and periodic basis, under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, as the Secretary deems necessary to assure the accuracy and integrity of such equipment. Such regulations shall provide for the charging and collection of reasonable fees to cover the estimated costs to the Secretary incident to the performance of such testing by employees of the Secretary. Such fees shall be deposited into the fund created by section 79 (j) of this title.
(b) Personnel to conduct testing
The Secretary is authorized to cause such testing provided for in subsection (a) of this section to be performed
(2) by States, political subdivisions thereof, or persons under the supervision of the Secretary, under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe.
Source(Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, pt. B, § 7B, as added Pub. L. 94–582, § 9,Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2877; amended Pub. L. 95–113, title XVI, § 1604(f),Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 1028; Pub. L. 103–156, § 12(f),Nov. 24, 1993, 107 Stat. 1528; Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 293(a)(7), (8),Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3237; Pub. L. 106–472, title I, § 104,Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2060.)
2000—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–472struck out "but at least annually and" before "under such regulations" in first sentence.
1994—Pub. L. 103–354substituted "Secretary" for "Administrator" and "Service" wherever appearing.
1993—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–156, which directed amendment of "Section 7B (a)" by substituting "as the Administrator deems necessary" for "as he deems necessary", without specifying the name of the Act being amended, was executed to this section, which is section 7B of the United States Grain Standards Act, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
1977—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95–113, § 1604(f)(1), (2), substituted "and weighing for the purpose of official inspection, official weighing, or supervision of weighing of grain located at all grain elevators" for "and weighing of grain located at all grain elevators" and inserted provisions that regulations provide for the charging and collection of reasonable fees to cover the estimated costs to the Service incident to the performance of testing by employees of the Service and that the fees be deposited into the fund created by section 79 (j) of this title.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95–113, § 1604(f)(3), substituted "shall use for the purposes of this chapter" for "shall use".
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The 2011 prep baseball season is in its first full week of a three-month run. Below is a capsule look at the six local teams.
Brethren Christian Warriors
League: Academy
Head coach: Josh Franco (third year)
Staff: Brandon Cox; Ken Diebold
2010 record: 8-11
League record/finish: 7-8 (fourth)
CIF results: Did not qualify
Number of returning starters: 3
Returning players: Bobby Frisch (3B/P/1B, captain, three-time all-league, Sr.); Justin Neese (C/P/3B, first-team all-league, Soph.); Daniel Lee (2B/3B, Jr.); Cameron Smith (1B/DH, Jr.); Justin Piantedosi (2B/)F, Soph.); Curtis Draskovich (P/RF, Sr.); Zack Luce (SS/P, Sr.);
Coach's outlook: "Good team chemistry, athletic, they work hard…may surprise some people," Franco said.
Season opener: lost Friday to Saddleback Valley Christian, 11-7
Edison Chargers
League: Sunset
Head coach: Steve Lambright (sixth year)
Coaching staff: Todd Cook; Joe MacDonald; Todd Woody
2010 record: 18-8
League record/finish: 12-3 (champion)


text: Lillian Jean Kaplan International Prize for Advancement in the Understanding of Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) The Lillian Jean Kaplan International Prize for the Advancement in the Understanding of Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD), created in 2002, recognizes a medical professional or researcher exhibiting excellence and leadership in PKD clinical or basic research. The $50,000 cash prize is one of the most significant awards in the medical research field. The Lillian Jean Kaplan International PKD Prize was established by the PKD Foundation and the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) through the generosity of Thomas Kaplan of New York, USA in memory of his mother Lillian Jean Kaplan who was a PKD sufferer and died in 2002. The long term goal of the Prize is to stimulate members of the scientific and medical community throughout the world to increase, or to begin, research that will lead to a treatment and cure for the millions of people worldwide, who suffer from PKD. It also aims to generate momentum in the field as well as public awareness about the disease. The Prize recognizes individual(s) whose seminal scientific work constitutes tangible achievement toward improving knowledge and treatment of PKD. It is awarded every two years at the ISN's World Congress of Nephrology.


text: On November 6 and 7, Mr. Weston Smith will visit our campus to speak to accounting students, faculty and alumni. Mr. Smith is the former CFO of HealthSouth Corporation, the perpetrator of a major accounting fraud. He will speak on "Crossing the Line- An Insider's Perspective of the Healthsouth Fraud." Accounting students are invited to two events during Weston Smith's visit to UMSL:


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Randolph Rd & N Wendover Rd has a Walk Score of 32 out of 100. This location is a Car-Dependent neighborhood so most errands require a car.
This location is in the Wendover/Sedgewood neighborhood in Charlotte. The closest park is Eastover Park.
Nearby schools include Dore Academy, Randolph Middle School and Billingsville Elementary School.
The closest grocery stores are Food Lion of Charlotte and Cotswold Marketplace.
Nearby coffee shops include Starbucks, The Secret Chocolatier and Julia's Cafe & Books. Nearby restaurants include The Park Cafe, Inc., Panera Bread and IHOP Restaurant.
Randolph Rd & N Wendover Rd is near Nucor Headquarters, Queens University of Charlotte and Bank of America Corp. Headquarters.
There are minimal bike lanes and the terrain is flat as a pancake. Randolph Rd & N Wendover Rd is somewhat bikeable, there is minimal bike infrastructure.