March 2012
12 posts
Now this is descriptive writing
The Russians don’t seem to like Mitt Romney very much, if the tone of this article from Pravda is at all representative. After all, here’s the lead:
“Electing Mitt Romney as the next President of the United States of America would be like appointing a serial paedophile as a kindergarten teacher, a rapist as a janitor at a girls’ dormitory or a psychopath with a fixation on...
Why all men should be feminists →
thesising:
“If true equality is to be achieved between men and women, men are going to have to enlist as feminists. This begins with men realizing that being a “man” is complicated, variable, and has nothing to do with sports, worn jokes, and preserving unjust and unearned privilege. It proceeds when men realize that they are bound up in those social structures that obscure, oppress, and abuse...
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Purim and social media
Amazing, brilliant, dead on, and also amazing. Plus, Yoda swears!
5 Things Purim Can Teach Community Managers About Content Marketing Their Startups During Passover
Via @bobledrew
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Work in SEO?
Perhaps for not much longer.
Google’s going to start penalizing overly optimized websites.
A Stickman Odyssey
zachsoala:
I read a Stickman Odyssey. The problem is Zozimos cannot get to Sticatha so he ends up on a random island. He has to get a flower with poison inside but Zozimos doesn’t know that it has poison. So he gets poisoned but he brings it to the place he needs to bring it to. He ends up in the place that he starts at.
To find what happens, read this book and the 2 one that comes on may...
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I'd so add a breakfast nook
Want, want, want. I must have this house.
I remember walking by it on my first trip to NYC and loving it. At the time, I had no idea of its history.
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How to cite a tweet?!?
You knew it was coming! MLA finally tells us how to cite a tweet.
All kidding aside, it’s about time. Perhaps it’s my background in a research organization, but I think it’s critical to have standards to ensure proper credit is given when you’re citing someone else’s work. And, Twitter has become an indispensable source for information and opinion for many of us.
I...
