March 2012
2 posts
“A supporter’s reflection and the image of Republican presidential...”
– I’d love to know what kind of school people have to go to before they’re allowed to write wire-service photo captions.
The roots of Mitt Romney’s low-income problem - The Washington Post
WatchI like the new Guardian ad. But does it need to be so frenetic?
February 2012
26 posts
I cry because I didn’t get to keep the ponies
Mrs Brooks, who is married to the former racehorse trainer Charlie Brooks, kept the horse at her home in the Cotswolds for two years before giving it back to the Metropolitan Police in 2010.
(Source; headline)
: The Wall Street Journal Is Fucking Bullshit →
parislemon:
Earlier today, I broke some news.
I don’t typically do this anymore given my new job. But from time to time this will happen. But if you read The Wall Street Journal, you’d never know. Why’s that? Because they’re fuckheads who don’t credit actual sources of information.
I’m going to push back here. The WSJ did credit the actual source of its information: it got the...
“Wired Consulting will be a bespoke business consultancy, sharing its “access and...”
– The power of consultancy to make even seasoned journalists start talking in meaningless managementspeak never ceases to amaze. You’d think that speaking-in-English would be the obvious way for journalists to differentiate themselves in this market. I guess not.
Condé Nast U.K. Launches Wired...
“For me, finance is intimidating. When the chalkboard starts to look like...”
– Can we please have a moratorium on beautiful women saying “math is hard”? I simply can’t imagine someone like Ashton Kutcher saying something like this. Never mind the fact that it’s horrible from a role-model perspective, it’s just plain annoying.
What Tyra Banks...
philk:
“OK, the idea that kids these days are “digital natives” is a nice, self-serving fairy tale. It makes tech-lovers feel good, because they feel like they are at the front of a curve. It makes educators feel good, because then they don’t have to teach a complicated and multi-level sets of skills and knowledges that they don’t have a strong grasp on themselves. It makes government types feel...
“The Target philosophy towards expecting parents is similar to the first date...”
– How Target Figured Out A Teen Girl Was Pregnant Before Her Father Did - Forbes
“The Lion: “Will Mr. Manning be with the party tomorrow?” Deadspin:...”
– Are New York’s Most Exclusive Restaurants More Eager To Seat Jeremy Lin Or Eli Manning? Deadspin Investigates
FINGAL: Do you have any documentation of that, like notes from your trip?
D’AGATA: You’re asking for evidence of a rumor?
FINGAL: If you’re saying that there was a rumor, I have to find out whether there was in fact a rumor, even if I ignore the truth value of the rumor. Do you remember the name of the company that ran the tour?
D’AGATA: Are you serious? No, I don’t remember the name of a tour company from more than fifteen years ago. Sorry, readers are going to have to feel factually unfulfilled here.
FINGAL: Then what about the notes you took during that trip?
D’AGATA: In 1994 I was a sophomore in college, studying Latin and Greek—not writing—and on vacation with my grandparents. We were going to Hoover Dam on a thousand-hour bus trip through the desert without any air-conditioning. No notes were being taken, Jim.
“As ownership of fine art approaches the pinnacle of high-net-worth aspiration...”
– Sometimes I think that writing press releases like this one is art.
“A restaurant poisons its customers. A government agency colludes to keep its...”
– Restaurant A: How Bill Marler Tied Taco Bell to Salmonella Outbreaks - Barry Estabrook - Health - The Atlantic
“I wanted to reach out to you personally to thank you for expressing
your...”
– The email I got from Simple’s Josh Reich on February 8, 2010 — two years ago today. I’m sure that if I asked him today, he’d give me the same answer, that he hopes to have me on board “soon”.
In the New York Times, Sheryl Sandberg Is Lucky,... →
pegobry:
cacioppo:
I AM SO GLAD SOMEONE WROTE THIS ARTICLE
Also:
If you do quick math, the $1.6bn comp package Sandberg now has was worth ~$300mm when it was granted by Facebook’s board in March 2008.
The board hired her for COO role with a $300mm compensation package because they thought she could build a massive business at Facebook, including a supporting organization.
She did it — and...
smjorge:
Our duty to lead differently is becoming increasingly apparent. We are finding the convergence of the public, private and non-profit sector and we are absorbing the best practices from each one of them while identifying areas of opportunity. We are thinking globally. We understand diversity. We are connected. We want to try, fail fast, learn and iterate.
With our passion, our...
“It needs to catapult itself into the mainstream by breaking a big news story or...”
– After a Year, The Daily Tablet Paper Struggles - NYTimes.com
Is this really what consultants get paid big bucks to spew? And, why on earth would the NYT publish a quote of such astonishing banality?
“Sus admiradores aseguran que luce una sonrisa cautivadora, un físico perfecto y...”
– Silvio Berlusconi’s new girlfriend. You won’t be surprised to see what she looks like.
Berlusconi se echa novia formal · ELPAÍS.com
“In Maine, the Tea Party-backed Republican governor canceled a project to ease...”
– Activists Fight Green Projects, Seeing U.N. Plot - NYTimes.com
Susan G. Komen Foundation Also Stops Funding... →
In addition to pulling funds from Planned Parenthood for The Susan G. Komen Foundation also decided to stop funding embryonic stem cell research centers making it fully transparent the organization has evolved from non-political non-profit to a partisan advocacy organization.
That means the loss of $3.75 million to the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, $4.5 million to the University...
How do you fit a fashion collection in an upturned...
Sentences from a WSJ “on style” article:
The MacLanes met while working as sales managers at Hermès in Beverly Hills. They shared a fondness for polo shirts.
“From the beginning, we knew we love classic pieces,” says Ms. MacLane. Mr. MacLane adds, “We want to take it to the next level.”
Many big-name designers started small. Thakoon Panichgul sold his first...
January 2012
57 posts
“Do I want the future of education to be tied to Stanford, Harvard, etc.?...”
– Educational Disintermediation, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“A member of Gagosian staff tells me that the key paintings which correlate...”
– ArtSlant - Damien Hirst: The Complete Spot II
What?? OK people, let’s crowdsource this
“Apple employees and their projects are pieces of a puzzle. The snapshot of the...”
– The secrets Apple keeps - Fortune Tech
“In fact, the chance that what you are reporting is bogus is much higher than the...”
– Why you really can’t trust any of the research you read « StrategyProfs.net
Caption competition!
Yes, that’s @pm_adamdavidson looking a little concerned
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Email du jour:
Nate Nickerson can help facilitate meetings between members of the media at the World Economic Forum and MIT faculty. Please contact Nate in advance, if possible, or on the ground at Davos. The one exception is that media interested in Sir Tim Berners-Lee should contact Celebrity Speakers Associates.
“2 — The number of strips of bacon a person has to eat every day to see a...”
– Vital Signs: The Man With 2 Hearts; Painkiller Addictions; Eating Bacon - Nicholas Jackson - Health - The Atlantic
OK, this gets headlines. BUT IT IS WRONG. The “19% rise” thing is ever so impressive, but if you read the article, it turns out to correspond to a 0.00002641% increase in...
“Start by chopping the bacon and putting it in a pan, perhaps with a little olive...”
– In Defense of the Brussels Sprout - Ari LeVaux - Health - The Atlantic
This.
At the appointed time, He will open the curtains, and out onto the world’s stage will step the most credible leader. This Little Horn, or Little Authority, Daniel 7:25, will work behind the scenes in regional framework agreements to change our times and laws to provide order out of the chaos from a soon coming credit breakdown and financial system collapse. The existing rule of law will...
“One in three African-American boys born in 2001 stands a lifetime risk of going...”
– For too many African-Americans, prison is a legacy passed from father to son | Gary Younge | Comment is free | The Guardian
“In addition, BeyondGlobal provides unique intelligence, pioneers actionable...”
– BeyondGlobal :: Firm
Yes, this is real.
“Darling Jacob, First of all, I appreciate your little post-sexist switcheroo on...”
– Should Barack have told Michelle about the Bin Laden mission? - Slate Magazine
@debbieneedles FTW
“As far as I’m concerned, it’s a damned shame that a field as...”
– Hunter S. Thompson’s 1958 cover letter for a newspaper job - Boing Boing
“Based on EFSF’s current structure, were we to lower one or more of the current...”
– S&P Shakes Downgrade Stick at EFSF Bonds - MarketBeat - WSJ
This is going to happen on Monday, is my guess. And it’s arguably more consequential for the future of the eurozone than the downgrade of France.
“Sears forecasts that cash flows for the quarter that will end this month will be...”
– Sears Chairman Buys Shares, but His Reason Is Unclear - NYTimes.com
It’s not just banks which run into liquidity problems.
“It is considered rude to bring the check to the table if it has not been...”
– John Castle, 76-Year-Old Palm Beach Plutocrat, Breaks Insolent Waiter’s Finger
The Davos Index, media title edition
Number of delegates with the word “journalist” in their job title: 1 Number of delegates with the word “blogger” in their job title: 1 Number of delegates with the word “writer” in their job title: 4 Number of delegates with the word “anchor” in their job title: 18 Number of delegates with the word “columnist” in their job title: 19...