Roundup Redux

bindersfullofwomen: Binder Woman… and Binder Clip

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:26:21 -0400

Binder Woman… and Binder Clip

Today’s PSA Are you sure you’re registered to vote?...

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 10:11:12 -0400

Today’s PSA

Are you sure you’re registered to vote? Want to make sure all your friends are too? Celebrate National Voter Registration day on 9/25 and spread the word!

Someday, I’d like to have a roof deck with two of...

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:27:00 -0400

Someday, I’d like to have a roof deck with two of these.

nprfreshair:

According to Freshome, MIT students have designed a fun way to recharge their batteries with a tech-friendly lounge chair called the SOFT Rocker. Between classes, students can rest in the lounge chair while recharging their various devices.

I personally want to slide down the top of it.

It Only Takes a Girl (by ItOnlyTakesaGirl)

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:32:00 -0400

It Only Takes a Girl (by ItOnlyTakesaGirl)

futurejournalismproject: TEDx Poynter Livestream The Poynter...

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:45:16 -0400

futurejournalismproject:

TEDx Poynter Livestream

The Poynter Institute is running a TEDx event today with a livestream available online. We missed the morning events but this afternoon’s run as follows:

Session 2: Curation

1:05 p.m. “In Praise of the Humble, Misunderstood Hashtag” — Sree Sreenivasan

1:30 p.m. “The Challenging Transition from Journalism to Entrepreneurship” — Burt Herman

1:55 p.m. “Real-time Curation in Storytelling” — Michelle Royal

Session 3: Engagement

2:30 p.m. “@TampaBayTraffic: Connecting a Community Around a Shared Complaint” — Meredyth Censullo

2:55 p.m. “Do I Really Need to Learn How to Program?” — Lisa Williams

3:20 p.m. “Addicted to the Like: Ratings and Readership are the Old Metrics” — Elissa Nauful

The livestream is here. If following on Twitter, use the #tedxpoynter hash tag.

Thursday is nonprofit day. Again.

Thu, 24 May 2012 16:28:20 -0400

Nonprofits are foxy. Like Firefox, brought to you by Mozilla. Here’s the Mozilla manifesto, in English. It’s also available in a gazillion other languages if you need it.

The Mozilla project is a global community of people who believe that openness, innovation, and opportunity are key to the continued health of the Internet. We have worked together since 1998 to ensure that the Internet is developed in a way that benefits everyone. As a result of the community’s efforts, we have distilled a set of principles that we believe are critical for the Internet to continue to benefit the public good. These principles are contained in the Mozilla Manifesto.

Not only is Mozilla headed up by a woman, but it’s headed up by a woman who flies around on a trapeze a couple times a week. That makes me feel really good.

My one-minute tribute to Rain's Sound Judgment a la Dr. Seuss.

Thu, 24 May 2012 14:10:00 -0400

A plea by me, you heard it well
You stopped the rain — that was swell
Ella and I were pleased as punch
We did not get wet, no, not a bunch
not a tad, you see, no need to sweat
about varying degrees of wet.

I took that time to say a plea,
… but you know I packed a black brolly.
On the way to the Union Street stop
down Fourth Ave, the skies cleared up,
When the Savings Bank came into view
I’d forgotten all about my IOU

You say, Erica, it’s a new day
But my thoughts drift back to yesterday
I’m grateful still you see,
the storm clouds parted just for me.
And because we enjoyed our day
I put my anti-metered rhyme here,
these words born out of thanks, not fear

So, you’ll definitely want to video record yourself reading this, remix it, and then share. Probably you’ll need a Siamese cat in raincoat walking a wet black lab in the video.

Note: Yesterday, I made a deal with the rain that I’d pay tribute if it abided by my wishes.

Weather: Not raining.
Me: put on coat, grab bag and keys.
Weather: Sky opens up.
Me: Make pleas to weather, rainfall, etc., via Facebook, head off to pick up Ella.
(Unconfirmed) Weather: Hears plea, stops, restarts while I’m on subway, stops when I resurface in Manhattan.
Me: Writes yet another poem praising rain: soundness of judgment, benefit to planet.
Me: Creates new water-toasting “ritual.”
“Ritual”: goes viral, joins rain dance in the weather-cultural-history section of Smithsonian.

wheniwentglutenfree: WHEN I REMEMBER TO BRING A GLUTEN FREE SNACK ON THE AIRPLANE

Thu, 24 May 2012 12:26:02 -0400

wheniwentglutenfree:

WHEN I REMEMBER TO BRING A GLUTEN FREE SNACK ON THE AIRPLANE

New York is the Battleground -- Activism Past, Present, Future

Mon, 21 May 2012 10:12:00 -0400

New York is the Battleground -- Activism Past, Present, Future:

Check out my article in the Forward about the Activist New York exhibit now up at the Museum of the City of New York — all about New Yorkers speaking out for change, past, present and future.

Thursday is nonprofit day.

Thu, 17 May 2012 14:33:00 -0400

Did you know the AP is a #nonprofit? As in Associated Press. Yep, it’s a nonprofit #cooperative, in fact.

thedailywhat: Street Art of the Day: A new Banksy has surfaced...

Tue, 15 May 2012 15:08:40 -0400

thedailywhat:

Street Art of the Day: A new Banksy has surfaced on the wall of a Poundland shop in London, and it depicts a child of Asian origin hard at work sewing Union Jack bunting. (Embiggen)

Chances are, the location of the work is significant: In 2010, Poundland launched an investigation after it was discovered that a 7-year-old boy was working 100 hours a week in an Indian sweatshop, producing items for the store. A spokeswoman said at the time: “Poundland does not tolerate child labor under any circumstances and will not work with companies that employ children.”

[highsnobriety]

Awesome idea! Bring on the fair taxes -- company's aren't people. Let's reward those that pay real people fairly!

Mon, 14 May 2012 14:05:00 -0400

Awesome idea! Bring on the fair taxes -- company's aren't people. Let's reward those that pay real people fairly! :

Another great idea from Good.

The average CEO earns 300 times more than the workers at his company. It’s out of whack, it’s driving inequality, and there’s a way to fix it.

http://www.good.is/post/big-idea-to-fight-inequality-link-worker-pay-to-corporate-taxes/

Fair pay beats flowery bouquets — and other post-Mother’s Day reflections

Mon, 14 May 2012 11:36:00 -0400

Fair pay beats flowery bouquets — and other post-Mother’s Day reflections:

Instead of writing a Mother’s Day article this year, I’m sharing this piece I wrote a couple years back. It feels just as relevant today, perhaps more so now that I’m a mother. Please follow the link to read the whole thing.

“So this Mother’s Day, I couldn’t help but think of all the great moms I know — including my own — and about how much better our society would be if it valued women and families through equal pay and family-friendly policies. Working women are still fighting tooth and nail just to be protected by laws enacted to prevent discrimination”

Late Monday morning laugh-out-loud, almost enough to make you...

Mon, 14 May 2012 11:33:20 -0400

Late Monday morning laugh-out-loud, almost enough to make you tear up like an Onion?

thetimesnotnews:

It’s exactly what it looks like. Rush Limbaugh has announced a new fragrance. Click here for the full article: http://bit.ly/IjOCFY

Wishing #BeastieBoys’ Adam Yauch a peaceful final rest....

Fri, 04 May 2012 13:50:00 -0400

Wishing #BeastieBoys’ Adam Yauch a peaceful final rest. And that’s it. Sigh. RT Adam Yauch Dead at 47 http://bit.ly/JjwR9c via @rollingstone

A home run for Tax Dodgers. Clever + fun = protesting done...

Wed, 02 May 2012 10:34:46 -0400

A home run for Tax Dodgers. Clever + fun = protesting done right. Great pic, Volume 1.

vol1brooklyn:

Tax Dodgers at May Day parade on Broadway and Houston.

Happy Mayday! When I was a 15-year-old punk activist, it seemed...

Tue, 01 May 2012 11:29:46 -0400

Happy Mayday! When I was a 15-year-old punk activist, it seemed like the only folks who knew about Mayday were the unions, the self-identified Commies, and other 15-year-olds. What I think I love most about this moment in America and Occupy is how it’s brought so many people together around what’s right, with urgency, compassion and myriad creative approaches — from respecting workers and accountability to ending poverty and taking care of one another. Even Paper Magazine has Mayday listings — and this gorgeous poster by Hugh D’Andrade.

MORE POWERFUL THAN DYNAMITE by Thai Jones | Kirkus Book Reviews

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:02:03 -0400

MORE POWERFUL THAN DYNAMITE by Thai Jones | Kirkus Book Reviews:

Ooh! Just got a reviewer’s copy of this and it looks amazing! Can’t wait to read it!

Strand Books: Book Briefs: The Well-Tempered Sentence

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:42:31 -0400

Strand Books: Book Briefs: The Well-Tempered Sentence:

Brilliant examples. I’m partial to this one, filed under quotations:

She said, “As a rule I hate iguanas, but this one had a wistful face.”

See, grammar is fun.

strandbooks:

The best grammar/style book I’ve seen in a while:

From The Exclamation Point:

The exclamation point is used after an exclamatory word, phrase, or sentence and in some cases after an ironical comment.
- What a surprise to find you here alone!
- Ouch! That feels good!
- Oh, no! Not another…

The Red Flag in the Flowerpot

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:30:09 -0400

The Red Flag in the Flowerpot:

Amazing article in New York magazine adapted from Jeff Himmelman’s new book about the Washington Post’s Ben Bradlee shines new light on the bells and whistles (and flowerpots) of Watergate. Wow. Worth reading!

One day in early 2007, Bob Woodward poked his head into my office. He and his wife, Elsa, had been out for dinner the night before with Ben Bradlee and his wife, Sally Quinn. Bradlee had written a memoir in 1995, but he had another book left on his contract, and he and Sally were looking for somebody to help them out. “I told them they should hire you,” Bob said.

My office was on the third floor of Bob’s house, down the hall from the framed apology from Nixon’s press secretary that sits at the top of the staircase. I was back working as Bob’s research assistant for a few months, after having more or less lived in his house from 1999 to 2002. Bob had been my first real boss, hiring me when I was 23. I’d been with him on September 11, as he charged toward the Capitol while the plane presumably targeting it was still in the air, and had helped him begin Bush at War, the first of his blockbuster portraits of the Bush presidency that were a late turning point in his legendary career. As a reporter, I was in awe of him. I had also gotten to know Carl Bernstein, who called often and sometimes stayed in the guest bedroom on the other end of the third floor. I still remember the charge I got out of relaying Carl’s phone messages—Bernstein for Woodward.

Carl was important to Bob, but Ben Bradlee was something entirely different. Bob revered him, and so I did, too. I had only met Ben once, for a few seconds in Bob’s kitchen, but I had seen All the President’s Men. When Bob said, “I told them they should hire you,” I leaped at the chance.