August 2010
14 posts
Long-form journalism starts a new chapter | The... →
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A Letter To My Students
insooutso:
by Michael O’Hare, Professor of Public Policy, Berkeley Welcome to Berkeley, probably still the best public university in the world. Meet your classmates, the best group of partners you can find anywhere. The percentages for grades on exams, papers, etc. in my courses always add up to 110% because that’s what I’ve learned to expect from you, over twenty years in the best job in the...
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How Technology Is Renewing Attention to Long-form... →
instapaper:
When we’re constantly inundated with information via e-mail, text messages, push alerts, tweets and Facebook updates, it’s hard to make time for that 5,000-word New Yorker essay we bookmarked or the serial narrative we keep telling ourselves we’ll read but never do.
“I am personally a fan of people tipping per cup. It’s frustrating for a...”
– Intelligentsia’s Michael Phillips schools us on coffee tipping
'I lent $400 to someone I know is an idiot.'
moneyconfessions:
True confessions from Bundle readers.
One of my very favorite Bundle features, now expanded on Tumblr. Try to look away.
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“Why can’t studios and stars find witty writers to go beyond bridesmaid dress...”
– Maureen Dowd, today’s Times
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“A couple weeks ago, President Obama and his wife held ‘A Broadway...”
– Thomas Friedman, today’s Times
“The government makes it comically difficult for the honest citizen to hire a...”
– My Failed Jobs Program - TIME (via pegobry) 