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Rested Heart: Symmetry

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:37:58 +0200

“I don’t want to tell anybody. Tell your parents, tell your sister. Nobody else.”

My wife had been adamant from the moment we had heard from the Make-A-Wish Foundation that our application had been approved and Sereen was going to get a wish granted. The Oncologist had encouraged us to do it…

notes.husk.org: An Oscar Reply

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:32:20 +0200

notes.husk.org: An Oscar Reply:

joshuanguyen:

matthew:

Seriously, though, last year was a parade of remarkable films; that’s not something you would conclude from these nominations.

War Horse???? It’s ET with a horse. Horse runs home.

Midnight in Paris? It’s a postcard extended to two hours.

Moneyball? A…

bigboxcar: Social Media Breakfast #43 speakers ready to roll...

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:26:28 +0200

bigboxcar:

Social Media Breakfast #43 speakers ready to roll today. David Brauer taking a pic of me taking a pic!

Left to right: John Moe, Julia Schrenkler, David Brauer, John Daenzer, Marry Lahammer & Johnathan Kealing

"I believe that in our culture of simulation, the notion of authenticity is for us what sex was for..."

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:19:35 +0200

“I believe that in our culture of simulation, the notion of authenticity is for us what sex was for the Victorians—threat and obsession, taboo and fascination.”

- Sherry Turkle, Alone Together

via caitlinwinner

(via christmasgorilla)

USASearch: November 2011 Release Notes

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:40:49 +0200

USASearch: November 2011 Release Notes:

usasearchblog:

Happy Holidays from the USASearch Team!

We’re happy to let you know more about our on-demand indexing features. You can now let us know where your new content lives (by submitting your new URLs, RSS feeds, or sitemaps), and we’ll immediately display it on your results pages. You’ve been asking…

Parse.ly Blog: Get ready for the iPhone 5 hype...

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:38:59 +0200

Parse.ly Blog: Get ready for the iPhone 5 hype...:

parsely:

According to BGR, the iPhone 5 is scheduled to launch in Fall 2012. So what does this mean for the publishing industry? It means there are going to be a lot of iPhone 5 articles coming out over the next 9 months, assuming that’s when the product will actually launch. This is great news for…

danpatterson: Committing Semi-Random Acts Pf Journalism At A...

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:38:17 +0200

danpatterson:

Committing Semi-Random Acts Pf Journalism At A Polling Place Rally (Taken with instagram)

Big Changes (Might) Happen in the Student Union

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:37:39 +0200

upeicadre:

By Connor Simpson

If you follow any of your student councillors on Twitter, you should be at least vaguely aware that Sunday’s council meeting was exciting (for a change). There sure was a lot of hullaballoo on the internet! The week leading up to it had students speaking out on Facebook and asking all sorts of questions. They all seemed jazzed with the result, and there was even some “electricity” surrounding the meeting, so we’ve decided to explain what exactly went down. Some of it is important (some of it’s not).

Last week a collection of students (and some councillors) decided to start a Facebook campaign advocating that the Student Union’s budget be made available to the public, or at least accessible to UPEI students. There was a call-to-arms Facebook status being copied and pasted around UPEI students walls that gathered a few likes and comments of support. It read:

$700 of your dollars will go to the UPEISU over four years. Do you think that the SU budget should be accessible to the students and be able to see how they’re spending your money? Post this if you are concerned about SU finances.

The rub: the budget was already available to any curious UPEI student who was curious enough to actually ask to see it. If you were to go to the VP Finance’s office, whoever was acting in the position would gladly walk you through it. There were vague plans for accessibility to come up in an SU meeting before this people’s revolution (we’re told), but the Facebook campaign pushed it to the forefront of everyone’s mind. (That some councillors posted this to their status without knowing the official policy is…)

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josephschmitt: It’s January 14th and I’m at the beach. I love...

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:37:28 +0200

josephschmitt:

It’s January 14th and I’m at the beach.

I love California.

beingblog: History made at a segregated lunch counter in...

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:36:34 +0200

beingblog:

History made at a segregated lunch counter in February 1960.

Photo by Ed Siasoco. (Follow “onbeing” on instagram)

tylr: Stared at this from my couch all day. (Taken with...

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:30:19 +0200

tylr:

Stared at this from my couch all day. (Taken with instagram)

Research notes: News nerd rage: the trouble with conferences

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:59:58 +0100

Research notes: News nerd rage: the trouble with conferences:

mattwaite:

I’ve been having somewhat of an existential crisis of late. I’ve been a speaker at multiple journalism conferences a year for more than a decade running now and I have started to wonder at the value of all that talking. Not that I feel all those sessions weren’t valuable — they were — but were…

ourrisd: We received this letter in the Alumni Relations Office...

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:59:29 +0100

ourrisd:

We received this letter in the Alumni Relations Office recently. Needless to say, it made our day. We love you too Annabelle, and hope to see you on campus some day!

Bryce Roberts: Everybody Wants to Be Heard

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:59:09 +0100

Bryce Roberts: Everybody Wants to Be Heard:

votizen:

Byrce Roberts, an investor at OATV, writes a great post about how online tools and networks are empower citizens to pressure their elected officials:

In her final episode, Oprah was asked if there was a common thread throughout her 25 years on the air. As she reflected on decades of interactions and interviews she distilled it down to one thing all of here guests shared:

I’ve talked to nearly 30,000 people on this show, and all 30,000…

Sam's Theme version 4 beta is available here

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:58:12 +0100

Sam's Theme version 4 beta is available here:

untitledthemes:

Follow the steps to install it. Because it’s a beta, you will be required to update to the final version when it becomes available.

TEDx: How sports can empower girls: Dave Crenshaw @ TEDxHunterCCS

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:57:45 +0100

TEDx: How sports can empower girls: Dave Crenshaw @ TEDxHunterCCS :

tedx:

“Coach Dave” Crenshaw has dedicated his life to using sports to empower women. At TEDxHunterCCS, he discusses how his Alma mater opened his eyes to the important relationship between athletics, empowering women, and building community — and how he used these lessons to help heal a neighborhood at…

untitledthemes: A temporary fix has been issued to all themes that use the new crediting style....

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:57:08 +0100

untitledthemes:

A temporary fix has been issued to all themes that use the new crediting style. Instead of displaying a ‘u’ in the bottom right corner in Firefox, it shows nothing.

New York Film Academy Blog: Kubrick Unearthed: NY Film Academy Instructor's Feature Documentary Plays at Sundance

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:46:16 +0100

New York Film Academy Blog: Kubrick Unearthed: NY Film Academy Instructor's Feature Documentary Plays at Sundance:

nyfablog:

New York Film Academy Instructor Rodney Ascher premiered his documentary at Sundance this week

New York Film Academy Editing Instructor Rodney Ascher is the subject of The New York Times article, “Cracking the Code in ‘Heeere’s Johnny!’” for his feature length documentary Room 237,…

lisahanawalt: Good questions!

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:37:32 +0100

lisahanawalt:

Good questions!

untitledthemes: A temporary fix has been issued to all themes that use the new crediting style....

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:28:19 +0100

untitledthemes:

A temporary fix has been issued to all themes that use the new crediting style. Instead of displaying a ‘u’ in the bottom right corner in Firefox, it shows nothing.