December 2008
Going to the UN this afternoon to credential and investigate Gaza
UN then drinks
ABC News / pool feed of the Blagojevich press conference http://is.gd/edDM
Twitter gathering
General Assembly [Flickr] →
Dan Patterson posted a photo:
General Assembly →
Dan Patterson posted a photo:
Sweet! Blago-sphere newser at 3pm EST
Why does the A train insist on running local at rush? Thanks again, MTA.
Four days of strikes in Gaza, 350 + dead, Israel rejects truce http://is.gd/ebec
I cannot listen to podcasts. No audiobooks. This year, my frontal cortex has demanded the Hold Steady.
What Israeli wars am I forgetting? 1948, 56, 67, 72, and…? Do they have a right to exist? What about the Right of Return?
How do we feel about a potential ground invasion of Gaza by Israel?
Egyptian ambass at UN stakeout http://un.org/webcast/
My friend Julia’s piece in the Guardian http://tinyurl.com/9ntv22
Continued bombing in Gaza http://tinyurl.com/95kcc6
Top 10 political upsets of the year http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16879.html
UN Security Council on Gaza bombings http://tinyurl.com/8ax662
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon on Gaza bombings http://tinyurl.com/8mr8vx
Good friend and mentor was laid off from a big talker job earlier this week - he’s not out of the game, but its sad to see good reporters go
My cab driver home tonight is also a GO master in Chinatown.
Drinks in BK with @giannii @jeffhinz and @misssomething
Fog over the east river is soup-thick. From brooklyn I cannot see the lights of manhattan. Gloomy night in the Heights.
Anyone know anything about this Pakistan troop movement towards India rumor?
As the ‘08 political season closes, who will you miss from this current political paradigm? Here’s Politico’s list http://is.gd/dyBl
Violence in Abyei spreads http://tinyurl.com/866q99
off to see the family - happy holidays, everyone
Obama’s holiday address http://tinyurl.com/68vcyy
I’m biased, but the ABC News iPhone app is pretty sweet http://is.gd/df8i
Or, “Google is the path of least resistance between you and information, Twitter is the path of least resistance between you and people”
Does “Twitter is the ‘six-degrees’ of the internet?” work?
So I’m trying to think of a few, one-sentence (or 140 character, if you will) ways to describe Twitter. What is it and why you should care?
Maybe, “Twitter: my virtual Id and I are tight”
I’m fond of, “Twitter: It’s cool, but don’t be a jackass.”
I like: “Your friends sometimes smell bad, but that’s okay because they’re your friends. On Twitter, lots of people smell like nothing.”
But in all seriousness, it can be hard to explain Twitter in one sentence.
What the hell happened to 2 inch tape?
No wonder today’s music sounds like ass - no record should be mastered at at +50 dB - dynamics-killing bastard pro tools ‘engineers’!
Listening to Dan Rather talk about the 04 campaign, using NPR’s increasingly addictive podcast creation tool http://is.gd/a4Fq
On a really great call with Chris Macdonald with Wizzard LibSyn about podcasting and new media.
Yesterday I finished both ‘The Tipping Point’ and ‘Outliers’ - issues of faith aside, I really enjoy Gladwell #bkrev
I have about 3 copies of ‘The Art of War’ - but am hooked on the audio book - ideal for the holiday mass transit ride to family #bkrev
Does anyone know how ‘To Come’ became ‘TK’ as opposed to ‘TC?’
What’s going on with talk radio? http://tinyurl.com/8j8uyu
Writing your stabby year-end anti-post, listening to Library of Congress Series on the Digital Future. Lessig, Weinberger, Levy and others
Also: Just killed my Rhapsody account, after that I kill my Audible account. Keeping eMusic.
Just realized that today is Curtis’ birthday http://tinyurl.com/8266wa
I am in this target market http://is.gd/cFYD
Fuck year-end lists. Writing a year-end list.
Killer new feature of NPR podcasts http://tinyurl.com/4uhmmx