Just one scene, post-tornado, in Oklahoma. via @ChristineFox25
10 Classic Articles
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As chosen by James daSilva
We asked James daSilva, senior editor at smartblogs.com to pick a few of his favourite reads for us. This is what he chose:
The Organization Kid by David Brooks
Fear & Loathing in America,” by Hunter S. Thompson
Still Life: The long autumn of Roger Federer by Brian Phillips
17 days in November by Wright Thompson
The Power and the Gory by Paul Solotaroff
Charles Kuralt’s Secret Life by Bob Anez
Mariano Rivera, King of the Closers by James Traub
Cary Grant’s Intimate Bromance by Anne Helen Peterson
The Unending Cost of Being Good by Todd VanDerWerffFor more great reading recommendations from the man himself, head over to his longreads page, and for his observations about journalism, edting and the media check out his blog.
Longreads: Reading List: Brave New Internet
Emily Perper is a freelance editor and reporter, currently completing a service year in Baltimore with the Episcopal Service Corps.
1. “The Vice Guide to the World.” (Lizzie Widdicombe, The New Yorker, 8 April 2013)
“My big thing was I want you to do stupid in a smart way and smart…
I’m delighted to announce that we’ve reached an agreement to acquire Tumblr!
We promise not to screw it up. Tumblr is incredibly special and has a great thing going. We will operate Tumblr independently. David Karp will remain CEO. The product roadmap, their team, their wit and irreverence will all remain the same as will their mission to empower creators to make their best work and get it in front of the audience they deserve. Yahoo! will help Tumblr get even better, faster.
Tumblr has built an amazing place to follow the world’s creators. From art to architecture, fashion to food, Tumblr hosts 105 million different blogs. With more than 300 million monthly unique visitors and 120,000 signups every day, Tumblr is one of thefastest-growing media networks in the world. Tumblr sees 900 posts per second (!) and 24 billion minutes spent onsite each month. On mobile, more than half of Tumblr’s users are using the mobile app, and those users do an average of 7 sessions per day. Tumblr’s tremendous popularity and engagement among creators, curators and audiences of all ages brings a significant new community of users to the Yahoo! network. The combination of Tumblr+Yahoo! could grow Yahoo!’s audience by 50% to more than a billion monthly visitors, and could grow traffic by approximately 20%.
In terms of working together, Tumblr can deploy Yahoo!’s personalization technology and search infrastructure to help its users discover creators, bloggers, and content they’ll love. In turn, Tumblr brings 50 billion blog posts (and 75 million more arriving each day) to Yahoo!’s media network and search experiences. The two companies will also work together to create advertising opportunities that are seamless and enhance user experience.
As I’ve said before, companies are all about people. Getting to know the Tumblr team has been really amazing. I’ve long held the view that in all things art and design, you can feel the spirit and demeanor of those who create them. That’s why it was no surprise to me that David Karp is one of the nicest, most empathetic people I’ve ever met. He’s also one of the most perceptive, capable entrepreneurs I’ve worked with. His respect for Tumblr’s community of creators is awesome, and I’m absolutely delighted to have him and his entire team join Yahoo!.
Both Tumblr and Yahoo! share a vision to make the Internet the ultimate creative canvas by focusing on users, design — and building experiences that delight and inspire the world every day.
Every Pittsburgh Pirates uniform from the 1979 season. via; h/t Deadspin
America’s management of its wild animals has evolved, or maybe devolved, into a surreal kind of performance art.
Bricktease: Making Casino Royale
As a reply to the amazing, overwhelming, response to Lego Casino Royale. I thought I would write a short item to cover off a few things.
Who/What is Bricktease?
I am Batman, I mean, Bricktease. There is only one of me, I am not a team or group. Though I am supported and assisted by…
Christina Gehrig & her son Lou, ca. 1926
New York Daily News photo
If I were playing third base and my mother were rounding third with the run that was going to beat us, I’d trip her. Oh, I’d pick her up and brush her off and say, ‘Sorry, Mom,’ but nobody beats me.
Taft winning the Presidents Race for the first time.
10 Great Articles by Mark Bowden
tetw:
A Tetw reading list
Classic journalism about war and more from a great reporter.
Pocket square guide. I rarely use them, but good to know.
“I think the invisibility of editors has really hurt news organizations,” says Ann Friedman, 31, the former executive editor of Good and a weekly Web columnist for New York magazine and CJR. “Except for the occasional ombudsman and the very top editors at The New York Times, I don’t know who’s curating my news. When I go to Andrew Sullivan, or the Hairpin, or [The Atlantic’s] Ta-Nehisi Coates, I know who is curating my news.”
The idea has long been that an editor is “this faceless, objective Wizard of Oz type,” to maintain the appearance of objectivity. “Editors should be communicating as humans with their readers,” Friedman says. “The idea that you’re getting a point of view is important. It’s not necessarily a left or right political view; it’s just knowing you’ll get a certain type of tone and content.”
Meet Naki’o.
Naki’o is a mixed-breed dog with four prosthetic leg devices. Naki’o lost all four feet to frostbite when he was abandoned as a puppy in a foreclosed home.
He now lives in Colorado Springs, happily.
Photos: REUTERS/Rick Wilking
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