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Ninety-nine years ago today: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

March 25, 2010

New York, March 25, 1911. An eyewitness report as relayed by telephone, disseminated by telegraph, and archived by internet:
I was walking through Washington Square when a puff of smoke issuing from the factory building caught my eye. I reached the building before the alarm was turned in. I saw every feature of the tragedy visible [...]

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From infotainment to advertisalism: Dallas Morning News editors to report to sales team

December 3, 2009

I smell horses. Do you smell horses?
“At The Dallas News, a New “Bold Strategy”: Section Editors Reporting to Sales Managers”
by Robert Wilonsky
“Dallas Morning News’ Reorganizes to Bring Sales, Editorial Closer”
by Mark Fitzgerald
Twittersphere consensus: apocalypse.*
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ETA (though I can’t say it’s an improvement):
“News Editor Bob Mong: New Business-Editorial Arrangement Won’t ‘Cross Line’”
by Robert Wilonsky
Believe me, [...]

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Web hosting change: cursing ahead

November 5, 2009

Please note: some time in the next three days, this site will move to a new hosting service.
If all goes well, you won’t even notice.
If all goes unwell, there may be blood.
Place your bets!
ETA: 11/10: Yep, something got screwed up. Working on it. Expect a lot of wonky changes for a bit.
Got it!
Jeesh.
Thank you for [...]

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Fly-by update

August 3, 2009

Lately our DSL fluctuates between craptastic and royally fucked, and that is the least of the chaos.
I’ll post as soon as I can. Just wanted to say that I’m not dead yet.
Hope all are well.

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The hot new technology called Book

March 9, 2009

I am loving today’s Penny Arcade:

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Interlude: Kellie tries to burn the house down

February 9, 2009

I have had a surprisingly productive day — especially for a Monday — of a few hours of research coupled with a few thousand words of writing on the project-as-yet-to-be-described, a.k.a., The Book. I was lucid enough to post a brief bio on the About page over the weekend, but while my brain is slowly [...]

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