October 2009
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Barnes & Noble's $259 Nook costs more than... →
Barnes & Noble released its long-awaited e-reader today, and it looks pretty spiffy. What’s more, it’s priced at $259 — $20 less than Amazon’s 6” Kindle.
There’s only one problem: Amazon doesn’t charge sales tax, while BN.com and Barnes & Noble stores do. What’s tax on $259? Where I live, it’s $24.61.
In other words, your checkout...
Isn't it possible Shepard Fairey forgot which... →
I’m still fixed on this story.
The AP filed court papers saying Shepard Fairey is lying about simply misremembering which photo he used to create the Obama Hope poster. (Fairey originally said he used the Clooney photo above, and now he’s recanted and says he used the close-up.)
The AP alleges:
“It is simply not credible that Fairey somehow forgot in January 2009 which...
Malcolm Gladwell's advice for young journalists:... →
From a Time Q&A:
Aspiring journalists should stop going to journalism programs and go to some other kind of grad school. If I was studying today, I would go get a master’s in statistics, and maybe do a bunch of accounting courses and then write from that perspective. I think that’s the way to survive. The role of the generalist is diminishing. Journalism has to get...
Why did Shepard Fairey lie? →
Shepard Fairey says he lied to his attorneys and destroyed evidence about which photo he used to create the Obama hope poster.
When he sued the AP in February (after they’d claimed he’d violated their copyright), he said he’d used a photo of Obama sitting next to George Clooney at the National Press Club — the first one here. The AP claimed he used another image from...