Comics and Calamity
William Messner-Loebs, creator of the extremely important and interesting comic Journey during the heyday of black-and-white independents, has fallen on tough times. Marvel fired him. A dotcom he worked for defaulted on his paychecks. And he's on the verge of losing his house unless folks step up and help him and his wife. I've contacted him to see how folks can help -- and I think it'd be good to spread the word.
Thanks to BoingBoing.
Thursday, June 13, 2002
Wednesday, June 12, 2002
Newsletter of Note II
Two in the mail so far this week worth mentioning. One, Net-Working, a newsletter subtitled "Business without boundaries." The June 2002 charter issue concentrates on teleconference success strategies, open dialog about purpose, how to manage email, and balancing collaboration needs with risk and security. Looks like a solid first issue, but the subscription fee -- $136 for a charter subscription to this monthly eight-page pamphlet, $195 otherwise -- makes me think that newsletter publishing is a scam and that I should quit my job. Newsletters are all about people -- subscribers -- mistakenly valuing information thinking that it's scarce and strategic. As interesting as Net-Working is, this charter issue is not worth $16. But it's a fair cop.
I also received the Spring 2002 edition of The Chaordic Commons of Terra Civitas, the newsletter of the Dee Hock-inspired group that explores new organizational models. Harlan Cleveland discusses how technology can help develop leadership settings in which no one person is in charge. Joel Getzendanner analyzes what a global network of mothers interested in breast feeding learned while developing their group's guiding principles. Dee Dickinson outlines the promise and structure of community learning centers. And Jim Fournier describes the Link Tank project. I'll return to this before Net-Working, and it's exciting to see so many people in so many places experimenting with network theory. Kudos!
Two in the mail so far this week worth mentioning. One, Net-Working, a newsletter subtitled "Business without boundaries." The June 2002 charter issue concentrates on teleconference success strategies, open dialog about purpose, how to manage email, and balancing collaboration needs with risk and security. Looks like a solid first issue, but the subscription fee -- $136 for a charter subscription to this monthly eight-page pamphlet, $195 otherwise -- makes me think that newsletter publishing is a scam and that I should quit my job. Newsletters are all about people -- subscribers -- mistakenly valuing information thinking that it's scarce and strategic. As interesting as Net-Working is, this charter issue is not worth $16. But it's a fair cop.
I also received the Spring 2002 edition of The Chaordic Commons of Terra Civitas, the newsletter of the Dee Hock-inspired group that explores new organizational models. Harlan Cleveland discusses how technology can help develop leadership settings in which no one person is in charge. Joel Getzendanner analyzes what a global network of mothers interested in breast feeding learned while developing their group's guiding principles. Dee Dickinson outlines the promise and structure of community learning centers. And Jim Fournier describes the Link Tank project. I'll return to this before Net-Working, and it's exciting to see so many people in so many places experimenting with network theory. Kudos!
Waterblogged
This afternoon, Fast Company and Inc. had an all-hands off-site meeting on the Odyssey, a yacht that disembarks from Rowes Wharf in Boston. It was a grey, rainy day, but being on the water was pretty fun. So I took some snaps.
This boat may have been more nimble, but our boat was bigger.
Intermodal cranes like these inspired George Lucas' AT-AT walkers.
Bored? Overboard.
The off-site was equal parts team-building -- in the sense that the FC and Inc. staffs hung out together -- and corporate update. A couple of executives from Gruner+Jahr in New York City updated us on the state of the economy, how publishing is faring, and how the two books are doing. Short form: We're doing better than many, and we could be doing much, much worse.
Despite the rainy weather, a good opportunity to cruise the Boston Harbor, from Rowes Wharf to the USS Constitution, out to Deer Island, into the Outer Harbor, and back again. Not a bad two-hour tour.
This afternoon, Fast Company and Inc. had an all-hands off-site meeting on the Odyssey, a yacht that disembarks from Rowes Wharf in Boston. It was a grey, rainy day, but being on the water was pretty fun. So I took some snaps.
This boat may have been more nimble, but our boat was bigger.
Intermodal cranes like these inspired George Lucas' AT-AT walkers.
Bored? Overboard.
The off-site was equal parts team-building -- in the sense that the FC and Inc. staffs hung out together -- and corporate update. A couple of executives from Gruner+Jahr in New York City updated us on the state of the economy, how publishing is faring, and how the two books are doing. Short form: We're doing better than many, and we could be doing much, much worse.
Despite the rainy weather, a good opportunity to cruise the Boston Harbor, from Rowes Wharf to the USS Constitution, out to Deer Island, into the Outer Harbor, and back again. Not a bad two-hour tour.
Clothes Whore IV
This isn't a recently acquired shirt, but it's one of my favorites, and the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based design company that mailed it to me ages ago, Monsoon, also included a skateboard deck, which I have outfitted with trucks, wheels, and all the trappings -- and for which I will eternally be grateful.
Look at more stuff. Think about it harder.
Monday, when I last wore the shirt, it prompted the following conversation with a man waiting for the elevator in the Steak & Sirloin building, where I work:
The Man: I had one of those when I was a kid.
Me: A View-Master viewer?
The Man: Yeah. It was a lot of fun.
Thank you, Monsoon. This is one of my favorite shirts.
This isn't a recently acquired shirt, but it's one of my favorites, and the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based design company that mailed it to me ages ago, Monsoon, also included a skateboard deck, which I have outfitted with trucks, wheels, and all the trappings -- and for which I will eternally be grateful.
Look at more stuff. Think about it harder.
Monday, when I last wore the shirt, it prompted the following conversation with a man waiting for the elevator in the Steak & Sirloin building, where I work:
The Man: I had one of those when I was a kid.
Me: A View-Master viewer?
The Man: Yeah. It was a lot of fun.
Thank you, Monsoon. This is one of my favorite shirts.
Books to Be Took
I don't know if they're intended to be given away or taken, but The Atlantic Monthly has put 25 mail bins of books, galleys, and uncorrected proofs in the back alley lobby of the office building I work in. A cursory glance uncovered several impressive media- and business-related books, including the following, which I snagged:
"Evangelism's First Modern Media Star: The Life of Reverend Bill Stidger," by Jack Hyland
"Bamboozled at the Revolution: How Big Media Lost Billions in the Battle for the Internet," by John Motavalli
"Muckraking: The Journalism That Changed America," edited by Judith and William Serrin
"WithoutCovers:// literary_magazines@the_digital_edge," edited by Lesha Hurliman and Numsiri C. Kunakemakorn
"People's Witness: The Journalist in Modern Politics," by Fred Inglis
After emailing the team about this wealth of words from the fifth floor, I received the following email:
I can shed some light on this. The Atlantic is donating these books to an adult literacy foundation. They sell used books to raise funds for adult literacy programs.
So I feel a little guilty about taking the books I took, but I know I'll benefit from them, too. As you will, given that I'll probably review them!
I don't know if they're intended to be given away or taken, but The Atlantic Monthly has put 25 mail bins of books, galleys, and uncorrected proofs in the back alley lobby of the office building I work in. A cursory glance uncovered several impressive media- and business-related books, including the following, which I snagged:
After emailing the team about this wealth of words from the fifth floor, I received the following email:
I can shed some light on this. The Atlantic is donating these books to an adult literacy foundation. They sell used books to raise funds for adult literacy programs.
So I feel a little guilty about taking the books I took, but I know I'll benefit from them, too. As you will, given that I'll probably review them!
Mixed Drinks and Mingling IV
There's MediaBistro. And then there's Ed2010. MediaBistro aims to connect media professionals to new opportunities -- and to each other. Ed2010 is a group for young editors who are looking to land their dream magazine jobs by the year 2010. Both host face-to-face events around the U.S. to help media workers connect and collaborate. I've been to several MediaBistro gatherings -- each a different experience. And last night, I went to my first Ed2010 event.
I was really impressed. I'm going to try not to compare it to MediaBistro too much, but there are some subtle and important differences between the two networks, their events, and what they might do for participants.
It seems to me that Ed2010 is much more decentralized. Allison and Jennifer, the two women who organized the event, contacted Ed2010 about whether there were going to be any Boston activities. Ed2010 responded by suggesting that Allison and Jen organize some. So they did. They picked the place -- Redline, a new upscale bar on Harvard Square that wasn't quite my style -- and Ed2010 sent out the announcement. MediaBistro seems to have more central control. They pick the venue. The local coordinator just has to check it out and then show up -- wearing a boa. I thought the boa was a fluke, but no. It must be worn.
Ed2010's age range also changed the feeling of the event. Because the members are all young editors, there's a less-formal, slightly more energetic, and perhaps even more supportive atmosphere because everyone's in the same boat. Some of us had jobs. Some of us were looking for work. But we were all at about the same point in our careers -- and could better resonate with each other's experiences and situation. MediaBistro is more of a mixed bag and seems split between a group for working media professionals -- and a job-search networking group like so many others.
This might be because of the age range, too, but Ed2010 also felt more social. There was nothing forced. Several people came with friends, but everyone quickly met everyone else, and the large-group conversations were quite active before we fell back into our respective groups. To my fault, I lapsed into a group of fellow and former Fast Company/Inc./Atlantic Monthly people -- all officed between Commercial Wharf and 77 North Washington. But we didn't all stick to our cliques for the whole time, and I met several people with whom I'm going to keep in touch -- which hasn't really happened at MediaBistro. So it's also a solid social outlet for young, creative media people.
High marks. I look forward to the next one!
There's MediaBistro. And then there's Ed2010. MediaBistro aims to connect media professionals to new opportunities -- and to each other. Ed2010 is a group for young editors who are looking to land their dream magazine jobs by the year 2010. Both host face-to-face events around the U.S. to help media workers connect and collaborate. I've been to several MediaBistro gatherings -- each a different experience. And last night, I went to my first Ed2010 event.
I was really impressed. I'm going to try not to compare it to MediaBistro too much, but there are some subtle and important differences between the two networks, their events, and what they might do for participants.
High marks. I look forward to the next one!
Tuesday, June 11, 2002
Comics and Conversation
Quite awhile ago, I learned that a former co-worker, Sarah Russell, grew up, went to school, and played soccer with Hilary Price, creator of the comic strip Rhymes with Orange. While they haven't really kept in touch, they didn't fall too far from the tree -- they both have Yahoo! email addresses. And they both live in New England. I recently interviewed them about each other.
Where did you grow up?
Sarah Russell: Lincoln, Massachusetts.
Hilary Price: Weston, Massachusetts.
What was the town like?
SR: A perfect, pastoral Mr. Roger's Neighborhood.
HP: Lots of trees, but not a lot of sidewalks. I think it was that way not for lack of funds but to prevent visitors.
What was your high school like?
SR: An ideal place for those developing teen years that are always so difficult. The school was open to every kind of self-expression. Boys wore dresses in althletic competitions, girls shaved their heads, boys wore makeup, and the smokers were given their own building with the best view on campus. Not bad.
HP: Concord Academy is a very progressive high school with committed teachers and a willingness to embrace the creative oddball. Not everyone was one, but we had girls shaving their heads long before Sinead O'Connor took out her Norelco.
What years did you play soccer?
SR: All four.
HP: I played varsity soccer from my freshman to senior year in high school. (Though I played youth soccer for many years prior.) Sarah was the other freshman on the team.
Was the team any good?
SR: I think it was. I actually think we made it to some kind of league finals in our junior or senior years. Am I right, Hilary?
HP: There were years where we had it together and years we didn't. My senior year we won our division.
What else did you do while in school?
SR: Photography, tour guides (blech!), tennis, lacrosse, and ice hockey.
HP: I was all over the map, involved in lots of activities. Yearbook, student council my last year, played the saxophone in a chamber group (as you can imagine, not a perfect orchestral fit). I loved doing after-school sports, especially, which included skiing, tennis and a year of ice hockey.
How did you meet each other?
SR: First year, on the soccer field.
HP: Sarah was the other freshman who played varsity soccer.
What was your first impression of each other?
SR: Now that's an athlete. Rock solid. And wow -- a lot of fabulous flaming red hair as she rocketed across the field.
HP: My first impression of Sarah remains true to this day I'm sure -- here was someone who was truly a natural athlete. Grace, speed, stamina, smarts. Sarah had that gift, as did her older sister. Sarah was the kind of player college scouts noticed. She was always consistent and could run forever. Sarah Russell is a natural, and there was no hiding that.
Did you get to know each other very well?
SR: Yes, we were good friends.
HP: Yes and no. We spent a lot of time together in organized ways like sports, but didn't hang out outside of school. She hung out with two sisters I liked very much, so she had a good group of people around her.
Sarah, were there any signs Hilary would become a cartoonist while she was in school?
SR: I remember Hilary saying she wanted to be a cartoonist some day. And then 10 years later when I saw Rhymes with Orange I was so impressed that she had nurtured her dream to reality.
Did you ever see anything she drew during high school? How has her style changed?
SR: Unfortunately, I didn't ever see anything she drew back then.
How good a soccer player was she?
SR: Excellent. Hilary was a menace on the field. Super fast. She played on the wing and had a unique running style that brought her shoulders low and her head forward which propelled her so fast down the field most people missed her entirely. Great fun to play with. Relentless and tireless as well. Always in fantastic shape.
Do you have any funny or strange soccer team memories?
HP: My soccer days at Concord kind of have this halcyon quality. I think our teams talent ran the gamut from "Do we need cleats?" to Sarah's caliber, so we spent time coaxing people to come back on defense as they mosied their way.
SR: It really was the running style I just described that was the funniest. And top that with a head of electric wavy orange hair and you've got a great cartoon figure right there. I would love to see Hilary draw her menacing soccer self.
When you left high school, did you move away from the town you grew up in?
SR: Yes. I moved to Maine for college. After graduation I moved to latin America for three years, returned to Boston for a business degree and three years of working at Fast Company. I just recently returned to Maine to live.
HP: For reasons that are still a bit of a mystery to me, I moved 3,000 miles and went to Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. I wasn't dissatisfied with the East. I figured I'd check out another part of the country while I had a chance, knowing eventually I wanted to come back here. In retrospect, it was really good for me to pull myself out of the familiar, even though at times it was quite strange.
After college, I lived in San Francisco for five years, then came back east to New England. I live about an hour and 40 minutes west of my home town. Northampton, Massachusetts, is a cool artsy town with lots of woods around it.
How did you prepare and get your current job?
SR: I did nothing to prepare for my current job, except fall in love and embrace the fact that I am happier putting lifestyle and happiness before anything else. My partner and I are opening a seaside lobster/clam restaurant and bar -- we know nothing about the business and are learning as we go, which has been quite a challenge, but no regrets. The Black Pearl Restaurant opened June 1 in Rockland, Maine. Come and visit!
HP: Cartooning was something I always did, but I don't remember expecting I was going to do. It's a little hazy. But I used to draw toons for my friends in college during class. A woman wrote a good article for my college alumni magazine.
Did you keep in touch with each other at all?
SR: No. We lost touch completely. I think I heard about her cartoon in a Concord Academy alumni magazine.
HP: No, but I heard about what was up with Sarah because I ran into her sister at co-ed soccer games in San Francisco.
How did you reconnect with Sarah? How did you know she worked at Fast Company?
HP: I had met a friend for lunch in New Haven, Connecticut. She was attending a socially responsible business conference at Yale and mentioned she met this very cool woman at the Fast Company booth. She said her name was Sarah Russell, so I described her and said, "Yeah, I know her." My friend was impressed, and I felt very cool at that moment. Then another friend of mine from high school confirmed that she had heard Sarah was at Fast Company too.
I'd heard she was working at an orphanage in South or Central America for a while, so I was surprised. But I was impressed, too, because Fast Company was the magazine at the time. I had run into her father years ago at the post office, and he had told me about her work at the orphanage. That seemed very brave and adventurous to me.
Do you read Rhymes with Orange, Sarah? What do you think of it?
SR: I love it -- reminds me of Hilary's quick wit.
Were you surprised that she ended up doing what she does?
SR: Not at all. She's doing just what she's always wanted to do. I just hope she's still playing some soccer on the side.
Quite awhile ago, I learned that a former co-worker, Sarah Russell, grew up, went to school, and played soccer with Hilary Price, creator of the comic strip Rhymes with Orange. While they haven't really kept in touch, they didn't fall too far from the tree -- they both have Yahoo! email addresses. And they both live in New England. I recently interviewed them about each other.
Where did you grow up?
Sarah Russell: Lincoln, Massachusetts.
Hilary Price: Weston, Massachusetts.
What was the town like?
SR: A perfect, pastoral Mr. Roger's Neighborhood.
HP: Lots of trees, but not a lot of sidewalks. I think it was that way not for lack of funds but to prevent visitors.
What was your high school like?
SR: An ideal place for those developing teen years that are always so difficult. The school was open to every kind of self-expression. Boys wore dresses in althletic competitions, girls shaved their heads, boys wore makeup, and the smokers were given their own building with the best view on campus. Not bad.
HP: Concord Academy is a very progressive high school with committed teachers and a willingness to embrace the creative oddball. Not everyone was one, but we had girls shaving their heads long before Sinead O'Connor took out her Norelco.
What years did you play soccer?
SR: All four.
HP: I played varsity soccer from my freshman to senior year in high school. (Though I played youth soccer for many years prior.) Sarah was the other freshman on the team.
Was the team any good?
SR: I think it was. I actually think we made it to some kind of league finals in our junior or senior years. Am I right, Hilary?
HP: There were years where we had it together and years we didn't. My senior year we won our division.
What else did you do while in school?
SR: Photography, tour guides (blech!), tennis, lacrosse, and ice hockey.
HP: I was all over the map, involved in lots of activities. Yearbook, student council my last year, played the saxophone in a chamber group (as you can imagine, not a perfect orchestral fit). I loved doing after-school sports, especially, which included skiing, tennis and a year of ice hockey.
How did you meet each other?
SR: First year, on the soccer field.
HP: Sarah was the other freshman who played varsity soccer.
What was your first impression of each other?
SR: Now that's an athlete. Rock solid. And wow -- a lot of fabulous flaming red hair as she rocketed across the field.
HP: My first impression of Sarah remains true to this day I'm sure -- here was someone who was truly a natural athlete. Grace, speed, stamina, smarts. Sarah had that gift, as did her older sister. Sarah was the kind of player college scouts noticed. She was always consistent and could run forever. Sarah Russell is a natural, and there was no hiding that.
Did you get to know each other very well?
SR: Yes, we were good friends.
HP: Yes and no. We spent a lot of time together in organized ways like sports, but didn't hang out outside of school. She hung out with two sisters I liked very much, so she had a good group of people around her.
Sarah, were there any signs Hilary would become a cartoonist while she was in school?
SR: I remember Hilary saying she wanted to be a cartoonist some day. And then 10 years later when I saw Rhymes with Orange I was so impressed that she had nurtured her dream to reality.
Did you ever see anything she drew during high school? How has her style changed?
SR: Unfortunately, I didn't ever see anything she drew back then.
How good a soccer player was she?
SR: Excellent. Hilary was a menace on the field. Super fast. She played on the wing and had a unique running style that brought her shoulders low and her head forward which propelled her so fast down the field most people missed her entirely. Great fun to play with. Relentless and tireless as well. Always in fantastic shape.
Do you have any funny or strange soccer team memories?
HP: My soccer days at Concord kind of have this halcyon quality. I think our teams talent ran the gamut from "Do we need cleats?" to Sarah's caliber, so we spent time coaxing people to come back on defense as they mosied their way.
SR: It really was the running style I just described that was the funniest. And top that with a head of electric wavy orange hair and you've got a great cartoon figure right there. I would love to see Hilary draw her menacing soccer self.
When you left high school, did you move away from the town you grew up in?
SR: Yes. I moved to Maine for college. After graduation I moved to latin America for three years, returned to Boston for a business degree and three years of working at Fast Company. I just recently returned to Maine to live.
HP: For reasons that are still a bit of a mystery to me, I moved 3,000 miles and went to Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. I wasn't dissatisfied with the East. I figured I'd check out another part of the country while I had a chance, knowing eventually I wanted to come back here. In retrospect, it was really good for me to pull myself out of the familiar, even though at times it was quite strange.
After college, I lived in San Francisco for five years, then came back east to New England. I live about an hour and 40 minutes west of my home town. Northampton, Massachusetts, is a cool artsy town with lots of woods around it.
How did you prepare and get your current job?
SR: I did nothing to prepare for my current job, except fall in love and embrace the fact that I am happier putting lifestyle and happiness before anything else. My partner and I are opening a seaside lobster/clam restaurant and bar -- we know nothing about the business and are learning as we go, which has been quite a challenge, but no regrets. The Black Pearl Restaurant opened June 1 in Rockland, Maine. Come and visit!
HP: Cartooning was something I always did, but I don't remember expecting I was going to do. It's a little hazy. But I used to draw toons for my friends in college during class. A woman wrote a good article for my college alumni magazine.
Did you keep in touch with each other at all?
SR: No. We lost touch completely. I think I heard about her cartoon in a Concord Academy alumni magazine.
HP: No, but I heard about what was up with Sarah because I ran into her sister at co-ed soccer games in San Francisco.
How did you reconnect with Sarah? How did you know she worked at Fast Company?
HP: I had met a friend for lunch in New Haven, Connecticut. She was attending a socially responsible business conference at Yale and mentioned she met this very cool woman at the Fast Company booth. She said her name was Sarah Russell, so I described her and said, "Yeah, I know her." My friend was impressed, and I felt very cool at that moment. Then another friend of mine from high school confirmed that she had heard Sarah was at Fast Company too.
I'd heard she was working at an orphanage in South or Central America for a while, so I was surprised. But I was impressed, too, because Fast Company was the magazine at the time. I had run into her father years ago at the post office, and he had told me about her work at the orphanage. That seemed very brave and adventurous to me.
Do you read Rhymes with Orange, Sarah? What do you think of it?
SR: I love it -- reminds me of Hilary's quick wit.
Were you surprised that she ended up doing what she does?
SR: Not at all. She's doing just what she's always wanted to do. I just hope she's still playing some soccer on the side.
Mention Me! XII
Elke liked the Spider-Man quote I used as a caption in a recent Clothes Whore entry. Hello, Elke!
Elke liked the Spider-Man quote I used as a caption in a recent Clothes Whore entry. Hello, Elke!
Pulling the Plug III
In a surprise local showing in the Correspondence, Love Letters & Advice section of the June 6, 2002, Rolling Stone, Somervillain and former general manager of the now-defunct Harvard Square Other Music store David Day weighs in on the closing of the shop. Commenting on an article entitled "Tough Times for Indie Retailers," Day says that the store closed primarily because of digital music downloads.
Local boy makes good -- but also makes excuses for the sorry state of music retail.
In a surprise local showing in the Correspondence, Love Letters & Advice section of the June 6, 2002, Rolling Stone, Somervillain and former general manager of the now-defunct Harvard Square Other Music store David Day weighs in on the closing of the shop. Commenting on an article entitled "Tough Times for Indie Retailers," Day says that the store closed primarily because of digital music downloads.
Local boy makes good -- but also makes excuses for the sorry state of music retail.
Pieces, Particles V
The following media-related stories recently spotted in print publications -- and now online -- might be worth a look. Heads and decks, only. Heads and decks.
Adventures in Book Reviewing, by Katha Pollitt, The Nation, April 15, 2002
DC's Virtual Panopticon, by Christian Parenti, The Nation, June 3, 2002
A camera system in the nation's capital is making civil libertarians nervous.
Enron, the Media and the New Economy, by Jeff Madrick, The Nation, April 1, 2002
The notion that information was a company's key asset and that "normal" stock-valuation methods no longer applied sold well. Only problem: It wasn't true.
Exporting New England Style, by Howard Mansfield, Yankee, June 2002
Yale's Vincent Scully has revived the aesthetic of the New England small town.
Faking It, by Liza Featherstone, Columbia Journalism Review, March/April 2002
Sex, Lies, and Women's Magazines
Former Mouseburgers of the World Unite, by Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, June 3, 2002
High School Confidential, by Jill Rosen, American Journalism Review, June 2002
In their efforts to suppress negative news, administrators are increasingly apt these days to censor student newspapers. And the young journalists are fighting back.
Morning in America, by Tony Hendra, Harper's Magazine, June 2002
The rise and fall of the National Lampoon
River Cuomo's Encyclopedia of Pop, by Jenny Eliscu, Rolling Stone, June 20, 2002
How the Weezer frontman cracked the code of the perfect song
Seeing Around Corners, by Jonathan Rauch, The Atlantic Monthly, April 2002
The new science of artificial societies suggests that real ones are both more predictable and more surprising than we thought. Growing long-vanished civilizations and modern-day genocides on computers will probably never enable us to foresee the future in detail -- but we might learn to anticipate the kinda of events that lie ahead, and where to look for interventions that might work
The Social Life of Paper, by Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker, March 25, 2002
Looking for method in the mess.
Striking It Rich, by John Cassidy, The New Yorker, January 14, 2002
The rise and fall of popular capitalism.
The Televisionary, by Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker, May 27, 2002
Big business and the myth of the lone inventor.
To Save An Indian, by Amy Sutherland, Down East, June 2002
The world-famous Skowhegan Indian is in trouble, and everyone in town is wondering what's to be done.
TV Crimedusters, by Tad Friend, The New Yorker, June 3, 2002
Wild Thing, by Vanessa Grigoriadis, Rolling Stone, June 6, 2002
College girls flashing on request is just another day at the office for Joe Francis
The following media-related stories recently spotted in print publications -- and now online -- might be worth a look. Heads and decks, only. Heads and decks.
Adventures in Book Reviewing, by Katha Pollitt, The Nation, April 15, 2002
DC's Virtual Panopticon, by Christian Parenti, The Nation, June 3, 2002
A camera system in the nation's capital is making civil libertarians nervous.
Enron, the Media and the New Economy, by Jeff Madrick, The Nation, April 1, 2002
The notion that information was a company's key asset and that "normal" stock-valuation methods no longer applied sold well. Only problem: It wasn't true.
Exporting New England Style, by Howard Mansfield, Yankee, June 2002
Yale's Vincent Scully has revived the aesthetic of the New England small town.
Faking It, by Liza Featherstone, Columbia Journalism Review, March/April 2002
Sex, Lies, and Women's Magazines
Former Mouseburgers of the World Unite, by Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, June 3, 2002
High School Confidential, by Jill Rosen, American Journalism Review, June 2002
In their efforts to suppress negative news, administrators are increasingly apt these days to censor student newspapers. And the young journalists are fighting back.
Morning in America, by Tony Hendra, Harper's Magazine, June 2002
The rise and fall of the National Lampoon
River Cuomo's Encyclopedia of Pop, by Jenny Eliscu, Rolling Stone, June 20, 2002
How the Weezer frontman cracked the code of the perfect song
Seeing Around Corners, by Jonathan Rauch, The Atlantic Monthly, April 2002
The new science of artificial societies suggests that real ones are both more predictable and more surprising than we thought. Growing long-vanished civilizations and modern-day genocides on computers will probably never enable us to foresee the future in detail -- but we might learn to anticipate the kinda of events that lie ahead, and where to look for interventions that might work
The Social Life of Paper, by Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker, March 25, 2002
Looking for method in the mess.
Striking It Rich, by John Cassidy, The New Yorker, January 14, 2002
The rise and fall of popular capitalism.
The Televisionary, by Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker, May 27, 2002
Big business and the myth of the lone inventor.
To Save An Indian, by Amy Sutherland, Down East, June 2002
The world-famous Skowhegan Indian is in trouble, and everyone in town is wondering what's to be done.
TV Crimedusters, by Tad Friend, The New Yorker, June 3, 2002
Wild Thing, by Vanessa Grigoriadis, Rolling Stone, June 6, 2002
College girls flashing on request is just another day at the office for Joe Francis
.Com All Ye Faithful
Did you know that folks have proposed a patron saint for Internet users? That'd be Saint Isidore of Seville, author of the first encyclopedia of universal knowledge. You could say that Isidore's canon got him canonized. Fr. J.T. Zuhlsdorf has in turn penned a prayer to be used before logging on -- and it's even earned ecclesiastical approval.
Did you know that folks have proposed a patron saint for Internet users? That'd be Saint Isidore of Seville, author of the first encyclopedia of universal knowledge. You could say that Isidore's canon got him canonized. Fr. J.T. Zuhlsdorf has in turn penned a prayer to be used before logging on -- and it's even earned ecclesiastical approval.
Hardcore Logo
Logotype offers almost 50,000 logos for download as EPS files. My favorites include A Safe Workplace Is No Accident, S&H Green Stamps, and Hades. There's even a Heath Comm logo.
You can send in your own logos, but the site's producers insist that the logos are not intended to be used as clip art: "Downloading files from this site does not give you authorization or permission to use the copyrighted logos without the specific consent of the copyright or trademark holder."
Thanks to Pure Content.
Logotype offers almost 50,000 logos for download as EPS files. My favorites include A Safe Workplace Is No Accident, S&H Green Stamps, and Hades. There's even a Heath Comm logo.
You can send in your own logos, but the site's producers insist that the logos are not intended to be used as clip art: "Downloading files from this site does not give you authorization or permission to use the copyrighted logos without the specific consent of the copyright or trademark holder."
Thanks to Pure Content.
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