| 2010/09/03 | The Big Book of Body Mods, 20 Years Later (MediaBistro.com) |  |
Published 2010/09/03 00:49:41
Before tattoos and piercings and ear plugs were commonplace, there was the book "Modern Primitives," a then-revolutionary glimpse into the practices of body modification. Published by San Francisco-based punk rock publishing house RE/Search in 1989, the book is a testament to the power of the alternative press. All these little hipsters with their neo-tribal tattoos and nose rings are a... Source : MediaBistro.com Explore : Cinema |
| 2010/09/02 | Guido Fawkes, shames the blogosphere. (Oh what NOW!) |  |
Published 2010/09/02 23:30:00
Paul Staines, aka Guido Fawkes, in my opinion has set back the credibility of serious bloggers, by publishing his scurrilious post on the hotel living arrangement of William Hague and his Spad . Having read his post. I find it highly objectionable in that that he promotes unfounded rumours about the foreign secretary without any proof of sexual impropriety. Having read his blog, I am more... Source : Oh what NOW! Explore : Blogosphere, Technology |
| 2010/09/02 | GamesCampus announces Legend of Edda beta and 9Dragons European publishing acquisition (Massively) |  |
Published 2010/09/02 23:19:22
... after the jump. Continue reading GamesCampus announces Legend of Edda beta and 9Dragons European publishing acquisition Filed under: Fantasy , 9Dragons , MMO industry , News items , Free-to-play GamesCampus announces Legend of Edda beta and 9Dragons European publishing acquisition originally appeared on Massively on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of... Source : Massively Explore : Kung fu, Video Games |
| 2010/09/02 | Forever Jung (Harriet) |  |
Published 2010/09/02 23:00:31
On the blog of the publishing house Futurepoem, poet Dawn Lundy Martin offers an analysis of Ronaldo V. Wilson?s poem ?Dream in a Fair.? More precisely?since the poem is, after all, a dream?she offers psychoanalysis. More precisely, Jungian psychoanalysis (kind of?she doesn?t know much about Jung, she confesses). She?s fascinated, in particular, by Wilson?s [...] Source : Harriet |
| 2010/09/02 | Samsung Galaxy Tab Ad Reveal Swype Text Input. The Device Looks Impressive! (Startup Meme) |  |
Published 2010/09/02 22:43:32
... Tags: iPad , samsung , Samsung Galaxy Tab , tablet Related posts Why You Need To Read The iPad Publishing Book? Because iPad Is The Future Of Books (2) What Is It Like Owning An Apple Product! (0) We might see more widgets on Samsung devices as it opens up TouchWiz to developers (0) Update: Facebook App For iPhone Gets v3.2.1, Facebook Places Comes To Those in US (2) The iPad Ad Parody... Source : Startup Meme Explore : Electronics, Mobile operating system, Samsung, Smartphone, Telecommunication |
| 2010/09/02 | David Limbaugh Pushes Obama Conspiracy Theories (Right Wing Watch) |  |
Published 2010/09/02 22:41:51
The Republican strategy of painting President Obama as an arrogant politician with a messiah-complex dates back to the 2008 campaign, but conservative author David Limbaugh has intensified the use of discredited smears in order to vilify Obama as an evil narcissist. While promoting his new book Crimes Against Liberty (Regnery Publishing) in an interview with blogger John Hawkins of... Source : Right Wing Watch Explore : Political Blogs, Politics |
| 2010/09/02 | Evil Wylie Twitter Writer Gives Interview (MediaBistro.com) |  |
Published 2010/09/02 22:40:23
... According to the Evil Wylie writer, these anonymous Twitter feeds created a safe space for publishing people to speak candidly about industry issues. EvilWylie explained : "We don't live in a black-and-white, good-vs.-evil world, but wouldn't it be nice if we did? It would certainly be less confusing. Great evil characters -- from Emperor Franzen to Darth Vader to Dick Cheney --... Source : MediaBistro.com Explore : Books, Fine Arts, Twitter |
| 2010/09/02 | Drupal 7 - faster than ever (Google Code Blog) |  |
Published 2010/09/02 22:35:00
This is a guest post by Owen Barton , partner and director of engineering at CivicActions . Owen has been working with Google's ?Make the Web Faster? project team and the Drupal community to make improvements in Drupal 7 front-end performance. This is a condensed version of a more in-depth post over at the CivicActions blog. Drupal is a popular free and open source publishing platform,... Source : Google Code Blog Explore : CSS, Google, Open Source, Software, Technology |
| 2010/09/02 | Using BlogBridge as a feed curation tool (BlogBridge) |  |
Published 2010/09/02 22:25:37
A user asks: ?I want to subscribe to a list of rss feeds on a given topic, curate the article stream in some way and then have the articles come out as a RSS feed that I can feed into a publishing platform to be displayed across various platforms. Is that possible?? Actually that?s a use case [...] Source : BlogBridge |
| 2010/09/02 | Graded: LA Teachers' Public Evaluation Raises Questions (ABC News) |  |
Published 2010/09/02 22:15:55
Many teachers have directed their anger at the Los Angeles Times for publishing negative job performance evaluations online. But some parents welcome the transparency as a way to improve their children's educations. Los Angeles - Los Angeles Times - United States - California - Counties Source : ABC News |
| 2010/09/02 | Gov 2.0 = Open Source? Not really, IMO... (Public Sector Developer Weblog) |  |
Published 2010/09/02 22:04:52
... the public and needs to be open, and you also have the added benefit of better transparency. Thus, publishing government-developed solutions as open source can make a lot of sense, as it can be a good model to foster shared use and collaboration. That said, it's important to note that publishing code as open source also comes with a great deal of responsibility and potentially a... Source : Public Sector Developer Weblog Explore : Open Source, Software |
| 2010/09/02 | HIV infection linked to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (Mike Tidmus : Blog) |  |
Published 2010/09/02 21:33:50
Published two days ago, this article confirms something I?ve suspected for quite some time. The article comes via ACT UP Philadelphia and John S James. James is a revered AIDS writer who has been publishing AIDS Treatment News since the early, early days of the epidemic. Many HIV-positive gay men have post-traumatic stress disorder ~ [...] Source : Mike Tidmus : Blog |
| 2010/09/02 | Borders Second Quarter Loss Widens (The Huffington Post) |  |
Published 2010/09/02 21:10:33
The company is also closing underperforming stores and introducing a paid loyalty program as it continues to battle tough competition from online retailers like Amazon.com and discount stores such as Walmart. Read More... More on Book Publishing Source : The Huffington Post Explore : Book Publishing, Entertainment |
| 2010/09/02 | Exclusive Preview: Lucky in Love (Nerd World) |  |
Published 2010/09/02 21:09:27
Stephen DeStefano is probably best known in comics circles for his late-'80s series 'Mazing Man, but he's one of those artists' artists whose reputation among their peers is high even when they're not publishing work under their own name. Lucky in Love: A Poor Man's History, the first of a two-volume project, is his first [...] Source : Nerd World |
| 2010/09/02 | Book lifts lid on Carla Bruni's lovers... (Beattie's Book Blog) |  |
Published 2010/09/02 21:09:00
... about everything from Carla's relationship with secret lovers to plastic surgeons," said a publishing source. "The principal story is about a fast-living adventuress with an obsession with wealth and fame. Nobody from Carla's camp has assisted with anything. This is a proper, unbiased investigation into a world-famous former model, pop singer and first lady." Lahouri, who made his name... Source : Beattie's Book Blog Explore : Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger, Rock and Pop |
| 2010/09/02 | Visual formulas of verse (Harriet) |  |
Published 2010/09/02 21:00:15
In the latest issue of Triple Canopy, a literary-and-beyond online magazine, a click-through poem generator toys with the idea of the ?materiality? of Internet publishing. The premise of the piece is that digital poetry essentially appears as desired; i.e. poets have the power to tinker with typeface and beyond. So how do aesthetics influence our [...] Source : Harriet |
| 2010/09/02 | I write a nasty book. And they want a girly cover on it | Lionel Shriver (The Guardian) |  |
Published 2010/09/02 21:00:14
Publishing's notion of what women want is dated and patronising. In my case it's like trying to stuff a rottweiler in a dress The latest literary dust-up in America concerns the outsize critical admiration of Jonathan Franzen's new novel Freedom , the follow-up to his 2001 National Book Award winner The Corrections . Freedom secured two worshipful reviews from the New York Times in one... Source : The Guardian Explore : Authors, Books, Fine Arts, John Updike, Publishing |
| 2010/09/02 | Of Two Minds About Books - Print... (Beattie's Book Blog) |  |
Published 2010/09/02 20:56:00
... million e-readers and 30 million e-books sold last year. The trend is wreaking havoc inside the publishing industry, but inside homes, the plot takes a personal twist as couples find themselves torn over the ?right way? to read. At bedtime, a couple might sit side-by-side, one turning pages by lamplight and the other reading Caecilia font in E Ink on a Kindle or backlighted by the... Source : Beattie's Book Blog Explore : Media, Publishing |
| 2010/09/02 | NEWS: Alicia Minshew, Kim Zimmer, Source Interlink, Grahn (We Love Soaps) |  |
Published 2010/09/02 20:54:00
... sold its digital media distribution company, Alliance Entertainment, to focus on its magazine publishing and distribution business, executives said. "In today's economy, you are much better off by focusing on your core competency, and for us that is magazines," said Michael Sullivan, Source Interlink's chief executive officer. The Top 10 Viral Ads of All Time Who's No. 1? Hint: It's... Source : We Love Soaps Explore : Actors and Actresses, Nancy Lee Grahn |
| 2010/09/02 | Mark Waid's speech and the Napsterization of comics (ComicMix) |  |
Published 2010/09/02 20:52:00
... topic-- sadly, five years on, the issues are still with us. Seth Godin recently talked about what publishing should have learned from the music industry : 1) We have a fresh slate at HarperStudio. What's your advice? The huge opportunity for book publishers is to get unstuck. You're not in the printing business. The life and death of trees is not your concern. You're in the business of... Source : ComicMix |