it’s after midnight: i’m listening to a recitation of hafiz…
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it’s after midnight: i’m listening to a recitation of hafiz…
Month: June 2009
Field notes
// just received a package of books & magazines from an editor. what a wonderful weekend gift-an assignment to read (& write reviews) & read
world coffee café
editing audio, studying for next week’s poetry workshop session & writing poetry book reviews at world coffee café…
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something i gave up when the kidlingers arrived… http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2009/06/artist-studios/
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sometimes my inbox is so intimidating… 40 emails to go… maybe i’ll procrastinate & reply to those emails tomorrow…
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‘Economist’s Profit Jumps 26 Percent’: http://www.foliomag.com/2009/economist-group-s-profit-jumps-26-percent // hello, newsweek? time?
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what?! i haven’t checked email in a day. the inbox has 69 emails. good grief, only one day…
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day two of new running routine… yes, neighbors, that crazy-looking visigoth running down the street is me…
Provide valuable content
Four Simple Steps for Online Publishers (and Magazines) to Increase Revenue
They are as follows:
1. Monetize inventory within the existing site framework.
2. Avoid the exclusivity trap.
3. Automate campaign management.
4. Connect with new advertisers.
(via Folio)1
With all due respect: wrong, wrong, wrong, and wrong.
The answer is simple: provide valuable content.
NOTES:
1) Zephrin Lasker, “Four Simple Steps for Online Publishers (and Magazines) to Increase Revenue,” June 22, 2009, FOLIO, accessed June 23, 2009, http://www.foliomag.com/2009/four-simple-steps-online-publishers-and-magazines-increase-revenue (page no longer available, web site deactivated)
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the homemade café au lait i made last night made me wake up quicker this morning. wonder if the coffee i’m brewing will put me to sleep.
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finishing final edits of 3 poetry book reviews for spr & preparing for tomorrow’s poetry workshop @ flood fine art center…
thriving while while others fade
Why The Economist is thriving while Time and Newsweek fade http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200907/news-magazines
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found this running schedule for beginners on runner’s world… http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/news/article.asp?UAN=67#beginner
“One person’s ‘accessible’ is another’s ‘crass commercialism.'”
What people are really saying when they talk about work as accessible, is that it won’t be making many (if any) demands upon the reader.
—John Gallaher1
NOTE:
1) John Gallaher, “Accessibilty or Crass Commercialism?,” June 16, 2009, Nothing to Say & Saying It, accessed June 19, 2009, https://jjgallaher.blogspot.com/2009/06/accessibilty-or-crass-commercialism.html
what a mighty storm asheville had yesterday…
this is what happened to the corn in the garden…
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i’m on a rss feed diet… i’m down to 8 feeds & i’m pretty sure i can loose some more…
Field notes
// i’ve searched at least a dozen stores in asheville for a shaving mug & soap set. does anyone know where i can find one?
I got Lee a set from etsy. I think I just searched “Shave set”
thanks, stacey. etsy has a great selection & reasonable prices…
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i’ve searched at least a dozen stores in asheville for a shaving mug & soap set. does anyone know where i can find one?
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back from poetry workshop… thank you mcneil for the ride to the transit center… i hope we meet again… was able to avoid the storm..
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i wonder if ‘design consultant, information architect & experience planner’ best defines my job description…
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an author i publish was surprised to learn i didn’t own a crackberry or iphone, ‘not even a cellphone?’ ‘no,’ i said… #fb
disruptive internet technologies
from the report (http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/06/charging-for-news-apis-recommendations/): ‘disruptive internet technologies’…
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i really enjoy my stainless steel coffee press. i’ve noticed a slight taste difference. it’s not bad, just different…
In beer, there is strength
In wine, there is wisdom. In beer, there is strength. In water, their is bacteria.
Oscar Wong, Founder, Owner, President, and chief cleanup guy of Highland Brewery. (via plainclothesman)
Coffeehouse Junkie 