Facebook and Skeletons

I’m quoted in today’s New York Times , talking about how politicians in this year’s election have had to confront their pasts, as shared through social...

Burying The Lede

I think one of the biggest reasons many great writers go into journalism is for the chance to sneak little wisecracks in, with the hope their editors will...

The Sign of the Times

Pentagram, the designers of the website, signage, marketing materials, and stationery for the new New York Times building , have a fascinating blog post about...

TL;DR

One of the great, definitive abbreviations for the social web is TL;DR. It stands for too long; didn’t read , and epitomizes the short-attention-span crowd, the...

A Culture of Criticism

From the New York Times’ Sunday Styles section Silicon Alley’s resurgence , pegged to a tech Meetup where the crowd was discussing new web startups. Yep, Web...

Defining One's Identity Online

So, I’m in the New York Times today, as part of the story called Loosing Google’s Lock on the Past . I’m not a huge fan of how the story turned out, mostly...

Our Own Sheila E.

Suphala just got her first big profile in the New York Times. Here comes the tabla invasion! Except probably not.

I have so much more to offer.

More proof that the New York Times is the best paper in the world: A Fake Michael Jackson’s Big Break: A Fake Trial . This important piece of journalism covers...

The Grey Lady Blogs

I find it kinda cool that today I was in the New York Times talking about the business potential of weblogs and today the New York Times became the biggest...

Incivility everywhere

Looks like even the New York Times isn’t immune from getting into the pointless flame wars and uncivil behavior. Check out Jeff Jarvis’ post today about how...

Innovations in Journalism

Making the bold leap from merely waiting for Leander Kahney to watch Blogdex as this link rises, I’m actually going to try to make a Journalism Request: As...

This narrated photo essay of

This narrated photo essay of a western journalist’s trip through Pakistan and Afghanistan was moving enough to make me break my self-imposed rule of not keeping...