The lost language of Italian parasols and the men who made them.
… they were inclined to be grumpy, suspicious, and maddeningly reluctant to share any expressions that related directly to the craft of umbrella-making, because obviously their commitment to trade secrecy outweighed any desire to preserve the language they must have known was on the verge of extinction.
records
the tpl
backyard summer
patio, beer, simon
My favourite things about now.
Meaghan O’Connell (@meaghano) has joined our proposed SXSW panel, and I am waiting on replies from 2 other prospective panelists.
Read more about it here if you haven’t, and please help us get this panel approved by voting for it here. There is less than a week left before voting closes.
Thanks, everyone.
I’m just going to leave this here…
interesting people, interesting things
Leave it to Connor, I say!
Via Armadillo Studios, he posted top picks for this year’s SXSW Interactive fest. Hey, know someone trying to get into that??? Jks.
Anyway, here are my journo/writing choices. Because if I get to meet Blake Eskin, voice of my favourite podcast ever, I will rejoice:
Why Journalists Need to Think Like Geeks: This is kind of a hard thing to hear, mainly because most journalists think their geek quotient is maxed out. But Eskin is my web editor hero. Also, we really need to be thinking more like geeks, and The New Yorker, of all traditional media, is doing a kick-ass job online. So lets learn from the man, shall we?
Bloggers & The Newsroom: The ChicagoNow Experiment: The Chicago Tribune’s experiment with uncensored blogs was totally crazy, completely interesting, and an amazing model. Just what we need!
The Death of Long form Journalism: Please. Long live long form! No really, have you read Slate? Because it’s the future. And you know what? Readers know it, and they’re reading it online. I would also be happy to see Missing the Point: The Long vs. Short Form Debate, because come on, the title’s right on. Let’s stop moaning and starting doing.
So Long and Thanks for the Babelfish: Who doesn’t like a Babelfish reference?
With the wild wolves around you
I am sitting in a cafe, taking a wee writing break before conducting two possibly ridiculous interviews this afternoon, and apparently I’ve found my writing muse/motivator/soundtrack.
Michelle tells me Bon Iver wrote his album in THE WOODS allcaps. YES.
(via sashafrerejones)
Tao Lin’s new book Richard Yates came in the mail today. Tao, you are beyond insane.
I remember hearing a reading of this at WORD bookstore probably two years ago now, and kind of losing it in a good way, so I am excited to read it.
Am currently reading this for a review assignment. Bizarre!
Google celebrates the 71st anniversary of The Wizard of Oz with a nifty new doodle, while The Guardian marks the occasion with 71 morsels about the American fairy tale. They don’t make movies like this anymore, do they?
thumbs up!
After the wedding had died down last weekend we were driving in a red car down a Massachusetts highway, towards Boston. Jenn said that sometimes she looks back and has to remind herself that certain things happened. Like part-time jobs during university and couples that broke up a long time ago and stuff.
I want this to be one of those things I look back on in five years or ten years and I say, “Oh yeah, that happened!” and I’ll feel a wave of nostalgia/a warm glow of happiness.
This is me saying that my lovely cousins and friends Caitlin and Connor, along with myself, have submitted a panel to this year’s SXSW Interactive Festival. It’s about social media and conflict! It’s going to be absolutely horribly interesting!
We’ve made it past the first stage selection - now we need your votes. If you’re at all interested in this kind of thing, it would be awesome if you gave us a little thumbs up. If you’re not, you can probably avoid the thumbs down symbol next to it. Just sayin’.
life:
“Forget the movie, let’s pull the job!”
-Frank Sinatra jokes upon hearing the plot for Ocean’s 11, the Vegas heist flick that opened 50 years ago today (Aug. 10, 1960)
