Newsletter 248
[1]New New Orleans
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1. http://b.rw/gVABxr
Nicholas Lemann | NYRB | 4 March 2011
Review of films by Spike Lee and others. "Ever-present white fear of black
insurrection spiked after Katrina. There was a palpable longing for New
Orleans to be reconstituted as another Charleston or Savannah—smaller,
safer, whiter"
[2]Twitter Was Act One
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2. http://b.rw/i635Ty
David Kirkpatrick | Vanity Fair | 2 March 2011
Profile of Jack Dorsey, game-changer. Invented Twitter when stuck in New
York taxi, listening to dispatchers on radio. But couldn't manage company.
Got pushed out. New start-up, Square, makes any smart-phone a credit-card
terminal
[3]Libya's Escalating Drama Reopens Case For Liberal Intervention
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3. http://b.rw/gpPChe
Timothy Garton Ash | Guardian | 3 March 2011
"I defy anyone to watch Gaddafi's planes attacking besieged towns and not
accept that there is at least a legitimate question whether outside powers
should intervene in some way to prevent him killing more of his own people"
[4]Sri Lanka: Living Dangerously
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4. http://b.rw/eywWct
Michael Hardy | The American Scholar | 2 March 2011
Remarkable account of life as investigative journalist in Sri Lanka - one of
most dangerous places to be a reporter. Ranked "fourth worst country in the
world for press freedom, behind only the Philippines, Somalia and Iraq"
[5]How to Make Money in 6 Easy Steps
Links:
5. http://b.rw/gkjK50
Jason Fried | Inc Magazine | 1 March 2011
Entrepreneur behind software and design firm 37Signals shares valuable
lesson on how to build a profitable company. Explained through thoroughly
engaging personal account of his time as small business owner. Essential
reading
[6]The Blind Man Who Taught Himself To See
Links:
6. http://b.rw/hhz6uP
Michael Finkel | Men's Journal | 1 March 2011
The story of Daniel Kish and how he taught himself to "see" like a dolphin,
using echolocation. "He can hear a building 1,000 feet away, a tree from 30
feet, a person from six feet." No colour but he can "see" round corners
Today's FiveBooks Interview
[7]Clarence B Jones on =THE BEST SPEECHES OF ALL TIME=
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7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/clarence-b-jones-on-best-speeches-all-time
Speechwriter, counsel and friend to Martin Luther King Jr says that watching
Dr King make the ‘I Have a Dream’ speech was like seeing lightning captured
in a bottle [8]Continue reading…
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8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/clarence-b-jones-on-best-speeches-all-time
Topic
[9]Popular Science
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9. http://thebrowser.com/topics/popular-science
Black holes, DIY bio-engineering, aliens and more. Interviews and articles
from many of the biggest names in Science. No prior knowledge necessary
[10]Continue reading…
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10. http://thebrowser.com/topics/popular-science
Book of the Day
[11]Washington
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11. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/washington-by-douglas-southall-freeman
-by Douglas Southall Freeman -
_H W Brands says:_ “This is the closest thing we have to a definitive
account of Washington’s life.”
[12]More recommendations…
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Browsings
From [13]@[14]TheAmScho A new post by William Zinsser telling us about what
the culture of journalism used to be
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