Newsletter 465

[1]The Browser
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com

[5]Dropbox: Tech's Hottest Startup
Links:
5. http://b.rw/oyvJBv

Victoria Barret | Forbes | 18 October 2011

It has 50m customers. 96% of them pay nothing. But it's grossing $240m this
year, and growing exponentially. Apple tried to buy it. Now Apple is trying
to kill it. "You're a feature, not a product." How Dropbox solved freemium
[6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/dropbox-techs-hottest-startup

[7]Among The Russians
Links:
7. http://b.rw/pYKdom

Edward Docx | Prospect | 19 October 2011

Charming, light-touch account of meeting of European writers at Tolstoy
family estate. Talk concerns the great man, the position of writers in the
West and Russia, and the state of literary prizes. Much laughter, and vodka,
ensue [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/among-russians

[9]Riding The Wave Of Discontent
Links:
9. http://b.rw/mRgZCR

Stephen Walt | Foreign Policy | 18 October 2011

On protests, from OWS to the Arab Spring. "Ask yourself: How many
contemporary political leaders do you genuinely admire? How many of them
would rate a paragraph in a revised edition of _Profiles in Courage?_"
[10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/riding-wave-discontent

[11]Europe: Just Getting Warmed Up
Links:
11. http://b.rw/natWW8

John Hussman | Hussman Funds | 17 October 2011

Don't be misled by recent financial market rises. This looks like denial.
And, if you have investments, it may be your best chance to review your
appetite for risk. That fiasco with French-Belgian bank Dexia was only the
start [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/europe-just-getting-warmed

[13]WP Columnist: Cut Aid To Israel
Links:
13. http://b.rw/pcjuus

MJ Rosenberg | Huffington Post | 18 October 2011

"For the first time in memory, if not ever, a highly respected mainstream
columnist [in the United States] is calling on the US to cut aid to Israel."
Are Congressmen and women listening? Might this be a significant moment?
[14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/wp-columnist-cut-aid-israel

[15]Charles Bukowski On Censorship
Links:
15. http://b.rw/mSAczc

Charles Bukowski | Letters Of Note | 18 October 2011

Following a reader complaint, Bukowski's book _Tales of Ordinary Madness_
was removed from the shelves of a Dutch library in 1985 on the grounds that
it was sadistic and discriminatory. This was his response [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/charles-bukowski-censorship

FiveBooks Interview

[17]Ben Katchor on Picture Stories
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/ben-katchor-on-picture-stories

Pictures operate in space, words in time, and the best stories are told with
both, says the acclaimed American author and cartoonist. He tells us how
visual narratives are making a deserved comeback [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/ben-katchor-on-picture-stories