Damn you, brain

The Best Obnoxious Responses To Misspellings On Facebook is very much along the lines of Damn You Autocorrect, but without aggressive spelling correction to blame. Thanks to the FB crew for the link....

Trump and the Republicans

I had only seen Trump’s birther pronouncements. And laughed. Maybe I shouldn’t have. Great read from Hari in the Independent. http://tinyurl.com/6xgahl4 Nice: my auto correct suggested burger for birther.

Early success for the NYT digital model

More than 100,000 digital subs suggests that the paywall is going well. As another commentator mentions, this is a) faster than the WSJ and b) is a little to vague to know how good it really is (will sub $1 convert to full price?). It still doesn’t make sense to...

Is there a Jasmine Revolution?

Fascinating thought from an analyst in Asia. Maybe there isn’t a revolution at all, just a calculated attempt to get big brother riled? After all a protest that involves (in my words) wandering around shopping malls on a rest day is going to create a lot of...