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Assignment: Future: September 2011
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011. This Just In: When 'Completeness' Sinks a Good Story. Page one of the April 16, 1912, edition. Of the New York Times is among the most iconic newspaper fronts ever. A large photo of a giant steam ship appears under a three-line banner headline. The first line reads:. TITANIC SINKS AFTER HITTING ICEBERG. That may be the front page that shows up most in the history books. But the far-less-remembered front page from the previous day's Times. When the Times staff finished updat...
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Assignment: Future: 'Night Is Crept Upon Our Talk'
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Sunday, June 30, 2013. Night Is Crept Upon Our Talk'. Talk of the Nation. Was one of my favorite public radio programs, even before I started working at NPR. After a 21-year run, the show's final broadcast aired last Thursday. For Neal Conan, June 27 also was the last day of a 36-year career at NPR, more than 11 of which he spent hosting Talk of the Nation. With this call to action for public radio:. Here's Neal's full farewell:. NPR's Kainaz Amaria took the photo of Neal hosting Talk of the Nation.
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Assignment: Future: December 2011
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Friday, December 23, 2011. The Nations' Airy Navies'. For I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see,. Saw the Vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be;. Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails,. Pilots of the purple twilight dropping down with costly bales;. Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there rain'd a ghastly dew. From the nations' airy navies grappling in the central blue. Alfred, Lord Tennyson, from Locksley Hall. Quotes From the Future. S nostalgi...
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Assignment: Future: February 2014
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Thursday, February 6, 2014. I met Robot @bryanalexander. 8212; Mikhail Gershovich (@mgershovich) February 5, 2014. Perhaps because I travel a fair bit, my favorite story of the day was futurist Bryan Alexander's account of "attending" an education conference from the comfort of his Vermont home using a remote-controlled "Doppelbot.". It’s an iPad on a stick, mounted on rollers," Alexander said in the first of two blog posts. Describing his experience with the telepresence robot sold by Double Robotics.
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Assignment: Future: January 2013
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Saturday, January 26, 2013. It's the Coffee, Not the Cup'. That "cup half-full" take on digital publishing in the headline above comes from Tim Ditlow, tapped recently by Amazon to head the company's expansion into children's and young adult books, including a new ebook imprint. Specifically aimed at teen readers. Print publishing veterans at this conference appeared too established and mature in their careers to be forced to look very seriously for a new digital path. These distinguished agents, edi...
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Assignment: Future: May 2014
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Monday, May 19, 2014. Rebooting the Killer Robot in Your Newsroom. Editing is choosing.". That wise adage comes from my former boss Doug Feaver, a legendary Washington Post. Editor. Doug was around the paper long enough to both earn a prominent mention in the acknowledgements of All the President's Men. And help found the Online News Association a quarter century later. He also played a key role in hiring a number of accomplished journalists who passed through the Post. The Goat Must Be Fed. We suddenly ...
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Close Personal Friend: August 2012
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Words and pictures about music. Monday, August 20, 2012. Mid-Atlantic Band Battle VII recap. This is Nate Ihara, singer/songwriter of We Were Kings, and host for last Friday's Band Battle, held at Jammin Java. During the show, where I served as a judge, Nate mentioned a number of times that I would be posting pics from the show here at the blog. If that's why you've bothered to stop by, thanks! Labels: Dale and the ZDubs. Friday, August 17, 2012. Back into Battle (of the Bands). On its web site, and made...
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Close Personal Friend: December 2011
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Words and pictures about music. Saturday, December 31, 2011. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Close Personal Friend 2012. Thanks for visiting Close Personal Friend. Hope you'll also take a moment to visit my related site, Whatcha Gonna Play.com. Dedicated to collecting and sharing set lists. I also write two columns for examiner:. 1 Digital Music Examiner. Free, legal mp3 downloads, short features and interviews. 2 DC Concert Photography Examiner. Concert photo galleries, previews and reviews.