Last weekend
Goodbye Dunbar.
The look, and the social nature of knowledge
When I was growing up I was bad with context. Super bad. My young logic-oriented self…
The stickiness of so-called “reverse racism”
When an idea is “intuitive” but also steeped in a culture war we have a heightened…
Scientists on Twitter: Preaching to the choir or singing from the rooftops?
I tend to think that comms advice for scientists is also comms advice for everyone. Here’s…
Martin Speckter, type design, and the interrobang
99% Invisible did an episode on the interrobang recently. I was interested to learn that early…
The dominant press is a giant inertia machine
But here’s an old idea: what if dominant journalism, by and large and in the long…
A few free tools for audio and video stuff
Once in a while I have to work with video or audio recordings. Or sometimes I…
Idea: Journalism is a convenience store
I like to imagine different metaphors for journalism. Consider that the press is a giant inertia…
Reality testing: measuring the long term impact of journalism
When Margaret Wente was getting busted repeatedly for plagiarizing, her publisher, The Globe and Mail, more…