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Revered filmmaker Martin Scorsese directs the story of New York stockbroker Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio). From the American dream to corporate greed, Belfort goes from penny stocks and righteousness to IPOs and a life of corruption in the late 80s. Excess success and affluence in his early twenties as founder of the brokerage firm Stratton Oakmont warranted Belfort the title – "The Wolf of Wall Street." Money. Power. Women. Drugs. Temptations were for the taking and the threat of authority was irrelevant. For Jordan and his wolf pack, modesty was quickly deemed overrated and more was never enough.


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GLENDALE, AZ - DECEMBER 06: Runningback Adrian Peterson #28 of the Minnesota Vikings runs with the ball during the NFL game against the Arizona Cardinals at the Universtity of Phoenix Stadium on December 6, 2009 in Glendale, Arizona. The Cardinals defeated the Vikings 30-17. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
Anyone reading this article, or any on Footballnation.com for that matter, shouldn't have to be reminded that football is a contact sport. However, it looks as though that's exactly what the Minnesota Vikings organization seems to be overlooking when it comes to their top running back, Adrian Peterson. Minnesota Star Tribune sports reporter Dan Wiederer broke the news with the following tweet: "(Defensive back) Jamarca Sanford on orders given to the D about Adrian Peterson: "The rules are simple. Do not touch (number) 28. If you touch him, you're cut."" Yes, you read that correctly, cut. Now, it's understandable that the Vikings want to protect their most valuable asset who accounted for 970 yards and 12 TDs last season, even after being hobbled by an ankle injury and missing three games. It's also logical that the coaching staff is being hyper-vigilant after Peterson's devastating knee injury in game 16 of last year that tore both the ACL and MCL ligaments in his knee. Still,...
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Brendan Shanahan began the New Year pretty much the same way he ended the last year: handing out suspensions.
On Sunday night the NHL announced it was suspending St. Louis Blues forward Ian Cole three games for his Saturday night hit on Justin Abdelkader of the Detroit Red Wings.
Here's the video of the hit and Shanahan's explanation.
The review on this one probably didn't take long for the league. It was very evident that the head was the principle point of contact on the play. Cole's shoulder connected square on the jaw of Abdelkader as he entered the offensive zone.
To illustrate how clear-cut of a call this was for him to make, Shanahan referred to this as a "quintessential" example of a bad hit. He went on to say that the hit might not have been intentional, it was reckless -- another word he used multiple times.
The good news is that Abdelkader didn't appear to sustain an injury on the hit. He was a bit wobbly immediately after but did return in the game. It could have easily been much worse.
Also, there was no punishment history to speak of with Cole, so three games is somewhat stiff, it shows how egregious Shanahan saw this hit to be.
I thought Shanahan might have missed on his final few tests of last year -- specifically the Tomas Kopecky/Michael Del Zotto incident as well as the Raffi Torres hit -- but he laid down a fair and just punishment in this case as far as I'm concerned.
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'Social' Media: What isn't in a name
Porter Anderson on Feb 04 2012 | Filed under: Social Media
O thou, my lovely boy, who in thy power
Dost hold Time's fickle glass, his sickle, hour…
Sonnet 126
The so-called "social" media, currently our lovely boy of communication, hold in their darting packets of data, surely, unimaginable power.
- They collapse distance across continents and seas we once showed on no maps. Ariel, himself, would weep.
- They erase the time — days, weeks, months, even years — we once waited for letters.
- They spin across the planet's surface to survey, sift, locate, tag, follow, and bond us to people we'd never have met in earlier times. Our ability to convene global salons of cohorts in real time is unprecedented in human experience.
- They pump ready reservoirs of information into deserts of ignorance and await only curiosity to be tapped.
- They open to us possibilities of collusion and cooperation, contrivance and collaboration, calumny and camaraderie, catastrophe and compassion.
So where do we get off being so trite when we speak of these forces?
Cuteness is revolting
Shall we say with straight faces that the brave Tunisians – whose dogged grace inaugurated the Arab Spring — tweeted their way to freedom? I suppose they're lucky that Twitter co-founders Jack Dorsey and "Biz" Stone didn't consign them to quacking in glory or chirping their triumph.
And does it make you love a social networking/sharing/bookmarking service better to find it spelled Tumblr instead of Tumbler? Flickr instead of Flicker? Licorize, Pinterest, YouTube?
Denmark, like many non-English-based cultures, is seeing a steady rise in English names for companies, even when little business is done in anything but Danska. Thus, my cable service in Copenhagen was provided by YouSee, you see.
My own tweets are lobbed at a defenseless population from a dashboard provided to me by HootSuite. Little owl for a logo. Adorable, huh? One can tweet out pictures with TwitPic. Warm and fuzzy enough for you yet?
Does it say anything about a new service when it's named for the company launching it and a mathematical symbol? Google+ — plus what? Plus the kindergartners who must have done that graphic on its homepage? Scratchy arrows in the Google colors point to a red circle of your peers. Buy me the Crayons, I can do better than that.
I like Google+, although my interest in scrapbook/display networking is secondary to my fondness for news-ticker-ish platforms. And as for the name Google+? Well, this is the massive company that has named the Android platform for phones and tablets Ice Cream Sandwich. Hope you like it, because Google is naming all the Android operating systems after desserts. Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb.
Isn't that cute? Just shoot me now.
The organizers of O'Reilly's Tools of Change (ToC) have announced the companies to be presented in the Publishing Startup Showcase during the upcoming confab. The names of these lucky and promising 10 operations include Lookze, BiblioCrunch, and (hold on to your barf bag) BookieJar. Awwwww.
Don't get me wrong. These three companies and their seven counterparts in the Startup Showcase are all potentially transformative young corporations, and I'm looking forward to seeing their demos in New York. But when did we all descend into the Valley of the Corporate-Cute?
I'll be covering the whole TOC conference and you can follow me, February 13-15, at @Porter_Anderson on Twitter and/or via the hashtag #toccon and/or on the homepage of my own site, PorterAnderson.com — I'll be live-tweeting. In gentler times, I think this was called whistling while you work.
Since the good founders of Writer Unboxed, Teri and Kath, have asked me to get at things related to "social" media in my posts here — and since writers are sensitive to how words are used — I want to start us out by putting forward a very writerly idea. Ready for this?
Proposition: One of the biggest impediments serious writers may face in exploring, adopting, and using the powerful potentials of "social" media lie (not lay, damn it) in the frivolity of both the phrase "social" media and in the names given to some of those media ("media" being a plural word, damn it).
Yet fear her, O thou minion of her pleasure;She may detain, but not still keep, her treasure.
In coming posts, what I hope to do is help holdouts – writers who are intelligently put off by sophomoric palaver – draw closer to the advantages of being online. And those of us who already are avidly "leveraging eyeballs" (that was heard in a UK publishing meeting this week) might together find our way to some new means to see our "sweet selves grow," to paraphrase the sonnet-writer.
Let's become grown-ups on The Grid. It's time.
Not so bad, is it? "The Grid" is a tolerable term in this context. We'll put it on and wear it for a bit. Close to the skin. Getting onto The Grid is not unlike William Gibson's early concept of jacking into "The Sprawl," is it? That beats staggering around the "Twitterverse," and do not call me a "tweep," you twirp.
In normal parlance, the "grid" is all contemporary modern networking, inclusive of power grids, telephone circuitry, water utilities, satellite surveillance. To be "off the grid" is to reach a mythical place beyond billing range. Sounds like Heaven. If we isolate the term for our own purposes to refer to the plethora of "social" media, we may be able to duck some of the more chummy aspects of talking about this sort of interactivity as if it had to do with covered-dish suppers.
For now, I want to show you three aspects of gridding. They take us just off the Croc-beaten path.
(1) Yasiv.com. This is set, as you click on it, to show you a visual representation of books bought at Amazon by people who also bought one of my favorite novels, In a Strange Room. It's by the Man Booker Prize shortlisted writer Damon Galgut.
This is a graphic interpretation of the ingenious Amazon function called "Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought." Try putting in your favorite book's title (the upper right field). And when you're tired of your literary-ness, hit the drop-down in the left search field, change categories and put a new item into the right blank.
All of Amazon is watchable here, so now for something completely different: Music bought by customers who also bought recordings of the compositions of Nico Muhly, an American composer whose work is particularly nourishing to writers.
Yasiv is the work of Lab49 consultant Andrei Kashcha, and it's an effect of "social" media. The ad hoc society of people who are buying things that you might like is tracked by Amazon with devastating promotional efficacy, as we know. And then it's deftly conceptualized in a visual interface by our friend Kashcha. Not trivializing. Not cute. Useful and interesting. You've just gridded your preferences.
(2) Author Simon Spurrier. He's in the UK, which is why he's named Simon. All English guys are named Simon.
And he has had the disheartening experience of releasing a book, A Serpent Uncoiled, to what he calls "the most brain-shatteringly effusive reviews" – only to find that the usual suspects can't sell it. News media, bookstores … we know this story, don't we?
He writes it up for Sam Missingham at TheFutureBook:
The newspapers struggled to know what to do with it. Retailers arched eyebrows. Readers pursed lips. How can we possibly handle this book, the world wondered, if you can't tell us what it's similar to? Originality, it turns out, can be its own worst enemy.
And so our Si has done what might have been a normal book trailer video. Wait, wait, I hear that yawn, me too, but hang on, this one is different. Both in execution and in what it says.
Simon Spurrier: A Serpent Uncoiled
As he writes at TheFutureBook:
It's the personal experience of the Failure which makes the thing, I think. That unmistakable whiff of humiliation. So I simply said so. Truth, or a version of it, is critical in these matters. I simply vented my bile the only way that felt right – with a deluge of ridiculous curses – and, yes: felt a lot better for it. 5,000 people watched the result in the first three days. I hope they felt better too. The book? If I've done my job right, that part will look after itself.
(3) Twingly.com. Say it with me now: Awwwww.
I have some acquaintance with these developers, a really crack group in Linköping. That's in Sweden. I'd have kicked their Scandinavian butts if I'd been around at the time they seized on that name. For American eyes only: I think they meant Twinkly.
Nevertheless, Twingly is a blog search engine patronized primarily by European newspapers. What I want you to see, if you've never encountered it before, is this (it's free, not "for free," damn it):
The Twingly model is an evocation of the blogosphere as Earth majestically rotating on the engine of the data-drive. Huge pillars of cyber-power rise up into the air above the geographical location of each IP address that posts.
Once the Twingly world is downloaded to your computer and up on your screen, you hit "i" on your keyboard (for "interactive") and you then have control. You can spin the world faster or slower, turn its 3D image around in any direction, resize it, inspect its activity, click on blog posts listed on the left to see more and link out to them.
Watch the times of day at which Europe is most active, the States, Asia, South America. The penguins have zero social media presence. Bless their hearts.
Some pillars turn Knossos-red, indicating especially bullish traffic. Note the parts of the world that are rarely active – they're off The Grid. Not as global as we like to think, are we?
There's even a counter that tells me, last I checked, that the Twingly had tracked 77,009,518 blog posts since it started scanning in 2007.
The point for us, though, isn't the Twingly search engine's rich success. That's the pride of the boys in Sweden. For us, it's the concept of a world fairly bristling with comment. Just look at all we have to say. Look at how many of us are saying it. Look how frequently someone is holding forth about one thing or another, punching out into space with this opinion, that report.
Her audit, though delayed, answered must be,And her quietus is to render thee.
Time for me to shut up.
Your turn
It's in the Ether-green beauty of the Twingly's twinkle that I want to leave you this month with the idea that these "social" media may gather their strength and fearsome reach from massive crowds of us, sure. But "social?" Really?
Sometimes they're commercial (Amazon's offerings). Sometimes promotional (Si's book). Sometimes aesthetic (Twingly's radiant sphere). But they're far beyond two agents gossiping about their author-clients over the electronic fence. That's social.
Our Grid is much too grand for our boorish colleagues who scream BUY MY BOOK! in every tweet.
This Grid can do loads with visuals from your last family reunion but its main currency is words. These are verbal media. And if anybody on the Twingly planet can spend words to their advantage, it should be us, the unboxed writers of that luminous world.
You'll find me here next on February 25, and Thursdays on the Ether at the site of Jane Friedman, a fellow Writer Unboxed contributor and my courageous host.
For now, tell me what you think. Is your own experience really social on these media? Originally, did you engage in them originally for that? Or were you looking for a market from the outset, your platform's community, to sell your work? Today, are you hunting colleagues, tricks, and tricksters of the trade online? Are you in search of readers, buyers, and advocates for your cause? Are you seeking buddies, best whatevers forever, Vespoli rowers, bowling teams? Tell me (a) how long you've engaged in "social" media, (b) which ones you find most useful, and (c) and whether their usefulness is truly social.
And can you name for me an anti-social medium?
See ya. I gotta grid.
About Porter Anderson
@Porter_Anderson, BA, MA, MFA, is a journalist, critic, and speaker specializing in publishing. A Fellow with the National Critics Institute, Anderson's "Porter Anderson Meets" live Twitter interviews are conducted weekly with the hashtag #PorterMeets on Mondays and run in London's The Bookseller magazine on Fridays. He is also The Bookseller's Associate Editor for The FutureBook, a sister site focused on developments in digital publishing, with #FutureChat live Twitter discussions on Fridays. Anderson works with BookExpo America (BEA) to program the uPublishU Author Hub, which had its debut at the 2014 BEA. And he is working with the Frankfurt Book Fair on special programming for its new Business Club suite of events and facilities, a first in the 2014 Buchmesse. More: PorterAndersonMedia.com | Google+
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Honestly, I need some "Socialization" because I'm pretty reclusive otherwise. I live in a small mountain town and I don't 'get out much.' -Family and friends are at a minimum 11 hours away and at tops 40 hours away. If not for "social media" I suppose I'd be even more self-indulgent than I alread am. :-D
However, I know that if not for SM my novels wouldn't be selling to places all over the world. That's pretty great stuff.
You've delivered again, Porter! Thanks for the info. on what's going on in the world of the internet. I wouldn't know a lot of things without your posts (and tweets!) You always summarize it all in a way that I (a techno-phobe) can understand.
You asked questions – I have been blogging a year and a half, Facebooking about as long, and tweeting since August. Amazingly, I like Twitter the best, possibly because it's instant gratification. I have to admit it has been letting me down, lately.
Blogging is more social, and it has grown much more slowly than Twitter. I think it is precisely because you have to enter into a longer-term commitment (as compared to Twitter). The up side is I do feel like I have some honest-to-God social contacts. I do on Twitter, but since it's 140 charac. at a time, they're usually reduced. Plus, those contacts are usually started by blogging. Facebook is pretty much personal.
For me, blogging is the most useful. I don't necessarily believe that the contacts I have made through blogging would translate into additional sales if I ever get a book published (however that might happen), but the support I have now is very much appreciated.
I don't know anti-social media. I never thought of search-engines (whatever form the come in) as social media. But I don't think that's what you meant :)
I love the term "corporate-cute"!
Like Kath, the concept that everything I do online has to be linked back to Facebook bothers me – my Facebook friends are different from my Twitter followers who are different from my Google+ circles. I use them for different reasons and don't always want to connect anything I say on one platform with every other one.
For me, a lot of both FB and Twitter is social. I started using Twitter to follow cast/crew of my favorite TV show and ended up finding a lot of fellow fans who are now friends. I do use it for promotion, though unless there's a particular event going on, I try to keep that to a minimum. Usually, in fact, I'm warning the writer/reader folks that my NCIS McMayhem is a one-day insanity that will be gone the next, rather than the other way around. (Tuesday is the 200th episode – insanity will probably be an understatement.) I like it because it's easy to share information, find information (if you follow the right people) and jump in and out of conversations. I've met a lot of writers that way, and been able to meet some of them in person because of our Twitter conversations.
FB is mostly friends, family, former coworkers and classmates. There's that network effect at work, though. I posted on FB because I was excited at how well my book was doing during the IBC event this week, and some people asked for a link. A guy I went to high school with reposted the link on his page and a friend of his from France then went to Amazon's FR site and bought a copy. Social? Or promotion? :)
Actually, the pervasiveness of FB makes Twitter more appealing. I can list, follow and click on links to people on Twitter without shouting that on my Timeline the way FB does. That's helpful in a lot of ways, particularly because my FT job has an ethics policy attached that (essentially) requires neutrality on political/controversial issues. And yet I often tackle topics in my fiction that touch on some of those issues, especially in the LGBT realm, so I have an interest in information and news in those areas. I'm still restricted; there often are tweets on many topics I want to share and don't because of the policy. And I'm going to stop rambling before this becomes Ethereal in length — not enough content here to merit that. :)
First, let me say I love this post and everything I read that you write. You have a strong voice and a particular talent for meshing heady literary passages with contemporary, web-based language.
Now, to attack that pesky "social" word:
I started on Facebook several years ago for purely social reasons, and ended up creating an author page (last year) for book related posts so I didn't annoy my friends and family. The line between the two worlds has blurred, but I still try to keep promo separate from personal interaction.
I joined Twitter about two years ago because an agent I was querying at the time told me it was important for building author platform. I've since become very active on Twitter for both "social" and professional reasons. Where I began with the intention of building and audience of readers, in actuality, I found a network of writers, mentors, and friends.
Through Twitter friends (I say friends because many of my "tweeps" I've met in person as a result of our interactions on Twitter) I've learned about writing scholarships and conferences, links to articles on craft, book recommendations, business of writing articles, support for writer doldrums, tools for inspiration, procrastination, frustration, and everything in between.
For me, Twitter has the feel of an office water cooler or work happy hour. We mostly talk about writing, but there's also a fair amount of chit chat. I have real affection for my Twitter friends.
When newcomers try to elbow their way into my little water cooler discussions with links to buy their books, however, I'm quick to unfollow. I'm not interested in any of that, in the least.
I dipped my toe into Google + for a little while, but quite honestly, there were a lot of creepy people following me who clearly had nothing to do with writing. I just joined Pinterest and I'm having great fun with that. At some point, however, I have to step away from the grid and just write.
I apologize for my dissertation on how I use social media, but to summarize, I find it very social and beneficial to me as a writer.
Awesome discoveries, Porter – thank you for a most entertaining voyage. There's no danger that you'll ever bother us with trivia.
I love social media. When I started I didn't expect to like it much. I had a blog and people dragged me to Twitter, then Facebook. I like both, and share Jennie's reservations over G+ (aka 'Circles'). I get a lot of creepy people finding me there.
In the old days the only networking a writer could do was at meetings or publishing parties – invitation only, and not always very many opportunities. With social media, everyone's invited and you can find the people who really gel with you.
Are these relationships merely trivial? We should get past asking that question. There are many ways we meet colleagues, fans, friends. Writers already know that you don't have to meet someone face to face to have a meaningful exchange with them. We do it on the page all the time.
Gotta go and put a girdle about the earth. Back in 40 minutes.
Now you mention it Social Media is rather 'cutsie' isn't it?
Let's start a new platform (come on, you know we need another one) and call it 'Hard as Nailz' or Brute.com
The new logos can be made be iron like, dripping with sweat and feature animals like dragons and wolfs and maybe even an angry badger!!
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aka, the only english guy not called Simon :)
Dear Port A,
What's wrong with some corporate cute? I think it's mean of you trash your buddies at Tingly.com. That is such a brilliant, suggestive name conjuring up feelings of…oh. Sorry. Twingly. Well, look at all those pretty points of light, (gaping holes of unmet needs, please-pay-me-attention) prayers straight to the heavens.
Puff (Danish) PAstry, once I stopped abusing social media (yesterday) I have been enjoying it much more. No, it does not help sell books, but being able to spy on the rest of the world kind of makes up for it.
I just Yasived myself, P-Andy, and it was very cool. As always, I am impressed with your "I Blog, Therefore You Are" essays–and they are the only ones I read alllllllll the way to the end while waiting for my bangs to grow out. How in the world are you able to self-edit on Twitter?
Welcome to WU (the bulletin board that brought me out of my literary closet), Porter! (Or is it P-Andy–Gotta love D-D-T!)
I'm still not quite a Twitter fan yet. Maybe I'm not so down on fb because I came to the party wearing my writer hat. I only friended writers. This isn't even my real name (shocking, I know). A bit of my 'real world' has slid in there (friends and family outside of the writing world), but they all understand that I use the platform for all things writing. And the WU group there is my water cooler. I can pop in and check facebook periodically whilst doing my oh-so-unboxed scribbling, hit a few 'likes,' make a few comments, and I'm back to work. As far as DM, I have fb messaging threads ongoing almost daily with not just the other WU moderators, but with about a half-dozen others. Works just fine, and without a limit on the number of characters.
I sure I'm missing the boat on Twitter, with all the agents and cool publishing pros I could be getting to know. I'm sure the industry's water tower there is much more of a fountainhead to a publishing nirvana than my reviled preference. Almost every online friend (like Therese, I feel like they are just that, friends) I have, I made on facebook (you are an exception, but we met at Reader Unboxed).
I'm sure Twitter is much more attuned to business, but, after twenty years of being totally focused on business, maybe some distance from it is what I was looking for, and found, in facebook.
Loving the concept of The Grid, and the fact that you are now a regular contributor, bro. I'm looking forward to your future posts here, on my favorite bulletin board. Also looking forward to being 'turned around' to face the brilliance of the Twitter sun, and fall into the proper orbit. :-)
I read part of this post this morning. I went down the rabit hole of watching the Simon Spurier video. Hours later, Vaughn posted on FB and said, "Tell him I sent you." So, I returned. It's a circle. I joined Twitter way before I joined FB — after my mother. I felt a bit isolated in a tiny border town and Twitter allowed me to connect with writers, etc. I continue to use it as my personal newsfeed and sometimes for something random. Twitter makes me think of ways to be concise and I like that.
Porter, You've done it again, presented a hackneyed term and brought it to life in a light and lively way. It's a whole new language for sure( I mean twingly?) I so love the "corporate cute." Now for your questions. I started my blog and joined Facebook against my will and only because the experts told me I had to 3 years ago. I slowly began realizing the importance of platform so took Dan Blank's course last year. Soon after I joined Twitter,LinkedIn,Google+ and Goodreads. it's all good but it is overwhelming and I am still trying to figure out the best way to tame the beast. Sometimes I think it is a blessing for all the contacts you can make and a curse for the distractions it can create.it boils down to working it all so it works for you. My favorite is Twitter for meaningful professional and social connections. Let's face it, dinner at Stecchino's was all arranged via Twitter :-) I'm very happy you'll be guiding us through the social media "swampland" as only you can do, with insight,humor and wit. Gotta' get back to the "grid". Thanks, Porter!
Seriously, Porter, I'm not stalking you. But it's Saturday, I finally have some time to read, and you've got the most intriguing stuff on The Grid at the moment. I'm probably one of three archaeologists among your readership who perked up when you wrote, "Some pillars turn Knossos-red, indicating especially bullish traffic," and wondered how you came up with that metaphor. Kudos.
To answer your question, I was social media phobic until about 18 months ago. At the time, I found it all about media and couldn't find my place within. Plus the general cutesy factor was annoying. Lately, however, as I find more like-minded people, it's become truly social and I enjoy it. I find myself adopting the cutesy factor. :)
Another provocative post and raising great issues around what is, and isn't, social online.
Of the platforms developed – so far – I've found Twitter and Google+ to be the most "social" in terms of ways in which to "converse" or exchange ideas and share information.
I did join Twitter for its social aspects and less so it's "self-marketing" aspects. Though, as a writer I found that eventually you build up a brand or identity based on the value people find in how you provoke, curate and manage a conversation. Just like in real life, maintaining and shepherding a conversation can be work and take up a lot of time.
I too often find people want the "social" part of social media to be as immediate as the technology we use.
Facebook is, well, not really social in the same way, though it can be if you use it as a way to ask questions and seek out people's opinions; it's less conversational and more about identity and standing up in a crowded room and saying "Hey, look at me!"
Now that I've returned to book publishing from journalism – I'm the communications director at Chelsea Green – we find that Facebook is a far better way to get people to click back to our online bookstore, author pages or website than Twitter. Which, makes sense. Twitter is not a traffic driver, it's where you go to have a conversation with your readers / audience and help to stir the pot.
I also use Tumblr, though again that's more like Twitter, as it's a way to curate and aggregate my own thoughts and observations.
I've been on Twitter and Facebook now for more than four years (or thereabouts) and am also a semi-active user of Qora, LinkedIn and Google+.
As for an anti-social medium, I would say that in a large part traditional blogging is no longer a social medium, unless you include older platforms like LiveJournal where you could build a community of readers and friends, and share information privately (if you so chose).
I do find that tracking conversations on Twitter via the #hashtag is a simple way to find colleagues, cohorts, and others in the industry who are stimulating some good conversation – like you Porter! Glad to have found you.
One thing we're keeping an eye on is how crowd funding platforms develop for both publishers and authors. Here is another way to ensure some kind of social connection – an engaged supporter (funder) — to a book project. Leveraging that kind of support online could become a powerful way to build capacity online.
"Isn't that cute? Just shoot me now."
First it's the lace, then it's the birds. What will next inspire your derision, Porter? Oranges? *reaches for the smelling salts*
Ah, social media, the two-horned beast. I've derived the most benefit from message boards, where I've gone for information and found facts as well as enduring friendships with like-minded people.
Blogging is similar in that it tends to attract a stable group and more thoughtful discussion. I started mine so I could post work for critique and it kind of snowballed from there. I wouldn't be involved with WU without that leap, nor have any sense of my voice, so I'll always be eternally grateful that I let the mission evolve.
I joined Facebook to keep up with a group from a writing message board when we were kicked off. (Kidding. Sort of.) Basically, our thread didn't fit the forums, so we migrated. I'm surprised at how much I enjoy it, and its pace is quite suited to my brain.
I decided to try Twitter because everyone said that was the place to be and I like to try new things before I dismiss them. Also, some of my friends are really only reachable there. But I get tired of being constantly pitched, even by people who are good people in other contexts, but who seem to lose it when it comes to 140 characters. (What's up with that? I think we should do a scientific study of post length: selling ratios.)
So…I love social media. I'm not doing it to sell anything but because I love the companionship, the connections, and the opportunities to learn and grow.
Finally, great to see you here, even if you are a bird-hater. ;)


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Con man Charlie Marsh manages to parlay a prison incident in which he saved the warden's life into a book that generates a huge following. While on a book tour, Charlie has an affair with Congressman Arnold Pope, Jr.'s, wife. When Arnie ends up dead, Charlie flees to Batanga, Africa. Jonathan Davis uses his clear, low-pitched voice to depict the array of characters entangled in Charlie's life: Batangans, U.S. congressmen, New Yorkers, and a father-daughter team of lawyers. Davis is adept at providing unique, realistic voices, and his narration conveys all the story's suspense, drama, and emotions - not only in the courtroom but in the intrigue surrounding two dangerous people who want Charlie dead. Plot twists and a strong narration keep listeners engaged.
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30 days minimum rental. We have an alternative to those luxury vacation rental accommodations in Santa Fe OR, the chain motels you may feel it necessary to choose because of your budget restrictions. Casa Carmela, an attractive townhome in Park Plazas — in the southern part of Santa Fe, offers longer term rentals (3 weeks +) to accommodate your extended stay.
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Three of San Diego County's grandest hotels have been undergoing significant renovations since changing hands the past two years
Interested in capitalizing on the hotel's panoramic of the Pacific, the owner is hoping to get approval to expand the existing lobby lounge terrace to create a much larger outdoor area for oceanview dining. Still pending is a possible spa that would be located in a 1920s era bungalow home the hotel owns.
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I fear that this might be the last year I can call her little. My little girl. She's been growing and changing some much lately, my little Olivia. It feels like life is speeding up on us. A little baby born on a cold Danish night yesterday, on that didn't even fit in the newborn clothes that we had bought her. And today, this fun, loving, ever-happy little girl that spends her time smiling, laughing, making friends, dreaming and dancing. Man, I tell you, she's got some moves I don't even have!!
Last Sunday We celebrated her and every bot of wonderfulness that she is with a small but fun, color-filled party on our backyard with a few friends. A small party, people, not very American – that means more cake for each of us, and I am all about that When I asked Olivia what cake she wanted for her birthday, "Strawberry!!!!". Yes, the same cake as last year. I gladly obliged – I mean, have you ever tried that cake?!
As usual I made a point of decorating for my girl: some giant balloons and DIY fringe garlands a la geronimo, spray painted little horses in gold to top her cake and of course, a cute little bithrday crown – mandatory in our house for all birthdays. No joke.
The day after her birthday, I asked Olivia to make some drawings for the people who gave her presents so we could send them along with a thank you card. SShe came back to me after 1/2 hour with a few extra drawings, so she could "send them up in the sky". Again, I gladly obliged
And of course, everybody who came to the party (and our families via email) filled out our traditional "When she grows up" poster – see the one when she turned 2 and when she turned 3. It is so much much to see everybody answers change with the years, as we get to know our little girl more and more. But no matter what you do when you grow up, my little Olive, mama and daddy will always love you to the moon and back. And the some.
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A winter detox14 Comments
I don't know about you, but as far as I am concerned, my body is waaaaaay ready for a break after the holidays. I think my blood sugar is still on an all time high from all that candy cane and hot chocolates and overall cookie abuse. My midwife almost had a heart attack yesterday when I stepped on the scale….yeaaaah that was quite a big jump haha. So time for some smarter eating! Since I am pregnant, I can't go on a proper detox, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't eat better to give my body a fresh start. If like me you're looking for some yummi recipes that will help your body reset and start the year in a healthy way, I've got these 6 amazing recipes for you:
1. Winter salad with persimmons and apples. You might not know persimmons – they are so good and really common here in California, but might be a bit harder to find where you live. You can always replace it with another winter fruit: pear, grapefruit, clementines, or beets if you like your salads not too sweet.
2. Beetroot juice. I've never tried it but people swear by it! Especially when it is mixed up with strawberries (like in this recipes) or raspberries. Yum!
3. Kale and ginger detox smoothie. Don't let the kale part fool you – it's tasty and packed with vitamins! The perfect detox smoothie.
4. Grapefruit, fennel and quinoa salad. More winter favorites packed into one tasty salad!
5. Black cod with a raw salad of beets, carrots and radishes. Just so you also get a little protein in your diet The colors of this dish alone make me want to cook it!
6. Roasted carrot soup. Vegetable soups are an awesome way to detox – look for recipes with no cream through
And tons of water, that's also on my list! Also, I am always looking for more ideas – so tell me, do you have any favorite winter detox recipes? I'd love to know! Happy Friday, friends
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L: Danish home via La Maison d'Anna G|R: Mini meringues by Griottes for Decor8.
Hi all, thanks for all your lovely lovely notes after the announcement about our baby yesterday I can only imagine what our house is going to be like during teen years…crazy!!!Today I wanted to share some images of this pretty Danish home.
Of course I love all of the neutrals and natural tones, but what I love the most about this house is the colorful, bold art in every room. And even better? The owner of this house painted all of these paintings herself. I am just blown away. This makes me want to pick up my paint and brushes and do the same for our own house. Hubby always tells me I should, but I think part of me just think I am going to "mess up" – but maybe I could? In any case, enjoy these pretty images. Isn't the nursery the prettiest too? I included it in my inspiration moodboard for the baby's nursery, and it's probably one of my favorite out of all of them.
And how pretty are these mini meringues by Griottes for Decor8. I love that she showed every steps of making them. When she fixes the colors to the eg white, the uncooked meringue looks like pots of paints, don't you think? Little drops of colors, they makes me smile! I should really try these, don't you think they would make a great little gift?! Happy Wednesday, friends!
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Boy or girl? It's a….12 Comments
You guys have been emailing me and messaging me on Facebook – what stalkers you all are, this baby is sure getting a lot of attention Thanks so much for all of your messages, it made my day! I wanted to post yesterday but was too jet-lagged and crashed at 7:30pm right after I put the girls to bed. So anyway, now you know!
Yesterday was an amazing day – my little Olivia turned 4 (so big already!) and we went for our anatomy ultrasound with her as a birthday treat so she could see the baby…and we found out we are having another GIRL!!! A lot of you had voted for a boy last Friday but it's going to be full on Pink Power in da house. And she is healthy, so we couldn't be happier. To tell you the truth, hubby and I had secretly wished third baby would be a boy – to add a little blue in the mix, you know But after hearing the news we were like "Awesome! A girl….that we know how to handle at least ;)" It's going to be so much have having all these sweet little girls at home. Last night I overheard Olivia say to Madeline " We're having a little sister, aren't you happy?!" Happy happy Tuesday, friends!
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The time has come, friends…it's time to start planning baby's nursery Amen to that! I'm so excited to get this done, this is actually the first time I get to do this. With Olivia we moved from NYC to Denmark a month before she was born, and for Madeline we moved from Denmark to NYC when she was 3 months old, so I didn't really have any energy left to think about room decorating for either of them. But this time around – BANG, time to rock 'n roll! Well when I say nursery, it's more of a corner in the room since our house only has two rather small bedrooms – but that will do. No huge rocker for us, I am not even sure we'll have space for a changing table by the crib, but that will force me to think outside the box a bit.
Hubby and I want the baby's nursery to feel RELAXING, COSY and HAPPY. Also, because baby is going to stay with us in the room for a good while, we want the nursery corner to complement our bedroom well, and not to be overly baby-ish. While I am sure Junior will appreciate all the art on the wall from his or her very young age, we need daddy and mommy to feel like they belong too And to add to the challenge: we're on a budget. Go figure, we're trying to save up a down payment for a house, and that ain't a small chunk of money in the Bay Area!
So here is some of the inspiration I am going for. Think loads of white (duh), soft textures (those fur rugs!) and happy patterns. Color-wise, I'll stay pretty neutral because it will fit so much better with our bedroom, and also it will be easier to mix and match things I've been using for the girls. So think yellow, aqua, cold mixed in with touches of warmer colors – red/pink depending on the sex of the baby.
Talking about the sex of the babe, we find out ON MONDAY and I am trying to not freak out to much I am SO beyond excited. I could never be one of these moms that choses to wait until the day of the birth. I want to know! So tell me, friends – what do YOU think our baby will be? My pregnancy has been feeling the exact same as with the girls, so I am leaning towards a girl, but hubby is convinced it is a boy. I've check the Chinese calendar and it said boy…but then again, it said boy for Olivia and Madeline also Take a vote, and I'll do a reveal next week! Happy weekend y'all!
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An artist that I love today – Jo Chambers from Studio Legohead. I know Jo reads my blog every now and then, so holla girl if you're reading this Jo is crazy talented – so talented in fact that blogger Joy Cho from the ultra popular blog Oh Joy used two of her gorgeous prints when she decorated her new office with interior designer Emily Henderson.
I love the vibrant colors and bold patterns and the doodling style of her artwork. So happy and fresh! And if you are a pet loving person, she even does custom prints of your own pet. Her works makes me want to get a puppy at home I know the girls would definitely agree with that, now to convince hubby…here are some of my favorite prints by Jo, and of course you can check out the rest of her work on her website and in her shop.
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Once in a while, I'll ditch colors and get lost in a sea of black and white. There is something so simple, so serene about it. The yoga of interior design is the way I see it and oh, how much this let's you play with patterns and textures. I never stay away from my beloved colors for too long, but every now and then – it's like hitting the reset button and looking at life with a different perspective. A new truth. Happy Wednesday, friends!
PS: Also, this house might be the perfect combo of black and white mixed with colors!
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Our time in France is nearing the end. Last weekend hubby and I left the girls with my parents and went on a weekend escape to the coast of Brittany. A cold but oh-so-perfect seaside escape. If you have kids and leave far from your close family, you know how rare of a treat that is You might already have seen some pics on my instagram feed, but I wanted to share a few pictures of this simple, yet magical weekend here with you all.
We need nothing extravagant really. We went for walks by the water and stayed cosy at the hotel drinking tea and reading books for the most part. And we talked. A lot. It's crazy how much you can talk with your partner when you're not constantly interrupted by life and kids We talked about the past year, and the one to come and beyond. And we also talked about our resolutions for the year. We're so hard core we even started an excel spreadsheets for them – I kid you not….we're such geeks
Baby number 3 is going to be here before we know it (I am already 21 weeks pregnant!) and life is just about to get a bit crazier, but there is still so much more I want to do for my family, for this blog and for myself. I love setting up goals, it makes me feel I'm getting this much closer to reaching my dreams. Last year I shared my 13 goals for 2013, and while that was amazing guidance for the year -and I actually managed to keep up with almost all of them!-, I want to cut down a bit this year – but more focused on each of them.
1. People, people, people: because really, isn't it the one thing that really matters in life? I want to feel more connected to those around me. We all pretend that we're too busy, that we don't have time to go on that walk, grab that coffee or even just give our loved ones a call. It should be that way. We should always make the time. I want to cut down on screen time and social media, and spend more time actually being with family and friends – old ones and new ones- in the moment. I am dreaming about sharing a passion with a friends, and spontaneous adventures, and dinners parties and long conversations about life. I also want to make sure I get to know you all better. You might not know it because I don't say this often, but you are such in important part of my life – you make it possible for me to come back here everyday and blog.
2. Take better care of my body: When you have kids, that's usually the first thing that goes out of the window. You have less time and you cut down where it will "hurt" the less. You skip a shower. Or two. Or….mmm, I don't smell that bad, riiight?! You stop combing your hair or hydrating your skin like you used to. Gym what?! And before you know it, you're that woman-thats-too-busy-to-care-about-her-appearance that when you were in college you swore you'd never become. This year I want to find a new exercise routine, eating well and listen to my body a bit more. A pretty ambitious plan but I am determined to make it a priority!
3. Prioritize creativity and original work: I want this place to make unique, I want to explore new avenues, explore my creativity, and push my limits. I want to train my eyes to look at the life around me in my own, particular way, and encourage curiosity. And I'd love to pass some of this along to my own children – Olivia is already showing so much talent and love for painting, and I need to encourage her in that path. I can feel that there is so much more in me, and I have the tendency to let other things put that side of me in the background. Like Justin said, let's bring
sexy creativity back
4. Strengthen my marriage: because it is where this family all started. And I can't really imagine life without my partner in crime. I don't want to take my husband (and our relationship) for granted. This year will be spent on finding the right balance between family time, us time and letting each other have some alone time. Since we moved to Berkeley, we've barely gone on any dates since we didn't really have any good babysitters. And that needs to be fixed – anybody out there that wants to babysit our adorable-and-not-at-all-mischievous little girls? I also want to step it up in the "small gestures" category, so that he's reminded every day of how much I love him.
5. Stress less: life with young kids and babies can be very busy and feel so stressful, but in the end, I just need to step back and make sure to remember that life IS very good. I don't want stress to get in the way of my appreciating all that's good in my life.I want to remember the past but not dwell too much on my mistakes. I want to feel prepared for the future but not have that take over this moment right here, right now. I tend to live through to-do list, and while they are awesome at helping me stay on top of things, sometimes I just feel like I am becoming the slave of these lists. This year I'll be better at knowing when to quit and not letting the perfectionist side of the take over too much.
I know these my seem very general and vague, but don't let the list fool you – as I mentioned I've got a whole excel sheet and a plan for each of these items. They say it takes 66 days to change a habit…..so let's get to work! It will be hard to find the balance while adding to our family, but I know we can do it.
What about you all? Did you make a list this year? Anything that's really dear to your heart on there? I'd love to hear about them!
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Hi friends, hope you're having a wonderful first week of the year I'll be back with new content next week, but in the meantime I wanted to share again some of my (and your) favorite posts from 2013 – in case you missed a thing or two. Have a lovely weekend!
TOP – Favorite 2013 DIYS: 1. A rolling herb garden |2. A colorful basket for blankets and pillows |3. Rolling toy boxes on casters |4. Cake topper made with artificial flowers
BOTTOM – Other favorites of 2013: 1. A baby is on the way! |2. The girl's bedroom, redecorated |3. 10 tips to take great pictures with your phone |4. My summer escape to Paris |5. Danish summer with the family.
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Picture by Janoid.
I hope you all had the loveliest of holidays! We're still in France enjoying a little break with my family, and to be honest I am not quite ready to review to the year that has gone by, or to make new resolutions for the year to come. All I want to do is to enjoy the moment right here, right now. I'll be back next week with regular posts, but in the meantime I wanted to wish you all the happiness in the world for 2014. Many many hugs!


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|The recently remodeled Seattle Weekly started out with a Q&A column called "Ask a Mexican", borrowed from its Southern California sister weeklies. "Ask a Mexican" fell flat in Seattle and was thankfully terminated. It's now been replaced with "Ask an Uptight Seattleite"
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Their cartoon spokesman looks like he just came from Ballard with the requisite stick up his butt.Posted by: H Moul on October 29, 2006 08:27 PM
Give him a haircut and he'd look a lot like Postman.Posted by: Lynne on October 29, 2006 08:59 PM
not only are you expected to look alike but to think alike ..... and I think this fellow is getting all the sex he wants .... just too respectful to tell us ... very NW, except for the gays who talk about it all, all the time, to everyone, and yes, are doing it ...Posted by: Jack on October 30, 2006 04:01 AM
i'll bet this is a photo of "Seattle Incarnate" to anyone east of the Cascades. maybe THIS should be the new King County logo! worth 1000 words...Posted by: jimmie-howya-doin on October 30, 2006 09:35 AM
This was clearly shown in the support that current Attorney General Rob McKenna gave to "The Freedom Ride (Seattle Times Sept 9, 2003 B1)
The Attorney General said "...legalizing the status of illegal immigrants is not new. He said he had worked as an attorney in 1986 representing a Mexican family seeking legal status under an amnesty program adopted by Congress and then-President Ronald Reagan."
Republicans and Democrats united, perhaps for different reasons, but united in support of opening our borders to more and more immigration.
There. Fixed that for ya.Posted by: jimg on October 30, 2006 01:43 PM
Of course it is connected to the war on terrorism since the terrorists couldn't get in here to kill us if we had a sound border protection program.
But the issue of the border has also to do with the threats upon our language, and our culture, and with 300 Million people in our country we just don't have the room to place all these people. Especially since we have locked up so much land to development that can't be touched.
Both Republicans and Democrats have failed when it comes to this issue. While you expect that from the Democrats, when you have Republican Attorney Generals like Rob McKenna supporting stuff like the "Freedom Ride"(Seattle Times Sept 9, 2003 B1) you know we have problems indeed.Posted by: Leslie on October 30, 2006 01:57 PM
We agree on that. That's not how your post came across, however, since you left out the words, 'elected officials' when describing Republicans and Democrats.
And I'm not sure what the state attorney general or illegal immigration has to do with the subject of this blog entry.Posted by: jimg on October 30, 2006 02:36 PM
(In heavily hispanic California something like this might go over better. Most of the hispanics I've known in my lifetime - and there have been many since i lived for a while in Mexico have had a sense of humor.)
I think the writer above has nailed it. The aging hippies have lost their sense of humor and have become everything they dispised.
Do you live in Bellevue, Jack, or is your remark simply a product of your own prejudices? I only ask because "Bellevue now has a larger percentage of nonwhite residents than Seattle."
I reside in Bellevue and frequently I'm in the minority while shopping and/or running errands. It seems to me the "diverse, pc-friendly" Metronaturals would rather talk about it (with much wringing of hands and knashing of teeth no less) than actually live it--as if this is a revelation.
I'm reminded of this quote from '06 Best Actor Nominee, Terrence Howard (he was the pimp in "Hustle & Flow," and was in the movie "Crash."): "We're all caught up under the umbrella of political correctness, which I truly believe is a FRONT FOR BIGOTRY [my emphasis] because we don't learn from each other. Until people start being truly honest--that's when we'll be able to bring an end to the problems associated with race in Hollywood and the rest of the world."


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It was surprising to learn about Jaya Bachchan's recent comment in Parliament. She turned her ire on Radio Jockeys who crack jokes at the expense of MPs. A couple of Parliamentarians supported her demand for action against these jockeys.
I have not heard these RJs in question but I am inclined to think that our MPs should loosen up a bit and listen in to the way that American shows poke fun at their senators and others in power. Jon Stewart — the TV satirist — spoofs every American politician on the The Daily Show. So popular is he that to be ignored on his show, might be a greater cause for anxiety than actually being satirised on it. Even Barack Obama has not been spared some good-natured ribbing by Stewart. The US President has not bothered to comment on these shows, leave alone raising the issue in Congress! An American political science professor mentioned to me that all his students get their political news from Stewart's show, and he did not mind one bit. Considering the corporatisation of the American media, this might be a good thing as perhaps these programmes may well wind up being more truthful. Even more interesting is the research done by the Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism, which has discovered that followers of Stewart's shows are quite clued in on US politics, thanks to the monologues on his show! These are quite often crammed with bald facts like minimum wages, taxes paid by USA's billionaires and the cost of America's foreign wars.
I wonder if our MPs could ever consider being part of a programme where they would invite the press and poke fun at themselves. Possibly they would throw up their hands in horror, if they heard about the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner. This is an annual show, when every US President makes fun of himself and others. In a recent one, Obama's reaction to a mention that Putin might be heading for a Nobel Peace Prize was priceless: "To be fair, they give those to just about anybody these days!" Obama, himself a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, had attracted many questions about what he had done to deserve it.
India needs such spaces where politicians are spoofed. Sure, it should be kept within the bounds of decency. But for heaven's sake, raising the matter in Parliament! Aren't there many more serious matters at stake?
If Parliament must regulate the private FM channels, they should look at their sexist content. The male radio jockeys think it is their fundamental right to flirt with every woman on the programme. The first question invariably is personal, "Are you married?" often followed by, "Is your husband listening in?" Such outrageous comments, if levelled at a woman in her workplace, would surely attract the Vishakha guidelines against sexual harassment. What are these young RJs about? The women are not far behind. The other day at a programme celebrating the birthday of singer, Sunidhi Chauhan, the lady RJ had women come on air to sing Chauhan's, "Main hoon Sheila, Sheila ki jawani…" Surely, there are better songs to celebrate Sunidhi's talent! Try as I may, I am not able to see the humour in any of this sexist banter.
So, my request to our honourable Parliamentarians would be to not take themselves so seriously and to learn to have a good laugh at their own foibles. And when it comes to regulating radio channels, please go beyond yourselves and look at the larger picture with regard to societal implications.
The author is an independent writer based in Bangalore


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