Book Reviews


[Day Permalink] Tuesday, May 13, 2003

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Lying, plagiarising NYT writer outed, ousted: "An NYT reporter who resigned on May 1 has been outed in the pages of the Times as a liar and plagiarist. His former colleagues have done some investigative reporting on the stories he filed and identified specific instances of malfeasance, but the paper is also doing a little Journalism 3.0, soliciting reader-identified lies and plagiarism through an email address." (via Dan Gillmor) [Boing Boing Blog]


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The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint by Edward Tufte: "Edward Tufte has a new 24-page pamphlet out called The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint on how to improve your PowerPoint presentations [...]" [kottke.org]


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Skip...skip...skip this iLoo: 'Little over a week ago news filtered across the web that Microsoft was about to unveil the iLoo, an internet enabled outhouse. A Microsoft press release stated "The internet's so much a part of everyday life now that surfing on the loo was the next natural step." There was even the requisite "Microsoft stole my idea" story. [...] The iLoo announcement and press release was apparently part of an elaborate joke a month late.' [Ars Technica]