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| | | DOC SEARLS FEBRUARY 19, 2012 Savor the irony Now comes news (via Peter Kafka in All Things D and Jason Boog in Galleycat ) that robot-written “stories” are turning up on the pages of Forbes and other publications. ” That Narrative Science reportedly has thirty customers already says more about the state of journals than it does about journalism. HT to @swardley. | HAROLD JARCHE FEBRUARY 19, 2012  Betterness: Review Tweet Umair Haque’s Betterness: Economics for Humans is a quick read and a very cheap book at $2.69 for a Kindle version. Books Communities Wor | | | | | | | |
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DAVID WEINBERGER | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2012 The Artist: No Spoilers Possible
We saw The Artist tonight. Disappointing. I’m not getting what people are seeing in it. Yes, the hero (Jean Dujardin) is very charming, and there are a couple of laughs. It’s not a terrible movie. But best picture of the year? Really? It is utterly predictable. It’s message, such as it is, is shallow. MORE >> -
DAVID WEINBERGER | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2012 [2b2k] Moi moi moi
I was on On the Media this morning. love OTM, a radio show that loves the Internet, and I love Brooke, so this was a thrill. In fact, I was so smitten, and Brooke’s questions were so good and hard — not antagonistic, just thoughtful and hard to answer — that I gave barely coherent replies. Fortunately, they managed to find 6.5 MORE >>
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