Driving Blind: All Your Gigs Are Belong to Us
“’We’re all fools,’ said Clemens, ‘all the time. It’s just we’re a different kind each day. We think, I’m not a fool today. I’ve learned my lesson. I was a fool yesterday but not this morning. Then tomorrow we find out that, yes, we were a fool today too. I think the only way we can grow and get on in this world is to accept the fact we’re not perfect and live accordingly.’”
On how modern Attorney Generals always become tarnished, and how Eric Holder is more disappointing than most.
An infographic on people’s comic book reading habits.
Karolina Waclawiak writes intimately about the “Other Side of Nowhere.”
Barnes & Noble is in denial about its Nook.
Time to go mobile.
One of the best essays I’ve read on freelancing and the “gig economy.”
“When I was nearly done with this piece, I got curious and asked what I was getting paid. The answer is $250. Honestly, that seemed fair. Still, I think it’s worth more, and I would have done it for less.”
Says it all. We live in an era where we are blessed with almost limitless, high quality writing at no charge. The good ol’ days are now.Report
And, as long as the food stamps hold out, the writers don’t even have to starve.Report
Mother Jones has a story on Google, Microsoft, Twitter and Facebook and requests for information on users from the government. The government doesn’t want them to separate out how many of the requests are from FISA. The companies comply more then I’d hoped, but don’t comply more then I’d expected. Nice charts.Report
As someone who loves the Nook eInk devices, I find this sad. They were very nice, and so easy to root into a normal Android device it was trivial.
I’m planning to pick up a spare or two if they really go under and discount the prices.
If I have to switch to some other ereader I’ll be annoyed. The low-end eInk Kindles don’t have a touch screen, and aren’t running Android anyway. (And don’t have an microSD slot, but that is a minor problem overshadowed by the first two.)Report