Sundayread 2011: the complete list
By Wade KwonTag cloud of the top 50 words in my 2011 Sundayread recommendations.
I love to see what people are reading, both online and offline. Each Sunday, I share my favorite Web stories through Twitter, Facebook and Google+.
It’s called Sundayread.
Even if you’re not connected to me through social media, you can still see the latest posts from everyone on a Twitter search for #sundayread.
Listed below are all 671 of the ones I shared this year, in alphabetical order. Skim the list: You’re guaranteed to find something interesting, something funny, something thought provoking, something worth sharing.
Look for more suggestions every Sunday from me, and an archive of them in my weekly Twitter logs.
Bold = best of 2011
A
- A blogger asks: How many tags should I have on my blog post? http://itswa.de/mxweBa #
- A Brutally Candid Oral History of Breaking Up: http://nyti.ms/hOw61y #
- A century between Mardi Gras celebrations in Birmingham: http://mcpo.st/ii3ibZ #
- A community conversation about Birmingham dining, eating local and more: http://itswa.de/bbe-chat #bhameats #
- A Comprehensive Website Planning Guide: http://bit.ly/ltrCB4 #
- A Conspiracy of Hogs: The McRib as Arbitrage: http://t.co/g0a1SkUT (via @blakedsims) #
- A crossword puzzle with only one right answer: http://wapo.st/gsr1LP (via @kristenmstewart) #
- A Day in the Life of a Minimalist: http://t.co/udaBA6j #
- A Food Manifesto for the Future, by @bittman: http://nyti.ms/fubdQK #
- A food system based on poverty, exploitation can’t be sustainable. http://wapo.st/kdz5cc (via @WillCThomas) #
- A guide to Birmingham-area Independence Day weekend events: http://mcpo.st/kfXj4w #
- A guide to Birmingham’s Labor Day events:Â http://t.co/wcpWwLBÂ #
- A gunman in Norway kills at least 85 in a methodical island rampage: http://nyti.ms/pGo0OT #
- A Kickstarter project to bring back a community newsletter to eastern Birmingham: http://kck.st/ks1VKK #
- A Large Side of Drama at Waffle House: http://t.co/mMqcekhi #
- A look at a century-old Birmingham school at a crossroads: http://t.co/Ij0iKIi #
- A look at letters via @LettersofNote in the digital age: http://n.pr/nZBEMo #
- A look at the @ALTheatre Holiday Film Series starting today: http://t.co/u2VV6EaC #
- A man out of work finds community at Occupy Wall Street. http://t.co/ebl2RpTL #
- A message of hope. The Thousand Roads through Hell, by @danoah: http://bit.ly/geiysg #
- A month later, Alabama tornado survivors still in shelters: http://bo.st/lP1HVE #
- A more diverse South exists than the one shown on TV: http://t.co/bnhYkxTk (via @georgetalbot) #
- “A paranoid’s dreamy nightmare”: Did the CIA fake a vaccination campaign? http://ow.ly/1uIyf1 (via @jthrashr) #
- A pox on antivaxxers: http://t.co/GqcoyQNM #
- A question of killing: my friend author @DanutaHinc searches for an answer: http://t.co/QmYpXRU #
- A review of the biography, “Steve Jobs” [aff. link: http://t.co/AZEleKcV: http://t.co/M7WrKI6R #
- A single page of a slang dictionary can yield unexpected delights. http://nyti.ms/ieQNT0 #
- A State Grooms Its Best Students to Be Good Teachers: http://t.co/X3qajMnQ (RT @kristenmstewart) #
- A team of young Rwandan cyclists tries to outrun the past: http://nyr.kr/r7wIzH #
- A teenager’s simple act elevates all: http://bit.ly/h5EYo6 (via @kristenmstewart) #
- Advances in brain science dispute volition behind criminal acts: http://bit.ly/kNp2wT (via @mattgierhart) #
- Adventures in Depression, by @alliebrosh: http://t.co/trbaCmBB #
- Adventures in e-commerce and affiliate links with @ebertchicago: http://bit.ly/ejdUYD #
- Adventures in Homebrewing, by @thehappyimbibe: http://bit.ly/fMC0yR #
- After combat, soldiers face the unexpected perils of coming home: http://nyti.ms/kCDWIl #
- After the Alabama tornadoes: a report from our own Ground Zero. http://itswa.de/imambT #alwx #
- Ala.’s Krista Klumpp talks about her “Survivor” adventure: http://itswa.de/survivor22-krista #
- Alabama @Governor_Riley leaves office with no regrets: http://bit.ly/hnzjaV #
- Alabama stands out for sheer brutality and freewheeling nature of its prison system. http://t.co/WutYk7gI #
- Alabama the Beautiful has long since become Alabama the Pollutable: http://bit.ly/p3RLpQ #
- Alabama tornadoes: “Healing is an act carried out together.” – @secondfront: http://bit.ly/knFN01 #
- Alabama tornadoes: A heartfelt note from James Spann’s wife. http://bit.ly/kWIIkV (via @BreanneKostyk) #
- Alabama tornadoes: At University of Ala., graduation plans turn to hunt for missing: http://nyti.ms/kNwIwx #
- Alabama tornadoes: Compared to Katrina/oil spill responses, feds move quick to assist: http://nyti.ms/iIngHc #
- Alabama tornadoes: EF-5 wipes out Hackleburg, kills 1% of residents: http://lat.ms/ioEhwM (via @kimt205) #
- Alabama tornadoes: Give blood. Give blood, give blood, give blood. Now. http://bit.ly/kwoBBm #
- Alabama tornadoes: Harrowing tales from the path of destruction through Tuscaloosa. http://bit.ly/lKfomU #
- Alabama tornadoes: His house nearly destroyed, he felt blessed. http://nyti.ms/kA9u7I (via @MagicCity_Mama) #
- Alabama tornadoes: In the face of utter tragedy, you are not helpless: http://itswa.de/jwc8Ex #
- Alabama tornadoes: More than 3 dozen international newspaper front pages: http://itswa.de/tornado-pages3 #
- Alabama tornadoes: My pal @MereCummings has hole in her roof, but sense of humor intact: http://bit.ly/mmgNWl #
- Alabama tornadoes: NBC’s @bwilliams made it London to cover a wedding, but then … http://on.msnbc.com/m8YV0S #
- Alabama tornadoes: Nearly 300 newspaper front pages from across America: http://itswa.de/tornado-pages2 #
- Alabama tornadoes: Newspaper front pages 4/28-30 from across the state: http://itswa.de/tornado-pages1 #
- Alabama tornadoes: State goes from No. 3 to No. 1 in tornado deaths: http://bit.ly/jkUx4G #
- Alabama tornadoes: Tracing the tragedy minute by minute: http://bit.ly/j1QMF7 #
- Alabama tornadoes: Who weeps for McDonald Chapel, for North Smithfield Manor? http://bit.ly/lYc0Lc #
- Alabama tornadoes: You are not helpless. You can help in ways big and small. http://mcpo.st/tornado-help #
- Alabama’s harsh new immigration law explained: http://bit.ly/lqnejL #
- Alice Lee, sister of author Harper Lee, an “Atticus Finch in a skirt”: http://bit.ly/lLPg01 (via @RachelMo) #
- All kinds of ways to help Ala. tornado survivors, as @ObjectivtyRach shows: http://t.co/hEnEMFKx #
- All the poetry that’s fit to print. Wade’s 101: Haiku retrospective 21: http://itswa.de/rfPc6Z #
- All writers are mystery writers. http://nyti.ms/pBJAhR #
- Almost Everything You Need to Know about Culture in 10 Books: http://bit.ly/jNpauD (RT @jerrygriffies) #
- Amazon moving into book publishing, starting with author Tim Ferriss @tferriss: http://t.co/ysHr5iC #
- America continues to be exceptional, but not in the way you think: http://bit.ly/iPkdxj (h/t @dartdog) #
- America’s Fittest Cities, with a look at factors: http://bit.ly/iiKY1c (via @ShaunChavis) #
- Among the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt: http://nyti.ms/g2emv6 #
- An alternative to traditional books when you have a story to tell: http://t.co/1jGMmUyl #
- An inner city school in Chicago fights to save its orchestra: http://bit.ly/mKOgyR #
- An Inside Look at the SEAL Sensibility: http://on.wsj.com/lcdfbd (via @charlottedonlon) #
- An introduction to comics journalism, in the form of comics journalism: http://t.co/z3G3aPm #
- Another trip in the Hot Dog Time Machine, in honor of Gus: http://bit.ly/bpCUk0 #
- Antonio Williams, wrongly convicted of rape, is now free and starting his life over: http://t.co/qDPTdcnV #
- Are trees in downtown Birmingham an endangered species? Why? http://mcpo.st/rrQ3A7 #
- Aretha Franklin, a legend still looking for love: http://nyti.ms/nP5jAH #
- As Doctors Age, Worries About Their Ability Grow http://nyti.ms/dMsxi7 (RT @kristenmstewart) #
- Asking the question, What does this story mean to the reader? http://itswa.de/story-reader #
- At Christmastime, the tackiest sweater wins … http://t.co/SjN6gvQK #
- “(Author) Beverly (Cleary) just beautifully captures the essence of childhood.” http://nyti.ms/g7fcTc #
- Auto(in)correct: http://nyti.ms/hC4ZLU #
B
- Banks vs. Jefferson County, Ala. Whose side is Rep. Bachus on? Banks. http://nyti.ms/el3DZI #
- Bham already has highest sales tax in U.S. It could go higher. By @JohnArchibald: http://bit.ly/goT9Fg #
- BHAM IN 2011: Food: http://mcpo.st/hqHX5Z. Music: http://mcpo.st/g7xLgL. Sports: http://mcpo.st/f79Hy8 #
- BHAM IN 2011: Theater: http://mcpo.st/hsIKGi. Dance: http://mcpo.st/i2MReh. #
- Bham man who wrote “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” died Fri. His story: http://itswa.de/merrylilxmas #
- Bham’s City Action Partnership has done well. Why are some landlords not supporting it? http://t.co/qC4V3ege #
- Bham’s Music Opportunity Program students excel beyond music studies: http://t.co/cHhcEjz (RT @jnm102380) #
- Big Innovations Question the Status Quo. How Do You Ask the Right Questions? http://bit.ly/f9DbCO #
- Billions lost on community college students who drop out 1st yr: http://t.co/bTVJuB2H (via @kristenmstewart) #
- Bin Laden’s Secret Life in a Diminished, Dark World: http://nyti.ms/m5aam3 #
- Birmingham can’t prosper with such a thick layer of perpetual poor: http://bit.ly/q7aOI5 (via @ElementaryAP) #
- Birmingham Kitchen Table moves its community discussions into the great wide open: http://mcpo.st/lnqpb5 #
- @Birmingham_News writeup of hugely successful 1st FoodBlogSouth conference: http://bit.ly/i1wBaM #
- Birmingham Reads: Fight illiteracy. 1. Buy books; 2. give books; 3. read to kids. http://birminghamreads.com #
- Birmingham Weekly, the untold stories: http://t.co/6QPgr2T #
- Birmingham zoning mayhem: Family Dollar vs. families in Smithfield: http://t.co/iqc4LH5 #
- Birmingham-based Books-A-Million to become 2nd largest U.S. bookseller: http://bit.ly/n0ieKL #
- Birmingham, nominate your favorite nonprofit group for recognition. http://mcpo.st/yourcause #
- Birmingham’s Biggest Book Drive, from @BirminghamMom: http://bit.ly/gFXZ4c #
- Birmingham’s Emmylou Harris nominated for Best Americana Album Grammy: http://t.co/wXHMLKe4 #
- Birmingham’s Sloss Furnaces upgrading. Finally, progress. http://t.co/nsWfHNGD #
- Blog better every day: My daily blog tips from September. http://t.co/C7OcAt1j #
- Blues/rock singer and guitarist Jonny Lang to play Bham: http://mcpo.st/gy9oUG #
- Bluey the Dog Is Dying from Congestive Heart Failure, by @adriarichards: http://frsh.ws/dVuz9Q #
- Book review: “Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames” http://t.co/7Woilva7 #
- Book review: “When You Are Engulfed in Flames” by David Sedaris. http://t.co/P6QfFEWv #
- Bounding Easter Bunnies: The Charm of Competitive Rabbit Jumping: http://bit.ly/hgwQWa #
- Brad Barnett of @heaviestcorner says Bham’s priority should be mending its urban fabric: http://bit.ly/hlpiV2 #
- Brilliant. So you want to be a consultant? http://bit.ly/2fClIv #
- Businesses across the globe use blogs. And many use them poorly. What happened? http://t.co/aHHMBYrs #
C
- Can Google institutionalize an innovative mindset? http://onforb.es/rtOdYI (via @louisianagirl91) #
- Can novice become golf pro with 10,000 hours practice? http://bit.ly/f4klA4 (via @patrickdyle @ErikRydholm) #
- Can Starbucks’ 17,000 stores recapture a neighborhood feel? http://nyti.ms/gvk85J #
- “Can the Middle Class Be Saved?” by Don Peck in @TheAtlantic: http://t.co/0Nr0BGM #
- Can we admit standardized testing isn’t a panacea? http://huff.to/g4Kt29 (via @kristenmstewart) #
- Career change and refocusing for journalists: An interview with Wade Kwon: http://itswa.de/li92IB #
- Cartoonist Lynda Barry Will Make You Believe In Yourself: http://t.co/i80YTYw1 #
- Census shows worst city population declines in St. Louis, New Orleans … and Bham: http://nyti.ms/f1QSa5 #
- China’s top interpreter: “Our work is ephemeral, words in the air.” http://t.co/QjQx7ak (via @KarenUnland) #
- Church Street Coffee and Books to open in former Crestline Starbucks in Mt. Brook: http://mcpo.st/laISG7 #
- “Cities can’t be managed, that’s what keeps them vibrant.” http://t.co/JqShx9LN (via @dartdog @Edd) #
- Class of 2011: Before you conquer the world, go see it for yourself. http://itswa.de/graduation-2011 #
- Columnist Bob Herbert finishes strong. How America lost her way: http://nyti.ms/dJkQKg #
- Comedy writers and their tweeted one-liners: http://t.co/S8GMR2Nm (via @jerrygriffies) #
- “Community” creator gives insights on all 24 episodes of season 2: http://avc.lu/lYIXhh #
- Complete #DailyBlogTip list from February: http://itswa.de/hfIXOW #
- Complete list of 685 reading recommendations from me in 2010! http://itswa.de/sundayread-2010 #
- Complex Origins of Food Safety Rules (You’re Overcooking Your Food): http://bit.ly/gMf8zs (RT @ShaunChavis) #
- “Conan” writer explains all the ways a joke can fail: http://t.co/NP8ZMFJT #
- Cranking, by Merlin Mann @hotdogsladies: http://bit.ly/edJ8s7 (via @acarvin @ijohnpederson) #
- Crime in the emptiness of L.A. Michael Mann’s “Heat” is crime masterpiece equal to any: http://bit.ly/f1Ab69 #
- Crossing food deserts: A city bus serves as mobile grocery store. http://huff.to/mpbLZc (via @WillCThomas) #
D
- Data Mining: How Companies Know Your Personal Information: http://ti.me/ebxvLa (RT @JesseNewhart) #
- @DavidHitt examines @Birmingham_News‘ #this_is_our_story marketing campaign: http://bit.ly/eKBRRi #
- Dayton, Ohio, wants to revitalize by welcoming immigrants: http://t.co/vgaBrjr5 (RT @FinerGrind @restorm) #
- Death of a Pig, by E. B. White (Jan. 1948): http://bit.ly/aBp7Ee (via @TannerLatham) #
- Debate. Groupon is a disaster: http://t.co/0EEqhPDx. Groupon is doing fine: http://t.co/aA6CaDE6 #
- Debt. Tornado. Bankruptcy. The first year of the all new Jefferson Co. Commission: http://t.co/dgigv3oI #
- Define Successful Blogging for You, with @problogger and @tferriss: http://t.co/NnsN07Bg #
- Delegate or die: the self-employed trap. http://sivers.org/delegate #
- Despair, lovers of English. http://some.ly/ih13FW (via @ksoligon) / http://bit.ly/bpqJub (via @crewless) #
- Destroy All Monsters: Into the world of Dungeons and Dragons: http://t.co/wvX7eCY3 #
- Did Robert Johnson Sell His Soul to the Devil? http://t.co/1Jpv78F #
- Digital marketing no-nos: http://t.co/Fm1HVpki #
- Diversity lacking in @GovernorBentley‘s advisory commission: http://bit.ly/gtNlJw (RT @jvreeland) #
- DJs put timely spin on hockey music: http://t.co/Uuco3LX2 (RT @KarenUnland @Sperounes @edmontonjournal) #
- Do you want to be my PlayDate? Undercover at GameCrush, by Tiffany Nevin @kweenie: http://bit.ly/fFKeM8 #
- Don’t find the right answer; create new knowledge: http://tcrn.ch/hxUxeC (via @bob_hancock @dartdog) #
- Dooce, queen of the mommy bloggers: http://nyti.ms/fw2M2L #
- Double feature on decisions and deciding: http://t.co/WON2CVw / http://t.co/u4fgFjc (RT @glennybrock) #
- Dozens of journalists say they have been sexually abused in course of their work: http://bit.ly/lPEyBl #
E
- E-books checkouts at Bham libraries doubled from 2009 to 2010: http://bit.ly/eabsiL #
- Easter spirit endures in tornado-wrecked churches: http://on.msnbc.com/hmOC9C #
- Eat, Sleep, Pray: What 62,000 tweets say about your #Sundayroutine http://t.co/rH4D1f0v (RT @AirlieWalsh) #
- @ebertchicago on the dim bulbs in projectors and the ones ruining moviegoing: http://bit.ly/mD9FYm #
- Echoes from a Distant Battlefield: The true tragedy of the Battle of Wanat. http://t.co/xQV2YRWB #
- Egypt: The Cultural Revolution. http://nyti.ms/erads5 #
- Egyptian soldiers show solidarity with protesters as Mubarak appoints VP: http://wapo.st/gcucfI #
- El Paso and Ciudad Juárez lie together uncomfortably like an estranged couple. http://nyti.ms/rm09xY #
- @EliGoldBama, the voice of the Crimson Tide: http://t.co/CvcZHBtb #
- End of Cheap Coffee: Why the Staple Is About to Become a Luxury: http://t.co/EcThNdsd (RT @kristenmstewart) #
- Engaged: Jeremy Erdreich @BhamArchitect & Larry Slater. Bham News’ 1st same-sex couple? http://bit.ly/eYT3ef #
- @erinshawstreet‘s moving tribute to our fallen colleague, Sara Jones: http://bit.ly/dImtHF #
- Essay: Now That Books Mean Nothing, by Nell Boeschenstein @nellboes: http://t.co/oAxpuix2 #
- Essay: The Deadliest Book Review: http://nyti.ms/fJuS9G #
- “Even average memories are remarkably powerful if used properly.” http://nyti.ms/gx73Ih #
- “Even if a better future is an illusion, optimism has clear benefits in the present.” http://ti.me/iw8Q4q #
- Even non-football fan Heaviest Corner is chagrined by derailed UAB stadium plan: http://t.co/JrcDEVjl #
- Everything you know about newspaper paywalls might be wrong … http://t.co/geP628J (via @MediaGuyCarl) #
- Everywhere Western ideas touch down, people get fatter, sicker. http://bit.ly/c8p6jF (via @ree_tweets) #
- Ex-AP Reporter Nears Profit After Starting Paper From Scratch: http://bit.ly/fimdoy (via @10000Words) #
- EXCLUSIVE: Secret Stages to showcase American bands in new Bham music festival: http://mcpo.st/ePTPTh #
- Experiment in Extreme Schooling, sending kids to Russia: http://t.co/ptlZdgqa (via @kristenmstewart) #
F
- Fairhope native Krista Klumpp’s alliance shatters on “Survivor”: http://itswa.de/survivor22-3a #
- Fairhope, Ala., native Krista Klumpp’s do-ir-die alliance on “Survivor”: http://itswa.de/survivor22-2a #
- Father School: Teaching Korean men to be better adjusted emotionally. http://nyti.ms/kz6Uv2 #
- Father’s Day: Heartbreak comes in different sizes, as a daughter departs for college. http://nyti.ms/luanID #
- Fill out @ALsocme 2012 member survey and win 1 of 5 subscriptions to @bhammag! http://t.co/lDSJF6d0 #
- Finally signed up for Instapaper.com, because of NYT metered use (can’t rely on repeat access to articles). #
- First look at the new $250 7-inch Kindle color tablet:Â http://t.co/cGXzMc3Â #
- First man in space: Yuri Gagarin, 50 years ago this week: http://goo.gl/Pi5Wu (RT @Ewesban) #
- Flashback – Wade’s 101: You’re so Birmingham if … http://t.co/a6tZXEu #
- Flashback, from 5 years ago yesterday: 34 rules for writing: http://itswa.de/bNnID6 #
- Flashback: “At some point” hasn’t come yet. http://itswa.de/fK6KmJ #
- Flashback: 15 years ago this week, I started my job at the Birmingham Post-Herald: http://itswa.de/cilUh1 #
- FLASHBACK: 1st major interview w/ American Idol contestant Taylor Hicks 5 years ago. http://itswa.de/g6nl0y #
- Flashback: 5 stages of moving: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance. http://itswa.de/esEboq #
- Flashback: 5 years ago this week, I started my tenure at Southern Living: http://t.co/zZ6DIPw #
- FLASHBACK: 5 years ago, I took my 1st volunteer vacation to post-Katrina New Orleans: http://t.co/XPp7RfBZ #
- Flashback: 5 years ago, my trip to the wilds of West Texas:Â http://t.co/s2tGyYTÂ #
- Flashback: A year ago, @RoyWoodJr competed on final season of Last Comic Standing: http://itswa.de/comic-10 #
- FLASHBACK: Case study: Using social media to brand yourself, find work. http://t.co/Gpt92DsO #
- Flashback: Citbank and AT&T tell me to go to hell. http://t.co/l0LNJhcr #
- FLASHBACK: Flying 2006. http://t.co/ICYYUZhN #
- Flashback: From 2008, the numerous indignities that come with business travel: http://itswa.de/guxhJN #
- Flashback: How one person’s great work can have a ripple effect through a community. http://itswa.de/hTGazu #
- FLASHBACK: I make Ala. 2010 election predictions using Facebook. http://t.co/3wgUv9KV #
- Flashback: I thrive — or at least, get by — on deadlines. http://itswa.de/qcfyQx #
- FLASHBACK: I’m not too quiet. You’re too talkative. http://t.co/cWqjluNz #
- Flashback: Journey to finding a song as heard on TV. http://itswa.de/dWv12W #
- FLASHBACK: Kendal Brown of Northport, Ala., competes on “America’s Next Top Model”: http://t.co/fZMudSwR #
- Flashback: Memories of her or her: http://t.co/Zxv1I0M #
- Flashback: My favorite 2 a.m. movies. http://itswa.de/kbUdLW #
- Flashback: My interview with Harry Potter in 2000: http://itswa.de/pGiASE #
- Flashback: My life as a movie jinx: http://itswa.de/jSEhlW #
- Flashback: My wedding toast to @jenbarnett and Darrell: http://itswa.de/jvFB5a #
- Flashback: One of the odd moments of 2009 Bham mayoral campaign, the Cooper Rap: http://t.co/Q2bGgKnV #
- Flashback: Stopping in for a few things: http://t.co/rBGRF2AR #
- Flashback: The lonely life of journalists: http://itswa.de/iGLytJ #
- Flashback: The low price of fame. http://itswa.de/iQrZmh #
- Flashback: The story of my second New Orleans post-Katrina volunteer trip: http://itswa.de/hFDX4i #
- Flashback: Three of these Top 5 Scorching Sites of Bham from 2006 are still active. http://itswa.de/nMhNSV #
- Flashback: Wade’s 101 on the life and times of Superman. http://itswa.de/dDmZGJ #
- FLASHBACK: Writing advice from Carolyn Jourdan: http://t.co/OxzzrQ61 #
- Flashback: You are what you swallow. The origin of my food panic. http://itswa.de/9ISVsV #
- Flashback: You don’t have to make nice, but you do have to stick to your guns. http://itswa.de/jQUE6U #
- Flights of fancy: The troubling questions behind Bham leaders’ trip to Alaska. http://bit.ly/hvk6hd #
- For $1,800, an ex-cop will make your problem child someone else’s problem: http://bit.ly/qA7TkL #
- For a teen’s impulsive, unthinkable act, Cyntoia Brown got an adult’s life sentence. http://t.co/JSKgGimL #
- For morning TV’s bookers, a constant race to secure ratings-grabbing guests: http://t.co/dQlj0zOm #
- FREE EBOOK: Former NPR host Bob Edwards’ memoir “A Voice in the Box: My Life in Radio.” http://t.co/gBw8MPt #
- FREE: Book: A Futurist’s Manifesto, essays from edge of publishing. http://t.co/57udcTjp (via @julien) #
- Freelancers Seek Out Alternatives To Magazine Work: http://t.co/AId8rdzC (via @jthrashr) #
- Funny: The Onion. Funnier: People who take the Onion seriously. http://literallyunbelievable.tumblr.com #
- Future of community news is bright: thoughts from Block by Block 2011, by @mayerjoy: http://t.co/okbHhSuP #
G
- Gadgets the Pentagon Made — From the Microwave to the New iPhone: http://t.co/nXkh9rn9 (RT @jthrashr) #
- Garden Walks: The Journey of a Lifetime, by @RedneckRosarian: http://bit.ly/otX1wJ #
- Gay ex-NBA player responds to Kobe Bryant on how we treat others. http://nyti.ms/iksHYQ (via @shaunchavis) #
- Generation Sell: “The self today is an entrepreneurial self.” http://t.co/K2iiUUN8 (RT @kristenmstewart) #
- Generation X Doesn’t Want to Hear It: http://t.co/BwQISgQN (RT @StaceyHood) #
- Getting bin Laden: http://nyr.kr/pGHPiS #
- Getting started in Google+: http://itswa.de/gpluswade #
- Getting started in public relations for your business, guest post for Trudy Phillips: http://t.co/Q0tHduMH #
- Ghost dogs of Oak Hill: http://bit.ly/ltgaBw/. Update: http://bit.ly/ljFraY. Site: http://bit.ly/jqoFj9 #
- Gluttony 2.0: The Moral Crusade Against Foodies. http://bit.ly/f66Omm (via @kristenmstewart) #
- Going mobile: Tips for hyperlocal and community news sites, by @agahran: http://t.co/B3lrmY1C #
- Good: Journalists still debate ethics. Bad: It sent @Romenesko packing unnecessarily. http://t.co/27iMQGLU #
- Goodbye, Nicky. http://bit.ly/lqjdpi #
- Google Finds It Hard to Reinvent Philanthropy: http://nyti.ms/eEMVjd #
- Google Seeks to Weaken Search Engine Ranking of “Content Farming” Websites: http://bit.ly/g7MMMU #
- Grand Rapids fought “dying” label with epic music video. Could Birmingham do the same? http://mcpo.st/iqA98C #
- Great tips from @JeffGoins for how creatives can get things done: http://bit.ly/eaGRqZ (RT @amykiane) #
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- HarperCollins Limits Shelf Life for Library E-Books: http://nyti.ms/hbGaUV #
- Has calling become obsolete? http://nyti.ms/dVxLyC #
- Health Insurers Making Record Profits as Many Postpone Care: http://nyti.ms/mKTuLX #
- Healthy Snacks: 10 Ideas for More Wholesome Eating: http://bit.ly/lDbCz0 #
- Heating for one: I cut 87% off of my electric heat bill: http://t.co/UolPR945 #
- Henagar, Ala., couple lose everything to tornado, but then … http://nyti.ms/iFxzw0 #
- How @BottletreeCafe changed the Birmingham music scene in 5 years, in @bwcitypaper: http://t.co/cg28w85m #
- How @conanobrien used Twitter to make his comeback: http://bit.ly/fVux6p (RT @David_Sher) #
- How @RickyGervais learned to stop worrying and love the tweet: http://t.co/0YxSIiN5 #
- How a 23-year-old Tumblr blogger landed a book deal: http://t.co/RCVdo4nN #
- How an Alabama Klansman conned the world into believing he was a gentle Texas novelist: http://bit.ly/q6QMzv #
- How Bham’s Avondale and Highland Park look to their neighborhoods’ futures: http://bit.ly/e0aluL #
- How can Bham best direct planning, investment in design in post-tornado areas? http://t.co/Ncx5HH9U #
- How can public speaking can guide your business? Wade Kwon shares his insights … http://itswa.de/nwd62T #
- How Clint Malarchuk overcame 2 near-death experiences, depression: http://dld.bz/agXh5 (via @KarenUnland) #
- How Dan Harmon Drives Himself Crazy Making “Community”: http://t.co/bmH0gUQn #
- How did you create your most popular blog post? I want to share your expertise: http://itswa.de/jh8G3U #
- How Do Couples Decide Who Takes Out the Trash? http://bit.ly/qMiXsY #
- How do local businesses compete against distant phone banks on Google? http://nyti.ms/rmWV9U #
- How Entrepreneurs Can Increase Productivity by 500%: http://t.co/o4FC6hDT (RT @JesseNewhart) #
- How Goldman Sachs Created the Food Crisis: http://bit.ly/lWZiJx (RT @wohlford) #
- How I’m celebrating Magic City Post’s first anniversary … http://t.co/aclU994e #
- How one unemployed Irishman @Joblesspaddy used a billboard to land job interviews: http://apne.ws/l1iha1 #
- How Prichard, Ala.’s pension fund went bust: Curious calculations & remedies gone awry: http://bit.ly/j1vU4K #
- How the Huffington Post model is destroying AOL sites. Insider account: http://ow.ly/1sykN9 (RT @jthrashr) #
- How the iPad revolution has transformed working lives http://bit.ly/faxKiP (RT @erinshawstreet @JillGeisler) #
- How the people can develop ideas for public spaces, by Jeremy Erdreich @BhamArchitect: http://t.co/MMJe5spM #
- How the U.S., on the road to surplus, detoured to massive debt: http://wapo.st/j49p5y (via @MediaGuyCarl) #
- How Tim Ferriss Used Basecamp and Highrise to Manage the Launch of “4-Hour Body”: http://bit.ly/hk0SDX #
- How to Actually Make Text Look Interesting: Minimalist Web Design: http://bit.ly/iY5BZd #
- How to Cure the Winter Blues: http://bit.ly/f6gbSa #
- How to effectively market your blog or site: http://t.co/GeqtP7NN #
- How to Finally Get Better Sleep: http://bit.ly/fTVjVJ #
- How to get your blog started in 31 easy steps: http://t.co/BbGlMmj #
- How to Make 2011 Your Best Blogging Year, by @JohnChow: http://bit.ly/dSIJQy #
- How to Make Word Search Wrapping Paper, by @ObjectivityRach: http://t.co/4Yhy8D7c #
- How to Meet Google’s Newest Quality Standards for Content, by @apritchie: http://t.co/p71FViwc #
- How to Read Poetry Today: http://nyti.ms/eLtwv7 #
- How to Teach Your Kid Anything: 22 life skills. http://bit.ly/ecdjF8 #
- How US Rep. @BachusAL06 has failed Jefferson County, Ala.: http://bloom.bg/k8uX1g / http://bit.ly/iwsuFh #
- How would you rate Birmingham mayor William Bell’s first 19 months in office? http://t.co/pwg8sp6 #
- Hugh Laurie, a k a Dr. House, on his new album, acting and misery:Â http://t.co/xWuGjaBÂ #
- Humane society director wins dog park for Shelby County: http://t.co/pgsPOsJ4 #
- Huntsville Times book editor picks 10 favorite novels by Alabama authors set in Ala.: http://bit.ly/jHaHor #
- Huntsville’s Paul McDonald: “The ‘Idol’ stage was out of my element.” http://itswa.de/idol10-paul2 #
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- I can teach you to master the art of speaking for exactly 5 minutes: http://itswa.de/ignite-guide #
- “I chose to be humiliated for my children.” Essay by my pal Marie Jones on her mama: http://t.co/Tt7Iknw #
- I met with the government of Israel this week to discuss economic development: http://t.co/yQQE0GXp #
- I never thought we’d end up needing the world’s help. http://mcpo.st/kyXK7J #
- I’m pretty good at asking the right questions. http://itswa.de/myquestions #
- I’m reading “Anger” by Thich Nhat Hanh, learning to deal with my weakness. http://t.co/tdTIk7fH [aff. link] #
- I’m reading “StrengthsFinder 2.0,” by Tom Rath, recommended by @elowrey: http://t.co/QuUSgm34 [aff. link] #
- In a mediocre fall TV season, women come out looking the worst: http://t.co/wBn1Tbsa #
- In Chicago, “you don’t go to jail for shooting people.” Pulitzer-winning story: http://t.co/h034aCR #
- In defense of 25 years of “The Simpsons”: http://t.co/1Kpb4gic #
- In defense of a new UAB stadium: http://t.co/4gkpeIHd #
- In Ecuador, questions about value placed on last, unexploited forests: http://t.co/Ok5tAs0V (via @mrmatt55) #
- In Occupy protests across America, a pattern of police brutality: http://t.co/jDNvm7Dr (via @dartdog) #
- In South, only Bham has had finalist in James Beard best restaurant category since ’06: http://mcpo.st/evNCKy #
- Independence Day events today and tomorrow around Birmingham: http://mcpo.st/kfXj4w #
- Independent Author Sells 1 Million e-Books via Amazon at 99 cents each: http://on.mash.to/kfkhBY #
- Infographic: A Mind-Blowing History of Sci-Fi: http://bit.ly/fIII1R #
- Infographic: The Business Impact of Social Media: http://rww.to/q8PbUn (RT @jthrashr) #
- Infographic: The Business of Book Selling: http://bit.ly/fu9UAc (RT @tsutrav @jasonashlock) #
- Innovations and the consumer trends that spawned them: http://ow.ly/5put3 (via @BLYSS_choc) #
- Inside look: What went right for the Alabama Social Media Association launch: http://itswa.de/alsocme-launch #
- Inside story on @GovernorRiley‘s cross-country motorcycle trip by @georgetalbot: http://t.co/jug9Bod #
- Interesting take on housing and race in Bham (read comments, too): http://bit.ly/9rmtpM (via @glennybrock) #
- Interview with “The Office” producer, writer and star @MindyKaling: http://t.co/zOEkPb8Y #
- Investing in the Past: The Waters Building in downtown Birmingham: http://mcpo.st/mUuuU5 #
- iPad Mags Need A New Blueprint: http://tcrn.ch/dUZ9ca (RT @NotAProBlog @techcrunch) #
- iPhone on Verizon: “Apple needed Verizon more than Verizon needed Apple.” http://nyti.ms/hG8is9 #
- Iron Bowl: Memories of Bear Bryant and Shug Jordan. http://t.co/CvcZHBtb #
- Is @BhmBizAlliance requiring “pay for play” for media access? http://t.co/PPLTW7ni #
- Is a $50 million swimming pool what west Birmingham really needs? From @bwcitypaper: http://bit.ly/guJpR6 #
- Is a manufacturing revival the answer to the jobs crisis or government’s folly? http://t.co/OAgRZRJ #
- Is AOL destroying writing through its content farm? http://bit.ly/mgEsfS #
- Is appearance of deficit reduction more important than actual reduction? http://goo.gl/oaCmr (via @dartdog) #
- Is Bham doing enough for sister city Hitachi? US help for sister cities in Japan: http://nyti.ms/gajezt #
- Is blogging writing? http://t.co/Rdf10sZ #
- Is the future of books shorter, cheaper, digital? @samharrisorg‘s essay: http://t.co/zSb5qz3Y (via @tferriss) #
- Is There a Right Way to Spend Money When Traveling? http://nyti.ms/hqEgi1 (RT @MichaelKrall) #
- Is this the end of @ikepigott‘s “all-purpose blog”? Maybe. http://bit.ly/fVCAXq #
- Israel’s use of Stuxnet computer worm to slow Iran’s nuclear program. http://nyti.ms/eUmuxC (via @GregMitch) #
- It’s 2011: Why Is God Still Involved In American Politics? http://t.co/5zgFicri (RT @dartdog @pauloflaherty) #
- It’s no secret: I’m a fan of James Spann. Here’s why: http://itswa.de/kIGMgC #
- It’s not about my influence, but how I use that influence to make the world better. http://itswa.de/top-35 #
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- Jared Loughner: Looking Behind the Mugshot Grin of an Accused Killer: http://nyti.ms/hOCWr4 #
- Jason Boog: Writers Can Learn From the Great Depression http://t.co/DT4qf29f (RT @NadriaTucker @40kBooks) #
- Jazz guitarist Charlie_Hunter coming to the Alys Stephens Center: http://t.co/Jbx1R4mt #
- Jefferson Co.’s debt deal. @NYTimes: http://t.co/PObK9WFD (via @martyswant). @weldbham: http://t.co/72rVrNKa #
- Jim @Romenesko gives his side of the early end to his Poynter career: http://t.co/mTeeM2My #
- Just what the doctors ordered, for themselves: fewer hours. http://nyti.ms/eNE8pr #
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- Kickstarter: a Lab for Daring Prototypes, Ingenious Products: http://bit.ly/eXPyYu (RT @charlottedonlon) #
- @KimSeverson has seen Bham’s hospitality, cuisine, tech. Writes about civil rights past: http://ow.ly/4hPWI #
- Krista Klumpp, Fairhope, Ala., native, makes her “Survivor” debut: http://itswa.de/survivor22-1a #
- Krista Klumpp, former Auburn cheerleader, wants to win $1 million in Nicaragua. http://itswa.de/kk-survivor #
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- Lack of funds stops Imagination Library free book delivery in Jefferson Co., Ala.: http://t.co/bbXhudMD #
- Learn about Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Bham, one of my favorite causes: http://itswa.de/gMhC8n #
- Lendle, a way to lend and borrow Kindle books. http://lendle.me (h/t @Marchdoe) #
- Lessons from the failed launch of a news site + sine: @dennetmint: http://t.co/eNZ5OmSq #
- Life is somewhat better, or somewhat worse. Rocky Mtn. News staff still in journalism: http://bit.ly/h0UBPt #
- “Life’s purpose isn’t to find yourself. It’s to lose yourself.” http://nyti.ms/jCkpt5 (h/t @charlottedonlon) #
- Life’s Too Short to Go With the Flow, by @RickyGervais: http://huff.to/nYdJnw (RT @imanomics) #
- Local Authors Expo in Bham offers workshop on getting published: http://t.co/0EVa500D #
- Looking Fast: How photographers are swimming in their own imagery. http://t.co/4K6cZeM #
- Loss of Speech Evokes the Voice of a Writer: http://nyti.ms/gfzWk4 #
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- @MagicCityPost asked, “Birmingham, you are _____.” Your responses: http://mcpo.st/hmyGDJ #
- Making the case for baseball’s pick-off throw: http://dld.bz/agXhx (via @jthrashr) #
- Margaret Heidenry: How I survived our family’s home schooling experiment. http://t.co/2FVcZWGD #
- McChrystal: Why America Needs National Service: http://bit.ly/euLDlf (RT @ree_tweets) #
- Meet the $2 million best-selling e-author star of Amazon.com: http://nyti.ms/isxhCu #
- Meet the candidates running for Birmingham mayor: http://mcpo.st/puZWoI #
- Meet the Gregory brothers, who created “Bed Intruder Song” from Antoine Dodson’s rant: http://t.co/MZ6XbUk #
- Meet the man saving a copy of every book ever scanned: http://bit.ly/iUpeAZ #
- Meteorologist’s Suicide Prompts Important Newsroom, Ethics Questions: http://t.co/36ZRoZ3N (RT @atompkins) #
- Miami Vice: The Catholic Church’s Secret Gay Cabal: http://gaw.kr/rtq99J #
- Michele Bachmann’s Holy War: Her presidential campaign is no laughing matter: http://bit.ly/llUzFR #
- Milan. Miami. Iceland. The 41 Places to Go in 2011: http://nyti.ms/hpEb2v #
- Moneyball 2.0: Students In Harvard Club Prep To Be GMs: http://t.co/76fWsRve #
- Montana man builds 30 years of quadriplegic gaming: http://yhoo.it/im7Ldc #
- Most of the 1 million people who pick our food come from Mexico. http://t.co/NliAz8JP #
- MTV turns 30 Monday. Vanity Fair’s oral history, including Bham’s Alan Hunter: http://vnty.fr/nETwdv #
- My $200 Laptop Can Beat Your $500 Tablet: http://t.co/2pUJpTu (RT @louisianagirl91) #
- My advice to a friend who needs help on whether to hire an SEO specialist: http://bit.ly/pzGE7c #
- My Blog Is Also Paying My Bills: http://ow.ly/55hoi (via @jthrashr) #
- My company ShopBirmingham @shoplocalbham adds all-local gift registry: http://t.co/J8GB6Mvk #
- My ex-employer Scripps and its new backwards social media policy. http://bit.ly/kLcHeY (h/t @alizasherman) #
- My latest tips for better blogging: http://t.co/3Z6xAnu #
- My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant, by Jose Antonio Vargas: http://nyti.ms/lXFBRf #
- My pal @LaurelMills wrote a children’s book, “Night Night Birmingham”: http://t.co/fwsDiHhT #
- My slide deck on telling stories to win food customers: http://itswa.de/fbs2011-hungry #
- My year in reading, by @grammaticaster: http://bit.ly/ehhLkG #
- Myths Every Photographer Should Know: http://t.co/PCqUZRcz #
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- Nanny took 100K photos, never shared till now: http://bit.ly/hdtBjr (via @scrappapernotes @josevilla) #
- Narrative is Dead, Long Live Narrative: http://bit.ly/2S8IFS (RT @glennybrock) #
- Nearly a year later, the state of reparations in the BP Gulf oil spill disaster: http://bit.ly/egAkay #
- Neighborhood war zones in Rio, site of 2016 Olympics, 2014 World Cup: http://ow.ly/4UXhq (via @jthrashr) #
- Nerds Endure: The Gregory Brothers Auto-Tune the Internet: http://t.co/o2fEqLq (RT @kristenmstewart) #
- New generation of Web analytics applies “big data” to newsroom decisions: http://t.co/3PgCmAr #
- New Reporter Guidelines show alternative to lowest form of reporting, by @jayrosen_nyu: http://t.co/A0M2Khcj #
- New York Times’ 100 Notable Books of 2011: http://t.co/mNEfXkp3 #
- “News remains important to the consumer, but where they get it from is not.” http://bit.ly/ehxyB3 #
- Nicholas Kristof: Evangelicals Without Blowhards. http://nyti.ms/rc5QzY (via @kristenmstewart) #
- Nicholson Baker, the Mad Scientist of Smut: http://nyti.ms/qRqWaR #
- No rah, no justice. Super Bowl to have no cheerleaders for first time in history: http://bit.ly/enbTPf #
- Northern Beltline: Black and White reports on the coalition of power behind it. http://bit.ly/msxaC2 #
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- Obama’s greatest failure: spending America into enormous deficits: http://onforb.es/mSI6Un #
- Occupy Wall Street spreads worldwide: http://t.co/itsgeG2g. Including Birmingham: http://t.co/ARGSr98p #
- “October Baby,” first feature film for Birmingham’s Erwin brothers: http://t.co/pUqWZb4t #
- On “Wife and War”: interview w/ poet Amalie Flynn: http://bit.ly/oySVQm (via @tjbeitelman @Conflict_Peace) #
- On creating something meaningful and lasting, by @chrisguillebeau. PDF: http://t.co/pcGf9Dhc (via @julien) #
- On Edge of Disaster, Japanese Town Reels From Tsunami: http://nyti.ms/e9IldI #
- On Libya’s Revolutionary Road: http://nyti.ms/hQXRjI #
- On Whiskey and Grease: The hunchback and the lost art of the Bham dog: http://es.pn/jTZZRS (RT @blakedsims) #
- One man made a difference, the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth: http://t.co/dycTRFEP #
- One of my faves, Bham-based fashion site @MyScoopUS and a profile of Amy Bailey: http://bit.ly/h5AD0F (via @nanckj) #
- One of my favorite venues in Bham, the Hill Event Center at the Alabama Theatre: http://t.co/rovfiGrO #
- Our Desperate, 250-Year-Long Search for a Gender-Neutral Pronoun: http://bit.ly/eQwrpX (RT @KarenUnland) #
- Our wildly successful launch of the Alabama Social Media Association: http://itswa.de/bba-alsocme #
- “Outposts,” my essay on 5 years of change at WadeKwon.com: http://itswa.de/hPJI6r #
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- Pakistan: the ally from hell. http://t.co/4g0v3iab (via @sunaynat) #
- Paper Tigers: What happens to Asian-American overachievers when test-taking ends? http://bit.ly/kMbKub #
- “Parks and Recreation,” season 3, as told by co-creator Michael Schur: http://avc.lu/oMuiJw #
- Passwords can be made both highly secure and user-friendly, by @baekdal: http://bit.ly/cy7LnK #
- Paul Hubbert’s departure and the changed landscape of Alabama politics: http://t.co/jPGhdUCD #
- Penn State: The grown-ups finally decided to act like grown-ups. http://t.co/Adbl0lkR #
- People are talking about new Alabama Social Media Association. A roundup: http://bit.ly/fncrBY (RT @ALsocme) #
- People Don’t Buy Things, They Join Things: http://t.co/YRdaGxKu (RT @Coleccionista88) #
- People still think of poets as an odd bunch … http://bit.ly/pQ70Hx #
- Phil Campbells help Phil Campbell, AL: http://bit.ly/mOaVyh (via @MediaGuyCarl). Recap: http://bit.ly/kLmPMY #
- @piercingwit goes to Africa to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro: http://t.co/vc3ZckzV #
- Poetry break. Wade’s 101: Haiku retrospective 19: http://itswa.de/gZWPD1 #
- Political blogs ready to flood campaign trail for 2012 presidential race: http://nyti.ms/fiXuVq #
- Population trends in depth: Birmingham Census 2010. http://bit.ly/ftjHRn #
- Power grid change may disrupt clocks: http://yhoo.it/kfzbtH (RT @kwsanders) #
- Profile of Bobby Lowder, the once and future puppermaster at Auburn: http://nyti.ms/ie3kId #
- Propublica separates fact from fiction on economic myths: http://t.co/0U8C1cx (RT @MediaGuyCarl) #
- Pros, cons of consumer compassion: Would you support social enterprise? http://bit.ly/knnobj (via @amykiane) #
- Proud to know and work with the Birmingham advertising community: http://bit.ly/gADvm2 #
- Publishers respond to ebooks with exquisite new releases and revamps of classics: http://t.co/22nrOoQe #
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- Quinoa so popular in US that Bolivians can’t afford this staple: http://ow.ly/4jAMA (via @kristenmstewart) #
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- Rain Barrel Renaissance: How to Harvest Rainwater. http://bit.ly/gUlkWa #
- Real-life Santa’s elves make wooden toys for Children’s of Alabama patients: http://t.co/4nvLbpx0 #
- Regulations, taxes aren’t killing small business, owners say: http://t.co/eV6OBv46 (RT @NoRomBasic) #
- Relationships are easy: http://bit.ly/dMpXsd #
- Remarkable school gives girls from the bottom of India’s caste system new hope: http://t.co/g197yO6D #
- Renewing Birmingham can sometimes come at a price: http://bit.ly/gQLzuK #
- Restaurateurs share Valentine’s dining advice: http://mcpo.st/hEjBHH #
- Rethinking Advanced Placement: http://nyti.ms/hX6jgC #
- Revenge of the Introvert: http://bit.ly/bPwGeb #
- Review of “No Higher Honor,” by Birmingham native Condoleezza Rice: http://t.co/weuJG3CM #
- Revisiting tragedy of boxer Davey Moore, who died after ’63 bout: http://lat.ms/q08JLq (via @louisianagirl91) #
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- “Sauce is what sets Bham hot dogs apart. We take a regular hot dog and make it great.” http://bit.ly/mXs9iM #
- Savvy bloggers, and how they deal with the world’s worst trolls: http://itswa.de/secret-lives #
- Scamming the scammer. The Powerbook Prank: http://t.co/zxhY8F3H #
- Seared Liver With Coffee-Chocolate Sauce or Tongue With Strawberry-Tomato Jam, anyone? http://nyti.ms/hC2Ekq #
- @secondfront shows Jefferson County, Ala.’s criminal lack of accounting records: http://t.co/zji6dcNb #
- Secrecy breeds curiosity over 700-page ESPN exposé, out Tue.: http://nyti.ms/lCDkf5 #
- Selling Books by Day, Writing Them by Night: http://nyti.ms/ly43e3 #
- Sept. 11: FLASHBACK: How to take back the day that was taken from us. http://t.co/Jr4WRdi #
- Sept. 11: For some, the terrorist attacks have been a gold mine: http://t.co/UUwf1Zo #
- Sept. 11: Growing Up in a Hurry: The 3,000 orphans of 9/11: http://t.co/LLmOPX8 #
- Sept. 11: List of Birmingham-area events to commemorate 10 years since: http://t.co/r8pJ6fF #
- Sept. 11: Lt. Penney went on a kamikaze mission: Bring down United 93. http://t.co/AyKuSMW #
- Sept. 11: Mission Unfinished: U.S. hasn’t achieved ending envisioned a decade ago: http://t.co/xjvAcEN #
- Sept. 11: Roy Williams, @Birmingham_News: “Return to the spirit of unity and kindness.” http://t.co/REBilax #
- Sept. 11: Shanksville, Pa., national park dedicated to United 93 still unfinished: http://t.co/N2Hsan7 #
- Sept. 11: The Falling Man, the photo that captured the horror: http://t.co/JyX5P6D #
- Sept. 11: The iron worker who dismantled Ground Zero rubble and died from cancer: http://t.co/0Yu0VBO #
- Sept. 11: The Muslim world’s 9/11 generation emerges from a long shadow: http://t.co/6XhHP9E #
- Sept. 11: The Onion: Nation Would Rather Think About 9/11 Than Subsequent 10 Years: http://t.co/QtrxYvT #
- Seven Games, Seven Stories: @adijoseph picks best writing from World Series: http://t.co/AfouIHOm #
- Sharing Information Corrupts Wisdom of Crowds: http://bit.ly/in6lNR #
- Shopping gluten free on a budget, by Jenny @glutenfreebham: http://bit.ly/f1WYlA #
- Should Cities Drive Food Trucks Off the Streets? by @kimseverson: http://nyti.ms/oobWgp (via @cturnip) #
- Should tweeters have their own seats at concerts, plays? http://t.co/4lsL5vTP (via @atompkins) #
- Sidewalk 2011: Your first in-depth look at Birmingham’s film festival: http://itswa.de/sidewalk11 #
- Signs of the Times: 13 Architectural Signage Designs: http://bit.ly/jVgwE4 #
- Signs, signs, everywhere signs: Seeing God in tsunamis and everyday events: http://bit.ly/ggPPSG #
- Siri and @ObjectivityRach sitting in a tree … http://t.co/sHz3ZV8r #
- Small Bookstores Struggle for Niche in Shifting Times: http://nyti.ms/ez5NtB #
- So proud of Jessica @Dogingham‘s continuing work in helping animals after tornadoes: http://bit.ly/lXKY7Z #
- Social suicide: Wade Kwon rants against competitive social campaigns for nonprofits. http://itswa.de/o69Kik #
- Sometimes, we overthink blogging. Technology has made it easy to start your own site. http://itswa.de/izVTPn #
- “Soon, we’re not going to find reasonable, decent people to serve in public office.” http://nyti.ms/e9sNpB #
- South Sudan, the Newest Nation, Is Full of Hope and Promise: http://nyti.ms/q7fp8Q (RT @kristenmstewart) #
- @spann on social media, tornado fallacies. Plus a tale of four-legged heroism. http://bit.ly/jtxDH5 #
- Sports Illustrated: The state of the Alabama-Auburn rivalry, with @seankelley quote: http://bit.ly/gAToJX #
- Starlite, the nuclear blast-defying plastic that could change the world: http://ow.ly/5fPAJ (RT @jthrashr) #
- Starting Monday … 80 Ways to Steal Valuable Minutes for Your Workday: http://bit.ly/brfXAe #
- “Stay hungry. Stay foolish.” Steve Jobs’ 2005 commencement address at Stanford: http://t.co/OylVwKh #
- Steve Jobs Doesn’t Want to Kill Publishers, But Apple’s Subscription Strategy Will: http://tcrn.ch/hAwpNw #
- Successes like Intermark are few and far between for big empty downtown Bham buildings: http://bit.ly/eE4vga #
- Supreme Court Says No to Cheap Textbooks: http://t.co/uRwt83d (RT @ree_tweets) #
- Surprise: The low-down, no-good godawful bailout actually worked. http://wapo.st/qKMHr6 (via @ChrisAla13) #
- Surreal story of a 90-day ordeal under arrest and suspicion: http://nyti.ms/gMUgrv (via @kristenmstewart) #
- Susan Kare, the artist behind Mac’s original fonts and icons, by @stevesilberman: http://t.co/2jVJJLOc #
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- Taylor Hicks and Ruben Studdard to sing at free benefit show tonight at Linn Park: http://mcpo.st/m6Mx3w #
- TBS’ pricey Conan O’Brien experiment is flopping: http://t.co/gVWzp59 #
- Teats Out: An Oral History of the Rise and Fall (and Rise) of “The Dana Carvey Show”: http://t.co/LCP7r7r #
- Tech programmers don’t need college diplomas: http://t.co/2AX6XsZ2 (via @GOOD @SoulKirk @JesseNewhart) #
- Terror, Tragedy & Hope in Tuscaloosa by @LarsAndersonSI: http://bit.ly/ivu011 (video: http://bit.ly/lpsp3j) #
- Thanksgiving: 66% will cook dinner from scratch. Super infographic: http://t.co/PBzALd33 #
- Thanksgiving: The dysfunctional family reading list. http://t.co/DwxWYBrO #
- That Chevron on Southside in Birmingham? Everyone knows it as Tom and Jerry’s. http://t.co/EqOXwIeu #
- That truck driver you flipped off? Let me tell you his story. http://t.co/uKR34dJ (via @kristenmstewart) #
- The 10 Best Amazon Reviews. Ever. http://t.co/oyXQ57Ro (RT @clickfire @sitepointmatt) #
- The 10th Annual Year in Ideas: http://nyti.ms/heJZt0 #
- The 19 best unintentionally sexual church signs: http://some.ly/i9bfdv #
- The 8 Pillars of Innovation: http://bit.ly/nPxUTt (RT @dartdog @brainpicker) #
- The Architecture of Disaster: Why can’t Americans build arenas anymore? http://t.co/LycZwC7 (RT @jthrashr) #
- The Arrival of LL Cool J: http://t.co/MSJbOKqO #
- The Art of (Natural) Seduction: Aphrodisiac Foods for Your Valentine: http://bit.ly/dYkcVG #
- The best possible outcomes for your personal and corporate blogs: http://itswa.de/eH0vzU #
- The Best Sports Section in History, on the Boston Globe, by @nellsco: http://t.co/HMBNr6KU #
- The biggest power waster in U.S. homes is … http://nyti.ms/kR6C1q #
- The Birmingham Idea Ecosystem, by Henry @mcbrihk: http://bit.ly/ewbIw6 #
- The carousel carver of Five Points South: http://t.co/Q4ISICLA #
- The Case of the First Mystery Novelist: http://nyti.ms/e4meKi #
- The comeback of Journey frontman Steve Perry: http://t.co/Q4HXT0Az #
- The dirty secrets of SEO: http://nyti.ms/eAPYiy … Search Still Sucks: http://tcrn.ch/fXyCmv #
- The Dollar Store Economy: http://t.co/F1DGL2P #
- The Economics of Blogging and The Huffington Post: http://bit.ly/fMqfjV #
- The Eternal Bread: http://t.co/YuoNzEX2 (via @FinerGrind) #
- “The everyday ordinary may not be as safe as you envisioned.” By Dana @Principled: http://bit.ly/hsGVCP #
- The fate of “The Wounded Platoon” will break your heart: http://t.co/Q5DGfhTq #
- The first day of kindergarten comes as an unexpected shock to mom @erinshawstreet. http://t.co/ruQnmmU #
- The formula for success for one hyperlocal blog: http://t.co/Jq54690y #
- The fragile success of school reform in the Bronx, and it’s not a charter school: http://nyti.ms/hgBYMJ #
- The funding challenges of Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve: http://t.co/6EPOQBQT #
- The Hazards of the Couch: http://nyti.ms/gPyNCw #
- The how-to guide to practically everything, sort of. http://thecontentfarm.tumblr.com #
- The illusion of validity and the hazards of confidence: http://t.co/WPtZhfQk #
- The imperative to find new ways to fund journalism: by @cshirky: http://bit.ly/nz970G (via @scottaak) #
- The intersection of Twitter and literature: http://nyti.ms/dQtZIi #
- The Julie project: http://bit.ly/donxTD #
- The Kitchen Table Industrialists: http://nyti.ms/mJjEWl #
- The last supper: El Bulli closes its doors: http://ind.pn/pO78rY (via @trevor_newberry) #
- The latest in the sad state of affairs at the Birmingham School Board: http://t.co/mwFLBnzp #
- The life lessons from 76 episodes of “Friday Night Lights”: http://es.pn/r5BkV1 #
- The life of the modern super-rich: http://bit.ly/gYqshJ #
- The LinkedIn networking challenge: Lessons, tips and plans: http://t.co/u38MlRAd #
- The lives of paraplegic jobholders: http://bit.ly/oVD4On (RT @ebertchicago) #
- The Lonely Island has made the novelty song not only catchy, but cool: http://nyti.ms/gZa1Fz #
- The lovingly prepared meal that is your blog: rules for food and blogging. http://itswa.de/fbs2011-tips #
- The Melancholy Fog Harvester, by @Alex_Carrick: http://bit.ly/iJfND0 #
- The messy business of clean water in Africa: http://t.co/qnZRpFqF (via @kristenmstewart) #
- The modesty of the porn generation: http://bit.ly/gEQGoH #
- The most important key to understanding social networks: online vs. offline friends. http://tcrn.ch/m5tQ8P #
- The movies of summer 2011 in Birmingham, and counting: http://mcpo.st/summermovie2011 #
- The New Economics of Summer Camp: http://nyti.ms/nTAYb4 #
- The New Yorker and the iPad: a good fit. http://nyti.ms/ppSRp5 #
- The newspaper reporter who broke the Penn State child rape story: http://t.co/Vy6qP2SQ #
- The night escape to Fort Sumter during Christmas 1860. http://nyti.ms/eJwDmT (RT @cwood3) #
- The Northern Beltline, Birmingham’s billion dollar investment. http://bit.ly/pRXS9g #
- The Only Way to Get Important Things Done: http://bit.ly/m4tVy1 #
- The Paul Bunyan of hipster urban revival, Mayor John Fetterman of Braddock, Pa.: http://nyti.ms/hICkxS #
- The possible solution to the US debt crisis? Imitate Canada. Yes, Canada. http://nyti.ms/qZ8eR9 #
- The Prisoners of Guantánamo: http://t.co/EST6X15 #
- The pronoun and I. Or we. Or you. http://t.co/YVWREac #
- The real Best Tweeter in Birmingham is … http://t.co/h9baCcl #
- The Reign of the One Percenters: http://t.co/LLgpJumv #
- The return of the Birmingham Blogging Academy newsletter for 2011: http://itswa.de/hKVhmZ #
- The Rise and Fall of Pseudonyms: http://nyti.ms/jq35HE (via @jerrygriffies) #
- The Science of Why We Don’t Believe Science: http://bit.ly/dJX0YS #
- The Scott Beason legacy, as spelled out by @SecondFront: http://bit.ly/lkXdQF #
- The Secret World of Bham Techies, my guest post for @Daxko on recruiting tech talent: http://t.co/NhWZ0Rhm #
- The secrets of digital self-publishing: http://t.co/Yqr168pE #
- The serious world of mass-produced freelance joke writing: http://t.co/t5xmD3K #
- The Shame of College Sports: http://t.co/5J8kh0bA #
- The sketch artist of Birmingham: http://t.co/VTnRVR4d #
- The Social Graph is Neither: http://t.co/DRNKqVgZ (RT @patrickjwoods) #
- The stories our leaders tell us matter very dearly. http://t.co/yiiC3rn (via @somisguided) #
- The story behind popular children’s book parody, “Go the F–K to Sleep”: http://nyti.ms/k76p0j #
- The struggle to diversify conference speaker lineups, by @SarahM: http://oreil.ly/hkl3UX (via @BethHarte) #
- The Surreal Life: How Salvador Dali Worked. http://bit.ly/dSqkPC (RT @JesseNewhart) #
- The truth about innovation in the evolution of a concept:Â http://t.co/11s3v20Â #
- The unlikely path to success for “Parks and Recreation”: http://t.co/VAVUVwAb #
- The week’s most popular Magic City Post item: 99 THINGS WE LOVE ABOUT BIRMINGHAM! http://mcpo.st/love-bham #
- The world communicates on phones, not Internet. With texting, not calls. http://t.co/ZcwNyE6c #
- The Worst Yoga Class Ever, by @erinshawstreet: http://bit.ly/nT78ZO #
- The Wrestler in Real Life, Ric Flair’s long decline, by Shane Ryan, @tobaccordblues): http://t.co/1lBKtF4f #
- This 7,200-word piece on Southern Progress has racked up some interesting comments … http://bit.ly/e7nkHV #
- This Bham neighborhood embarrassment and expense? Just more election year politics. http://bit.ly/i1LKQ6 #
- This week in “Survivor”: Fairhope’s Krista Klumpp deals with alliance fallout. http://itswa.de/survivor22-4a #
- This week marks the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Rides: http://bit.ly/l091oy #
- This week’s most popular post on Wade on Birmingham … Auburn BCS front pages: http://itswa.de/auburn-bcs #
- Thoughts are bigger than things delivering them. Digital utopianism: http://nyr.kr/g1nWuw (via @martyswant) #
- Throwing a super easy Super Bowl party in Birmingham: http://mcpo.st/iguOId #
- Tiger Mom. Kim Kardashian. Japan quake. 2011’s top online stories: http://t.co/9085zk7i (via @romenesko) #
- Tips for creative types: A therapist who treats only screenwriters. http://t.co/WNvQhBM (via @meshflinders) #
- To Live, by Kim Trimble @kimt205: http://t.co/CcNBXcDj #
- To Stave Off Alzheimer’s, Learn a Language? http://bit.ly/eFDSOY #
- Top 10 Simple Privacy Tricks Everyone Should Use: http://lifehac.kr/mrpafS #
- Top 10 Things We Learned about David Letterman in Rolling Stone: http://t.co/ojJAxn6F #
- Tornado-damaged Alabama libraries get help: http://bit.ly/qWGE3K #
- Treasure Island: How TV serials achieved the status of art: http://t.co/HLfHGZkH #
- Turning a family member’s suicide into a cause for hope: http://t.co/tfPjItR #
- Twisters, Twitter and You: Social media and the Alabama tornadoes. http://itswa.de/427tornadoes #
- Twitter tries to bury the hatchet with third-party developers: http://t.co/TFHtQl4e #
- Two Cats in a Sack: Designer-Developer Discord: http://bit.ly/kBL1py #
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- Understanding Pac-Man Ghost Behavior: http://bit.ly/gJR83G (via @hackernews @tferriss) #
- Unexpected results from Ala. immigration law, @NPR story by @WBHM903‘s Andrew Yeager: http://t.co/rDwh9gfZ #
V
- Very Deep in America, on “Friday Night Lights”: http://t.co/Hcjn0ryy #
- Victim’s lament. Poor, misunderstood Richard Scrushy. http://bit.ly/i9dGON #
W
- Wacky ideas to make Birmingham better, from @BhamWeekly: http://bit.ly/iaqRFZ #
- Wade Kwon on cliques vs. community in Birmingham. What next? http://itswa.de/sandboxes #bham #
- Wade Kwon’s 30 tips on ethical blogging. http://itswa.de/blog-ethics #
- Wade’s 101: Haiku retrospective 22. http://t.co/PL8uSLTU #
- Want to know how to be a writer? Shut up and write. http://bit.ly/g3DUaA (RT @bwdaly @bookbench) #
- “Wanted a puppy, brought home sister.” Musings on mothers in 6 words: http://nyti.ms/kOq8As #
- Wayne Flynt explains why working class people vote against their economic interests: http://bit.ly/kof5HT #
- “We are walking, talking, breathing, ‘mistake-making machines.'” http://t.co/VV2bK7B (via @whoatemyblog) #
- We might never work together, but if my advice is helpful, I’ve served my purpose: http://t.co/gnB3U851 #
- Weekend at Kermie’s: The Muppets’ Strange Life After Death: http://bit.ly/ojof89 #
- What a “Liberal Media” Might Look Like: http://bit.ly/hDwnYV #
- What a 1960 metropolitan audit reveals about Birmingham more than 50 years later … http://bit.ly/mZR2EZ #
- “What Chinese parents understand is that nothing is fun until you’re good at it.” http://on.wsj.com/eqZUxM #
- What Google’s +1 Means for Facebook: http://on.mash.to/dLM1dt #
- What happened when @erinshawstreet interviewed her dad for @StoryCorps: http://bit.ly/dWz1Gj #
- What happens when a community loses its newspaper? http://t.co/CpGOpAXw #
- What is good character? And can it be taught in the classroom? http://t.co/vefshDvw #
- What is grace? http://bit.ly/mpANaM #
- What is Quora, and do you have any on your shirt? By @griner. http://bit.ly/hV4Huq #
- What makes a social media audience tick? http://t.co/ACVEDuaA #
- What New York’s Same-Sex Marriage Vote Means To One Alabama Family, by @erinshawstreet: http://bit.ly/l3Azw4 #
- What the soap operas taught me, by @LaurelMills: http://bit.ly/fv9esU #
- What to make of people who eat food that isn’t food at all? The curiosity of pica. http://bit.ly/nTC8VX #
- What went wrong with the “Wonder Woman” TV pilot? Everything. http://bit.ly/ktGHUU #
- What’s the Most Important Lesson You Learned from a Teacher? http://t.co/GeuT8Eli [includes @maggiekb1] #
- Whatever happened to Paul Finebaum? http://t.co/GuRBE7vd #
- When Did Girls Start Wearing Pink? http://bit.ly/hqE0Hj #
- When Does a Writer Become a Writer? http://t.co/sQjZXNcb (RT @louisianagirl91) #
- “When I run out of fights to have, I’ll stop fighting.” – NJ Gov. Chris Christie. http://nyti.ms/ig1X51 #
- When to buy airline tickets, with volatile prices wreaking havoc: http://nyti.ms/fFcCi3 #
- Where do you like to sit when you go to the movies? @ebertchicago‘s essay: http://t.co/o9Y6VXhz #
- Where does good come from? Bham native E.O. Wilson on altruism. http://bo.st/ii2mUt (via @ebertchicago) #
- Whither scientific papers? Going back to philosophical transactions of knowledge. http://bit.ly/evhALM #
- Who’s performing at Alabaster CityFest on June 4? http://mcpo.st/kzcwA6 #
- Why aren’t the oldest living people getting any older? http://ow.ly/5Nm6R (RT @liamjford) #
- Why Birmingham? Web video series examines an important question. http://itswa.de/whybhm #
- Why creative teaching is essential for the information age: http://t.co/c17cvtz (RT @amykiane) #
- Why do Americans claim to be more religious than they are? http://slate.me/gMevBT (via @MediaGuyCarl) #
- Why do women who have anal sex get more orgasms? http://slate.me/gSdJUO (You know you’re reading it.) #
- Why I love “Midnight Run,” by @sepinwall: http://t.co/2D7v5335 #
- Why keeping up with RSS is poisonous to productivity, sanity: http://t.co/VVjnzB5H (RT @jthrashr) #
- Why we travel: http://nyti.ms/glY88o #
- Why You NEED to Get Up Earlier (and How to Do It!), by @petershankman: http://bit.ly/g1P6Dc #
- Why You Should Charge More: http://bit.ly/hgEr1c (RT @Suite369) #
- Wild animal, when the Simple Dog goes for a joy ride: http://bit.ly/hzQMLA #
- Will Birmingham’s new swimming/track facility be a boon, or a boondoggle? http://bit.ly/ncQEI1 #
- Will Jefferson County, Ala.’s bankruptcy lead to real truth behind financial crisis? http://t.co/c4qG5Atf #
- Windows to the past: seasonal displays at Bromberg’s in downtown Birmingham: http://t.co/da2Lqa6U #
- Winston Groom explains why life is so good on Mobile Bay: http://bit.ly/gbXeu6 (RT @Cwood3) #
- Wisdom: Who you are with has an impact on what you eventually become. http://frsh.ws/fTmZA8 #
- With creative control, director creates totalitarian society: http://t.co/6K4qazGH (via @jthrashr) #
- With executive pay, rich pull away from rest of America: http://wapo.st/mKkqlh #
- Wolves: http://bit.ly/htKfGm #
- Women’s champ Jessica Jacobs aims for three-peat at Mercedes Marathon: http://mcpo.st/hx22q3 #
- Woody Wiginton, @FinerGrind and the arrival of 3rd-wave coffee in Bham: http://bit.ly/eE2JhL (via @jsandford) #
- Writers: Stop reading, start writing. #
- Writing for the long haul. How @thejenwestquest blogs every day with passion: http://itswa.de/jenwest #
Y
- Your daily sad: Ignorant and Online. http://ignorantandonline.tumblr.com #
- Your legacy online after you die: http://nyti.ms/hGiDHt #
Numbers
- 1% of Americans take in 25% of nation’s income; they may regret it: http://bit.ly/hWwGOG (via @ShaunChavis) #
- 10 Fixes for the Web’s Most Annoying Problems: http://lifehac.kr/kxYitt #
- 10 years after “Nickel & Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America,” author offers update: http://t.co/tnCC1NT #
- 10 years into our longest war, our soldiers are falling apart. http://bit.ly/eBoXP1 (via @kristenmstewart) #
- 106 Excuses that Prevent You from Ever Becoming Great, by @tommyismyname: http://t.co/rEwdHcvz #
- 12-Year-Old Genius Works to Expand Einstein’s Theory of Relativity: http://ti.me/gC5Cyj (RT @JesseNewhart) #
- 15 Books You Should Have Read in 2010: http://bit.ly/g1C2Xq (RT @martyswant) #
- 2009-10: US military lost more troops to suicide than combat. http://bit.ly/hCw6qj (RT @kristenmstewart) #
- 2011-12 TV season scorecard: What’s in, out. http://bit.ly/mSf4TS #
- 30 tips from Wade Kwon on making the most of your blogging: http://t.co/Eqbodv9r #
- 30 tips to jump-start your blogging, from content to SEO to design to video: http://t.co/C7OcAt1j #
- 31 blogging ideas and tips from Wade Kwon: http://itswa.de/icuuH2 #
- 31 ways to blog better: http://itswa.de/j7YQu1 #
- 5 Copyright Facts Every Blogger Should Know: http://bit.ly/g4wPow #
- 5 Must-Read Books by TED Global 2011 Speakers: http://goo.gl/6Y0DQ (via @dartdog) #
- 5 reasons to attend the biggest social media conference in the world: http://itswa.de/bwe11 #
- 5 suggested New Year’s resolutions for Birmingham: http://mcpo.st/h5b3TD #
- 5 things your company could do in digital marketing right now: http://t.co/YGERDTT4 #
- 500 pitches -> 70 scripts -> 20 pilots. The Math of a Hit TV Show: http://on.wsj.com/jFeCKl #
- 700K Google searches, 20K Tumblr posts. What happens on the Internet every minute: http://on.msnbc.com/jYeirI #
- 90 years after development, Bham’s original parks plan may become reality, by @bhammag: http://bit.ly/f7AVbR #
- 91-year-old still working on Encyclopedia Iranica after 38 years. He’s on “K.” http://t.co/cU9RiA1 #
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