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Monthly Archives: July 2008

Journalism

29-Jul-08

Random thought — in my last post I mentioned being in Boston to meet with “some journalists,” as if I wasn’t a journalist myself.
True, I’m not working as a journalist these days, but I prefer to think of myself as a “non-practicing journalist” rather than a “former journalist.” I tend to think that being a [...]

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In Boston for the week

29-Jul-08

Headed up to Boston yestereday for meetings at the Waltham office and with a few journalists. This makes for three weeks away from home with a weekend at home in-between. With this much travel, you’d think I’d be better at packing… I can’t help it, though — I tend to pack for every contingency. (Hey, [...]

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After OSCON

27-Jul-08

I’ve identified a serious defect in going to conferences like OSCON, and it’s this: You spend two weeks pre-connecting with people you only get to see at conferences, making plans to have detailed discussions and/or generally enjoying the company of said people who you see only rarely. The actual week of the show, you only [...]

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Alternative to “Roll Call”?

14-Jul-08

Been watching The West Wing again, and the repeated references to Roll Call caught my interest. I was thinking about subscribing to Roll Call until I noticed that the print subscription is $455 and the online-only subscription is $285 for a year. If I had time to read it cover-to-cover every day, I might consider [...]

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