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Archive for February, 2009

Matt and Kim: Daylight

Posted by Anne on February 18th, 2009

This exhuberant, high energy couple from Brooklyn jumped right out of the screen at me when I dropped by Aurgasm. More of their happy noise on myspace.com/mattandkim. Video directed by Micah Perta.

DAYLIGHT
we cut the legs off of our pants
threw our shoes into the ocean
sit back and wave through the daylight
sit back and wave [...]

Proofreading

Posted by Anne on February 17th, 2009

Thanks, Silke

Elisabeth Gilbert, storyteller

Posted by Anne on February 16th, 2009

How to deal with the pressure of being expected to repeat an inspired performance? Elisabeth Gilbert, author of the international bestseller Eat, Pray, Love and the lesser known, but delightful Stern Men (my review and podcast), says divine inspiration may or may not come again, but that shouldn’t trouble you. “Just continue to show up [...]

Facebook owns you. Forever.

Posted by Anne on February 16th, 2009

“Facebook’s terms of service (TOS) used to say that when you closed an account on their network, any rights they claimed to the original content you uploaded would expire. Not anymore. Now, anything you upload to Facebook can be used by Facebook in any way they deem fit, forever, no matter what you do later. [...]

IT and content

Posted by Anne on February 15th, 2009

It’s very interesting working as an intermediary between the low-tech EFL teaching and writing world and the high-tech IT world. Very different things are important to the people working on either side of that great divide, and they have little understanding or patience with the concerns of the other side. I think the people in [...]

It’s your lucky day

Posted by Anne on February 13th, 2009

“To All Staff
Due to the current financial situation caused by the slowdown of the
economy in the country since last Christmas, Management has decided to implement a scheme to put workers of 40 years of age on early retirement. This scheme will be known as RAPE (Retire Aged People Early). Persons selected to be RAPED can [...]

Stop whispering

Posted by Anne on February 12th, 2009

The end is near. Today I was walking around the office with a cup of tea, checking on everyone. It’s been a while since I saw people instead of tasks. We’re almost done, the rest is details, of course there are plenty of those, and I do feel responsible for them, no question, and will [...]