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http://www.forbes.com/sites/livbuli/2013/09/05/no-strings-attached-why-big-brands-are-getting-in-to-the-music-business/ Any cost is OK to brands if it buys attention (and sales) without looking like it is trying to do so. Another way to fund art I suppose. This blog post brought to you by Toyota Bloggers Alliance?

http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/15-google-tools-for-journalists/s2/a553984/ There are so many awesome ways to gather, parse and present information, I often forget to focus on why the information is useful. Thus, I have one more tip that will make all these tools even more handy: Why does the world need this thing you’re pouring your energy into?

First time I’ve seen something unlocked and unattended in New York.

To make journalism harder, slower, less secure » Pressthink. Pigeons.

Fructose, Fruit, and Frittering | David Katz, M.D.. The author above laments the poor use of high-profile time and space by people/organizations responsible for communicating information about health and diet. In short, he says that the more that “experts” spend time talking about silly or obvious things, the more respect they lose. To give an … Read more

A Data Broker Offers a Peek Behind the Curtain – NYTimes.com. The Acxiom Corporation, a marketing technology company that has amassed details on the household makeup, financial means, shopping preferences and leisure pursuits of a majority of adults in the United States … plans to unveil a free Web site where United States consumers can … Read more

P2P Foundation's blog » Blog Archive » Problematizing and untangling the concept of ‘competition’. Undoing and replacing belief systems can’t occur by edict or intellectual exercise; it requires the externalization of thought in action, with consequences. We are bound by the body; fail to feed it, and all thought is for naught. Only religious faith … Read more

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/08/31/world/asia/a-maker-of-bikes-now-makes-a-point-of-riding-them.html?smid=tw-nytimesglobal&seid=auto& If you make decisions that affect and dictate other people’s behavior, take those demands/laws for a spin. For example, try living off $7.25 an hour.

For sale on Craigslist: “south beach 8 sz 13 deadstock – $1300 (Harlem / Morningside)” “You know what these are and u know what they’re worth! Only sserious inqueries. Cash only!” How about that. Collectors’ mania. I get it. But let’s put it in perspective. Helps think of money independently of the thing it is … Read more

This tidy package of 301 words let’s us know that another human being can take control of our bodies using the power of thought sent over the Internet. No big deal, whatever. I’m sorry, but we need some all caps here. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DIRECTLY CONTROLLING A HUMAN BEING WITH THE MIND OF ANOTHER … Read more