Reporter covering tech and consumer news for TheStreet. Editor of OpeningLines.org, a blog focused on how writers and artists got their start. Expect posts on business, books and Brooklyn.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
The Drama of Raising a Teenage Nuclear Scientist
One afternoon, Tiffany ducked her head out of the door to the garage and spotted Taylor, in his canary yellow nuclear-technician’s coveralls, watching a pool of liquid spreading across the concrete floor. “Tay, it’s time for supper.”
“I think I’m going to have to clean this up first.”
“That’s not the stuff you said would kill us if it broke open, is it?”
“I don’t think so,” he said. “Not instantly.”
(Source: m.popsci.com)
You do not have to be an expert in anything at all to be a journalist. In fact, your need to know must be more potent than your need to profess what you know. Your methodologies will improve, your insight will be sharpened, your ability to separate fact from filth will be well-honed.
Bob Dylan Finds His Calling At Age 10
“I used to play the guitar when I was ten, you know. So I figured maybe my thing is playing the guitar, maybe that’s my little gift. Like somebody can make a cake, or somebody else can saw a tree down, and other people write… Maybe I got a better gift. But as of right now, I haven’t found out what it is.”
(Source: openinglines.org)
Why the Labor Market Isn’t Out of the Woods Yet
The employment-population ratio, which takes into account the unemployed and those who stopped looking for work, has yet to rebound in the way it did after each of the previous few recessions.
Source: Jaredbernsteinblog.com
Private sector jobs created by Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton’s first three years in office.
Why It’s So Hard to Quit Your Job
After Daniel Gulati interviewed workers for his book Passion and Purpose, he had a striking realization which partly explained the hesitation many feel about leaving their job:
As a whole, the group displayed a distinct preference for hitting just another small milestone, rather than starting from the bottom of a different (but potentially more lucrative) mountain altogether. This strong human bias toward accumulating small wins is what we call progress, but paradoxically, it seems to be inhibiting many individuals from reaching their true potential.
(Source: blogs.hbr.org)
In case you were wondering, the best time to search for journalism jobs is in April, when there are more job openings than any other month. So anyone who works in media, you have a couple months to get your resume ready!
Human frailties are the new political norm, and the every-hair-in-place smoothness of Romney’s political persona, combined with his wealth, that comes off as insular and even odd.
Ingredients in Paula Deen’s recipes.
via Graph Jam
