"Despite being a denizen of the digital world, or maybe because he knew too well its isolating potential, Jobs was a strong believer in face-to-face meetings." That's from Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs. It's a strange way to begin a post about notebooks, but Jobs' views on the power of a potentially anachronistic practice applies to other seemingly anachronistic practices.
Note: On Jan 3, as Fortune published this article, the Federal Trade Commission ended its investigation of Google's search practices saying it found no evidence that the company manipulated search results…
By Taylor Marvin
At The American Prospect E.J, Graff has a thought-provoking piece on rape culture in the US and abroad. If Americans are tempted to view the horrific torture, rape, and murder of a New Delhi woman as evidence that rape culture is endemic only to foreign societies, they're wrong; in Graff's words, rape culture "lives anywhere that has a 'traditional' vision of women’s sexuality." This, of course, includes the US, where slut-shaming is epidemic, politicians restrict their sympathy for survivors of "legitimate" rape, and all too many people continue to blame rape survivors for being the victim of crimes.
"Despite being a denizen of the digital world, or maybe because he knew too well its isolating potential, Jobs was a strong believer in face-to-face meetings." That's from Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs. It's a strange way to begin a post about notebooks, but Jobs' views on the power of a potentially anachronistic practice applies to other seemingly anachronistic practices.
I was in the unenviable position of having a father who was a traveling minister (he still is). This meant that he was away for long stretches of time, on the road, traveling, going to church after church, in conference after conference, spending so much time away from his family. Don't think I didn't notice, dad. But that's just the way it was, and he is quite an inspirational speaker, don't get me wrong.
I was in the unenviable position of having a father who was a traveling minister (he still is). This meant that he was away for long stretches of time, on the road, traveling, going to church after church, in conference after conference, spending so much time away from his family. Don't think I didn't notice, dad. But that's just the way it was, and he is quite an inspirational speaker, don't get me wrong.
By Taylor Marvin
At The American Prospect E.J, Graff has a thought-provoking piece on rape culture in the US and abroad. If Americans are tempted to view the horrific torture, rape, and murder of a New Delhi woman as evidence that rape culture is endemic only to foreign societies, they're wrong; in Graff's words, rape culture "lives anywhere that has a 'traditional' vision of women’s sexuality." This, of course, includes the US, where slut-shaming is epidemic, politicians restrict their sympathy for survivors of "legitimate" rape, and all too many people continue to blame rape survivors for being the victim of crimes.
