The Future Of Publishing Blog by Thad McIlroy
April 20th, 2009
Like most of my friends and family, I was dimly aware of Susan Boyle last week from stories I was ignoring in various media. Then while reading the Saturday New York Times I stumbled upon “Unlikely Singer Is YouTube Sensation,” and finally got a handle on what all the fuss was about. I watched the…
April 19th, 2009
Found this pointed animation in the U.K. newspaper, The Guardian, which offers a fun feature called Guardian Viral Video Chart, which in turn is pulled in part from Viral Video Chart.
April 9th, 2009
Last night I wrote to the calligrapher featured in my previous entry: Dear Mr. Karimaei, PLEASE do let me know if I’ve posted it incorrectly! Today I received the response from Mr. Karimaei: “I write another two your name’s script in two style of Persian Calligraphy that you can replace in the previous script because…
April 7th, 2009
Last Saturday I had the unexpected pleasure of attending a festival in Ambleside Beach in West Vancouver welcoming in the Iranian New Year, sponsored by the Canadian Iranian Foundation. My friend Jill and I wandered through the damp ground to booths and stalls, stopping briefly to meet Massoud Karimaei, a master calligrapher. I watched him…
April 1st, 2009
Yes, the secret of Twitter’s remarkable success can be found in an article in this morning’s USA Today. Unemployed Jason Hirshborn states, “I love the idea of telling people what I’m thinking without having to talk to them,” he says. But, as he points out, it’s a two-way street: “I’m able to ingest a lot…