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November 11th, 2009

Salon.com Relaunches

Since its launch in 1995 I’ve been a fan of Salon.com, even though it was still in the early days of the Web. Salon’s history has been oft-recorded. One account, from the improbable Scripophily.com (which is selling an early share certifiate as memorabilia for $70 bucks) notes that “journalism veterans David Talbot, Andrew Ross, and David…

September 26th, 2009

Adobe Co-Founders to Receive National Medal of Technology and Innovation

I missed this story a week ago in the San Jose Mercury-News. According to its web site: “President Barack Obama…picked Adobe Systems co-founders Charles Geschke and John Warnock to receive…the National Medal of Technology and Innovation.” According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, “The National Medal of Technology and Innovation… is the highest honor…