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Sep. 2, 2010

Tumblng

Tumblr is having a moment. A big profile in the Times, a lot of buzz in the geekier precincts of the interwebs, phenomenal growth (the service adds 25,000 new accounts daily). For the uninitiated, Tumblr is a platform for “short-form blogging,” meaning that a “tumblelog” is a blog with very short posts, usually a single, [...]

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Apr. 17, 2010

Tweet of the Day

“The only mood in which to start writing is self-disgust. Writing becomes an act of atonement for procrastination — and ‘self-waste.’” — Alain de Botton, master Twitterer

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Feb. 19, 2010

The Tweeted Wisdom of Alain de Botton

Selections from the Twitter feed of Alain de Botton, a master of the tweet. The attraction of the melancholic: sadness has created the room we’re going to take up in their lives. We can only envy people towards whom we feel equal: it would not occur to anyone to envy the queen for her house. [...]

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