global vastness

What scales of judgment are used when considering global vastness?

Why Do We Call Everything 'Interesting'?

To deem something "interesting" is to promise to return to it. It's a judgment that doesn't really say anything, beyond forestalling that judgment, like a "sticky note" amid an endless wash of data.

View full story at http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2012/11/sianne_ngai_s_our_aesthetic_categories_zany_cute_interesting_reviewed.html

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50,000 new hires

Amazon's Robotic Future: A Work In Progress

For all the anxiety over robots coming to take jobs, there are still limitations to what they can do—or what they can do well.

View full story at http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-11-30/amazons-robotic-future-a-work-in-progress

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hypersonic flight

Hypersonic Flight 'Breakthrough' Could Have Us In Tokyo By Lunch

A British company declares, with all due humility,that it has made "the biggest breakthrough in aerospace propulsion technology since the invention of the jet engine."

View full story at http://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/11/reaction-engines-hypersonic/

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twitter wins out

'Why I Love Twitter And Barely Tolerate Facebook'

"I'm optimistic and delighted every time I open up Twitter on my browser, while Facebook is something I only click on once or twice a day and always with a small sense of dread."

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Twitter is loaded with info. Sure is a help to get up-to-date with world events.

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video stays on YouTube

Judge Refuses To Order 'Innocence Of Muslims' Off YouTube

An actress who said she was duped into appearing in an anti-Islam film that stoked violent protests against the United States across the Muslim world lost on Friday her second legal bid to force the video off YouTube.

View full story at http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/01/us-protests-lawsuit-idUSBRE8B003W20121201

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Decision will be appealed.

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65 digital media resources

Link to the story:

65Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed
http://mashable.com/2012/11/17/digital-media-resources-60/

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personal brand

In A Job Search? Creating A Personal Brand That Recruiters Love
http://transitionsherpa.com/sales-page/searching-for-a-job-branding-creating-a-brand-that-recruiters-love-webinar-1130-10a-est/

Signature and Slogan + more

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tunisia unrest

Tunisian security forces fire teargas to disperse protests - AlertNet
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http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/tunisian-security-forces-fire-teargas-to-disperse-protests?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Economic concerns.
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