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The Squarespace Honeymoon is Over 21 Mar 2013 | 06:50 pm
I've been a Squarespace evangelist since the first incarnation of Curious Rat ran on version 5 of the CMS. It had everything: An insanely user-friendly posting system, beautiful themes I could customi...
The Future of Publishing 19 Mar 2013 | 11:23 pm
Evan Hughes for Wired: The real danger to publishers is that big-ticket authors, who relied on the old system to build their careers, will abandon them now that they have established an audience. As ...
The iWatch Conundrum 19 Mar 2013 | 07:03 pm
Michael deAgonia for Computerworld: Many digital bits and bytes have already been devoted to the mythical iWatch, with everyone from former Apple GUI guideline author Bruce Tognazzini to Computerworl...
Reflections of Paris 19 Mar 2013 | 04:18 pm
ᔥ My Modern Met: Having lived in Paris for the last four years, art historian Joanna Lemanska sees the city in a whole new light. Though she still frequents those highly photographed sites, she's abl...
Contracts 101: Your Book, Your Rights 19 Mar 2013 | 12:20 am
Kirsten Wolf for Wolf Literary Services LLC: There are lots and lots of rights involved with a book: there is the right to publish a book in traditional book form, in audio form, in electronic form; ...
One Man's Tale of Being on the Amazon Best-Seller List 18 Mar 2013 | 06:39 pm
Patrick Wensink (↬ Randy Murray): So here is my stab at similar honesty: the sugar bowls full of cocaine, bathtubs full of whiskey, semi-nude bookstore employees scattered throughout my bedroom tale ...
Less Talky, More Makey 18 Mar 2013 | 06:30 pm
BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins: "History repeats itself again, I guess," the BlackBerry CEO said. "The rate of innovation is so high in our industry that if you don't innovate at that speed you can be...
inThirty Episode 83: No, No, Google I/O 18 Mar 2013 | 04:26 am
Did Chaim get into Google I/O this year? What's with all the spring cleaning going on in Mountain View? And what will become of Android now that Andy Rubin has stepped down? Tune in to the latest epi...
Free Services 15 Mar 2013 | 11:06 pm
Darby Lines: The real takeaway from the shut-down of Google Reader is not that free services suck — or that paid services are magically better — it’s that users should always have a backup plan for p...
I Survived the Samsung Galaxy S4 Launch 15 Mar 2013 | 06:49 pm
I left my office at 4:00 and walked the five blocks to Radio City Music Hall. It was 42 degrees and I was wearing a wool tweed blazer and excited about the night's prospects. I'd passed by Radio City...
