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Bye Bloglines

So my feedreader, Bloglines, is closing at the end of the month.  I’m sad to see it go, I’ve been using it since Ryan from The Humanaught introduced me to Bloglines in 2005, as a way to get round the … Continue reading

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Catching On

One of my favorite things about teaching is watching my students catch on to something. These are honors kids in a digital time, so everyone has read the SparkNotes on Animal Farm and can recite on cue that it’s an … Continue reading

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TGConf After-Action Review

Right before I went to Denver, I went to the Triangle Games Conference.  It was a great two days, I met a ton of creative people and heard about a lot of interesting projects. This meeting-strangers thing is getting a … Continue reading

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Of Other Days

In the novel The Light Of Other Days, sci-fi great Arthur C. Clarke posits a future where a new technology means anyone can see what anyone else is doing. Any past antics are available for review by any future employers, … Continue reading

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Miss Venezuala

So I’m working on a blog promotion for Thimbler. I’m having such a great time with it… usually I’m on the receiving end of poorly-targeted Dear Blogger sales emails. I really resent those emails, both because marketing teams seem to … Continue reading

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That’s Beijing

I was interviewed a few weeks ago for an article about female expat bloggers in this month’sThat’s Beijing. Sadly, my story, URL and picture didn’t make it into the magazine, but I was quoted saying how great Lost Laowai and … Continue reading

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Mandarin Superpowers And More On China

Luke Gedeon is collecting China-related articles over on his blog. I’m really pleased to be part of this project, my contribution is a piece on my Mandarin superpowers.  Luke is well-connected among thoughtful bridge bloggers so it promises to be … Continue reading

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China Bloggers

It’s actually painful for me to pass this on, since I want to win so badly. But it’s still an awesome contest: Mashable and VisualCV have teamed up to send a Mashable reader to China in November with Robert Scoble, … Continue reading

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Gustav Alerts

So I’m doing a blog for my mom’s museum, the Gustav Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms. I had this awesome idea to do a series of posts on a “Stickley in the blogosphere” theme, connecting to  posts on personal blogs … Continue reading

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One World, One Dream, No Visas

I’ve got a new post up at CNReviews about the visa situation and my sadness at leaving China. Edit 7/24: Other bloggers talking about my post. Imagethief James Fallows Luke Gedeon

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