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How did newspapers report politics leading up the civil war?
The ongoing story of 2017 is Donald Trump and this pure dichotomy of America. The divided sides feels very much like we are leading up to a Civil War. This makes me wonder what America was like before the Civil War–and specifically how did the media of that time cover it? Six articles that I’ll […]
How to search your friends’ tweets
Overwhelmed by the randomness of your Twitter stream? Are there times you wish you could search within your Twitter stream? With a little setup, you can! I was curious how many times the people I follow on twitter use the word “fun” in their tweets. You can search twitter for the word “fun”, but that […]
Would you like to search Feedly by article length?
Sometimes I’m in the mood to read longer articles. I would love to be able to search within Feedly
Replace Facebook with Feedly for your source of blogs
Tired of Facebook picking what articles you see? Do you ever get frustrated by how Facebook often doesn
Icebreakers for book readers
Would you like some handy conversation questions in a tiny pocket zine? You can print out this one-page PDF made by Jamie Glass. Then fold it up into a little pocket zine. (Found via zinelibraries.info) These are the icebreaker questions in the zine: Print books or e-books? [PERSON’S NAME] reads: [ ] Print only [ […]
Amazon might open 300-400 physical bookstores across America
Amazon already has a physical bookstore open in Seattle. Chicago is due to get two bookstores next year. Portland and San Diego are due to get an Amazon bookstore. Just how many bookstores does Amazon plan on opening? Publishers Weekly reports: Sandy Mathrani, head of General Growth Properties, said in response to a question about […]
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Will Pinterest become the champion of saving online content?
With Pinterest changing its “Pin It” button to “Save” a few months ago, they are focusing on the saving aspect of content, instead of pinning it to a visual board. Pinning, saving. What’s the difference? Pinning something to a board implies short-term use. You have a project going on, and you want to gather information […]
NPR doesn’t want you to talk on their island
NPR’s decision to disable comments from their site is quite disappointing. On face value, it’s understandable