February 2011
15 posts
The Guardian: no more 'today' or 'yesterday'
The Guardian’s official style policy now restricts the use of time references like “today” or “yesterday” or “last night”, opting for the more time-zone friendly actual, specific date, and a renewed dedication to the present tense.
“140 Characters Is Not a Limit, It’s a Shape”
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Where do you want to go?
Alice asked the Chesire Cat, who was sitting in a tree, “What road do I take?”
The cat asked, “Where do you want to go?”
“I don’t know,” Alice answered.
“Then,” said the cat, “it really doesn’t matter, does it?”
— LEWIS CARROLL, Alice in Wonderland
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“To follow the daily or hourly news cycle is the media equivalent of day-trading: it’s frenzied, pointless and usually unprofitable.”
—Nick Denton, Atlantic Wire, What I Read. (via futurejournalismproject)
