Dead-end job memoir

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A Good Dot Com Memoir?

A Good Dot Com Memoir? 06/14/2004 05:11 AM
For a few years, every other dot commer who had secretly hoped to be a novelist all along, thought their chance had come when they went about writing yet another lame dot com "insider" memoir about their oh-so-very-unique story about the dot com they worked for that sold dollar bills for ninety cents, raised $100 million from VCs via the entertaining presentation from their 22-year-old founder, and crashed along with the rest of them. As most people quickly found out, those books were not only dull, but there really wasn't much of an audience for them. The people who lived the experience didn't need to read about someone else's version - and those who didn't live it, really didn't care at all. However, just because everyone's done it poorly, doesn't mean someone can't come along and eventually do a good job with the same idea. With that in mind Salon is running an excerpt from a dot com memoir called < i>Amazonia, which they admit they were surprised to discover is actually good.

My Job: What Bill Clinton left out of
his memoir

My Job: What Bill Clinton left out of
his memoir 07/08/2004 08:30 PM
Kenneth Starr in the Opinion Journal .. Wall Street Journal today .. comments

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Lewinsky Not Pleased With Clinton Memoir
(AP)

Lewinsky Not Pleased With Clinton Memoir
(AP) 06/25/2004 10:25 AM
AP - Monica Lewinsky said Bill Clinton is a "revisionist of history" who lied about their relationship in his new memoir, according to a British newspaper.

Timing of Clinton Memoir Is Everything,
for Kerry

Timing of Clinton Memoir Is Everything,
for Kerry 04/12/2004 10:07 PM
Leading Democrats are concerned that Bill Clinton's memoirs could overshadow John Kerry's presidential campaign.

Lewinsky not pleased with Clinton memoir

Lewinsky not pleased with Clinton memoir 06/25/2004 01:34 PM

Verity Stob - programming's funniest
memoir

Verity Stob - programming's funniest
memoir 02/05/2005 10:13 PM
Review DOS was hell. Then came Windows

The Early History of Nupedia and
Wikipedia: A Memoir

The Early History of Nupedia and
Wikipedia: A Memoir 04/18/2005 03:48 PM

'Destroyed' Lewinsky Speaks Out on
Clinton Memoir

'Destroyed' Lewinsky Speaks Out on
Clinton Memoir 06/25/2004 01:33 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jun 25 2004 4:59PM GMT

Clinton Memoir Raises Hopes and Doubts
(AP)

Clinton Memoir Raises Hopes and Doubts
(AP) 05/02/2004 12:47 PM
AP - As President Clinton rushes to finish his memoirs, he faces the more pressing task of writing a book deemed worthy of all the attention, an accomplishment no president has pulled off since Ulysses S. Grant.

Clinton Kicks Off Memoir Launch as Fans
Camp Out

Clinton Kicks Off Memoir Launch as Fans
Camp Out 06/22/2004 11:38 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jun 23 2004 4:11AM GMT

'Destroyed' Lewinsky Speaks Out on
Clinton Memoir (Reuters)

'Destroyed' Lewinsky Speaks Out on
Clinton Memoir (Reuters) 06/25/2004 07:10 AM
Reuters - Monica Lewinsky says she feels betrayed by Bill Clinton's failure to acknowledge how he destroyed her life in his newly released memoirs.

In a Sprawling Memoir, Clinton Cites
Storms and Settles Scores

In a Sprawling Memoir, Clinton Cites
Storms and Settles Scores 06/18/2004 11:55 PM
In a 957-page autobiography, former President Bill Clinton blamed his affair with Monica Lewinsky on the "old demons" that have haunted him all his life.

Billy Jeff Clinton's memoir Contradicts
Testimony on Lewinsky

Billy Jeff Clinton's memoir Contradicts
Testimony on Lewinsky 06/23/2004 04:28 AM
testified under oath .. fascinating nugget

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Clinton's Memoir Stirs Up 'Frenzy' in
Book Industry (Los Angeles Times)

Clinton's Memoir Stirs Up 'Frenzy' in
Book Industry (Los Angeles Times) 06/20/2004 05:04 AM
Los Angeles Times - NEW YORK — Bill Clinton was on a roll, telling a rapt audience at New York University this week about his battles against impeachment and life in the White House. But then he abruptly stopped, and left listeners with a big tease:

Dead, Dead, Dead. Someday Soon We'll All
Be Dead.

Dead, Dead, Dead. Someday Soon We'll All
Be Dead. 12/02/2003 10:13 PM
I had a 120gig SATA Hard drive in my G5. It died. Dead blocks all over. My last full backup...

""Pat isn't with God,'' he said. "He's f
-- ing dead. He wasn't religious. So
thank you for your thoughts, but he's f
-- ing dead.''"

""Pat isn't with God,'' he said. "He's f
-- ing dead. He wasn't religious. So
thank you for your thoughts, but he's f
-- ing dead.''" 05/05/2004 09:39 AM

Dead pixels instead of dead trees

Dead pixels instead of dead trees 12/22/2004 01:49 AM

I love books, I love browsing stacks, I love libraries, I love Powell's in Portland, I like collecting books, I always have a stack nearby to read, I love looking through picture books, and I love books even though I didn't really become much of a reader until the end of my college years (I never read for fun until then). Plunging into the Internet fed my book addiction further, as I had to read dozens of computer classics to get up to speed and stay ahead of the curve. Every computer desk I've had until recently was flanked by bookshelves loaded with titles.

Earlier this year, I remember hearing Cory Doctorow give a talk about how ebooks were going to rule the world and folks would abandon the printed page for the laptop screen. I thought it was a good talk, but I felt the thesis was a bit ahead of its time. There's really no comparison between curling up with a book and a blanket in front of a fireplace, versus trying to read thousands of words on a screen.

Last weekend I was doing some house cleaning and I kept finding stacks of books. A stack next to the reading chairs. A stack on the coffee table. A stack beside my bed. All these stacks contained books I bought in 2004, but never read. Some, I got halfway through, but even more I got maybe ten pages in. A few I never even cracked open.

When I think back to the last three books I enjoyed, they were all heard on my iPod, while on a road trip. I can't recall the last book I finished in my hands.

I'm going to take a holiday trip soon to a fairly remote location where there's not much to do besides read. I'm going to sit and read the only book I've wanted to read this year, and I have a feeling it might just be one of the last dead tree books I read for a long time.

As much as I didn't agree with Cory back during his E-tech talk, I'm finally realizing it's coming true in my own life. I read thousands of words everyday on my monitors and I rarely take time to read anything on the printed page, and there's no sign of reversal on that trend. The scariest thing for the bookfan inside me is that I don't think it's bad thing, either.

Long live the ebook. Long live the audiobook. So long, dead trees.

Dead Like Me - Dead or Alive?

Dead Like Me - Dead or Alive? 02/01/2005 09:59 PM
In television these days, there is hardly a show that doesn’t have the blood flowing or the boobies showing. It is hard to find a show that makes it on wit alone. Till a few weeks ago, I thought I had found the saving grace with Showtime’s original show, Dead Like Me. I guess a few executives didn’t share my opinion. The fight is far from over though. In the past shows would have died…

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Yes, It's Still Dead

Yes, It's Still Dead 09/06/2004 11:22 PM
6 long years after the introduction of the bondi-blue iMac, reporters are still writing about the death of floppy disk.
Well, at least it's still better read than the upcoming death of Apple Computer, Inc.

Not Dead.

Not Dead. 04/19/2004 01:33 AM
I'd better leave this on here for the night so I don't wake up to a deluge of email tomorrow morning. The Zen Garden has been down all day, as has been well reported by now. A whois comes...

dead, dead, dead

dead, dead, dead 12/03/2003 06:09 PM

Wow, they really did kill MP3.com. So much of the net's history gone in a flash, I do hope they create some mechanism (that isn't laden with DRM) to bring back music hosting or anyone that can record a song at home on their PC.

I bet GarageBand.com takes off in the absence of MP3.com, they were like a better version, though they require users and musicians to actively participate for it to work.

The PC Is Not Dead

The PC Is Not Dead 03/22/2005 03:39 PM

The pop-up ad is dead (nearly)

The pop-up ad is dead (nearly) 02/18/2004 05:55 AM
Europe in brief

Is the PDA dead?

Is the PDA dead? 06/02/2004 07:51 PM

WAP Is Dead?

WAP Is Dead? 08/10/2004 07:27 PM
The Feature Aug 10 2004 11:14PM GMT

Ten gig FC is all but dead

Ten gig FC is all but dead 04/02/2005 07:23 AM
TechWorld Apr 2 2005 11:18AM GMT

DOS -- not dead yet

DOS -- not dead yet 12/05/2003 03:21 AM
DOS -- that's a word you may not have heard in a while. After all, Microsoft proudly claimed "DOS is dead" when it released Windows XP. DOS is a stable and well-known operating system, but the same can be said for Linux, and some might argue that even Windows XP has become stable. So why would you run DOS when you have these newer, better operating systems?

Is programming dead?

Is programming dead? 04/26/2004 08:56 AM
ZDNet Apr 26 2004 1:08PM GMT

WAP technology is not dead

WAP technology is not dead 09/10/2004 03:49 AM
Mad.co.uk Sep 10 2004 7:52AM GMT

dead but lifelike

dead but lifelike 09/17/2004 12:57 AM
JAMES LILEKS: .. Lileks

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One-Third of the Dead Said to Be
Children

One-Third of the Dead Said to Be
Children 12/27/2004 11:15 PM
Survivors arranged for mass burials and searched for tens of thousands of the missing in countries thousands of miles apart.

Is Linking Dead?

Is Linking Dead? 08/10/2004 10:48 AM
Simple question - complex answer.

"I already feel I'm dead"

"I already feel I'm dead" 09/15/2004 11:55 AM
Is Iraq descending into civil war? As the seemingly indiscriminate violence spreads, many are worried that it is.

The Floppy is Dead

The Floppy is Dead 09/07/2004 09:48 PM

CNN is proclaiming the death of the floppy drive. If you ask me the floppy has been dead for some time now. Once it became easy to email attachments I all but forgot they even existed. I think the deciding factor for most people was probably the widespread use of USB drives and CDRs. Let's not forget the grief that Apple received for being the first company smart enough to eliminate the floppy drive when the iMac was introduced five years ago.

So what's next? What time tested piece of PC hardware is the next to go?

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Dawn of the dead?

Dawn of the dead? 08/31/2004 01:55 PM
David Pescovitz: A fertility scientist at the Kentucky Center for Reproductive Medicine, Panayiotis Zavo, claims to have taken cells from dead humans and cloned them. He stopped short of implanting the embryos, but the scientific community is in an uproar. According to New Scientist, one of three cases used DNA from a young girl killed in an automobile wreck. Apparently her parents kept the tissue in the refrigerator for a few days until sending them along to the maverick scientist.

“This man preys on the strong desires of the most vulnerable people in society - giving them false hopes,” says Robin Lovell-Badge, head of developmental genetics at the UK's National Institute for Medical Research. Other scientists argue that, even if cloning a person were possible, the risk of major birth defects is huge.

Zavos's claims have not yet been published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal. Link

I See Dead Disks

I See Dead Disks 06/23/2004 01:05 AM
Abcnews.go.com - Tue Jun 22, 07:34 pm GMT

IntraBiotics: The Cat Is Dead

IntraBiotics: The Cat Is Dead 06/23/2004 05:39 PM
When you're investing in a company with one potential product, disaster is highly likely.

The Danger of the Dead

The Danger of the Dead 08/02/2004 04:36 AM
Across the country, coroners and health officials are figuring out how to dispose of hundreds or thousands of infectious corpses in case of a terrorist attack. By Randy Dotinga.

One slip and you're dead!

One slip and you're dead! 07/02/2004 08:15 AM
One slip and you're dead!
Marine cone snails are among the most venomous animals in existence, some producing as many as 100 different toxins. Due to their unique properties, the toxins are in hot demand for neuroscience research. Most researchers obtain the toxins from dead specimens, but one upstate New York biochemist is trying to farm them. Milking time is dangerous...
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