NEW YORK CITY—An office party, 1966. © Leonard Freed / Magnum Photos Slate has put up a really interesting photo slide show invoking the “Mad Men” era, to help us all get psyched up for the season premiere coming Sunday. This is but one. We urge you to go view the whole... read more →
Mar
22
Mar
07
Recently, we've moved into a new level of acceptance of our "Famously Hot" identity. It's so well known that Columbians can invoke in part, and get the message across. As the Free Times did in this recent feature: Famously Drunk A Brief History of Drinking in Columbia BY EVA MOORE... read more →
Mar
07
Next time you fly on U.S. Airways, you might see something familiar, according to this heads-up from the Greater Columbia Chamber: The Midlands Authority, Columbia Chamber of Commerce, Lexington Chamber of Commerce, Richland County, Lexington County, Town of Lexington and the cities of Columbia and Forest Acres are pleased to... read more →
Mar
06
The Pew Research Center reports the following: The search for a new revenue model to revive the newspaper industry is making only halting progress, but some individual newspapers are faring much better than the industry overall and may provide signs of a path forward. A new study, based on analysis... read more →
Mar
02
Never mind what was said here about LinkedIn earlier today. LinkedIn brought this to our attention, and this is pretty cool...
Mar
02
Here's the explanation: This December, in a surprisingly simple yet ridiculously amazing installation for theQueensland Gallery of Modern Ar, artist Yayoi Kusama constructed a large domestic environment, painting every wall, chair, table, piano, and household decoration a brilliant white, effectively serving as a giant white canvas. Over the course of two weeks,... read more →
Mar
02
I slipped and did something the other day that I didn’t mean to do. Normally, I keep two browsers running (with multiple tabs going on each) at the same time, and it helps me keep track of what I’m juggling. There are certain things I only do on Google Chrome,... read more →
Feb
28
The Wall Street Journal today shared some unpleasant news about Google+: To hear Google Inc. Chief Executive Larry Page tell it, Google+ has become a robust competitor in the social networking space, with 90 million users registering since its June launch. But those numbers mask what's really going on at Google+. It... read more →
Feb
16
Secretary Bobby Hitt is back at work at the Department of Commerce, after having fallen seriously ill before Christmas. That's good news. Meanwhile, if you go to Commerce on the 16th floor of 1201 Main, you can see Bobby whether he's in or not. That's because of the big, remarkable... read more →
Feb
16
I was very interested to see Harris Pastides take the plunge into Twitter today. His first Tweet? Here: Can't wait for the baseball journey that begins tomorrow. Tweet the Three-peat! And I think most of us would be happy to reTweet that. I did. This is interesting to me because it was... read more →
