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October 29, 2015

Thursday News: SXSW, Microsoft, Disney, and the best meditation ever

JanetPublishing NewsApple / Disney / Gamergate / macabre comedy / meditation / Microsoft / online harassment / SXSW / Tablets4 Comments

Exclusive: After Gamergate Misstep, SXSW Weighing an All-Day Forum on Online Harassment – So following the backlash against SXSW’s announcement to pull two panels on gaming, and perhaps even more importantly, the news that Buzzfeed and Vox Media would not participate in the event unless organizers reinstated the panels, it appears ... more >

October 27, 2015

Tuesday News: Penny books, iPhones & warrants, SXSW struggles with speech, and visualizing poetry

JanetPublishing NewsApple / booksellers / federal law / Free Speech / Gamergate / harassment / iPhone / poetry / SXSW / used books / visual arts / warrant8 Comments

A Penny for Your Books – I’ve actually always thought of these books as $4.00 books, because while they technically sell for a penny, Amazon’s $3.99 shipping effectively makes them $4.00. What I did not know, though, is that these books are basically picked from garbage. How brilliant is that?! It’s ... more >

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