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The beauty of digital publishing is how it allows you to publish to niche audiences economically but finding that audience can be a challenge. Liz Castro walks you through her recent experience. ~ eP

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George Peabody Library, Baltimore, Maryland

Holy crap that place looks awesome. I want to go. 

‘Africa’ by Toto
For my little sis @ilanazs, who is headed to Africa today to study monkeys, for science! Wish her good luck!

Walking to the train this fine Friday morning.

Bipartisan momentum is building for legislation that would give reporters new legal protections from government authorities who want them to reveal their confidential sources. But it’s far from clear whether the effort can overcome the objections that derailed similar bills in the Senate in 2007…

Fifty percent of the class of 2011 was unemployed or dramatically underemployed. In another survey, only 16 percent of employers reported that new hires from four-year colleges were “very qualified” for the workforce. Academically, one study showed that only 45 percent of students showed any meaningful cognitive gains after three semesters. Regardless of what one considers the purpose of college to be, it is clear that costly dysfunction is plaguing the system.

When they came for Wikileaks… 

Thinking about buying a Scottevest jacket. Dunno, it almost seems too geeky.