Somewhere a musing
In communications at Pearson plc.
Opinions expressed are mine own.
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Yahoo buys Tumblr, brings sexy back
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WAZZOCK
Wazzock was a particularly prevalent—and particularly loutish—insult in the 1990s. At...
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WAZZOCK
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A look inside India 2.0
British broadsheet The Telegraph has been visiting India’s ‘temple of technology’ in a bid to understand how the country’s... -
“What Old People Think About Gay Sex”Filmed with the cooperation of the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center. Amazing and perfect.
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Driver’s ed for the social webHomepage is a new Kickstarter project that educates both children and parents on a child’s first foray into the...
How is technology changing English learning?
The Beijing Edtech Community - a fast-moving bunch of entrepreneurs, IT engineers, teachers, students and anyone else interested in edtech - got together for the second time in their history at the start of May, and we had the honour of sponsoring it. Leon Li, product manager for our mighty Future Technologies team in China, was on hand to document what went down.(via Beijing Edtech Meetup Explores Online English Learning | EdSurge News)
Yes, yes and yes. Such classic legalese idiocy re Nutella only brings down the brand. Naughty Ferrero.
Book Art (by Jan Reymond)
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I recently received an email from an anonymous fan sharing how she pulled a Hawkeye Initiative themed prank on her CEO to illustrate a problem with some artwork.
My personal compliments to her and her accomplice on a mission well done; they perfectly took the concept of The Hawkeye Initiative one…
Raising awareness and blasting ignorance in a beautiful, righteous way. Nicely done.
Battles can’t always be fought like a football game, with the offense and defense meeting each other head-on. Sometimes it’s most advantageous to infiltrate the enemy for a sneak attack—which is exactly what Dove is doing in its ongoing war against unrealistically svelte depictions of women in advertising.The decade-running “Real Beauty” campaign, which won a Grand Prix at Cannes in 2007, continues its assault on Photoshop by fighting fire with fire.
There are two main reasons why I use Dove. The first one being that I love the products and they work for my skin, but the campaign for real beauty is definitely the second.
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How did you get the name Wonder?
It was given to me by Berry Gordy. They didn’t like “Steve Morris” so they changed it.
Were there some alternatives?
”Little Wonder” … “Wonder Steve … ” I think we should change it to Steveland Morris [laughs]. That would put a whole different light on everything.
Happy 63rd birthday Stevie Wonder! Read our 1973 interview with the singer where he talks about the beginnings of his career and 11 years later, being in absolute control of it.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/14a8e60a7369222f84a76d20b3a32b99/tumblr_mmqxtaGrs91qejocno1_400.jpg)
How did you get the name Wonder?
It was given to me by Berry Gordy. They didn’t like “Steve Morris” so they changed it.Were there some alternatives?
”Little Wonder” … “Wonder Steve … ” I think we should change it to Steveland Morris [laughs]. That would put a whole different light on everything.Happy 63rd birthday Stevie Wonder! Read our 1973 interview with the singer where he talks about the beginnings of his career and 11 years later, being in absolute control of it.
Give It Up For Little Stevie Wonder, On This His 63rd Birthday
Happy birthday to ya, happy birthday to ya, happy burrrrthdaay!
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Slow roast pork belly with apple salad… #nom
Langoustine. Yes yes YES.
