By joneilortiz on April 13, 2009
Interesting case of ranking algorithms as covert mechanisms of inclusion/exclusion:
A “glitch” on Amazon.com has caused the sales rank to be removed from gay- and/or lesbian-themed books by James Baldwin, Gore Vidal and others. (via, April 12th)
Posted in Delicious, Noted | Tagged Commodity, data, publishing |
By joneilortiz on February 23, 2009
Setting-off a deliciously entertaining exchange between the infinitely pompous Alain de Botton and Nina of Infinite ThØught, in February 18 post, she wrote, with inspiration, before being forced to remove (and eventually re-publish) her post:
Occasionally I have to get people to review books like this. Now I don’t know about you, but I find the [...]
Posted in Philosophy | Tagged capitalism, Philosophy, publishing |
By joneilortiz on February 23, 2009
David Swensen and Michael Schmidt make the case for turning newspapers into non-profits funded by a university-styled endowment. But is it necessary to characterize print news as what’s saving us from the dirty internet, that “‘cesspool’ of false information”? The New York Times is, after all, by all international standards one of the least credible [...]
Posted in Politics | Tagged Advertising, publishing |
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