Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
The economics of a web-based book: year oneAt the end of July 2014, this book completed its first year online. When it launched, I described it as “partly an experiment in taking the web seriously as a book-publishing medium.” In the interests of science, a few words about how that experiment is going. Nothing here…
Since 1964, Peace Corps Volunteers have served in Uganda teaching a variety of subjects at primary schools, secondary schools, and primary teacher colleges with a specific focus on literacy. The Primary Literacy Project was established in 2013 to improve the quality of primary education through improved classroom instruction and student achievement in literacy. As…
Windows Phone started off life as a promising alternative to Android and iOS five years ago. Microsoft positioned its range of Windows Phone 7 handsets as the true third mobile ecosystem, but it’s time to admit it has failed. If a lack of devices from phone makers and even Microsoft itself wasn’t enough evidence, the…
In a spiral notebook dedicated to lists of her short- and long-term goals, Judi Spaletto tidily records her three-, five-, and 10-year plans. She knows what she wants from her career, and it has largely worked for her—until one day, three years ago, when she decided she wanted to join a corporate board of directors….
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more. Having slogged through several years of research on the many and complex causes of the financial crisis, I take it personally when people try to rewrite history and ignore what actually drove the events that led to the collapse. That is our charge today, in response…
John Harris, left, and Jim VandeHei of Politico. (Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press) In what can be described only as a cataclysm in Beltway media, CEO Jim VandeHei is leaving Politico, the eight-year-old politics website that shook up Washington journalism, according to sources and reports by Huffington Post and CNNMoney. And in what can be described only…
Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei are leaving Politico, according to sources. Politico is about to lose three of its most powerful and longtime leaders. Jim VandeHei, the co-founder and CEO of Politico; Mike Allen, author of the influential Politico Playbook; and Kim Kingsley, the company’s chief operating officer will all leave the company later this…
Politico CEO Jim VandeHei is expected to leave the company he co-founded later this year in what staffers believe will be a major shake-up, with other top journalists and executives also leaving the news organization later this year. Beyond VandeHei, at least four other high-level departures are expected, according to newsroom sources. Staffers say VandeHei…
Developer Steven Witkoff is holding off on converting Manhattan’s Park Lane Hotel into luxury condominiums — for now. The owners are contemplating a renovation of the 46-story hotel at the foot of Central Park, Witkoff said in an interview. He led a group that acquired the property from the estate of Leona Helmsley for $660…