Rants and Ramblings: random commentary about culture, media, politics, technology and whatnot.

links for 2007-05-10

• You’re a Nobody Unless Your Name Googles Well | WSJ.com
  In the age of Google, being special increasingly requires standing out from the crowd online. Many people aspire for themselves — or their offspring — to command prominent placement in the top few links on search engines or social networking sites’ memb
  (tags: language culture google search via:dcww)
• Thriving in a Converged Newsroom | Poynter Online
  A workshop at USA Today focused on how you can succeed in journalism’s digital revolution.
  (tags: journalism onlinenews convergence washpost via:jbrady)
• A Man Who Minds His P’s and Q’s | New York Times
  The city has no shortage of sign lettering, and one expert, Paul Shaw, has amassed 5,000 photographs of lettering in New York. He thinks he has only scratched the surface.
  (tags: typography design photography architecture art nyc via:swissmiss)