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...hour workweek. It's going to be a lot of work. But do what you love. So if you love the Dallas Cowboys or you love gardening or you love tae kwon do, all I'm asking you to do is allocate [the time spent] consuming that content to providing it. For $200 for a Flipcam or an iPhone, you are on television. You don't have to go to L.A. and wait tables and hope somebody from CAA discovers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A: Internet Wine Guru Gary Vaynerchuk | 10/13/2009 | See Source »

...neither will Columbus Day itself, at least not anytime soon. While there have been some efforts to get its federal-holiday status revoked, many seem content to simply ignore the holiday entirely. The two exceptions are retailers, for whom Columbus Day is the first big sales opportunity after August's back-to-school rush, and those who have repurposed the holiday into something less problematic (South Dakotans, for example, celebrate Native Americans Day instead). But relax, weary workers. Thanksgiving's little more than a month away, and that, at least, is a federal holiday most of us can agree...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Columbus Day | 10/12/2009 | See Source »

...think students don’t stress as much about short answer questions—they don’t worry about making it as literary. Shorter answers are more about content than style...

Author: By Jillian K. Kushner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Colleges Alter Application Processes | 10/9/2009 | See Source »

...prosecution’s case largely rested on phone records logging contact between Borukhova and Mallayev in the days leading up to the murder. Dershowitz questioned the content of those conversations yesterday, saying there was no proof that Borukhova directed Mallayev to kill her husband in those phone calls...

Author: By Elias J. Groll, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dershowitz Appeals NY Murder Verdict | 10/9/2009 | See Source »

...lose the ability to display their voice and writing skills with this new format. It was already a challenge for applicants to express themselves in a 500-word essay, but it is more difficult to do this in 200 words. Students will be forced to focus almost entirely on content, whereas in the traditional personal statement, they can display their true writing talent...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Losing the Essay | 10/7/2009 | See Source »

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