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6 February 2001
Filed under:Uncategorized at5:27 pm

Oh oh… Study: PDA use makes you stupid. I’m not sure about the methodology, though. Take this example:

“One high-flying 28-year-old salesman treated by Dr Sawaguchi was forced to give up his job when he found himself forgetting where he was going, who he was supposed to be seeing or, when he finally got there, what he was selling.”

That just sounds like the way of the world these days…

Filed under:Uncategorized at5:16 pm

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Filed under:Old media at3:32 pm

Bestseller Dreams (washingtonpost.com) An interesting piece that follows a “mid list” author in his search for fame and a readership and explains why so few make it.

Filed under:Uncategorized at12:23 pm

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