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∞ Apprenticeships or College Degrees?

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Chris Martucci: We tell college freshman, “You have plenty of time to figure out what you want to do,” and they major in psychology, religion, or philosophy. Now, it’d be ironic for me to downplay these fields, but the sad … Continued

∞ Pixelmator

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I’d like to thank Pixelmator for sponsoring this week’s RSS feed on The Loop. Pixelmator is a beautifully designed, easy-to-use, fast and powerful image editing app for Mac OS X.

∞ Occupy Wall Street people, stop complaining

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Marcelo Somers:

Occupy Wall Street (and all the associated movements) completely defies what is amazing about today. I hate it because it’s sending young people every wrong message. Instead of inspiring the youth of today to create amazing things that add value to the world, it’s inspiring them to complain.Get out of the park and rethink the finance industry. Instead of protesting their ways, build something so great that society has to listen to what you’re doing, and take them down.

∞ Jawbone UP

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Shawn Blanc does a great review: It is clear to me that the UP is not a workout tracker as much as it is a low-level activity monitor. Or, put another way, I’d say the UP is an easy-to-use tool … Continued

∞ Sparrow

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I’d like to thank Sparrow for sponsoring this week’s RSS Feed on The Loop.

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Try our Gmail-only free version or get the full-featured Sparrow at $9.99. Sparrow is constantly updated for free to bring you the best mailing experience on the Mac.

∞ Remembering our Veterans

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November 11 is a day of remembrance. In Canada it’s Remembrance Day, in the US it’s Veterans Day — whatever it’s called, today we remember the sacrifices of the men and women that protect our countries. This is not a … Continued

∞ On journalists retweeting

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Melanie Coulson on how journalists should retweet: I too, am going to propose something radical. I propose that we trust journalists to think for themselves. We are professionals, after all. I agree. I’ve always said that if you don’t trust … Continued

∞ Marilyn Monroe memorabilia up for auction

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Before she was Marilyn Monroe a young Norma Jeane Dougherty wrote to her foster mother, Grace Goddard, to describe a meeting with army photographers, specifically David Conover and her burgeoning modeling career. The eight-page letter gives insight on Norma Jeane’s … Continued

∞ Journalists and retweeting

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Jeff Sonderman offers a suggestion for journalists using Twitter to retweet thought-provoking comments without appearing biased – the “neutral retweet.”

∞ Google+ Pages

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In life we connect with all kinds of people, places and things. There’s friends and family, of course, but there’s also the sports teams we root for, the coffee shops we’re loyal to, and the TV shows we can’t stop watching (to name a few).So far Google+ has focused on connecting people with other people. But we want to make sure you can build relationships with all the things you care about—from local businesses to global brands—so today we’re rolling out Google+ Pages worldwide.

Google is putting a lot into its social networking venture.

∞ 34 Veterans Day pictures

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One of my biggest peeves in life is how people do not show enough respect for the men and women that have served our countries.

∞ NY Times sues Huffington Post over blog name

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Reuters: In a lawsuit filed late Friday in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, the Times said Huffington Post’s “Parentlode” blog had caused reader confusion with the newspaper’s 3-year-old “Motherlode” blog. Both blogs have been overseen by Lisa Belkin, who … Continued

∞ Illegal Immigrant

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The Associated Press has updated its stylebook entry on “illegal immigrant,” rejecting once again the “undocumented” term recommended by the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, but approving “living in the country without legal permission” as an acceptable variation.

∞ When a community loses its newspaper

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Jim Romenesko: After publishing for 110 years, the Holyoke Transcript-Telegram went out of business and left the community of 30,000 without a daily newspaper. That was in 1993. “In Holyoke babies have been born, raised and sent off to college … Continued

∞ ChronoSync

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I’d like to thank ChronoSync for sponsoring this week’s RSS feed on The Loop. ChronoSync is the automated synchronization and backup application for Mac OS X and ChronoAgent for Mac is a utility that runs on the destination Mac and … Continued

∞ Clint Eastwood on gay marriage

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GQ: Because what I really believe is, let’s spend a little more time leaving everybody alone. These people who are making a big deal out of gay marriage? I don’t give a fuck about who wants to get married to … Continued

∞ iPhone tops sales at AT&T, Verizon and Sprint

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Barrons.com:

Canaccord Genuity’s Mike Walkley this morning raised his already fairly high estimate for this quarter’s sales by Apple (AAPL) of its iPhone from 27 million units to 29 million units, after his “checks” last month suggested the iPhone 4S was the top seller at AT&T (T), Sprint-Nextel (S), and Verizon Communications (VZ).

Such a disappointment indeed.

∞ BSA acquires Fusion Ads

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Chris and Michael, Fusion’s previous owners, have done a great job building and running the network. We’re honored to be the new owners, and plan to build upon the great work they have done. We will continue to run Fusion Ads as it’s own standalone network. The value we bring for Fusion publishers is our ability to run these types of networks efficiently, profitably, and with great care toward the community that they help support. The value we bring for advertisers is similar, but with the added benefit of our software running their campaigns that will have real-time insight into performance and hassle-free billing and creative management. We look forward to working hard to serve the Fusion Ads advertisers and publishers for years to come.

I was with Buy Sell Ads for two years before joining Fusion in September. Now I’m back, sort of. The BSA people were always good to me and the way ads are done on The Loop under Fusion will not change.

∞ Metal Month at Toontrack

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Testament, Megadeth, Arch Enemy, Exodus, Killswitch Engage and Devildriver all call the same man to lay the final hand on their albums: Britain’s Andy Sneap. This highly in-demand producer/engineer has worked on numerous Grammy Award-nominated albums, is known worldwide for having produced some of the heaviest releases this last decade and has had an instrumental role in shaping the sound of metal music as we know it in the new millennium. Now Toontrack is proud to present the first ever drum sample library to bear his unmistakable seal; Metal Machine EZX.

This is what I love about Toontrack. They go out and get the best engineers and drummers and work with them for their drum packages. As users, we end up getting the best sounding drums that Toontrack can provide. That’s commitment to its customers.

∞ ChronoSync [Sponsor]

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ChronoSync is the easy way to synchronize, backup, and create bootable backups. Synchronize between folders on your Mac, other Macs, PCs, external drives or anything you can mount on your Mac. Set up a Synchronizer document to schedule and automatically … Continued