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Read more…The legendary U.S. travel journalist and entrepreneur Arthur Frommer passed away November 18 at the age of 95. Born in Virginia and with an early boyhood in a small town in Missouri, Arthur was a lawyer who became a pioneering and great travel journalist, and who will be remembered as having helped open the joys of travel to the masses. While serving in the U.S. Army in Europe in the 1950s, he got the travel bug, came out with a travel guide for servicemen, and followed up in 1957 with…
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Read more…Seven Magic Mountains is an art installation located in the Nevada desert, and the weather can be quite hot and dry. Therefore, it is recommended to wear comfortable and breathable clothing, such as shorts, t-shirts, and sandals or sneakers. You may also want to bring a hat, sunglasses, and sunscreen to protect yourself from the sun. It's also a good idea to bring a bottle of water to stay hydrated. While there is no strict dress code, it's important to dress appropriately for the weather and…
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AdviceToWriters "Being a good writer is 3% talent, 97% not being distracted by the internet." Anonymous (via @Quotes4Writers)
My first reaction was that I got a good chuckle, but then I started thinking... Apart from Tripatini, of course, how much time do I spend surfing the Web? Sure, I get lots of intellectual stimulation from it, but how much faster could I work without the distraction? Can we ever really focus on what we're writing, the way we used to, know that those little Outlook alerts pop up on our screens every time an email comes in? Can we hold one intelligent train of thought for more than a minute these days? So to what extent is the Internet making us less productive, less deep, less thorough?
And beyond work, how many sunsets have I missed because I was staring at my screen (or lately at my iPhone!!)? How many strangers have I failed to smile at, because I was too busy texting? How many conversations have I missed?
I don't know. Just seems we're missing some pretty important stuff. And concentration on our work is just one of them.
On Spain's east coast, you say? That's news to me. Worse, this is not from some fly-by-night little blog; this is from about.com:
http://goeurope.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=goeuro...
What other goofs have you found lately?
This had to be stopped, of course, but I'm concerned this kind of story will be used by a certain political party to bash welfare and justify further cuts. Of course we have to curb the abuse, but isn't there a real need to protect the neediest in our society?
Yep, Lee was one of the panelists. The other panelists were from Sutro Media which produces iPhone guidebook apps.
Betcha a quarter one of those Bay Area journalists was Lee Foster.
1) I've just returned from a trip to British Columbia. I took along a print guidebook (Lonely Planet) and an e-guidebook (Frommers). I used both, but consulted the printed guidebook more often.
2) At a Bay Area Travel Writers/American Society of Media Photographers meeting in San Francisco earlier this year, two guidebook writers gave a detailed comparison of their printed guidebooks and iPhone apps. They were spending far less time updating the iPhone apps, which would potentially have greater sales and produce more income than their print versions.
3) I recently wrote a three part blog post entitled "The Guidebook In Your iPhone". Here's the link to the first installment: http://bit.ly/bg8ago
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