Dear employers of the world, Stop cheaping out on the young ambitious people of the world by offering only “unpaid internships.” It’s class warfare anyway you cut it, and unless you are quite literally a mom and pop establishment, I think you can afford to shell out $3,000 for a summer of exploitative work. Don’t [...]
Entries Tagged as 'california'
against the tyranny of the unpaid internship
April 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment
Tags: Culture · art · boston · brown university · california · culture studies · free culture · ideas · lifestyle · politics
plouffe @ pomona college
March 26th, 2009 · No Comments
david plouffe, the campaign manager for obama 2008, just finished giving an hour and half speech at pomona college in claremont, california. he was described in the event’s “lecture bill” in the words of his former boss, now president, obama. “he is the unsung hero of this campaign, who built the … best political [...]
Tags: california · news media · politics · technology
blogging on the olpc
October 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment
is really hard. like these letters have got to be below 5 point font. then there’s this keyboard, rubberized but tiny. like text message small. still, blogging on this cute little machine is fun. because of the high i always get in using new gadgetry. in other (BAAAAAAAD!!!!) news. i cracked the screen for my [...]
Tags: california · copyfight · free culture · technology
into the west, notes on the journey to san francisco (flowers in hair not included)
October 11th, 2008 · No Comments
i hate when I have to publish stuff out of order, but now’s when i have the break, and it seemed a little more important to blog about lawrence lessig when i had the chance. so. i have finally escaped the northeast united states. the last time i did that was almost two years ago, [...]
Tags: adventure · boston · california
liveblogging lessig @ freeculture08
October 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments
i finally got the internet here in berkeley working. until then, i felt like a child trapped under a sheet of ice, unable to breath, unable to get back in the world where i survive, let alone thrive. but here i am, on the floor in the auditorium of international house (what a beautiful building!) [...]
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