tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476Fri, 25 Oct 2024 10:39:14 +0000photochinabeijingteachingfriendskonanewsramblingsdalianpoliticsthailandvideokidsfrancej-schoolbloggereconomicspapasocial mediacolumbiadying print industrypumatwitterfriedmancover it liveelephantoddityshanghaiwest hawaii todaybad china daycover girlfoodhawaiijournalismmedicalnew yearwritingUKcancereducationgingerkrugmannouriel roubinipolicesheffieldtraffic tickettrainsIELTSbangkokboatsbostoncarcassonecerberecitizen journalismcollioureeconomistglobal posthair cutjoan hintonmediamoneymontrealnew school protestnew yorkniall fergusonoilonline journalismperpignanphotographyracismsharetigertoiletsDVDsTEDaccentsacupunctureadd to anyalternative energybabiesbeachblack marketbody imagebracesbuddhacanadacarla brunicastrochickenschinatownchinese namechinese toiletschocolatesconsumerismcrimecurse of lonodaddavid sedarisdeux chevauxdolphinsdreamsehowelmoenglish cornerenvironmentfacebookfinancial crisisfirst dayflickrflight attendantfrenchguangxigurugwen ifillhatershawaii pre-owned motor carshelicopterherbshollywoodhong konghot for wordsindonesiainternational herald tribuneiraqirishjay rosenjobsjokekapaaulady gagalanguagelivingstonelondonlunar eclipsemardi grasmauna keamediummixed bloodmonkeymotheroutsourcingparispartypetanquepostal serviceproject for a new american centurypublic safetypublishedrevkinricky gervaisriversandysarkozysciences poscribdsharethissisterslide showsorosspotchastereotypesstudentstudystuffswindletaiwantelevision showterrorismtroy parkinsonturtlesunionsvolcanowanda sykeswomenwordsyoung pioneersThis blog used to be about my life in China. Then, I left China. I became a graduate journalism student at Columbia University (yeah, I got into a fancy-pants school). Then, I graduated. Thankfully. Now, I'm in France. I go to school (still!) and I intern. Paris is awesome, so I write about that now. I also post things I like that I find in the news. And I have Twitter, too. Comments are appreciated. Should you care to e-mail me, you may do so at mailecannon@gmail.com.http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger246125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476.post-7611512880685487209Sun, 09 May 2010 13:30:00 +00002010-05-09T10:26:14.049-04:00The one or two of your that still randomly check in here might have noticed the immense dearth of information about my life. I know. And I've been in Paris since last July, and barely a word. I could make the usual excuses, but won't. Thus, I've decided that it's time to part ways with Blogger and retire MonkeyPrints. However, I'm still online, and I'm multiplying. I've decided that all of my http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2010/05/time-has-come-walrus-said.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476.post-9199988954254923529Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:52:00 +00002010-03-01T02:52:54.122-05:00Here's my first written piece for the International Herald Tribune. Wahoo! You can also check it out on the New York Times Web site. Shanghai Bloggers Shed Light on "New China" http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2010/03/my-first-piece-in-international-herald.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476.post-4245637873896449277Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:44:00 +00002010-02-05T18:44:27.588-05:00bad china daylady gagavideoOh man, this is awesome. A translation of the lyrics are below (and in fairness, you can't say they are any worse than what Lady Gaga wrote originally). Happy New Year Good Luck and Great Prosperity Happy New Year Good Luck and Great Prosperity Happy New Year (Good Luck and Great Prosperity) The spring breeze asked me, I said the spring is already here In a flash a long year had already gone http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2010/02/lady-gaga-sort-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476.post-2054450035273716179Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:35:00 +00002009-12-15T04:35:04.977-05:00 Queen Rania of Jordan spoke at LeWeb. I happened to be outside chatting with a friend when she left the building, and I happened to have my camera. The results made front page of Demotix! ("Yes," Maile says smugly, "again!")http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/12/queen-rania-in-paris-frong-page-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476.post-1503663474506874111Sun, 13 Dec 2009 11:01:00 +00002009-12-13T06:01:03.006-05:00j-schoolphoto Forgive the crassness, but does anyone else find the recently e-mailed e-holiday card from the Graduate School of Journalism to be rather phallic? (And if you think about it as long as a 14-year-old boy might, you might detect in the image a certain feeling of frustration.) http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/12/anyone-else.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476.post-8936186609219576703Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:05:00 +00002009-12-09T04:05:45.141-05:00I'm sitting here in LeWeb. Jack Dorsey is talking about Twitter and new applications. Cover It Live won't launch. TweetDeck won't tweet. Looks like I'll be blogging and phone tweeting here on in.http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/12/total-failure.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476.post-4376411078695884896Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:47:00 +00002009-12-09T03:47:30.633-05:00online journalismsocial mediaI'm at LeWeb, an Internet, digital media conference, in Paris. The event's organizers are Loïc and Géraldine LeMeur. They are introducing the event now, and Dorsey will take the stage in just a moment. <a href="http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php?option=com_mobile&task=viewaltcast&altcast_code=282ae8d2b8" >Jack Dorsey of Twitter talks at LeWeb!</a>http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/12/jack-dorsey-of-twitter-talks-at-leweb.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476.post-1345266989674278867Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:18:00 +00002009-12-09T02:18:21.225-05:00In just a few moments, I will be covering LeWeb from this site. Tune again soon!http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/12/leweb-coverage.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476.post-1910452301697507611Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:39:00 +00002009-11-15T07:39:25.311-05:00 Last night, Algeria played Egypt for a spot at the World Cup in 2010. (This is soccer, of course.) Before their shaming defeat, Algeria supporters took to the streets, shut down the Barbès-Rochechouart metro station and blocked traffic. And fans of every shape and size came out to join the frenzy: There were young girls draped in Algerian flags, middle-aged men hooting and hollering and women http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/11/front-page-of-demotix.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476.post-5786792844904715437Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:02:00 +00002009-11-02T07:04:10.207-05:00**That Maroochydore High School in Australia voted to have this message as its actual phone message has been proven to be false. This does not take away of the message's funniness, however. Enjoy! http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/11/for-my-long-suffering-teacher-friends.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476.post-2704520877941710565Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:16:00 +00002009-10-15T16:18:36.899-04:00international herald tribunephotoMy photo is the one on the lower left. If you can't make it out, it was published September 26, 2009. Woo hoo! Photo published in the International Herald Tribune http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/10/published-in-international-herald.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476.post-8862503742277044336Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:18:00 +00002009-10-12T17:19:06.788-04:00videoFor Dad: the video I mentioned in our last conversation. http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/10/for-dad-video-i-mentioned-in-our-last.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476.post-7799439694192536036Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:09:00 +00002009-10-10T05:34:00.740-04:00online journalismscribdsocial mediaI'm playing with Scribd. Here is my resumé. http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/10/scribd.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476.post-2159333859036466080Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:13:00 +00002009-10-05T17:20:05.473-04:00guruhttp://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/10/whos-guru.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476.post-1724938049379112870Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:06:00 +00002009-10-03T14:38:08.199-04:00photographyTEDvideoSomething from the wonderful world of TED. http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/09/something-from-wonderful-world-of-ted.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476.post-9201253061148479946Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:08:00 +00002009-10-04T07:56:14.496-04:00citizen journalismslide showsocial mediaSome geeky social media stuff... Pretty interesting. Tools to Build an Engaged Online CommunityView more documents from JD Lasica.http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/09/building-online-communities.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476.post-1526322935129549808Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:50:00 +00002009-10-04T07:55:54.380-04:00twitterSomeone forwarded me a link to this Twitter page today. It's awesome. Everyone should look at it. It's from a guy called Justin. As described in his mini-bio, he's 28 and lives with his 73-year-old dad. (Sound familiar? Yeah, but my dad is 84.) Here are some choice bits: "Here's a strawberry, sorry for farting near you...Hey! Either take the strawberry and stop bitching, or no strawberry, http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/09/shit-my-dad-says.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476.post-196863194355152702Sun, 06 Sep 2009 07:00:00 +00002009-10-04T07:55:40.188-04:00alternative energyeconomicssorosvideoOn a totally random note, here's an interesting clip with George Soros. He says that America's late 90s/early 00s bubble (the one that just exploded) was the result of Americans consuming more than they produced (made possible by very easy-to-get credit). To climb out of that hole, Soros says that America needs to get on top of alternative energy--investing into research, technology, etc. His http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/09/soros-thinks-next-boom-should-be-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476.post-2966601904331645059Sun, 06 Sep 2009 06:13:00 +00002009-10-04T07:55:14.903-04:00dying print industryj-schoolvideoAs you may or may not realize, I'm in Paris now, and I've just begun my SECOND masters program in journalism. (I know, I know...) I'm going to write more about this shortly, but until then, here's a clip from Big Think about journalism schools and whether people should go. (The man interviewed is Bill Wasik, senior editor of Harper's Magazine.) P.S. If you don't know Big Think, go over and http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/09/should-people-go-to-journalism-school.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476.post-9008025205620893789Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:49:00 +00002009-10-04T07:54:53.945-04:00bloggerfriendsindonesiateachingMy friend, Julianne, is going to Indonesia. She just finished her masters in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from Teachers College, Columbia University, and she was selected to be teaching fellow in a U.S. government program. She'll be there an academic year. I met Julianne in 2002 when we both took a teacher training certificate course in Boston. Julianne had been in Switzerlandhttp://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/08/my-friend-julianne-goes-to-indonesia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476.post-4365027326000681558Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:45:00 +00002009-10-04T07:54:31.561-04:00francej-schoolparisramblingssciences povideoYes, it's been MONTHS since my last post. No, I have not stopped writing here. I've just been a bit busy. Since May, this is what I've done: graduated from the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University with a M.S. degree (didn't do the cap and gown, though--not my thing), left New York, drove up and down the California coast with a lovely, young Frenchman, got my visa to study in http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/08/catching-up-and-sand-animation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476.post-1716464952664939390Tue, 19 May 2009 22:42:00 +00002009-10-04T07:54:07.022-04:00columbiacover it liveenvironmentj-schoolrevkinScience writer, Andrew Revkin, and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, talk about climate change and the environment live at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Andrew Revkin and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Dr. Rajendra Pachaurihttp://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/05/andrew-revkin-and-nobel-peace-prize.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476.post-3304388628771064024Sun, 10 May 2009 15:03:00 +00002009-10-04T07:53:37.341-04:00politicsvideowanda sykesWanda Sykes to President Obama: "You know, you might want to look into this, sir, because I think maybe Rush Limbaugh was the 20th hijacker, but he was just so strung out on OxyContin he missed his flight!" I love her. (And finally, someone has come out said Obama is BI-RACIAL. Thank you, Wanda.) http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/05/i-could-break-sean-hannity-just-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476.post-621452742944151237Sun, 10 May 2009 14:14:00 +00002009-10-04T07:53:15.191-04:00citizen journalismjay rosenjournalismsocial mediaThis is what Jay Rosen, NYU scholar and the think behind PressThink, says: Please comment.http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/05/what-is-citizen-journalism.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476.post-2618118040405864345Thu, 07 May 2009 22:11:00 +00002009-10-04T07:52:43.920-04:00bloggerelmoricky gervaisvideoHow cool is this video?! And before I pass this off as my own find, I must confess I ripped this clip off the blog of a Twitterer I just discovered. He's apparently an English journalism student called Alastair Plumb. (Great name, eh?) He's got wicked links. (Might have lifted a few others too...) Check out Alastair. His site. His Twitter feed.http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/05/ricky-gervais-and-elmo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0