tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476Sat, 30 Jul 2011 19:45:32 +0000dolphinsproject for a new american centurycancerdadwanda sykestraffic ticketsharethisnewswest hawaii todayrevkinDVDsstuffchocolatesfranceramblingsscribdalternative energyinternational herald tribuneoutsourcingmediummedicaltrainsstudypostal serviceiraqelephantlunar eclipsevideosarkozyglobal postchinese toiletselmomotherbracesniall fergusongingeraccentseconomistkidsdeux chevauxhelicopterfacebookdalianoilracismpapacerbereconsumerismkapaauthailandcarla brunitigerlanguageriverUKricky gervaisirishshanghaisorossandyphotoparismonkeyflickrtelevision showguangxibad china dayjoan hintonchinaturtlesindonesiaIELTSenglish cornerperpignanehowbostonjournalismstereotypescolliourecurse of lonocolumbiaeducationmediapublishedbabieshair cutbeachhong kongchinatownchinese nameenvironmentodditypoliceboatsslide showgwen ifillhollywoodflight attendantcrimespotchabeijingnew yearsciences ponew school protestbuddhalondonyoung pioneersnew yorkcanadaj-schoolsisterteachingherbsdavid sedarisfriendssharefirst dayblack marketwomenlady gagahatersdying print industrycover girlpumajay rosenadd to anytroy parkinsonphotographyfinancial crisispoliticshot for wordsgurutoiletspartykrugmanvolcanoterrorismcarcassonepublic safetyunionssheffieldmixed bloodmauna keamontrealstudentfrenchhawaiidreamseconomicsbody imagetaiwanbloggerjobshawaii pre-owned motor carskonawordsnouriel roubinifoodtwittercitizen journalismlivingstonecover it livechickensswindlefriedmanjokecastropetanquesocial mediaacupuncturewritingonline journalismTEDbangkokmardi grasmoneyThis 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 (Cathy)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://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~3/0rWzsTOL9Mk/time-has-come-walrus-said.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cathy)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~4/0rWzsTOL9Mk" height="1" width="1"/>http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2010/05/time-has-come-walrus-said.htmltag: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://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~3/TphWn7MMzMc/my-first-piece-in-international-herald.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cathy)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~4/TphWn7MMzMc" height="1" width="1"/>http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2010/03/my-first-piece-in-international-herald.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476.post-4245637873896449277Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:44:00 +00002010-02-05T18:44:27.588-05:00videolady gagabad china dayOh 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://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~3/jaR7A5udd5k/lady-gaga-sort-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cathy)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~4/jaR7A5udd5k" height="1" width="1"/>http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2010/02/lady-gaga-sort-of.htmltag: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://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~3/ZwngAsmqCfA/queen-rania-in-paris-frong-page-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cathy)12<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~4/ZwngAsmqCfA" height="1" width="1"/>http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/12/queen-rania-in-paris-frong-page-of.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476.post-1503663474506874111Sun, 13 Dec 2009 11:01:00 +00002009-12-13T06:01:03.006-05:00photoj-school 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://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~3/TY_Hd88RK08/anyone-else.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cathy)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~4/TY_Hd88RK08" height="1" width="1"/>http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/12/anyone-else.htmltag: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://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~3/3Hfq1zZhL4g/total-failure.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cathy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~4/3Hfq1zZhL4g" height="1" width="1"/>http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/12/total-failure.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476.post-4376411078695884896Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:47:00 +00002009-12-09T03:47:30.633-05:00social mediaonline journalismI'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&amp;task=viewaltcast&amp;altcast_code=282ae8d2b8" >Jack Dorsey of Twitter talks at LeWeb!</a>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~3/zfhRa83ijwU/jack-dorsey-of-twitter-talks-at-leweb.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cathy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~4/zfhRa83ijwU" height="1" width="1"/>http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/12/jack-dorsey-of-twitter-talks-at-leweb.htmltag: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://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~3/evX7mrhjxfs/leweb-coverage.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cathy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~4/evX7mrhjxfs" height="1" width="1"/>http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/12/leweb-coverage.htmltag: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://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~3/70ZfnA_K7y8/front-page-of-demotix.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cathy)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~4/70ZfnA_K7y8" height="1" width="1"/>http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/11/front-page-of-demotix.htmltag: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://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~3/0dcQerQkkBM/for-my-long-suffering-teacher-friends.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cathy)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~4/0dcQerQkkBM" height="1" width="1"/>http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/11/for-my-long-suffering-teacher-friends.htmltag: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://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~3/F8ZUTqp0txw/published-in-international-herald.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cathy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~4/F8ZUTqp0txw" height="1" width="1"/>http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/10/published-in-international-herald.htmltag: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://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~3/iDUNNg8iKCs/for-dad-video-i-mentioned-in-our-last.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cathy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~4/iDUNNg8iKCs" height="1" width="1"/>http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/10/for-dad-video-i-mentioned-in-our-last.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476.post-7799439694192536036Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:09:00 +00002009-10-10T05:34:00.740-04:00social mediaonline journalismscribdI'm playing with Scribd. Here is my resumé. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~3/6g_v-VEX65k/scribd.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cathy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~4/6g_v-VEX65k" height="1" width="1"/>http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/10/scribd.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476.post-2159333859036466080Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:13:00 +00002009-10-05T17:20:05.473-04:00guruhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~3/AkWPXrszaSc/whos-guru.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cathy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~4/AkWPXrszaSc" height="1" width="1"/>http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/10/whos-guru.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476.post-1724938049379112870Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:06:00 +00002009-10-03T14:38:08.199-04:00videophotographyTEDSome geeky social media stuff... Pretty interesting. Tools to Build an Engaged Online CommunityView more documents from JD Lasica.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~3/MCvARRD6yfM/building-online-communities.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cathy)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~4/MCvARRD6yfM" height="1" width="1"/>http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/09/building-online-communities.htmltag: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://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~3/0B3keVVvfC0/shit-my-dad-says.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cathy)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~4/0B3keVVvfC0" height="1" width="1"/>http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/09/shit-my-dad-says.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476.post-196863194355152702Sun, 06 Sep 2009 07:00:00 +00002009-10-04T07:55:40.188-04:00videosoroseconomicsalternative energyOn 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://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~3/HjaHYU8jDVQ/soros-thinks-next-boom-should-be-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cathy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~4/HjaHYU8jDVQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/09/soros-thinks-next-boom-should-be-in.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476.post-2966601904331645059Sun, 06 Sep 2009 06:13:00 +00002009-10-04T07:55:14.903-04:00videodying print industryj-schoolAs 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://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~3/vt7HE5cGoX4/should-people-go-to-journalism-school.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cathy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~4/vt7HE5cGoX4" height="1" width="1"/>http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/09/should-people-go-to-journalism-school.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476.post-9008025205620893789Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:49:00 +00002009-10-04T07:54:53.945-04:00bloggerteachingindonesiafriendsMy 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://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~3/9Uvr4uGHPu8/my-friend-julianne-goes-to-indonesia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cathy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~4/9Uvr4uGHPu8" height="1" width="1"/>http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/08/my-friend-julianne-goes-to-indonesia.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476.post-4365027326000681558Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:45:00 +00002009-10-04T07:54:31.561-04:00videoj-schoolramblingssciences poparisfranceYes, 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://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~3/cGq9hx0ncXk/catching-up-and-sand-animation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cathy)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~4/cGq9hx0ncXk" height="1" width="1"/>http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/08/catching-up-and-sand-animation.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476.post-1716464952664939390Tue, 19 May 2009 22:42:00 +00002009-10-04T07:54:07.022-04:00columbiaj-schoolrevkinenvironmentcover it liveScience 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://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~3/bcUA-rBkyuE/andrew-revkin-and-nobel-peace-prize.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cathy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~4/bcUA-rBkyuE" height="1" width="1"/>http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/05/andrew-revkin-and-nobel-peace-prize.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476.post-3304388628771064024Sun, 10 May 2009 15:03:00 +00002009-10-04T07:53:37.341-04:00videowanda sykespoliticsWanda 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://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~3/vJk7fpBf3xE/i-could-break-sean-hannity-just-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cathy)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~4/vJk7fpBf3xE" height="1" width="1"/>http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/05/i-could-break-sean-hannity-just-by.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476.post-621452742944151237Sun, 10 May 2009 14:14:00 +00002009-10-04T07:53:15.191-04:00journalismjay rosensocial mediacitizen journalismThis is what Jay Rosen, NYU scholar and the think behind PressThink, says: Please comment.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~3/p1G9SZLssMo/what-is-citizen-journalism.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cathy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~4/p1G9SZLssMo" height="1" width="1"/>http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/05/what-is-citizen-journalism.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6447476.post-2618118040405864345Thu, 07 May 2009 22:11:00 +00002009-10-04T07:52:43.920-04:00videobloggerelmoricky gervaisHow 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://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~3/4jQsj3nPLLY/ricky-gervais-and-elmo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cathy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Monkeyprints/~4/4jQsj3nPLLY" height="1" width="1"/>http://monkeyprints.blogspot.com/2009/05/ricky-gervais-and-elmo.html