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• I lost so much respect for Spike Lee over this. What an ass.

  

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  Poster Designer Is Suing Spike Lee For Ripping Off His Oldboy Poster

  Film Drunk - Vince Mancini

  You may remember that back in November, Juan Luis Garcia wrote an open letter to Spike Lee, explaining that he’d been hired by an ad agency to create some comps for an Oldboy poster. Garcia wrote that the agency had told him that everyone (including Spike) loved his designs, but then gave him “an …

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  The leaked New York Times innovation report is one of the key documents of this media age

  Nieman Lab - Joshua Benton

  It’s an astonishing look inside the cultural change still needed in the shift to digital — even in one of the world’s greatest newsrooms. Read it. There are few things that can galvanize the news world’s attention like a change in leadership atop The New York Times. Jill Abramson’s ouster yesterday …

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  10 Phrases Great Speakers Never Say

  Inc Magazine - Jeff Haden

  Nicole Carter Want to ruin a presentation in seconds? Just drop in one of these overused and useless phrases that will surely have the crowd looking at the clock.

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  The only bug you’ll want in your bedroom!

  yankodesign.com - Troy Turner

  The idea for the BUG closet is the result of a stroll down the beach where the designer happened upon a sole beetle roaming the sandy shore. In a …

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  A Smart Shelf for Smart Devices

  yankodesign.com - Troy Turner

  Yanko Design is an online magazine dedicated to covering the best in international product design. A Smart Shelf for Smart Devices Stage is an elegant …

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  Arcfinity - We're reading EUROPE IN AUTUMN by Dave Hutchinson

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  We're reading EUROPE IN AUTUMN by Dave Hutchinson Keith Brooke explores a fractured fictional future Solaris, PPB £7.99 At some unspecified time in the not-too-distant future, for the random mix of...