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Selected slides from Mary Meeker’s 2019 Internet trends report

June 18, 2019 by John Yunker

I always enjoy skimming through Mary Meeker’s annual survey of global Internet trends (now via Bond Capital). What follows are a few slides that jumped out at me. Let’s begin …

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Heading down the freelove highway

November 28, 2013 by John Yunker

Along the theme of holiday travel, I give you David Brent’s rendition of the Freelove Highway… This never fails to make me laugh.

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Inspiration for the everyday writer

September 7, 2012 by John Yunker

For a limited time, we’ve bundled together our popular typewriter notecards with Midge Raymond’s new book on writing. The bundle is just $25 while supplies last.  

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For the love of typewriters

August 14, 2012June 25, 2012 by John Yunker

Awhile back I printed up a batch of typewriter notecards based on a typewriter I had rescued years ago. It turns out a lot people love these notecards, so we …

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Stay Classy, San Diego

May 31, 2012 by John Yunker

Just when I think that news websites can’t get any more painful to look at, I visit the home page of the San Diego Union Tribune: I think there is …

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Beta On Board

February 20, 2012 by John Yunker

Now this is the sort of sign I would expect to see on a car in Silicon Valley.  

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Adopt a Typewriter Today

January 4, 2012 by John Yunker

Yes, I have a fondness for typewriters. And, yes, I am old enough to have actually used one regularly. Mostly, I miss the way they sound. I’ve memorialized two of …

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While we’re saving paper, why not save time?

June 20, 2011 by John Yunker

Perhaps you’ve received an email with this message in the footer: I’ve received plenty of these messages over the past few years. And I got to thinking that if we’re …

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We need to talk about your Amazon sales ranking…

November 30, 2010 by John Yunker

As many of you know, I recently published the novel The Tourist Trail. These days, many writers also produce “book trailers” to promote their works. But since my book is …

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I’m dreaming of a dry Christmas

December 17, 2009 by John Yunker
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A book day, every day, including Forgetting English

November 21, 2009 by John Yunker

There is a woman who set out to read (and review) a book a day for a year. Not Moby-Dick, mind you. Books of a certain length. And she did …

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Eagle over Seattle

November 15, 2009 by John Yunker

Offtopic, I know, but I have to share. This is a photo of an eagle I snapped yesterday. Normally, I’m a second too late for these types of pics. Such …

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Drudge Report: News from the future?

October 20, 2009 by John Yunker

Am I missing something here? The page title for the Drudge Report is dated 2010.  Maybe Drudge is just anxious to usher in a new year…

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We interrupt this blog to congratulate Midge Raymond

October 16, 2009 by John Yunker

Midge, as many of your know, not only runs Byte Level, she writes. Short stories mostly. Lots of short stories. And short stories aren’t exactly where the fast bucks are …

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North of Norway

September 6, 2009 by John Yunker

This post has absolutely nothing to do with web globalization. You’ve been warned. About two years ago Midge and I took a cruise to Svalbard, a group of islands a …

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