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A Loss for Words

Wittgenstein, Language, and My Daughter I first encountered Ludwig Wittgenstein’s ideas about language during a philosophy class in college. At the time, I thought, “Great, another dead white guy with an unpronounceable name telling us how to think.” Little did I know that his work would become a cornerstone of my daily life, helping me […]

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The Tony I Knew

I didn’t write much about Anthony Bourdain when he died, partly because so much had been said about him, partly because I was in such shock and disbelief, and partly because it just didn’t seem like the right time. I hadn’t processed it yet. I still remember where I was when I heard the news, […]

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Neil DeRosa and The Transformation of The Pickrick

The Pickrick, once located at 891 Hemphill Street NW in Atlanta, Georgia was originally owned by segregationist Lester Maddox, who later became governor in 1966. Maddox shut the diner down in 1965 rather than comply with a court order to desegregate. On one occasion, he waved a gun at three black men who came to eat […]

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Carr-isms

I created a Tumblr where I’m hoping to archive some of the best wisdom from the late, great David Carr. I’m calling it Carr-isms. If you have your own favorite quotes from David, please do pass them along.

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How We Invented The World

I was part of a Discovery Channel series called “How We Invented The World’ Here’s a clip…

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A response to “The End of Twitter”

I really enjoy and usually agree with much of what Joshua Topolsky has to say about the world of tech and media but felt compelled to respond to his New Yorker article “The End of Twitter” I wanted to annotate it with Genius but for whatever reason, wasn’t able to, so I’ll post sections I want […]

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Standing on the shoulders of giants

Circa was an atom in the universe of Semantic Web and Structured Journalism. I’d like to think we created a Big Bang, which resulted in apps like NYT Now, WSJ’s “What’s News”, Yahoo’s News Digest and countless others. However, we didn’t create the concept, we just built upon it and hopefully took it further than it had been executed, or conceptualized before. […]

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The app world needs to be wild and free like the web

We reached an inflection point long ago. The vast majority of users prefer apps over mobile web as they continue to prefer mobile over desktop in increasing numbers. The problem is that the folks who create what we consume don’t have the same ability to create and iterate with the same flexibility and ease when building […]

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Transparency and Process Journalism

(I wound up expanding on this idea in an op-ed for the L.A. Times, which you can read here) There’s two schools of thought when it comes to publishing news. There’s the traditional approach, where you take your time and make sure you have multiple named sources you’re personally and directly in contact with. That […]

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Comment on Farewell Circa by airswoop1

I really loved this app. The design and UX was beautiful and it was usually a seamless experience. More importantly it was my go to news source and I really appreciated the editorial aggregation approach. It felt as if I was actually getting the true facts of the story and not just a news outlets own biased point of view. After weeks of still getting the push notifications from the app, I had to uninstall. It made me also realize that if given the opportunity to pay a monthly fee, I would have. I wish you guys all the best in your future endeavors but please know that I personally know dozens of other people who were upset at the closing down of circa. Hopefully you can somehow keep the dream alive.

Comment on Farewell Circa by Mark

congratulations for what you built, it was my main source for news and it worked perfectly with my morning subway commute, I would have gladly paid monthly for it. Thank you for your work

Comment on Farewell Circa by Laura

Fabulous app. Sad to see it go. All the best to you and your team.

Comment on Farewell Circa by Davran

You were and always be the best in your field. I can see that many people are willing to pay for your unmatchable service and so am I. Beautiful design, comprehensive and to-the-point content neatly sorted by categories, and an ability to follow stories: this is that distinguishes you from copycats. Thank you for your work and service.

Comment on Farewell Circa by Carlos

Will miss this app, it was always my afternoon break to catch up on news and reminded it was my halfway point of my day. I loved the format steaight to the point news without all the sensationalism. Sad to see you go.

Comment on Contact by NanettE

i was bummed when I read your farewell and bummed every time I reach for it. Circa's team should be very proud of what you delivered. Thank you

Comment on Farewell Circa by ingrid

I love to read the news in this app. The design is wonderful the news content is great and well presented. So sad to see Circa go. You should charge a suscription , is more than well deserved and I will be a suscriber. thank you for the app and good work.

Comment on Farewell Circa by Mike

Are there enough of us willing to pay a monthly fee for Circa to survive?

Comment on Farewell Circa by Dave

thank you so much for one a few apps I enjoyed Godspeed to you all