The Awl http://www.theawl.com/ Be Less Stupid Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:20:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 Rich People Island Hotel Now Offers Flash Mobs http://www.theawl.com/2011/10/rich-people-island-hotel-now-offers-flash-mobs http://www.theawl.com/2011/10/rich-people-island-hotel-now-offers-flash-mobs#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:20:37 +0000 Choire Sicha http://www.theawl.com/2011/10/rich-people-island-hotel-now-offers-flash-mobs "The Marco Island Marriott Beach Resort in Florida adds flash mob services to its amenities list."

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2011/10/rich-people-island-hotel-now-offers-flash-mobs/feed 11 Raw Video of College Campus "Osama Death Flash Mobs" http://www.theawl.com/2011/05/raw-video-of-college-campus-osama-flash-mobs http://www.theawl.com/2011/05/raw-video-of-college-campus-osama-flash-mobs#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 16:00:38 +0000 Choire Sicha http://www.theawl.com/2011/05/raw-video-of-college-campus-osama-flash-mobs This is not quite what I expected to see in response to the death of Osama bin Laden. I guess it makes sense? It must have been weird for them to have tried to understand 9/11 in 5th grade. Good thing we don't have a draft. I guess.

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2011/05/raw-video-of-college-campus-osama-flash-mobs/feed 61 Bill Wasik, So Much To Answer For http://www.theawl.com/2011/04/bill-wasik-so-much-to-answer-for http://www.theawl.com/2011/04/bill-wasik-so-much-to-answer-for#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 11:30:05 +0000 Alex Balk http://www.theawl.com/2011/04/bill-wasik-so-much-to-answer-for You know, in my day "flash mobs" were just a way for like-minded pretentious people to congregate ever so briefly in celebration of how much more special and precious they were than the dead-eyed commuters and consumers all around them. It's sad to see something that started out with such lofty ideals degrade into criminal activity. You thugs are totally destroying the spirit of '03!

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2011/04/bill-wasik-so-much-to-answer-for/feed 9 The Future Is Now: Old Dominion Flash Mob MAYHEM http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-future-is-now-old-dominion-flash-mob-mayhem http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-future-is-now-old-dominion-flash-mob-mayhem#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:10:48 +0000 Alex Balk http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-future-is-now-old-dominion-flash-mob-mayhem  
"A flash mob is a group of strangers who use Facebook, Twitter or texting to gather and have a loud rowdy party." Bill Wasik, HANG YOUR HEAD IN SHAME.

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"A flash mob is a group of strangers who use Facebook, Twitter or texting to gather and have a loud rowdy party." Bill Wasik, HANG YOUR HEAD IN SHAME.

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-future-is-now-old-dominion-flash-mob-mayhem/feed 1 The Pittsburgh G20 Dance Party Video http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/the-pittsburgh-g20-dance-party-video http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/the-pittsburgh-g20-dance-party-video#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:00:50 +0000 Choire Sicha http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/the-pittsburgh-g20-dance-party-video
The G20 convenes in Pittsburgh on Thursday, and the kids are getting ready! I don't know, I'd still rather the college students burned something down, but I guess I will take extensively choreographed dance numbers.

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The G20 convenes in Pittsburgh on Thursday, and the kids are getting ready! I don't know, I'd still rather the college students burned something down, but I guess I will take extensively choreographed dance numbers.

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/the-pittsburgh-g20-dance-party-video/feed 6 Two Things To Read Regarding The Internet Being Free, And Work Also Being Free http://www.theawl.com/2009/06/two-things-to-read-regarding-the-internet-being-free-and-work-also-being-free http://www.theawl.com/2009/06/two-things-to-read-regarding-the-internet-being-free-and-work-also-being-free#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:51:34 +0000 Choire Sicha http://www.theawl.com/2009/06/two-things-to-read-regarding-the-internet-being-free-and-work-also-being-free RAY OF FLASHTwo things to read! Why I Write For Free, which has to do somewhat with this Ben Kunkel n+1 recent piece about the experience of the Internet, which we could barely address except via LOLcat last week, but also about the current FUROR that apparently is raging about the state of unpaid labor in the online writing industry. (Agreed: It is bad when rich people cannot find room in their business plans to pay poor people!) And also here are some people talking about the Bill Wasik book, And Then There's This, which is about, its subtitle says, "How Stories Live and Die in Viral Culture." Those people include web kingpin Anil Dash, who notes wisely: "I like music that makes me shake my ass. I like my memes to be fun, created by people who are enjoying what they do."

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]]> RAY OF FLASHTwo things to read! Why I Write For Free, which has to do somewhat with this Ben Kunkel n+1 recent piece about the experience of the Internet, which we could barely address except via LOLcat last week, but also about the current FUROR that apparently is raging about the state of unpaid labor in the online writing industry. (Agreed: It is bad when rich people cannot find room in their business plans to pay poor people!) And also here are some people talking about the Bill Wasik book, And Then There's This, which is about, its subtitle says, "How Stories Live and Die in Viral Culture." Those people include web kingpin Anil Dash, who notes wisely: "I like music that makes me shake my ass. I like my memes to be fun, created by people who are enjoying what they do."

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