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Jennifer 8. Lee
Journalist.
Dumpling-maker. Non-linear thinker. Wrote a book. Coined "man date."
Survived Colbert (Here's how). An Esquire "Woman We Love." Majored in applied math.
On TED.com. Thinking about the future of news (and the underlying business models). Amateur headhunter.
Side project: girls' education in the developing world.
Updates
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@tanenblatt how are they spreading the info to normal ppl? Web sites! Mobile? Feeds?35 hours ago from Twitterrific
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@Hoenikker thanks. I still will tweet your thing. Can you reply to me with the link?35 hours ago from Twitterrific
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@davisshaver yes! Like that. More of that type.35 hours ago from Twitterrific
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Who is doing interesting work with sensors and cities/communities?40 hours ago from Twitterrific
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Home in NYC, first time since July 27. Just in time to not travel for labor day. Had to think hard about address for taxi. Where my keys.40 hours ago from Twitterrific
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@hlkalin how do you add it?40 hours ago from Twitterrific
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Random Doodle on plane. With iPad brushes. Amazing spa. http://post.ly/vBZa41 hours ago from Posterous
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@casinclair it was a talent acquisition. Tweetie.
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Getting on red eye flight for NYC. First time home in like 35 days. I'm a nomad.47 hours ago from Twitterrific
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@joseiswriting did everything resolve?2 days ago from Twitterrific
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After reading this I feel like I should start drinking just a little bit to live longer. http://bit.ly/bKcIvz2 days ago from TweetDeck
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@n8han thanks. Will do!2 days ago from Twitterrific
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Just got animal house badge for checking In at Facebook hq. What is that all about?2 days ago from Twitterrific
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How do you feature a meetup on your meetup that is not your nearest upcoming meetup? Befuddled. Can you?2 days ago from TweetDeck
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Wanna open source your code? Come to the open(source).athon on 10/02 by @HacksHackersNYC http://meetup.com/u/1nwJ.2 days ago from Twitterrific
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@paigecraig alas. In sf still tmw.2 days ago from Twitterrific
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@julietweets tmw? Free lunchish.2 days ago from Twitterrific
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Why goldman sachs is like scientology, by @adgrok cofounder. Excellent writing. http://bit.ly/aRQp9N2 days ago from Twitterrific
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Back at Missionchinesefood.com for second night in a row to try dishes I didn't try lad night. With @burtherman.3 days ago from Twitterrific
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@DaniilKarp it was very good. and not too pricey. i thought a good deal.3 days ago from TweetDeck
Posts
- September 02, 06:46 AM
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August 20, 10:30 PM
In Shanghai. Twitter blocked. Facebook blocked. Is Foursquare?
Way to Tweet is to send email to Posterous. Can't figure out if
Foursquare is blocked, but cand access on iPad. Hmph. -
August 19, 10:46 AM
The remains of my mangosteen orgy.
Long banned in the U.S, but ambitious farmers in the Caribbean have now made it available at a price (now $4 a fruit?). Trying to decide if I would pay that in New York. It really is like the ambrosia of fruit.
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August 19, 06:58 AM
Pics from a boat ride along the Sangker River in Cambodia
Sepia works better in these kinds of shoots, I think because the color
wasn't terribly vivid. I got sunburned on the 9-hour ride. - August 17, 07:04 AM
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August 16, 10:39 AM
Angkor Wat at dusk. Very blue.
Weird what doing "incandescent light" setting does when it's not under incandescent light.
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August 15, 09:56 AM
Shots of Angkor Wat et al.
Taken with a Nexus One phone. The pics from the real camera have yet been downloaded.
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August 15, 09:39 AM
Fish pedicure in Cambodia. Little fishies nibbling at your feet.
It's incredibly ticklish at first -- enough to make your squirm. The fish are supposed to nibble away your dead skin and leave your feet nice and smooth. Many are branded Dr. Fish. The fish species is garra rufa, which are small carp that live in warm water, have no teeth, and like dead foot skin.
I got this done in Siem Riep, Cambodia but apparently it started in Turkey, spread to Asia and is now quite controversial in the United States. The state cosmotology boards are going nuts. For example, shared foot tanks have been deemed swimming pools in some places and shut down.I paid $3 for 20 minutes, so it gets less the further away you get from the main thoroughfares. Some places even give you free drinks. -
August 12, 01:43 PM
Frogs that look like dried leaves. It's eerie.
Malaysian leaf frogs. Amazing. They couldn't camouflage themselves better if they were professionals. Makes you wonder how evolution works that some frogs out there had mutations/genes that made them more and more like dried leaves.
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August 12, 01:36 PM
Butterfly pics from the Penang Butterfly farm.
These were taken with a camera phone, Nexus One. Not bad!
These are from the Penang Butterfly Farm, which was very lovely and had much more than butterflies (love the beetles best probably). But then they made us walk through a series of gift shops that felt as long as the farm itself to get to the exit. -
August 12, 01:01 PM
Petronas Towers in Malaysia, tallest buildings in the world until 2004, at night.
When I looked at the Petronas Towers I kept thinking of the movie Entrapment with Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones. If you are wondering, the bottom of the buildings is a giant mall with Prada, Gucci, Chanel, etc.
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August 12, 12:58 PM
Orchid mantis. Bug that looks like an orchid!
From the Penang Butterfly Farm. The little thing on the right that looks floral is really an insect called the Malaysian Orchid Mantis. Always makes me amazed about nature.
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August 12, 12:52 PM
Petronas Towers oopsy
Problem with firewall/proxy-something prevented me from uploading photo of Petronas Towers. I reposted here.
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August 11, 10:37 PM
Singapore's gruesome warning pictures on cigarette boxes.
In Singapore, cigarette boxes must be half covered with one of six gruesome photos (chosen as of 2006) -- including one of a dead fetus (!). The US Surgeon General's warnings have nothing on this one. Have to say, didn't see a lot of people smoking in Singapore.
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August 11, 09:31 PM
The Perankan Chinese mansion in Penang. Living it up in the Straits.
The Pinang Peranakan Mansion, a recreation of the opulent lifestyle of the Peranakan Chinese, who blended Malay + Chinese + British living. The building was in disrepair for a long time before it was restored. Now it's used for weddings and movie shoots. More about the Straits Chinese in an IHT piece on the Peranakan museum, and the Hokkien variant they speak.
- August 11, 09:10 PM
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August 11, 04:38 AM
Corn continues its odd march as an Asian dessert topping. Here with durian ice cream.
Csilvers believes that lack of fat in Asian desserts drives them to
desperate measures to expand their culinary vocabulary. Hence corn as
dessert. -
August 10, 01:30 PM
Orchids upon orchids at Singapore's botantical garden.
Can never remember when its botanic or botanical.
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August 10, 01:25 PM
Temple for Guan Yin, goddess of mercy, in Penang
The Malay Chinese may be more into her than the Chinese-Chinese at this point.
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August 10, 01:19 PM
Colorful architecture in Singapore.
One positive byproduct of colonization is the architecture around Asian ports. Sorry about the repeat. Nexus One seems to send emails 2x sometimes.
Posts
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September 02, 06:46 AM
Random Doodle on plane. With iPad brushes. Amazing spa.
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August 20, 10:31 PM
In Shanghai. Twitter blocked. Facebook blocked. Is Foursquare?
Way to Tweet is to send email to Posterous. Can’t figure out if
Foursquare is blocked, but cand access on iPad. Hmph.Posted via email from j8.ly (s) | Comment »
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August 19, 10:46 AM
The remains of my mangosteen orgy.
Long banned in the U.S, but ambitious farmers in the Caribbean have now made it available at a price (now $4 a fruit?). Trying to decide if I would pay that in New York. It really is like the ambrosia of fruit.
Posted via email from j8.ly (s) | Comment »
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August 19, 06:58 AM
Pics from a boat ride along the Sangker River in Cambodia
Sepia works better in these kinds of shoots, I think because the color
wasn’t terribly vivid. I got sunburned on the 9-hour ride.Posted via email from j8.ly (s) | Comment »
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August 17, 07:04 AM
This looks like a scene out of Middle Earth from The Hobbit
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August 16, 10:39 AM
Angor Wat at dusk. Very blue.
Weird what doing “incandescent light” setting does when it’s not under incandescent light.
Posted via email from j8.ly (s) | Comment »
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August 15, 09:56 AM
Shots of Angkor Wat et al.
Taken with a Nexus One phone. The pics from the real camera have yet been downloaded.Posted via email from j8.ly (s) | Comment »
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August 15, 09:39 AM
Got a fish pedicure in Cambodia. Little fishies nibbling at your feet. Controversial in the US.
It’s incredibly ticklish at first — enough to make your squirm. The fish are supposed to nibble away your dead skin and leave your feet nice and smooth. Many are branded Dr. Fish. The fish species is garra rufa, which are small carp that live in warm water, have no teeth, and like dead foot skin.
I got this done in Siem Riep, Cambodia but apparently it started in Turkey, spread to Asia and is now quite controversial in the United States. The state cosmotology boards are going nuts. For example, shared foot tanks have been deemed swimming pools in some places and shut down.I paid $3 for 20 minutes, so it gets less the further away you get from the main thoroughfares. Some places even give you free drinks.Posted via email from j8.ly (s) | Comment »
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August 12, 01:43 PM
Frogs that look like dried leaves. It's eerie.
Malaysian leaf frogs. Amazing. They couldn’t camouflage themselves better if they were professionals. Makes you wonder how evolution works that some frogs out there had mutations/genes that made them more and more like dried leaves.Posted via email from j8.ly (s) | Comment »
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August 12, 01:36 PM
Butterfly pics from the Penang Butterfly farm.
These were taken with a camera phone, Nexus One. Not bad!These are from the Penang Butterfly Farm, which was very lovely and had much more than butterflies (love the beetles best probably). But then they made us walk through a series of gift shops that felt as long as the farm itself to get to the exit.Posted via email from j8.ly (s) | Comment »
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August 12, 01:01 PM
Petronas Towers in Malaysia, tallest buildings in the world until 2004, at night.
When I looked at the Petronas Towers I kept thinking of the movie Entrapment with Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones. If you are wondering, the bottom of the buildings is a giant mall with Prada, Gucci, Chanel, etc.
Posted via email from j8.ly (s) | Comment »
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August 12, 12:58 PM
Orchid mantis. Bug that looks like an orchid!
From the Penang Butterfly Farm. The little thing on the right that looks floral is really an insect called the Malaysian Orchid Mantis. Always makes me amazed about nature.Posted via email from j8.ly (s) | Comment »
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August 12, 12:52 PM
Petronas Towers in Malaysia, tallest buildings in the world until 2004.
When I looked at the Petronas Towers I kept thinking of the movie Entrapment with Sean Connery and
Catherine Zeta-Jones. The bottom of the buildings is a giant mall with Prada, Gucci, Chanel, etc.Posted via email from j8.ly (s) | Comment »
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August 11, 10:37 PM
Singapore's gruesome warning pictures on cigarette boxes.
In Singapore, cigarette boxes must be half covered with one of six gruesome photos (chosen as of 2006) — including one of a dead fetus (!). The US Surgeon General’s warnings have nothing on this one. Have to say, didn’t see a lot of people smoking in Singapore.Posted via email from j8.ly (s) | Comment »
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August 11, 09:31 PM
Pics from the Perankan Chinese mansion. Living it up in the Straits.
The Pinang Peranakan Mansion, a recreation of the opulent lifestyle of the Peranakan Chinese, who blended Malay + Chinese + British living. The building was in disrepair for a long time before it was restored. Now it’s used for weddings and movie shoots. More about the Straits Chinese in an IHT piece on the Peranakan museum, and the Hokkien variant they speak.
Posted via email from j8.ly (s) | Comment »
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August 11, 09:10 PM
Pics from the Perankan Chinese mansion. Living it up in the Straits.
The Pinang Peranakan Mansion, a recreation of the opulent lifestyle of the Peranakan Chinese, who blended Malay + Chinese + British living. The building was in disrepair for a long time before it was restored. Now it’s used for weddings and movie shoots. More about the Straits Chinese in an IHT piece on the Peranakan museum, and the Hokkien variant they speak.Posted via email from j8.ly (s) | Comment »
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August 11, 04:38 AM
Corn continues its odd march as An asian dessert topping. Here with durian ice cream.
Csilvers believes that lack of fat in Asian desserts drives them to
desperate measures to expand their culinary vocabulary. Hence corn as
dessert.Posted via email from j8.ly (s) | Comment »
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August 10, 01:31 PM
Orchids upon orchids at Singapore's botantical garden.
Can never remember when its botanic or botanical.
Posted via email from j8.ly (s) | Comment »
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August 10, 01:25 PM
Temple for Guan Yin, goddess of mercy, in Penang
The Malay Chinese may be more into her than the Chinese Chinese at this point.
Posted via email from j8.ly (s) | Comment »
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August 10, 01:20 PM
Beautiful colorful architecture on Singapore's Chinatown
Love the buildings.
Posted via email from j8.ly (s) | Comment »
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August 10, 10:33 AM
Singapore army ad. If you have to say youare relevant, chances are you're not.
Posted via email from j8.ly (s) | Comment »
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August 10, 10:31 AM
Beautiful colorful architecture on Singapore's Chinatown
Love the buildings.
Posted via email from j8.ly (s) | Comment »
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August 10, 10:24 AM
Subway adapting to Singapore. Chili crab sub sandwich.
Posted via email from j8.ly (s) | Comment »
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August 10, 10:07 AM
Tuna hot dog. Crabmeat hot dog. Egg hot dog. And chocolate chip hot dog.
From Malaysia. At Penang night market.
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August 10, 05:43 AM
Starbucks meets Malaysia. Jelly frappucinos
In penang. Jiggly caffeinated and sweet.
Posted via email from j8.ly (s) | Comment »
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August 10, 05:41 AM
Jewish cemetery in Penang. A Hindu woman watches over it.
She speaks chinese, hokkien dialect
Most recent grave is from 1978.Posted via email from j8.ly (s) | Comment »
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August 10, 05:28 AM
Shots of Girona Spain medieval city one hour from Barcelona.
Taken w a Nexus One. Lots of charming stonework. American cities don’t have enough stone.
Posted via email from j8.ly (s) | Comment »
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August 10, 05:11 AM
Starbucks meets Malaysia. Jelly frappucinos
In penang. Jiggly caffeinated and sweet.
Posted via email from j8.ly (s) | Comment »
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August 10, 05:00 AM
O'Bamas Irish Pub in Singapore. Obama as leprechaun
Just north of chinatown.
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August 06, 05:54 PM
Weird to see foursquare in Chinese. In Taipei airport enroute to Singapore.
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August 05, 12:01 PM
My friend has a family of gnomes living in her backyard.
They are happier than when living inside.
— Sent from my Palm Pre. Forgive thumbos.Posted via email from j8.ly (s) | Comment »
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August 03, 11:28 PM
Sharesquare founder speaking at Founder Showcase in Silicon Valley
He says 2011 is going to be the year of the QR code, he said.
— Sent from my Palm Pre. Forgive thumbos.Posted via email from j8.ly (s) | Comment »
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August 02, 10:36 PM
Love the @kicklabssd space in san fran. Includes a slide!
You can make great things happen here. They hosted Hacks/Hackers Facebook talk here. 100 ppl!— Sent from my Palm Pre. Forgive thumbos.Posted via email from j8.ly (s) | Comment »
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August 01, 10:42 PM
Ninja video game 'invite' for epic Defcon party sponsored by Facebook
350 of these were handed out. They were an invitation to a Defcon party, andyou could bring a +1. Programmed as a ninja video game. You could play with each other and also at certain centers. Cost $20 a piece. Rumors are the 1000 person party cost a quarter million dollars?
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August 01, 05:43 PM
Lobby of Wynn Hotel. Reminds me of something from Wizard of Oz.
Got a good deal on Kayak.
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July 30, 11:31 PM
Among the last of the charcoal Korean BBQ in LA. Soot Bull Jeep.
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July 30, 11:31 PM
Why I will never move to Los Angeles
I 405 at 630 pm on Friday
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July 30, 02:02 PM
Open Plans beautiful penthouse. Lucky it's available for Meetup
The office part is even nicer. Organic and industrial and globes. Office manager does interior decorating for fun!— Sent from my Palm Pre. Forgive thumbos.Posted via email from j8.ly (s) | Comment »
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July 28, 07:23 PM
My latest geek accessory. Sorry pic is upside down.
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July 28, 04:43 PM
Google autosuggest for "is my wife" vs "is my husband": affairs, bipolarism, narcissism?
What is with the narcissism?Posted via email from j8.ly (s) | Comment »
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July 27, 05:44 PM
I guess this woman must be a really big Muppet Babies fan?
On the downtown F train.
— Sent from my Palm Pre. Forgive thumbos.Posted via email from j8.ly (s) | Comment »
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July 26, 06:44 PM
Full house at Tenement Museum for panel on food in the Lower East Side.
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July 24, 06:27 PM
Liangpi, cold skin noodles, from Xian Famous Foods http://nyti.ms/8XjmwI
Just like in China. I actually met the son of the owner quite randomly when I was in Washington University in St. Louis speaking in March of last year.
Posted via email from j8.ly (s) | Comment »
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July 24, 06:22 PM
Liangpi, cold skin noodles, from Xian Famous Foods http://nyti.ms/8XjmwI
Just like in China. I actually met the son of the owner quite randomly when I was in Washington University in St. Louis speaking in March of last year.
Posted via email from j8.ly (s) | Comment »
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July 24, 06:12 PM
Lamb knife sliced noodles. From Supertaste.
Part of Chinatown walking tour.
— Sent from my Palm Pre. Forgive thumbos.Posted via email from j8.ly (s) | Comment »
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July 24, 06:10 PM
Beef tendon pulled noodles. Lamian, aka Ramen.
From my Chinatown walking tour.
— Sent from my Palm Pre. Forgive thumbos.Posted via email from j8.ly (s) | Comment »
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July 24, 06:08 PM
Has anyone tried this fruity fizzy creamy drink called Vio?
Trying to decide what I think. They have a berry flavor, pina colada, mangopeach and others. They were handing out near Union Square today.
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July 24, 06:07 PM
My Chinatown eats tour in Super Taste Restaurant in Eldridge
Known for knife cut and pulled noodles.
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July 23, 09:18 PM
Cheese balls! Never seen them before. And irony.
One girl. “Im from Michigan, where they eat cheese balls unironically. There is no irony in Michigan.”
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July 23, 09:09 PM
A spread for a Mad Men party. Deviled eggs, White Castle, cheese balls.
Birthday party for Siobhan Quinn!
— Sent from my Palm Pre. Forgive thumbos.Posted via email from j8.ly (s) | Comment »
Profile
Jennifer 8. Lee
Journalist Identifying and Investing in the Next Frontier
Media Production | Greater New York City Area, US
Experience
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Jun 2010 - Present
Member, Advisory Board / Nieman Foundation, Harvard University
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Dec 2009 - Present
Lead Judge, Knight News Challenge / John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
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Apr 2009 - Present
Member Journalism Awards Board / Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights
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Mar 2009 - Present
Co-Chair of the Board / Asian American Writers Workshop
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Dec 2006 - Present
Author / The Fortune Cookie Chronicles
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Dec 2009 - Mar 2010
Social Media Consultant / The New York Times
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Oct 2004 - Dec 2009
Metro Reporter/Blogger / The New York Times
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Jan 2003 - Jan 2008
National Advisory Board member / The Poynter Institute
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Dec 2002 - Dec 2004
Washington Correspondent / The New York Times
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Dec 2000 - Dec 2002
Technology Reporter / The New York Times
Education
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1994 - 1999
Harvard University
Additional information
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