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• The Significant Objects Story Contest — in partnership with Slate! | Significant Objects: “Submit a 500-word story featuring the object pictured (a barbecue sauce jar) by next Friday (Oct. 16) at 5 p.m., and you may be the lucky winner!” Actually, you won’t be lucky. You’ll be good. Slate link here.
• Later Viewings of Shows on DVRs Brighten Ratings: “CBS research indicated about 44 percent of commercials were still viewed during playback.” Hm.
• The eternal conference call: Nicholas Carr on recent articles declaring the death of email: “Asynchrony, once our friend, is now our enemy.”

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