{"id":1984,"date":"2010-02-07T16:19:42","date_gmt":"2010-02-08T00:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/nfd\/?p=1984"},"modified":"2010-02-07T16:29:46","modified_gmt":"2010-02-08T00:29:46","slug":"attention-requisition-notice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/nfd\/2010\/02\/07\/attention-requisition-notice\/","title":{"rendered":"Attention requisition notice"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are things that are great!<\/p>\n

Work Made For Hire<\/a> is a smart, clear, unbelievably valuable blog about negotiation and freelancing. If you have ever argued a point or signed a contract, you need to be reading it.<\/p>\n

MANual of Style<\/a> debuted at a perfect time for me, as I’m finally figuring out how to dress myself like a grownup–which is exactly what the blog is about. It’s written in a series of lessons, but it’s also interesting just as a window into trend versus classic in men’s clothing.<\/p>\n

An author named Tony Buchsbaum proposed a ratings system for books<\/a> because he was startled to think his thirteen-year-old son might read the words “cock” or (yes) “manpole.” I am curious as to how Tony Buchsbaum grew up without ever being thirteen himself (perhaps his parents considered it unlucky?), but it gets better: a thirteen-year-old named Emily takes his argument and, in two<\/a> comments<\/a>, completely dismantles it. It’s an Ebert-on-Schneider<\/a>-level takedown.<\/p>\n

Is the writer actually thirteen? Who knows (I don’t see any reason to doubt it<\/a>), but she’s certainly much more familiar with the experience of being a teenager than the people who think they need to be sheltered from scary words. Ratings systems are harmful, and teenagers aren’t the only ones restricted by them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here are things that are great! Work Made For Hire is a smart, clear, unbelievably valuable blog about negotiation and freelancing. If you have ever argued a point or signed a contract, you need to be reading it. MANual of Style debuted at a perfect time for me, as I’m finally figuring out how to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,22,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discoveries","category-plugs","category-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/nfd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/nfd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/nfd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/nfd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/nfd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1984"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/nfd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1989,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/nfd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984\/revisions\/1989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/nfd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/nfd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/nfd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}