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‘Your Neighbors And Some Python Code’

Timothy O'Brien brilliantly explains how headline editors are being replaced by "your neighbors and some python code." That's the real reason editors are tossing The Elements of Style and cramming books like Search Engine Optimization…

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December 11, 2008
12:00 am

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Timothy O'Brien brilliantly explains how headline editors are being replaced by "your neighbors and some python code."

That's the real reason editors are tossing The Elements of Style and cramming books like Search Engine Optimization for Dummies.

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