Groupon is a great concept packaged in a superb name, but the concept of group discounts is not new. Rachel Sklar conceptdiscountgreat Change image and share on social
It is a pet peeve of mine when people throw around arguments citing 'Fair Use' and yet fail to actually explain what a fair use argument actually is. Rachel Sklar argumentciteexplain Change image and share on social
If there's one thing that 2009 showed us, it's that everything is happening everywhere, across multiple platforms, each one making waves that end up crashing against each other and commingling into one giant media sea. Rachel Sklar comminglecrashend share on social
I am pro-choice, but I don't consider that inconsistent at all with pro-life - there's no way that having an abortion, ever, is an easy decision, and it more often errs on the side of absolutely wrenching, not to mention physically debilitating. Rachel Sklar abortionabsolutelychoice share on social
I started as kind of an outsider - freelancer working from home, building contacts from the ground up etc. - so I didn't have too many relationships holding me back. Rachel Sklar backbuildcontact Change image and share on social
Put simply, the doctrine of 'Fair Use' applies to content republished from copyrightable material and how much of that content is, literally, fair to use. Rachel Sklar applycontentcopyrightable Change image and share on social
I took a job at a white-shoe NYC law firm, with an office, business cards, and a fat starter paycheck. Rachel Sklar businesscardfat Change image and share on social
If you don't know Tom Lehrer, you should - in addition to being a classical pianist, mathematician, songwriter, satirist, researcher at Los Alamos and, he claims, inventor of the Jell-O shot, he is just delightfully funny and graceful. Rachel Sklar additionalamosclaim share on social
Twitter is an astounding platform for information, but it's a total blank slate - which means it's an astounding platform for disinformation, too. Rachel Sklar astoundblankdisinformation Change image and share on social
I wrote small stories here and there, then bigger ones. Some were even written for money. I signed up for a writing class and snuck my first assignment on a yellow legal pad in a partner's office while he read through my memo. Rachel Sklar assignmentbigclass share on social