Sentences with phrase «christofer eggers»

It's a broad, dystopian thriller, and Eggers has admitted he did little to no research into the actual tech world before writing it.

Eggers, the author of, among others, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and A Hologram for the King, is both a beloved Bay Area resident — he founded the McSweeney's publishing empire and the 826 Valencia literacy charity — and an admitted technophobe.

Eggers's novel hits shelves just as stories of the dark side of the tech industry seem to be multiplying.

In The Circle, Eggers doesn't so much take his best swing at technology as ignore its pitches entirely and chase after it with his bat.

«Have you read Dave Eggers» The Circle?»

Dave Eggers and Ninive Calegari, the co-founders of 826 National, thought they had found the perfect spot for their drop - in writing center.

Dig Deeper: How Dave Eggers is Making Learning Fun

So Eggers, the celebrated writer, and Calegari, a veteran public - school teacher, got creative.

URANIUM industry veteran Alan Eggers says consolidation is inevitable in the uranium exploration sector, as there are too many junior stocks chasing the dream.

ALAN Eggers made about $ 60 million for himself, and $ 1 billion for other shareholders in Summit Resources, when Paladin Energy bought it at the height of the 2007 uranium boom.

Eggers is most famous for his best - selling memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.

And (Liew and Eggers) had never heard of Snapchat, so they were like we've got to find those guys.

«Leveraging your industry - specific knowledge from one venture to the next can be incredibly valuable,» says J.P. Eggers, an associate professor at Stern.

There's Container Park, an outdoor hangout space and shopping center made out of shipping containers where Sheryl Crow played a live concert last year, new restaurants which will serve food as diverse as handmade Cajun sausages and vegan pizza, the new independent bookstore that just opened, founded by Scott Seeley, who is imported from Brooklyn and once ran Dave Eggers» 826NYC.

Seeley, who is tall and bearded, like half of Brooklyn, was the co-founder and executive director of 826NYC, the Dave Eggers brainchild that taught creative writing to kids.

Mmmmm Bacon «n» egger.

In my more presumptuous moods, I call myself a writer, and I'm a fan of Dave Eggers.

I has been presented as a TED talk, and was included in the collection of best writing of 2009 as edited by Dave Eggers, so I hardly think it can be dismissed as trivial.

(Note: Dave Eggers is the featured guest this year.

In Dave Eggers's The Circle (a 2013 novel and 2017 movie), set in the near future, an eponymous social media monopoly embodying the worst elements of Apple, Google, and Facebook combined prepares to restructure the American electoral process.

Eggers Acres in Dundee Oregon.

We believe we have the products to tap into that movement,» said Eggers.

Despite «low growth rates» across the Australian dairy sector, Eggers, who will become general manage of Arla Foods Mayer Australia, insisted the market for specialty cheese «is lively and growing.»

«Castello has been sold in Australia for more than 35 years and our partners, F Mayer, has been sourcing specialty cheese from all the great cheese countries in the world for decades, so we have a good foundation to build on,» said Lars Eggers, Arla's managing director in Australia.

Then again, if he's right, it certainly would save me (and a bunch of other Eggers out there) some time by avoiding the foiling.

his problem he is egger to Score and leaves his midfield partner alone..

Wouldn't blame the lad if this is true, Wenger prefers his special boy Sanogo or playing other players out of position or underperforming players than giving this lad who is obviously hungry and egger to impress rooted to the bench!!!

-- Jrue Holiday Is A Big Reason Why Pels Lead 2 - 0 (from Wes Goldberg, The Step Back): Read and watch it here: https://fansided.com/2018/04/18/jrue-holiday-pelicans-lillard-trail-blazers-defense/ From Chris Herring, FiveThirtyEight: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/new-orleanss-breakout-star-was-always-there/ From Kerry Eggers, Portland Tribune: http://portlandtribune.com/pt/12-sports/392787-284823-no-time-to-lose-for-blazers

For further information on text analysis in social science see Felix Krawatzek and Andy Eggers Podcast Series.

This ranges from the use of House of Commons speeches to trace ministerial responsiveness (Eggers and Spirling, 2014), to new measures of political ideology based on 100 million observations of financial contribution records (Bonica 2014).

The deal was announced in 1979 with a news conference attended by former Syracuse Chancellor Melvin Eggers and former Carrier CEO Mel Holm, then a member of the Syracuse Board of Trustees.

A crowd of about 50 to 60 people attended the presentation at 2 p.m., which lasted about 30 minutes and took place in Eggers Hall Room 220.

At 1 p.m., Hochul and Co-Chair Commissioner Arlene González - Sánchez Convene Heroin and Opioid Abuse Task Force, Central New York Listening Session, Syracuse University, Maxwell School, Public Events Room (220 Eggers Hall), Syracuse.

and Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner talked about their experiences in dealing with sexism in the workplace in Eggers Hall on Monday.

Klobuchar joined Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner in a moderated discussion on women in politics on Monday morning in Eggers Hall's Strasser Legacy Room.

The event, «Election 2016: How We Got Here, What Is at Stake,» was held in the packed Strasser Legacy Room in Eggers Hall Tuesday afternoon.

Gillibrand, D - N.Y., will be joined by U.S. Rep. John Katko, Syracuse Police Chief Frank Fowler and sexual assault survivors and their advocates at 2:15 p.m. in Room 220 Eggers Hall.

«We also hope to especially encourage excellent young researchers to apply for funding to set up their own research groups,» Eggers tells Next Wave.

I have been egger to try the Revision for some time now.

Den Akker is no ham - and - egger; he holds the accolade of being the only designer in history to sell a million dollars worth of merchandise within a single hour on QVC, the national home shopping network.

Dave Eggers — Writing a dating profile is much like writing an article... helped San Franciscans increase their chances of a lifelong match by editing their online dating profiles at a National Independent Bookstore Day event at Books Inc. in the...

On Saturday, author and editor Dave Eggers helped San...

San Francisco, CA About Blog McSweeney's began in 1998 as a literary journal, edited by Dave Eggers, that published only works rejected by other magazines.

With Alyssa Shafer, Kirstin Eggers, Leo Howard.

The film features archival photographs and historical footage with appearances by Allen Ginsberg, Michael McClure, Billy Collins, Dennis Hopper, Robert Scheer, Dave Eggers, and Pulitzer Prize winner Gary Snyder and other movers and shakers from the literary, political and art community.

Robert Eggers gives us an incredible writing and directing debut with virtually no jump scares and proves that the best horror films rely on psychology over loud noises and too many special effects.

Eggers does a great job at setting up the scenes and transporting you back to the 1600's, the acting is wonderful, and the writing is truly authentic.

Robert Eggers gives us an incredible writing and directing debut with virtually no jump scares and proves that

Hanks starred in Tom Tykwer's adaptation of Eggers» A Hologram for the King last year, but here he plays a more sinister character alongside a strong supporting cast that includes Karen Gillan, John Boyega, Ellar Coltrane, and the late Bill Paxton in one of his last performances.

A different sort of extremity is prevalent in Robert Eggers» unsettling 16th - century horror film, The Witch, which garnered lots of buzz in the first 24 hours of the Festival.