Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Esquire Writing - on "New Biologist" Eric Schadt & Extreme Health

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There's piece of writing in the latest Esquire that both has solid content and makes me think about words and what writers think about ...
Friday, March 25, 2011

Frequent Blog Tags: "Customer Service", "Social Media" & "Work"

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On the heels of an earlier this month post on blog tags used , this missive takes a look at a few of the topics frequently tagged... Custome...
Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Japan Disaster & New Ideas Feature - from Time Magazine

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Some pretty compelling writing and interesting content from the latest issue of Time Magazine . The Special Report on the Japan Earthquake ...
Friday, March 18, 2011

Joe Posnanski Crystal Ball Piece on the Kansas City Royals

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Really cool piece of writing by Joe Posnanski in the latest Sports Illustrated . It's titled "Royals, Flush" and features o...
Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Businessweek Pieces: USA Inc. / Cloud Computing / Hubris & Hacking

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Three different feature stories from Businessweek lately that stood out to me as particularly interesting. Cover story from the Feb 24 issu...

"The Fighter" & John Gardner Writing

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Some of my favorite posts to this blog have been on disparate subjects twined together... a good lead in to this missive on a boxing movie ...
Saturday, March 12, 2011

Sports Illustrated Pieces: John Calipari & the Denver Nuggets

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Two stories from the latest Sport Illustrated that struck me both for the level of the writing and thoughts about fandom they elicited in m...
Tuesday, March 08, 2011

Blog Post Tags/Labels Used

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As I've used this blog as a place to link to and pontificate on writing I find of note, I've also been interested to see what exactl...

Time Magazine Stories: America Not in Decline & Anthony Bourdain Travel Show

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Two solid pieces from the latest issue of Time Magazine . As part of the cover feature, "Don't Bet Against the United States" ...
Friday, March 04, 2011

Joe Posnanski Writing... and Blogging

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Since my last blog post included a missive about how great it is to read and link to a new to me author, it's only fitting that this po...
Wednesday, March 02, 2011

Iraq Terrorist Hunter Piece from Esquire

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Really solid piece by Daniel Voll in the latest issue of Esquire . About an Iraqi citizen who works with American operatives to capture ter...
Monday, February 28, 2011

"The Orchid Thief" by Susan Orlean

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After following for some time the Susan Orlean twitter feed , I decided to read her bestselling "The Orchid Thief" from 2000. It...
Thursday, February 24, 2011

J.R. Moehringer Writing

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As this blog is all about great writing... the reading of it, the linking to and commenting on it, I find myself constantly seeking out info...
Sunday, February 20, 2011

Thomas Hoenig & Inflation Piece by David Von Drehle

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Really solid and compelling piece of writing from the Feb 14 issue of Time by one of my favorite current writers. Good writing is such a fas...
Saturday, February 19, 2011

Son of a Bold Venture Blog

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This isn't the first post I've done on it , but big fan am I of the blog Son of a Bold Venture from Esquire writer Chris Jones . In...
Tuesday, February 15, 2011

"Restrepo" & "The Tillman Story" Documentaries

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Watched two documentaries lately that had a lot in common with one another. Both about the people in the military, both closely related to b...
Saturday, February 12, 2011

Twitter as a Social Media Tool

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The impact of both Twitter and Facebook really is remarkable. While they're of course different platforms operating in different ways...

Sports Illustrated Profiles: Jake Plummer & the Brothers Harbaugh

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Two really good Sports Illustrated profiles that bear posting on together. From the most recent issue, Chris Ballard wrote "What Was ...
Wednesday, February 09, 2011

Close to Best 2010 Writing Linked To - Business

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Last post (well, most likely) in the Best and Close to Best Writing Linked To In 2010 series with two particularly interesting pieces aroun...
Sunday, February 06, 2011

Feature Writing from New Businessweek - on Glock, Apple, Google & Ford

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After having my Businessweek subscription expired for the past six months, I decided recently to start reading again... and find the new Bl...