Wednesday, February 22, 2012

"Public Parts" by Jeff Jarvis

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Took me a while to make it through it, but I a few days ago finished Public Parts by Jeff Jarvis . I enjoyed quite a bit the prior Jarvis ...
Thursday, February 16, 2012

Outside Magazine Pieces - by James Nestor & Brian Mockenhaupt

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There were two stories that stood out as particularly interesting and well written from the March issue of Outside Magazine . The first piec...

Excellent Sports Writing - from Ballard, Lake, Bamberger & Hruby

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There have been a number of sports pieces I've come across lately that featured really solid writing worth noting. Personal favorite was...
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Writers on Writing - by Ballard, Jones & Sullivan

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There's been a few great interviews I've come across lately featuring top level writers dishing on the process of writing. Its proba...
Monday, February 13, 2012

Time Magazine Pieces: Facebook timeline / JC Penny pricing / GOP Presidential Race / Mediterranean diet

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There's been some excellent writing from the past few issues of Time Magazine . In the Feb 6 edition, the excellent David Von Drehle wr...
Sunday, February 12, 2012

Businessweek Pieces: on Amazon / Zappos / United Airlines & Hearsay Social

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There was some interesting content from the last few issues of Businessweek starting off with the Jan 30-Feb 5 cover story. Written by Brad...
Wednesday, February 08, 2012

"Pulphead" by John Jeremiah Sullivan

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Recently finished reading Pulphead by John Jeremiah Sullivan : a book of largely first person essays done really well. Sullivan's writi...
Monday, February 06, 2012

Excellent Sports Writing - from Reilly, Wetzel, Lake, Segura, Phillips & Wertheim

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Have seen a host of interesting pieces of sports writing lately from a few different sources. The recent Feb 6, 2012 issue of Sports Illustr...
Friday, February 03, 2012

Writing on Joe Paterno and his passing

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Perhaps not the most timely of blog posts given the short news cycle that rules the day, but there was some exceptional writing over the pas...
Thursday, February 02, 2012

Writing on Writing - from Kruse, Lake, Altucher and Pearlman

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Have come across a number of interesting pieces lately on the why and how of writing that bear noting. Two different writer interviews were ...
Wednesday, February 01, 2012

"Man Seeks God" by Eric Weiner

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Having previously enjoyed immensely The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner I looked forward for some time to his recently published Man See...
Thursday, January 26, 2012

Writing from Feb '12 Esquire Magazine

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Latest issue of Esquire had a number of pieces that didn't necessarily stand out for the flowery prose, but were well written and on in...
Monday, January 23, 2012

Time Magazine Pieces: on Warren Buffett, Barack Obama & YouTube

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Couple of excellent feature stories in the last two issues of Time Magazine . Cover story from the Jan 23 edition was Warren Buffett Is on ...
Thursday, January 19, 2012

Fast Company Feb issue: Changing Business & Careers

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Couple of really good features in the latest issue of Fast Company . First two pieces that stood out both relate to the cover verbiage and a...
Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Scott Raab on Writing / Dave Eggers on Creating (& not Dismissing)

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Came across a few weeks ago a short and terribly insightful piece by Scott Raab (Esquire guy) on his website. The succinctly titled Writing...
Friday, January 13, 2012

Writing On Lives Outside of Normal

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One of the hallmarks of good writing is it conveys a story outside the life experience of the reader and there's been a number of pieces...

The Best American Sports Writing 2011

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Recently finished reading The Best American Sports Writing 2011 and found it had a ton of great writing. It's probably a strange critiq...
Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Business Pieces: Larry Scott & the Pac-12 Conference, Nick D'Aloisio & Summly, other stuff...

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A bevy of interesting people and companies featured in Businesweek over the past few weeks... and one guy and his startup not from BW, but ...
Friday, January 06, 2012

Sports Illustrated Writing: from Chris Ballard & Michael Rosenberg

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Two excellent feature stories from the last two issues of Sports Illustrated . From the Jan 6 edition was Tom Brady As You Forgot Him by M...
Thursday, January 05, 2012

Politics & Individual Welfare Writing

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Have come across some really good writing lately on the all too frequently not related subjects of politics and how people are fairing finan...