Thursday, May 24, 2012

The Avengers by Joss Whedon

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It's been a while since my last blog post on a movie ( posted on Inception in July 2010 and sort of posted on The Social Network in Oc...

"The Man Who Quit Money" by Mark Sundeen

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Finished a few days ago reading The Man Who Quit Money and found it a thought-provoking book. It's written by Mark Sundeen and a biogr...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Neil Gaiman Commencement Address & Wisdom Imparted

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I came across recently a commencement address by writer Neil Gaiman to graduates from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia and it...
Monday, May 21, 2012

"The 4-Hour Workweek" by Tim Ferriss

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I recently finished reading The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss ... good book, solid basic ideas and a seemingly endless number of additiona...
Saturday, May 19, 2012

Writing on Family: by Skip Hollandsworth, Don Waters & Karl Taro Greenfeld

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Two pieces of writing I've seen lately struck me as profound work that both trafficked in the topic of family... and made me think of a ...
Friday, May 18, 2012

The Ethereal Nature of Stock Valuation & Much Corporate Work Activity

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Lately I've been ruminating a bit on the concepts of corporate work and stock valuation ... specifically how each can too easily becom...
Thursday, May 17, 2012

Businessweek Feature Stories: on Jay Heinrichs / DNA Fold Manufacturing / 3D Printing / Manufacturing Efficiency / Clayton Christensen

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There's been a number of interesting feature stories to mention from Businessweek lately. From the Mar 19 issue, Peter Heller wrote ...

Chris Ballard Book Signing for "One Shot at Forever"

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Attended last night a reading and book signing with Chris Ballard , author of (among other titles) the just released One Shot at Forever: A ...
Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Writers and the Writing Process - Wright Thompson, Chris Ballard, E.B. White, John Irving, Tommy Tomlinson & Ben Folds

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I suppose it's only been a few weeks since my last post on the writing process , but there's been some great pieces I've seen ab...
Thursday, May 10, 2012

Writing on Raising Kids: by Buzz Bissinger, John Jeremiah Sullivan, & Eric Puchner

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There's a few pieces of writing I've seen lately that are great individually and which share the connection of having fascinating in...
Sunday, May 06, 2012

Excellent Sports Writing - by Dan Wetzel / Wright Thompson / Tom Verducci / Dave Sheinin

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I've been thinking over the past few days that since I brought up the whole topic of types of sports writing , it makes sense to post he...
Thursday, May 03, 2012

Business Success Pieces - Evan Williams / Chris Sacca / Paul Saffo / Asana / Jordan Cooper

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There's been a few interesting business pieces I've seen lately that all seem connected enough to be pulled into one (hopefully cohe...

Categories of Sports Writing & Joe Posnanski Career Move

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A topic I've discussed and been bouncing around in the head lately is how there seems to be a few distinct types of sports writing (prob...
Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Writers on Writing (it's Work) - Chris Jones on Robert Caro / Gary Cartwright / Mark Kram Jr.

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I've seen a lot of interesting "about writing" content lately that warrants posting on so... here's the posting on. Leng...
Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Businessweek Pieces on Apple (iPad) & Amazon (publishing and delivery of writing)

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There's been a few pieces that stood out from Businessweek lately on the success of both Apple and Amazon . The Mar 26 edition had a t...

"Drop Dead Healthy" by A.J. Jacobs

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I finished a few days ago Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection by A.J. Jacobs and found that it combined tog...
Friday, April 20, 2012

"The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

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Finished a few days ago reading The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien and felt it a pretty remarkable book. It's a hard one to ca...

"Maphead" by Ken Jennings

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I recently finished Maphead by Ken Jennings (best known for his exploits on the TV game show Jeopardy! ) and enjoyed the book quite a bit....
Thursday, April 19, 2012

Writers on Writing - Chris Jones, Gene Weingarten & Rick Cleveland

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There's been a few pieces I've seen recently that dealt with writers and writers on writing... and an additional thing going on with...
Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Fast Company April Issue: Features on Facebook, Tesla Motors & MLB Advanced Media

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The April issue of Fast Company had three different features with solid writing on some tremendously interesting companies. The cover story...