October 2011
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July 2011
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On Google+, no one knows who thinks you're a dog.
What is it about Google+ that’s got 10 million people to sign up? At first I thought it was the much touted “Circles,” but upon reflection, I don’t think they’re the “killer app.” The circles are genius — no dispute — but they’re not much different from “Groups” on Facebook.
What I think is the even bigger innovation on...
“One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them, to have the right ones...”
– Hart Crane (via writingadvice)
June 2011
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May 2011
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“The truly special thing about “Eat, Pray, Love” is not its humor or its wisdom...”
– Eat, Pray, Love, Rinse, Repeat (via NYTimes)
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April 2011
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March 2011
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David Foster Wallace: “Backbone” : The New Yorker →
irunfrombears:
An excerpt of The Pale King has been posted over at The New Yorker.
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February 2011
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WatchIntroducing The Daily, the first iPad-only newspaper. Bonus: It’s official blog is on Tumblr!
January 2011
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“Nobody in any job spends 100 percent of his work time doing it, and that has...”
– Some comfort for slackers from Dr. Johnson in The Ethicist
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WatchPortlandia: “Did You Read?”
Mainstream Media on Tumblr, Pt. 4
In my continuing coverage of mainstream media outlets on Tumblr, I’ve discovered a few new ones tonight:
Boston Globe
CNNMoney
GQ
The Guardian
Mother Jones
National Post
PBS Newshour
Politico
PRI Arts
Rolling Stone
TODAY Show
Vanity Fair
VOGUE
The Week
WP Style
Still no NYT, tho. Get on it Times!
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December 2010
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November 2010
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October 2010
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September 2010
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All Paris Review Interviews Now Online! →
So, so much to read on the web…
newsroom:
austinkleon:
This is fantastic:
To mark the debut of Lorin Stein’s first issue of The Paris Review, the publication has put its entire interview archives online….Moreover, they’ve replaced the old PDF format with normal HTML pages, meaning that they can be Instapapered or Apple-Fed for those in a rush to find the secrets of good writing (e.g....
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From the folks at Slate’s Audio Book Club....
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The American Prospect: A Further Guide to Old (and... →
Nice. But they both forgot The New Yorker, The Economist, The Nation, PRI, Nightline, ABC News, and Yahoo News. Any others?
When we decided to get into this game, we’ll admit we went to Gawker’s guide to old media Tumblrs as the starting place for our follow list. But here’s a few they missed:
Public Radio International Good mix of PRI stories and random finds off the internet. They had us with...
The Books They Carried
Photographer Jason Travis has posted a fascinating series on his Flickr account entitled, “Personas,” which explores the things people carry. Inspired by such projects as Coverspy, I decided to go one step further and pin down names and authors for as many of the books that appear in these photos as I could. They run the gamut… from Melville to Mailer, Safran Foer to Sedaris,...
August 2010
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New York's 20 Most Anticipated Fall Novels →
I’m most excited about Mark Twain’s autobiography… A 1,000 page+ life story kept under wraps until 100 years after your death? Even after a century, this is a man who knows how to generate some serious buzz!
getitgirl:
Nervous about The Instructions and want to read the Roland Barthes very badly.
cafeconguads:
I’m most excited about that Roald Dahl bio and the new Philip...
The Unplugged Challenge →
Hey! I disconnected for a month! Where’s my profile in the Times?
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Doree Shafrir on the Most Interesting Magazine... →
I’ve been working my way through that list of “best magazine articles ever” for the past week… Now Doree Shafrir (@doreeshafrir) weighs in with some more great recommendations.
Man… I really need to compile my own list, don’t I?
Malcolm Gladwell, “The Coolhunt,” The New Yorker, March 17, 1997
Vanessa Grigoriadis, “New York’s Power Girl Publicists,” New York...
Testimonies of the disconnected →
Nicholas Carr relates the tale of Juan Rodriguez, a writer for the Montreal Gazette, who chose to disconnect from the web after a move to a new apartment. Rodriguez still spends two hours a day in an Internet cafe, but otherwise stays offline.
Strangely, I find myself in the exact same position. Due to technical difficulties, and the almost criminal slowness of my cable company’s Internet...
The Best Magazine Articles Ever →
As if my Instapaper queue wasn’t long enough already…
jennydeluxe:
Moar things to add to Instapaper, y’all.
“Over the last few months, other media outlets have caught wind of Tumblr, which...”
– Jenna Wortham, The New York Times
July 2010
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June 2010
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20 Writers to Watch: An Alternate List →
peterwknox:
An impressive list to rival the New Yorker’s.
Coming soon!
“The New York Times Is Tumbling” [The Business Insider]
“A Tumblr For The New York Times” [New York Observer]
“New York Times Gets a Tumblr” [New York Magazine]
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“Once released from Semiotics 211, Madeleine fled to the Rockefeller Library,...”
– “Extreme Solitude” by Jeffrey Eugenides
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NYer 20 Under 40 →
Joshua Ferris wrote his first book in fourteen weeks… What do you call it when you’re simultaneously filled with awe and jealousy?
Each of the twenty writers on The New Yorker’s site answered a brief questionnaire; to read the Q. & A.s and find links to their stories, click on the portraits.
Night owls can work longer than early birds,... →
terrillific:
Researchers found that in tests those who consider themselves more alert in the morning can concentrate for less time than those who work best at night.
The study by the University of Liege, in Belgium, pitted the early risers against people who stay up late in a test to see who could perform complicated tasks for longest.