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"You know Baby Got Back that anthemic early 90’s tribute to a woman’s behind? Well Sir Mix-A-Lot didnt have shit on this Biblically minded remake."
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Free is more complicated than you think
"Give speeches, customizing my analysis and research for specific companies and industries. The free book is simply marketing for that, which can be more lucrative than book royalties."
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Steven Johnson breaks down which authors use the longest sentences.Combatants include: Malcolm Gladwell, Steven Pinker, Seth Godin, Christopher Hitchens, Michel Foucault and Frederic Jameson.
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Harry Potter Wizardry Trumps iPhone Buzz By a Long Wand
"Just think about it: over 4% of all new blog posts reference or mention Harry Potter in some way, shape, or form."
"To my mind Graphis Diagrams has to be one of the seminal publications on diagrams. Less acedemic than Tufte, this book showcases a wealth of styles from the crazy to the intensely Swiss. Here are some of my favourite parts."
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Chris Anderson: "A while ago US News asked me for the five business books that had the greatest impact on me. Now they've published my list, along with the lists of other executives and notables."
Attention is a function of the medium
"As bloggers we may have committed a grave strategic error - if we spun our points out to 200 pages with the customary filler, photos and charts not only could we sell them at £10 a copy but people would apparently commit hours of their lives to reading
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No one belongs here more than you
A strangely brilliant idea for a website.
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A book by the agency LOVE used to help them pitch themselves. Looks like a children's book complete with textures to touch. Beautiful.
Just another lonely, terrorist-like blogger
CK breaks down why bloggers are not necessarily as lonely as one professor seems to think they are.
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Powells.com Interviews Steven Johnson
"That's the natural mode that my brain seems to work in. When I see a problem, I think, How does this connect up and down? That pushes you into other disciplines."
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How Transmedia Storytelling Begat Transmedia Planning... (Part Two)
"Will transmedia branding make a lasting contribution to contemporary marketing theory? It's too early to say. As an author, I am delighted to see some of my ideas are generating such discussion."
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Some great photos of ordinary objects doing unordinary things.
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Book Sales Get a Lift from Google Scan Plan
"Publishers are starting to report an uptick in sales from Google Inc.'s online program that lets readers peek inside books, two years after the launch of its controversial plan to digitally scan everything in print."
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Steven Johnson on THE GHOST MAP
"Author Steven Johnson discusses the most intense outbreak of cholera in Victorian London - and what it means to us today, from the way we understand cities, science, disease, and the modern world."
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"What if [publishing companies] took advantage of the network's unique virtues?"
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"Have you ever struggled with a turgid political biography when secretly you'd rather get stuck into 'The Da Vinci Code'? Put the book down, says Nick Hornby: Reading should be a joy"
A Conversation with Steven Johnson, Part 2
"In part two of Jesse James Garrett’s interview with author Steven Johnson, we look at cultural attitudes and innovation in interface design."
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New services allow print runs of a few, or just one, for customers ranging from aspiring authors to anyone who needs a bound document.
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"The new structure that appears through the broken shelves gives space to differently sized books. One element provides a place to sit and read inside the shelves."
Film of the book: top 50 adaptations revealed
Interesting for what did and didn't make the list.
"86 Recipes is a city-specific collection of authentic recipes straight from professional kitchens to your home."
He of Tipping Point and Blink fame has finally entered the blogosphere.
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"Start-to-finish publishing software simple and smart enough to make you an author."
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"Adrian Shaughnessy’s first book “How to Be a Graphic Designer, Without Losing Your Soul� takes readers through the pitfalls of client pitches to the hazards of portfolio preparation."
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Steven Johnson explains why too many books -- and not enough gaming -- rots your brain.
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Bill Simmons has discovered his voice as a reader's buddy
The Case For Intelligent Design: Spaghetti as the Creator
Bobby Henderson is getting an $80,000 advance to write The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
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Thinking Sideways: Exploring pattern recognition acceleration
An interview with Malcolm Gladwell about Blink and the topics within.
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"In an exclusive book excerpt from the general manager of Ideo, we meet the personality types it takes to keep creativity thriving--and the devil's advocate at bay."
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Most people will, at some point, have played "six degrees of Kevin Bacon", the game that challenges you to link the prolific film star to any other in five steps. But Bacon's own thoughts on the game will finally be published next month in a new book.
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Digital Web Magazine interview with Dan Cederholm
"Ethan Marcotte gives us an interview with Dan Cederholm about his new book, Bulletproof Web Design, and much more."
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Publish books yourself with no minimums
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"On a landscape that seems to be transforming itself with every new technology, marketing tactic, or investment strategy, businesses rush to embrace change by trading in their competencies or shifting their focus, altogether."
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"Klosterman sat down with SPIN.com to talk about New York, the state of rock criticism, and -- what else -- Foghat."
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A list of the designs discussed in The Zen of CSS Design.
Why children love Roald Dahl’s storiesâ€â€and many adults don’t.
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The inspiration for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
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A Guide to Getting Things Done
Wired breaks down just what Getting Things Done is
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Indie-rock hero Frank Black goes one-on-one with his literary hero, the indomitable Ray Bradbury.
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Kerouac's Belief and Technique for Modern Prose
Everything you need to do to write like Kerouac
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Dear Blog: Today I Worked on My Book
"For years, book authors have used the Internet to publicize their work and to keep in touch with readers. Several, like Mr. Battelle, are now experimenting with maintaining blogs while still in the act of writing their books."
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The journalist and the murderer
A disgraced New York Times reporter learns his identity has been stolen by an all-American hunk who killed his wife and three children. The result is the most unlikely "True Story" you'll ever read.
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The female orgasm as evolution's happy accident.
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Wired: "By focusing the book on setting up that straw man and knocking it down, Johnson largely misses the point of the more valid critique of today's pop culture."
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Steve Jobs Buys a Washing Machine
Wired: An exceprt on the importance of design from iCon: Steve Jobs, the Greatest Second Act in the History of Business
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Is pop culture dumbing us down or smartening us up?
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The article that changed the world
Overinflated claims in book titles reveal a lack of self-confidence among publishers
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Marketing Lessons Learned from FREAKONOMICS
Brand Autopsy: Lesson 3: "The abundance and availability of information today makes storytelling more important than ever for marketers. Storytelling, not information, is the new leverage-able asset in business."
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New Republic: "Practice may not make perfect, but it enables an experienced person to arrive at conclusions more quickly than a neophyte. The expert's snap judgment is the result of a deliberative process made unconscious through habituation."
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Meet Harriet Klausner, Amazon.com's most prolific reviewer.
Why don't authors put their indexes online? A book index is a perfect example of something that is much more efficient with a search function.
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Independent Individuals and Wise Crowds, or Is It Possible to Be Too Connected?
Cory Doctorow's transcript of James Surowicki's ETECH presentation on Wisdom of Crowds
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Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby
"This is just a small Ruby book. It won’t crush you. It’s light as a feather (because I haven’t finished it yetâ€â€hehe). And there’s a reason this book will stay light: because Ruby is simple to learn."
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Of Recent Note: For Spring 2005
The Morning News: "The Writers spring on you the stuff they’re into right nowâ€â€including what they’re reading, hearing, watching, finding, eating, using, installing, applying, and, yes, even scratching this season."
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One of us is smarter than all of us
"The wisdom of crowds comes not from the consensus decision of the group, but from the aggregation of the ideas/thoughts/decisions of each individual in the group."
On This Wiki, Everyone's a Critic
to a collaborative Web sitStanford's Lawrence Lessig, whose next book will be revised by visitorse, explains "user-supplied innovation"
Wired: "Tens of thousands of Japanese cell-phone owners are poring over full-length novels on their tiny screens."
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Sample chapter from Don't Make Me Think
Users don't actually read websites, they just kind of scan them
The Collaborative Effort to Edit: CODE
"Professor Lessig is using this wiki to open the editing process to all, to draw upon the creativity and knowledge of the community. This is an online, collaborative book update; a first of its kind."
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The Ten Bestselling Books Of All-Time
Not surisingly the Bible tops the list
Nerve.com interview with Malcolm Gladwell about Blink
Great ESPN.com Page 2 interview where Gladwell talks about the themes of Blink as they relate to sports
David Brooks reviews Gladwell's new book. I agree with pretty much everything he has to say, especially that Blink leaves you wanting more.
Blog or Die - Table Of Contents
The initial TOC for Scoble's business blogging book
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Lessig has announced that he's going to wiki Code
Malcolm Gladwell, says one fan, is "just a thinker." But what a thinker. His provocative ideas are taking the business world by storm. So who is this guy, and what can he teach you about business?
Rexblog library of accidental blog books
A look at books that can be applied to blogging
Scoble is going to write a book about corporate blogging on a blog
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Gladwell's new book is a fascinating look at the importance of first impressions
What would happen if Maxim editors were to review some classic books?
Some interesting media studies sources
Harry Potter a product of neoliberal capitalism?
The Forbidden Library: Banned and Challenged Books
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