Glad to see you're Well
Tipped off by Matt Bodie of PrawfsBlawg, I note an addition:
Malcolm Gladwell has started blogging. Perhaps best known as the author of The Tipping Point (and its sequel, Blink), as well as a habitual contributor to - actually, a staff writer on - the New Yorker, Malcolm had already contributed to the field of pop psych and explanatory journalism, and by putting his archives online added to the total amount of time it was possible to spend reading fascinating nonfiction online.
Oddly, the blog's name seems to be Gladwell.com, which isn't its address (it's at typepad). Actually visiting gladwell.com produces the author's homepage, with links to his books, and the aforementioned archive. Notable pieces - well, there are tons of them. Think how many outstanding topics Stephen Glass of the New Republic wrote on, and then picture someone who isn't just making stuff up. I have particularly enjoyed the pieces on ketchup varieties (2004), on microexpressions (2002; see also his book Blink), the cutting-edge t-shirt trade (2000), and physical virtuousos (1999; on Gretzky, Yo-Yo Ma, and a brain surgeon named Wilson).
Malcolm Gladwell has started blogging. Perhaps best known as the author of The Tipping Point (and its sequel, Blink), as well as a habitual contributor to - actually, a staff writer on - the New Yorker, Malcolm had already contributed to the field of pop psych and explanatory journalism, and by putting his archives online added to the total amount of time it was possible to spend reading fascinating nonfiction online.
Oddly, the blog's name seems to be Gladwell.com, which isn't its address (it's at typepad). Actually visiting gladwell.com produces the author's homepage, with links to his books, and the aforementioned archive. Notable pieces - well, there are tons of them. Think how many outstanding topics Stephen Glass of the New Republic wrote on, and then picture someone who isn't just making stuff up. I have particularly enjoyed the pieces on ketchup varieties (2004), on microexpressions (2002; see also his book Blink), the cutting-edge t-shirt trade (2000), and physical virtuousos (1999; on Gretzky, Yo-Yo Ma, and a brain surgeon named Wilson).
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