August 2010
48 posts
“Franzen works in a rented office that he has stripped of all distractions. He...”
– File this under things I should probably do. (From the profile of Jonathan Franzen, in Time, by Lev Grossman.) (via cmonstah)
G-E-N-I-U-S: Bravo claims I was never approached... →
Hi William-
My name is Lyle and I’m a casting producer for Magical Elves, a production company responsible for such shows as Project Runway and Top Chef, among others. We’re currently in the middle of casting our newest show for Bravo, an as-of-yet-untitled reality competition series set in the contemporary arts world. Sarah Jessica Parker’s production company, Pretty Matches, is lending some...
The End of Shame: or, Getting Over Oversharing →
forwardretreat:
Ms. Melissa Gira Grant of Glass Houses—get it?—has upped the ante, I think, on the conversation about oversharing (because yes, we’re apparently still having that conversation). From the SXSW panel picker:
“Oversharing is over. Now we’re told opening up online is the most valuable currency there is. What’s the real value in relating the most painful, awkward, potentially...
Young Manhattanite: I’m not going to bother... →
if social media and influence is a one-way street, then all this paradigm shifting talk is just a high minded bucket of bullshit. No one really want to change the game, they just want to put on new uniforms.
IM DSCHUNGEL DER LIEBE: I am a Time Traveler!!! →
So, I got an email on my phone from Paddy that said “You are a time traveler” and linked to a YouTube clip. Since I don’t have a phone that plays video well (if at all?) I had to wait to get home to watch and figure out what that was all about. What I clicked through to was a short documentary…
“People just aren’t that empathetic or thoughtful or intentional.”
– Choire Sicha on what makes (most) fiction different from real life. Is the main attraction of The Office, the mockumentary, or maybe just of the modern sitcom, the revelation of this dirty secret of fiction? Is that why the genre is starting to feel stale, because it’s no longer bold to say “hey,...
WatchColin Gee - The Band (on Martin Kersels’s “5 Songs”)
WatchAnother example of the one shot. Madonna’s 1996 “classic” Love Don’t Live Here Any More.
Seven Years as a Freelance Writer →
But the Sword of Damocles isn’t what’s most toxic to the freelance experience. What’s worst is that, in order to be a freelancer for very long, you have to think of yourself in certain ways. You know what they say about beautiful people? That every pretty girl or gorgeous man is someone’s ex, was too much hassle for someone. That’s definitely true of freelancing. You show up to the party with...
“Mr. Coatney estimated that posting links and notes to the Newsweek Twitter feed...”
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Ooph! Tough numbers in an positive write-up in the NYT about old media adopting Tumblr. So how did Coatney segue from his gig manning the Newsweek Tumblr into a gig as Tumblr’s “media evangelist” if his links to Newsweek content only drove 1,000 visitors to Newsweek.com? It’s a good question and...
